Megan and Thomas are two middle-aged, self-identified queer people. In each episode, they delve into historical events and people who are part of queer history, as well as take a look at aging in the LGBTQIA+ community
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Signup to Generate a PitchMegan and Thomas are two middle-aged, self-identified queer people. In each episode, they delve into historical events and people who are part of queer history, as well as take a look at aging in the LGBTQIA+ community
Recent episodes include "Episode 14: Fox Hollow Farm Part 2" (27 October 2026, 72 minutes), "Episode 13: Fox Hollow Farm Part 1" (27 October 2026, 113 minutes), and "Episode 12: The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (30 September 2026, 82 minutes).
These Old Queers publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 95 minutes across 32 episodes.
Booking probability for These Old Queers is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. These Old Queers requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. These Old Queers's contact route on record: public web form.
These Old Queers is a history podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #14
In honor of spooky season, These Old Queers is tackling a true crime + paranormal events surrounding the crimes of prolific Indianapolis, Indiana serial killer: Herb Baumeister. If you haven't listened to Part 1, do so...
Episode #13
In honor of spooky season, These Old Queers is tackling a true crime + paranormal events surrounding the crimes of prolific Indianapolis, Indiana serial killer: Herb Baumeister. Baumeister's reign of terror over the gay...
Episode #12
In this episode, Thomas takes us through an iconic piece of queer culture: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” We discuss what the movie is about, when it was made, why it’s so highly controversial, and what it means to us...
Episode #11
In a very special, very FRANCH episode, Thomas and Megan are joined by Megan's wife Elise in their first collaboratively written and researched episode on the life and times of The Chevalier d'Éon: a French diplomat and...
In this special Fourth of the July episode, Thomas tells us about the larger than life character of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who was a key figure in the American War of Independence. The questions are: was...
In the last episode, Megan shared the lives of Pearl M. Hart and Henry Gerber - two pioneers of queer rights in the US, both with local ties to Chicago, Illinois. Now, in their very*first*interview, Megan and Thomas...
Episode #7
<p>In this episode, Megan shares the stories of Henry Gerber and Pearl M. Hart - two queer Chicagoans from immigrant, working class backgrounds whose work shaped not just queer rights in the Midwest, but throughout the...
<p>In the second of this two-part special on Ancient Rome, Thomas takes us through the current state of research on gender bending in the Ancient Roman world. We then quickly dive into the controversial case of the...
<p>In the first of this two-part episode, Thomas takes us through how “homosexuality” – or rather, same sex erotic experiences – were conceptualized in the weird world of Ancient Rome. We then discuss the particular...
<p>Megan takes us on a ride through the life of Anita Berber: Weimar Germany's Priestess of Depravity. Dancer and legendary bisexual bad girl, Anita was the first true star of her era and her short life was shocking...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode, Thomas tells us about the life of Black, lesbian blues singer, pianist and entertainer: Gladys Bentley. A star of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, Bentley seemed in every way someone...
Episode #2
<p>In this second part of our two part story about the lives of AMAB femmes, Fanny and Stella, we dive into the trial that shocked Victorian England, its outcome, and what became of the bold Stella and Fanny in the...
Episode #1
<p>In the first episode of our second season, Megan shares the story of Fanny and Stella: two gender non-conforming young people from Victorian England who presented female (and sometimes male) while carousing the...
Episode #20
<p>In this episode, Thomas takes us through the life and times of convicted swindler, Victor Barker. From his time in Holloway Prison to the sideshows of Blackpool and beyond, Barker insisted on maintaining a male...
Episode #19
<p>In this episode, Megan talks about The Pansy Craze - a period of increased LGBT visibility in popular culture from the late 1920s until the mid-1930s, that came to an end following the Great Depression, The Hays Code...
Episode #18
<p>In this episode, Thomas talks about the discovery, investigation, and historiography of the “Weerdinge Couple” bog bodies. </p><p><br></p><p></p><p>Check us out across the web...
Episode #17
<p>In this episode, Megan shares the secret-not-so-secret queer history of their hometown, Kansas City. Whether on the Missouri or the Kansas side, you might be quite surprised at just how much queer history can be...
Episode #16
<p>In this episode, Thomas discusses the history and complexity of Two-Spirit identities. </p><p>Check us out across the web! </p><p><br></p><p>website</p><p>pixelfed</p><p>bsky</p><p>insta</p><p>patreon</p><p><...
Episode #15
<p>In this episode, Megan shares the stories of lesbian action during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as her own experience growing up in the shadow of AIDS.</p><p><br></p><p>CW: this episode mentions...
Episode #14
<p>Did you know that many of the rules against trans gender markers come from an infamous legal battle involving a trans Scottish nobleman, Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet , general practitioner and expert in Scottish...
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