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Queer Words is a podcast of conversation with queer-identified authors about their works and lives hosted by Wayne Goodman

Queer Words/Wayne Goodman


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 353 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Queer Words Podcast

    Jesse Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 23:14


    Jesse Scott, HIV/AIDS Case Manager

    Sudi (Rick) Karatas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 13:18


    Sudi (Rick) Karatas, screenwriter, songwriter, and poet

    Shawn Stewart Ruff

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 21:34


    Shawn Stewart Ruff, Lammy Award winner, fashion, beauty and lifestyle copywriter

    Wayne Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 16:42


    Wayne Scott, psychotherapist and educator

    Soizick Jaffre

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 22:17


    Soizick Jaffre, comic book artist and avid windsurfer

    Ross Mathews & Wellinthon Garcia-Mathews

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 15:19


    Daniel Meltz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 16:07


    Daniel Meltz, retired technical writer and teacher of deaf young people

    Felice Picano

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 29:58


    It is with great sadness we report the passing of one of our community’s stalwarts, Felice Picano. Here is my 2019 conversation with him

    felice picano
    Rainie Oet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 20:00


    Rainie Oet, drawn to mermaids, robots, half moons, rainbows, aliens, ghosts, reality, the speculative, transness, justice, and hope

    Roxie Key

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 13:33


    Roxie Key, copywriter for a global brand

    Sara Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 12:57


    Sara Ryan, teen services librarian and writing instructor

    Samantha Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 18:49


    Samantha Ryan, S.E. Hinton Endowed Scholarship for Creative Writing winner

    Cris Ascunce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 18:31


    Cris Ascunce, LGBTQ rights advocate, copywriter, graphic designer, and web designer

    Orlando Ortega-Medina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 18:36


    Orlando Ortega-Medina, criminal, appellate, and deportation defense attorney who assists with post-conviction relief

    Jason June

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 23:57


    Jason June, lover of dinosaurs, unicorns, Pomeranians, and anything magical that takes you to a different world or time

    Howard Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 14:29


    Howard Miller, business consultant, performer, and avid tennis player

    howard miller
    Alexandra Swarens and Mak Shealy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 29:48


    Alexandra Swarens, screenwriter, filmmaker, and performer/Mak Shealy, playwright and performer

    John Garrison

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 15:37


    John Garrison, scholar of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature

    Rich Rubin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024


    Rich Rubin, former globe trotter and travel writer

    rich rubin
    Michael Leali

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024


    Michael Leali, bookshop worker and former high school instructor

    H.N. Hirsch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024


    H.N. Hirsch, former professor and dean of arts and sciences

    Eliot Schrefer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024


    Eliot Schrefer, New York Times best-selling science writer with an affinity for the natural world

    Mala Kumar

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024


    Mala Kumar, technology developer, formerly with GitHub and the United Nations, co-host of the podcast “Desi Women Diaspora”

    Charles K. Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024


    Charles K. Carter, poet, mental health advocate, and former educator

    Robert Bruegmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024


    Robert Bruegmann, historian of architecture, and a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago 

    Peter E. Fenton

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024


    Peter E. Fenton, playwright and paleontologist

    Erin Becker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024


    Erin Becker, marketing and content strategist

    Lee Airton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024


    Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario

    Ronald Hunter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024


    Ronald Hunter, former hustler who sees himself as a successful survivor, rather than a victim

    Trent Clifford

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024


    Trent Clifford, teller of stories, proclaimer of uncomfortable truth, queer survivor of domestic abuse, and insatiable artist

    Jess Vosseteig

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024


    Jess Vosseteig, illustrator specializing in queer, feminist, and inclusive illustrations that focus on inclusivity, empowerment, and breaking gender stereotypes

    Finnian Burnett

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 20:04


    Finnian Burnett, educator who explores the intersections of the human body, mental health, and gender identity

    Jewelle Gomez

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 23:06


    Jewelle Gomez, poet, playwright, and author of “The Gilda Stories,” the original Lesbian Vampire book.

    Gar McVey-Russell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 20:50


    Gar McVey-Russell, co-founder of ActUp-East Bay and host of the blog The Garspot

    Natasha Dennerstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 23:03


    Natasha Dennerstein is an Australian-born trans poet living in the San Francisco Bay area. In a former life she functioned as a psychiatric nurse.

    Richard May

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 22:57


    Richard May, my partner for over 10 years, was the first conversation I had for Queer Words Podcast. He has hosted several reading series in and around San Francisco.

    san francisco richard may
    Leon Acord

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2023 16:52


    Leon Acord, award-winning actor, writer, and occasional producer

    Jeffrey Dale Lofton

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 18:44


    Jeffrey Dale Lofton, senior advisor at the Library of Congress, and former actor

    Patrick E. Horrigan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 19:18


    Patrick E. Horrigan, memoirist and former literature professor

    Rob Kirby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 14:52


    Rob Kirby, cartoon/graphic novel creator, collaborator, and editor

    Richard D. Mohr

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 19:32


    Richard D. Mohr, journalist, and professor of philosophy, classics, and queer literature

    Royce Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 22:02


    Royce Hall, actor, recording artist, screenwriter, poet, spoken word artist, musician, and sketch artist

    Robert Hofler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 20:02


    Robert Hofler, theater critic, former entertainment and managing editor

    Lisa Bunker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 24:48


    Lisa Bunker, former state legislator and radio station program director

    lisa bunker
    Jasper Fforde

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 22:29


    Jasper Fforde, an ally who has queered English Literature

    Benjamin Alire Saenz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 19:48


    Benjamin Alire Saenz, award-winning poet, and author of “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” which has been banned in several places

    Curtis Chin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 14:04


    Curtis Chin, writer, producer, director, and activist

    Anne Myles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 21:31


    Anne Myles, poet and professor of early America literature

    Jesse Leon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 21:32


    Wayne Goodman in conversation with Jesse Leon, social impact consultant

    Larry Duplechan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 20:08


    Wayne Goodman in conversation with Larry Duplechan, actor, singer, and award-winning author

    Juliet Patterson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 22:02


    Wayne Goodman in conversation with Juliet Patterson, creative writing and literature instructor at St. Olaf College

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