Queer We Go: Recent Episodes
Jessie Honnor
Queer We Go is an LGBTQ+ culture podcast hosted by Jessie Honnor, featuring news, reviews and interviews with the creatives and activists changing the face of the arts. Take a listen to discover new releases, hidden gems, and the secrets behind all your old favourites. Promising to highlight the representation the community deserves, Queer We Go crosses the cultural spectrum, covering everything from music and books to theatre and comedy.
Ahead of the premiere of his play Passion Fruit – which draws on his experience of growing up gay and British-Jamaican on a North London estate – Jessie chats to actor/writer/director Dior Clarke about the power of coming-of-age stories, his journey to self-love, the dangers of the LGBTQ+ club scene and much more.
Jessie chats to producer and actor Mike Waller and writer Tim Fraser about their play Candy, a comedy following a man's love for his best friend's drag alter ego, which is streaming as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. Come for Mike's queer insights, as someone who came out later in life, and stay to see how well the first straight guest Tim tackles the LGBTQ+ culture quick-fire round...
Jessie gets personal when marking her ninth queeraversary (the moment she realised she was part of the LGBTQ+ community) by exploring the music, TV and theatre that helped shape her queer identity – and how it's still evolving today.
Ahead of the premiere of their debut play My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Jessie talks to musical theatre star Rob Madge – who rose to fame with their viral home videos of the Disney parade they put on as a child – about supportive parents, the importance of learning our queer history, their journey to coming out as non-binary, and just how gay The Wizard Of Oz actually is.
Jessie chats to Valerie Rose Lohman, the executive producer and star of new LGBTQ+ musical podcast The Flame, about what it was like playing Broadway legend Jenn Colella's love interest, gay roots, their She-Ra obsession, and the importance of queering the rom-com.
As the UK reopens its culture venues, meaning 'in the flesh' performances, cinema and exhibitions can resume, Jessie discusses both in-person events and art centering around bodies in all their glory, including The Turbine Theatre's upcoming shows, Zanele Muholi's Tate Modern exhibition, girl in red's debut album and Alison Bechdel's new graphic novel.
To mark Lesbian Visibility Week, Jessie chats to LA-based musician Lauren Phillips about her upcoming EP Handsome Woman, her obsession with writing love songs (and using same-sex pronouns) and the LGBTQ+ icons who inspire her.
Jessie chats about the evolution of queer culture, activism and spaces in her home city of London, inspired by recent launches including Alim Kheraj's book Queer London, the documentary Rebel Dykes and the photography archive Black And Gay, Back In The Day.
In this It's A Sin special, Jessie talks to star and HIV activist Nathaniel Hall, who contracted the condition after having sex for the first time aged 16, but didn't tell his family for nearly 15 years. Here he opens up about the cultural phenomenon, putting his story on stage, homophobia in the TV industry, and the conversation with a hairdresser that changed his life.
In this LGBT+ History Month special, Jessie gives you a rundown of the best celebratory events. Featured reviews and previews of the hottest queer culture include Jules's special episode of Euphoria, Golden Globe nominee I Care A Lot, and indie duo Hey, King!'s upcoming album.
Jessie talks to trans comedian and Twitter sensation Jen Ives about taking down the gender critical movement, diversity in comedy and how social media shapes queer culture.
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A Playlyst Original.
It’s the beginning of Queer We Go, but it’s also something of an end – an age-old end-of-year list of LGBTQ+ cultural highlights, with reviews of 2020’s best TV, theatre, films, music, comedy, art, and books. I also chat to actress Hannah Bristow, who stars in hit radio play A Passion Play, and delve into classic film But I’m A Cheerleader to mark its 20th anniversary.
Queer We Go is an LGBTQ+ culture podcast hosted by Jessie Honnor, featuring news, reviews and interviews with the creatives and activists changing the face of the arts. Take a listen to discover new releases, hidden gems, and the secrets behind all your old favourites. Promising to highlight the representation the community deserves, Queer We Go crosses the cultural spectrum, covering everything from music and books to theatre and comedy.