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Hosts: Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
Bad Gays
A podcast about evil and complicated queers in history. Why do we remember our heroes better than our villains? Hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller. Learn more: www.badgayspod.com
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 1,074 ratings
Love it!
Love the idea, the approach, Ben and Huw’s care and sensitivity, the way they embrace contradiction and ambiguity, the humour and yes, I learn so very much every time. Highly recommended!
Mirush from Berlin via Apple Podcasts · Germany · 03/23/24
Great pod
…but James II was Charles II’s brother, not son!
Roger Casement via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/19/24
Nerdy but accessible
A great example of a history pod that is fun and sometimes funny without losing depth and critical edge on the intersection of messy human lives with ethics and politics. This professional historian approves!
EK_B55 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/09/24
Recent Episodes
Published 03/19/24
Today's episode is about England and its capacity to be deeply weird. Weget into one of England's weirdest, bloodiest, and maybe horniest moments, the English Reformation: a time of enormous tumult and violence, but also new ideas that reconfigured and reshaped the world. Today’s Bad Gay is...
Published 03/19/24
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Published 03/12/24
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