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Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller

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Latest episodes

Special Episode: Liza Minnelli's Bad Gays

June 27, 2026 · 60 min

Happy pride! Gather around, we've got a story to tell! For Stonewall weekend, a special treat: writer, critic, and journalist Cameron Cook joins Ben to talk about the one and only Liza through the stories of the bad (and good) gays in her…
Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode 6

June 3, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

The final episode of our saga: Mandelson's fall from grace in the aftermath of Keir Starmer's election first as leader of the Labour Party and then as one of Britain's most rapidly unpopular Prime Ministers. Can't get enough Mandelson?…
Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode Five

May 27, 2026 · 57 min

Today we are reaching the next to last chapter––for now!––of the Mandelson story. Listen to the sixth and final episode now by subscribing to Extra Bad Gays on Patreon. As we are recording this, on 18th May 2026, the Prime Minister, Keir…
Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode Four

May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

Peter Mandelson has been the definitive comeback kid of British politics, and it’s impossible to ever rule out his return. Listen to Episode Five right now and get Extra Bad Gays every month by subscribing on Patreon! Today, we will…
Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode Three

May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

This week, on Mandelson: A Homosexual History, we cover the 1992 UK election and the birth of New Labour. Subscribe on Patreon to support our work and stay a week ahead on this miniseries! If Huw's Margaret Thatcher wasn't enough to turn…

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Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode Two

May 6, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Subscribe on Patreon to hear Episode Three now, get our monthly Extra Bad Gays episodes, and stay a week ahead on the miniseries. Last week we looked at Mandelson’s early years, and his move from a flirtation with Marxism to being firmly…
Mandelson: A Homosexual History–Episode One

April 29, 2026 · 53 min

Subscribe to Extra Bad Gays on Apple Podcasts or Patreon to hear Episode Two of Mandelson: A Homosexual History now, and to stay a week ahead as the miniseries continues. They call him the Prince of Darkness. Peter Mandelson's…
Special Episode: Daniel Dunglas Home

April 2, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

Subscribe to Extra Bad Gays on Apple Podcasts or Patreon to support our work, get monthly bonus episodes, and join our community of listeners! Daniel Dunglas Home always knew he wasn't like the other boys. Not because he was gay, but…
Tom of Finland

February 10, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

Subscribe to Extra Bad Gays on Apple Podcasts or Patreon to support our work, get monthly bonus episodes, and join our community of listeners! Live from Helsinki, we close out our season with Tom of Finland, the man who advertised the…
William Beckford

February 3, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

William Beckford, who was born not in Bath but in London in 1760, is someone for whom property, in every sense of the word, was the defining factor in his life. He was a novelist, a member of parliament, a collector of art, antiquities…
E. M. Forster

December 30, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

Subscribe to Extra Bad Gays on Apple Podcasts or Patreon to support our work, get monthly bonus episodes, and join our community of listeners! Live from Sheffield DocFest, it's E. M. Forster: who in his 91 years of life was one of…
TRAILER: Extra Bad Gays December 2025

December 24, 2025 · 8 min

It's never too late to give the gift of Bad Gays this holiday season: invite a friend or loved one into our community at https://www.patreon.com/badgayspod/gift This month, we discuss Christmas spirit, the cancellation of the Netflix…

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About the show

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