The Sewers of Paris

Revealing stories about the books, movies, tv, music and more that have changed the lives of gay men. Each week, a guest plucks a piece of entertainment from their past, and answers the question: how did it change your life?

The Sewers of Paris is a society podcast hosted by Matt Baume, with 300 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Matt Baume hosts The Sewers of Paris, a society show with 300 episodes published.

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  Episode #578

  Nasty Pig is Poetry (Ep 578 - Pink Floyd/David Lauterstein)

  Aug 13, 202636 min

  My guest this week on The Sewers of Paris is David Lauterstein, the founder and CEO of Nasty Pig. You probably know his company for their sexy fetish-infused street wear, so you might not expect that David’s background is in writing poetry. But the closer you look at his approach to designing clothing, the more it makes sense — using fabric to build a scene like a writer uses words. David recently published a memoir called Sodomy Gods , chronicling the early days of his company and how its origins lie in a surprisingly wholesome love story.

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  Episode #577

  Southern Decadence (Ep 577 - James Baldwin/Jonathan)

  Aug 8, 202654 min

  This week marks the birthday of the author and activist James Baldwin, and to mark the occasion we’re heading into the Sewers archives for a conversation that touches on the expansiveness of Baldwin’s writing. In 2022, I spoke with a guest named Jonathan about how literature helped him discover a larger world — which led to a lifetime of eye-opening experiences, from a brief marriage to a woman to enduring the impact of Hurricane Katrina.

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  Episode #576

  The Harlot's Progress (Ep 576 - Iain/composing opera)

  Jul 29, 202645 min

  My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week is Iain Bell , who made a career out of his personal passion for music. But he took a winding road to get there ... and could never have predicted that a job as a personal trainer would be a crucial step towards premiering an opera in Vienna.

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  Episode #575

  I Owe My Life to Mariah (Ep 575 - Mariah Carey/Bisi)

  Jul 23, 202642 min

  My guest this week grew up in challenging circumstances — a gay kid in Nigeria with a religious family, Bisi couldn’t imagine anywhere on Earth he might belong. Especially after he came out on national television, and had to apply for asylum to escape his increasingly dire living situation. It took a lot of work to get himself to a much happier place — along with the support of his friends, and inspiration from music that helped keep him going. And just a heads-up: This episode touches on some sensitive themes, including suicide, survival sex work, and abuse.

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  Episode #574

  A Great Excuse for Touching (Ep 574 - Interrupting TV shows/Murray Edelman)

  Jul 18, 2026—

  A few months ago, I came across an incredible video. It’s the early 70s, and a local Chicago talk show is interviewing a doctor who wrote a sex education book that millions of people across the country were reading … unaware that it was full of wildly incorrect and frankly homophobic claims about homosexuals. The interview is going smoothly until suddenly a man jumps up from the studio audience and does what nobody else had dared — he confronts the doctor about his misinformation and demands he explain himself. That man in the audience was Murray Edelman, and I’m very excited to say that he’s my guest this week on The Sewers of Paris. Here’s the video — jump to 9:25 to see Murray’s interruption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PChFM8kAjhw A quick reminder that I have a new video up on YouTube about the long, messy fight for marriage equality , check that out at https://YouTube.com/mattbaume . Join me for weekly livestreams every Sunday on Twitch . Check out my book Hi Honey, I’m Homo! at GaySitcoms.com ; subscribe to my email newsletter at MattBaume.com , and if you’re enjoying The Sewers of Paris, support the show on Patreon at Patreon.com/mattbaume . 

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