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Roger Ross Williams talks creative license, self-acceptance, and being blown away.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 09:16
Caption: Sex Ed: A Sex Prov is a variety show that encourages talking about sex, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
Sex is hard to talk about. We often speak about it so indirectly. In Minnesota, many of us are even more adept to tiptoeing around the issue. But S...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 07:42
Caption: Paul Chan: Breathers is on display at the Walker Art Center through July 16, 2023, Credit: Sheila Regan
Artist Paul Chan took a break from making in art in 2009. This "breather" helped him reimagine his art, and it is the focus of his new exhibit titl...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:56
Caption: Peter McDowell, San Francisco, CA 6/15/22, Credit: Andrea Chase
Peter McDowell talks providing context, the myth of closure, and falling under the spell of Vietnam.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2022
  • Length: 17:36
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Jack Lowden talks correspondences, dancing, and playing the person on the page.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 12:45
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Jesse Moss talks authenticity, homophobia, and healthy conversations about politics.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 15:32

  • Added: Feb 29, 2020
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Jeffrey McHale, San Francisco, CA 6/28/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jeffery McHale talks turning tides, cracking intentions, and crossing lines.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 14:26
Caption: Mike Doyle and Scott Evans, San Francisco, CA 6/26/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mike Doyle and Scott Evans talk neurological confusion. not scaring the horses. and getting to use the word jejune.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 17:08
Caption: Stehpen Kijak and company at the world premiere of SID AND JUDY, San Francisco, CA 6/27/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Stephen Kijak talks context, icons, and the statute of limitations.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2019
  • Length: 17:59
Caption: Fire Mountain Pageant
Gay History on the River; Fire Mountain Retrospective; Laurie Lippin, Accordionist; Young Poets of G’Ville School

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
Caption: Alan Poul and Lauren Morelli, San Francisco, CA 4/10/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lauren Morelli and Alan Poul talk the queer cultural divide, the universe as co-conspirator, and the conversations that aren’t happening.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 09:17
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Coming out means taking a risk and sharing something deeply personal with another person. In this hour-long episode of Nancy, the critically acclai...

Bought by WFIU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, WCPN, KQED and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 19
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A piece about the history of one of the most overlooked things, drag.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:02
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T Cooper talks identity, othering, and breaking the fourth wall.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 21:42
Caption: Daniela Vega & Sebastián Lelio, San Francisco, CA 1/9/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sebastián Lelio, Daniela Vega talk following intuition, the depths of femininity, and the tension between law and desire.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 16:28
Caption: Pekka Strang (and the book he discusses in the interview), San Francisco, CA 10/21/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Pekka Strang talks liberation, sauna culture, and how we’re all the same under the leather

  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 16:09
Caption: Fawzia Mirza, San Francisco, CA 6/23/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Frameline 41 filmmakers speak on the importance of art in the time of Trump.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 31:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Jeffrey Schwarz talks redemption, camp, and those infamous 1989 Oscars.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 16:15
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John Fisher talks disco, provocation, and Priscilla as parable.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 27:20
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Miles Joris-Peyrafitte talks honesty, music, and impressing his older brother.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 17:05
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Gillian Armstrong talks Cary Grant’s stinginess, Marilyn Monroe’s (lack of a) sense of humor, and the relief of having her suspicions confirmed.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 15:24
Caption: Matt Sobel,  San Francisco, CA 3/22/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Matt Sobel talks bad dreams, family reunions, and why he wore a tuxedo to Cannes.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 18:25
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Mika Kaurismaki talks power struggles, free will, and what Greta Garbo really wanted.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 11:08
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Julianne Moore and Ellen Page talk emotional truth, putting bullies in their place, and not letting society dictate your life.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:48