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Hosted by Mike Balaban · society · EN
Co-founder of BAMMER.co, Mike Balaban is building community through storytelling.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBammer and Me is hosted by Mike Balaban. The show has published 43 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Brock Yurich: Becoming Massive" (19 October 2026, 39 minutes), "Jacob Butchoff: Self Destruction to Self Acceptancence" (6 February 2026, 69 minutes), and "Johnathan David Katz: Homosexuality Through Art History" (3 October 2025, 45 minutes).
Bammer and Me publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 43 episodes.
Booking probability for Bammer and Me is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bammer and Me requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bammer and Me's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Bammer and Me are Artists, Writers & Performers and Civic & Social Clubs. Bammer and Me has a society audience.
Mike Balaban hosts Bammer and Me, a society podcast with 43 episodes published.
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Episode #44
Brock Yurich is a first-time filmmaker, producer, director, actor and all-round talent. His new hit movie, “Test”, is the tale of a queer bodybuilder pursuing his dreams and navigating a tumultuous relationship with his...
This week I talk with Jacob Butchoff, a British man whom I connected with through a friend I serendipitously sat next to on a plane. His life story is incredibly interesting: he harbored deep self hatred for being gay...
Joining me this week is accomplished art historian, genre and sexuality lecturer and gay rights activist, Johnathan Katz. He takes us on a journey through not only his life and career but the discoveries he's made in...
Perry Brass, the accomplished author, playwright and founding member of the Gay Liberation Front joins me to talk about his incredible life as we discover many parallels between us, and discuss many more amazing...
Dastan returns to talk with me about his mountaineering activities around the world and the community he has built with it as well as his more recent escapades in gay rights activism, an update on his ban from...
Back after almost 1 year! Today's episode is also available as a video on our Youtube at www.youtube.com/@BAMMER47Mike Art Smith of YouTube Channel Gay Barchives fame and David Kennerley, author of Getting In, a history...
Episode #38
Suzie Kruger felt like she just fell into the role, but has maintained one of the most impressive careers organizing Adult Parties across London Europe and the rest of the world. Join Mike on a journey with icon, Suzie...
In this heartening episode, join Mike as he engages with Mohsin Zaidi, a passionate lawyer, LGBTQ activist, and best-selling author of "A Dutiful Boy". Learn about Mohsin's remarkable journey from a poor London...
It's an honour to have Peter Tatchell on the podcast, a fearless LGBTQ and human right's activist who's launched social movements the world over including in some of the most politically dangerous countries. He and Mike...
Steve Gillon recently retired following 40 years as a professor of American history at some of the most prestigious universities in the US and UK where his students appreciated his dedication to storytelling even more...
Episode #34
In her epic roller-coaster of a memoir, "This Time For Me" Alexandra Billings muses on her unlikely journey as an accomplished actor and performer as well as her other lives in sex work, as a HIV positive activist, not...
Barney Frank represented Massachusetts in Congress from 1982 to 2012, thirty years in which he was one of the most powerful, smartest, and wittiest politicians in DC. He was also the first LGBTQ Congressman to...
Today the accidental gay historian interviews a young, credentialed historian illuminating gay history and actively working for representation on TV and beyond. Eric Cervini has been and continues to be incredibly busy...
We're lucky this week to be joined by Barabara Pomo, staunch ally. Shaped by the loss of her older gay brother to AIDS in the late 1980s, Barbara Poma has become an integral part of the LGBTQ community. First, she...
Iconic photographer Stanley Stellar, 77, has been documenting queer life and male nudes since 1976. When he began, most media outlets wouldn’t even feature images of men with their clothes on. Best known for his street...
We're lucky enough to have as out guest, Lilly Ann Velez, a 39 yo Ecuadorian woman of trans experience. She explains misconceptions and describes the spectrum of trans experience, all while sharing with us the almost 30...
In 2010, three-time All-American collegiate wrestler Hudson Taylor slapped a gay-equality sticker on his headgear before a match, leading to an interview with OutSports, an LGBTQ media outlet. Afterwards, he heard from...
Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were given asylum in the United States. Join us as we listen to Khalleed share his journey to becoming an...
Dastan Kasmamytov, a 30 y.o. Kyrgyzstani, is an LGBTQ activist and founder of Pink Summits, an LGBTQ mountaineering team attempting to scale the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. When...
Growing up in the central Asian nation of Krygystan, Dastan Kasmamytov had no idea he’d ever become an LGBTQ activist. But, when he was outed in national media at 19 and a fatwa was issued by the Islamic religious...
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director of operations, Homecomin' in Disney Springs
activist and human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell Foundation
Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, congressman, Twitter | House.gov | Website
President of the Tenement Museum, TheGovernmentCheese.org
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