The no-fucks-given guide to LGBTQ+ history. Welcome to the Gayest Stories Never Told! Hosted by Bash and Lucy Hendra. Edited by Alex Toskas. Sign up on our website, and follow us on Instagram and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trivial Trials (formerly Butterflies on the Wheel [because who doesn't love a rebrand]) is where the world's most Trivial Criminals are finally brought to justice by Jack Gardner Vaa, Sebastian Hendra and Raghu Kesavan.
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The Symposium a.k.a. Let's Have An Ancient Greek Kiki (feat. Cosima Carnegie)
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Get in b*tch, we're having an Ancient Greek kiki! We're back, baby! Join us as we navigate the wine-dark and wine-soaked symposia of Ancient Greece, to discover what exactly was so gay about these all-male drinking parties. (Hint: a lot.) We cover ancient party planning, gay glassware, reclining etiquette, drunken flirting, and all the subtle arts …
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Mademoiselle Raucourt, Priestess of Parisian Lesbos (Summer Repeat)
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Historical Homos is celebrating its one year anniversary! Like any Mother worth her salt, I forgot my child was turning 1 last month. It's been one year of Historical Homos, and there have been so many milestones, amazing episodes, dramas, traumas, small wins, and long mental health breaks that it feels like my baby child should be shipping off to …
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Gad Beck: The Gay Jew Who Lived (feat. Andrew Lear)
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For more from Historical Homos, you can join our cult at www.historicalhomos.com and follow us on Instagram and TikTok. If you like what you hear, please leave us a five star rating on Apple or Spotify. Do it. Yeahhhhhh just like that. This episode was written and researched by Bash, hosted by Bash, and edited by Alex Toskas. Guest host: Andrew Lea…
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Oh, Molly! Queer Culture in Georgian London (feat. AJ West)
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"There are a particular gang of sodomitical wretches in this town..." Did you ever wonder why British men are always just a little...you know...? Well, in truth, it's because 300 years ago they invented being a "gentleman" (gay) who doesn't work (GAY) and just wants nicer things (GAY GAY GAY!). But round about the same time the British invented bei…
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It's the Cricket Episode! Featuring one of the most egregious decisions ever made in this definitely not real court. Like, listening back, I'm like "how did you even think that that would be the right conclusion to draw" like who even thinks that?! Like seriously! Man, F this S.
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Where Do Gay Animals Come From? (feat. A Field Guide To Gay Animals)
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"All male, all-whale orgies"...need I say more? We're back with another extra special episode for Pride Month 2024! And this one is a DOOZY, my little Hormones. First of all, let me just say..."You know you're gay right?" That's my impression of me talking to every living animal on this good, green Earth. Because it turns out animals have been gay …
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A Short History of Bottoms (feat. The Bottom's Digest)
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"Gay didn't always exist, but 'bottom' kind of did!" How did people douche back in the day? Did they have lube? And how'd they find other gays to get off with? In a turn of events that will shock absolutely no one, history is FULL of queer men doing the deed. We boinked, we douched, we lubed, we bathed, and we cruised – long before today's modern l…
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Trial 39 - Human Mud versus Sonic Vandals
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The Trivial Trial returns in the safest of hands (Judge Jack's), as he sifts through Sebastian's harrowing story, stresses through Raghu's, and delivers one of his "most incredible" (self-proclaimed) deliberations yet. With special thanks to Apple's Jonathan Ive, who catches a sensational number of strays with this episode.…
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How To Be Gay In London...100 Years Ago (feat. Peter Parker)
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"And what we have to get into our heads, although it is difficult, is that [the] glamour of love, odd as it may sound, is just as much present between two homosexuals as it is between a man and a woman." - Lord Brabazon of Tara, House of Lords, December 1957 What was it like to be a (practicing) gay man in London after the Second World War? I thoug…
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PERIOD PIECE: Leonard Bernstein, "Maestro" Of My Loins
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PERIOD PIECE is back! Lucy returns, with her flow in tow, for another historical film that I mansplain to her because education 👏 never 👏 stops. This month, we're digging into MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper's biopic about the glorious, complicated, and very gay star conductor of the 20th century: Leonard Bernstein. Lenny was so much more than Gigi Hadid's…
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Saint Sebastian: Rise of the Renaissance Twink (feat. R. Eric Thomas)
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"Saint Sebastian is really just a Bored Office Twink." – R. Eric Thomas (April 2024) Welcome to the wildly erotic, superheroic world of Saint Sebastian, who was initially martyred as a rugged Roman soldier before he blossomed into the lithe, Lana-Del-Rey-loving twink we cherish today. Scientists now know it was the extremely gay Italian Renaissance…
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King James & His George: Part Two (feat. Guy Branum)
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"And it is well-known that the King of England f*cks the Duke of Buckingham." – Theophile de Viau (1628) If you've been watching Mary & George on STARZ, then you must be desperate to know how much of it is true. And the answer, my curious queers, is: a lot! George Villiers, the scheming twink who dominated King James I's court, was hot and 100% DTF…
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King James & His George: Part One (feat. Guy Branum)
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Long live Queen James I of England! James, as our guest Guy Branum notes this week, was always a little “dyke-y”. Obsessed with love and relationships, she ruled Scotland and England entirely from her heart – and through her loins. James was known above all for promoting his male favourites to intolerable positions of power and wealth. The rest of …
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Trial 38 - Ms Welsh Wiggeldybottom versus Gulag Ronnie
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Trivial Trials has rebranded to the name it always should have been! Jack recounts sexy childhood trauma, Sebastian reads out a doozy, and Raghu dissects us as always.
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"A Short History of Queer Women" (feat. Kirsty Loehr)
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Welcome to our queer book club! Here's your cat and gluten-free martini, please have a seat. This week we're discussing Virginia Woolf's suicide (it's my Roman Empire), giant red leather dildos, and the realization that sex between women may be the greatest threat to masculinity in 10,000 years. You'll find it all and more, you greedy guts, in our …
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George Sand Is A Woman Who F*cks (feat. Léa Des Garets)
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Historical Homos is back! This week we cover George Sand, who was, get this, a woman! And a writer! And queer! George wrote over 70 novels and plays between 1804 and 1876, during which she witnessed the rise and fall of SEVEN political regimes in France. When she wasn't busy writing about women's oppression and worker's rights, she was actively rub…
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Ancient Jewish Lesbians feat. Rachel Joravsky
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While Lucy is off gallivanting in Europe this week, spreading hetero cheer to the needy, we invited our dear friend, Rachel Joravsky, to talk about a fascinating, but oft-overlooked group: Ancient. Jewish. Lesbians. Rachel is a TV writer, comedian, activist, educator, and self-acclaimed power Jewess, so naturally we took a gay look together at The …
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PERIOD PIECE: The Real Story of Queen Anne and "The Favourite" (2018)
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Welcome to PERIOD PIECE, our new monthly feature where Lucy is on her period and Bash makes her watch a historical film. Because education 👏 never 👏 stops. This week, we're reviewing an old favorite called "The Favourite" (God, I'm a poet). Starring Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, and Emma Stone, this sultry romp follows an alleged love triangle that …
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The Trivial Trial returns, with the help of one of our many loyal listener.
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A (Blissfully Short) History of Gendered Bathrooms
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Where the F do gendered bathrooms come from? To literally no one’s surprise, public bathrooms only became available to people who are not cis men a couple hundred years ago. Because guess what? If you can't pee in public, you can't BE in public for very long. The lack of public restrooms for women in particular has been a central and often-overlook…
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The Priestess of Parisian Lesbos: Françoise Raucourt
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Wilkommen, bienvenue! Actually just bienvenue. Because yes, we are once again plunging you into another insufferably French episode, where Bash and Lucy compete for the "Best Francophone" Award no one offered. This week, we examine the life, luxuries, and labial exploits of Françoise Raucourt, one of 18th century Paris' most iconic lesbian actresse…
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Rabbit F*ggot aka Tu'Er Shen: The God of Gay in Imperial China
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China has loved the "passion of the cut sleeve" - an ancient euphemism for dude-on-dude dicking - since the literal Han Dynasty (the era not the restaurant). Beautiful stories abound in Chinese literature and history of queer love, from doting emperors to divine influencers in the spirit world. We are of course primarily concerned with the latter. …
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Ruin That Columbussy: A History of Queer Indigenous People
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It's time to ruin that Columbussy! This week we are trampling on the reviled memory of Christopher Columbus, in honor of the Queer Indigenous Peoples of the Americas who are - say it with me - MUCH, MUCH COOLER. Bitchy Bash is joined by Illiterate Lucy to explore the five genders of Indigenous civilizations, the rise of the berdache and one "Namele…
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Alexander the Great, Murdering, Bisexual F*ckboy.
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Ladies and gentler ladies, please welcome your new Historical Homos co-host: Lucy Hendra! Lucy is bravely and openly straight, a woman (technically), and has seen every episode of Vanderpump Rules ever written. (Yes, written. #WGAStrong) Now, why does that qualify her to be on this podcast? No one knows, and no one cares. Least of all our subject t…
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Bessie Smith & Ma Rainey: Bisexual Empresses of the Blues
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Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were big stars in their own day, and hundred years later they've got BIOPICS on Netflix and HBO. This is what bisexuality can do for you! Join us as we dig into the lives, songs, and loves of these two remarkable Black women. Renowned for their musical talent and big personalities, Ma and Bessie became the first record st…
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Hatshepsut: #BoyGirlBoss of Ancient Egypt
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Hatshepsut was one of the more successful pharaohs of New Kingdom Egypt, mostly because she was hell-bent on being known as a he. In an era when ruling was synonymous with penis-having, Hatsephsut created multiple propaganda campaigns to cast herself in the role of divine male ruler. And yet, despite the many breastless and bearded statues she comm…
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Who Is The Motherf*cking Supreme (Court)?
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Bash and Donal are back together again! This week we're leaving behind ancient sugar daddies to look at some of the gayest moments in the Supreme Court's history. From antisodomy laws to gay marriage – and now state-sanctioned discrimination, oh my! – the Court has had a long and bizarre history of interfering with LGBTQ+ rights. But all is not los…
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Was Joan of Arc Nonbinary? (Or Just A Virgin)
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Joan of the Arc has an impressive CV: French it girl, saint, military genius (kind of?), 15th century celebrity (chic!), burned at the stake (careful, c'est chaud!), and potentially...nonbinary? Bash returns to his altar boy days to unravel the never-not-compelling, extremely unbelievable story of Joan, the Maiden of Orléans. As always, we disagree…
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Do Ask, Do Tell: An Army of Ancient Greek Boyfriends
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An ancient Greek army of...boyfriends?! You may have heard tell of it somewhere in your gay little zines and Tik Toks, but do you know the full story? Join Bash for a bonus episode as he dives *deep* into the Sacred Band of Thebes – if only, sigh – an ancient Greek military experiment that led one city-state to total domination over her apparently-…
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Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West Invent the Lesbian Love Letter
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A review of the life and loves of Virginia Woolf through her sauciest letters. We dive deep into her affair with Vita Sackville-West, leading London lesbian of her day, and relive the parties thrown by the Bloomsbury Set, a group of young Modernists who continued the British tradition of plumbing the nation's bottomless depths of homosexuality. (Or…
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Shakespeare vs. Christopher Marlowe: Who's Gayer?
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William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe: brilliant dramatists and...bisexuals? We unpack the rumors, the hearsay and the straight-up gay poems that suggest these titans of English literature were also really, really, ridiculously good-looking gay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Le Chevalier d'Eon: From Russia with Mess...in a Dress
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The unbelievably wild and weird life story of the Chevalier d'Éon: transgender spy, soldier, and sleuth of the French Enlightenment. Assigned male at birth, Charles eventually transitioned to become Charlotte, before discovering the humiliating constraints of life as an 18th century woman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information…
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Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology (Part the First)
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Buckle up for one of the most infamous – and lesser-known – gay couples in Greek mythology: Zeus and Ganymede, originators of the divine Daddy-Twink dichotomy. We'll discover what these myths tell us about ancient Greek homosexuality IRL, and how they provided much-needed PR for the complex reality between mortals' sheets. Hosted by Bash and Donal …
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Welcome to Historical Homos, the world's only no-fucks-given guide to queer history. Come for the laughs. Stay for the boners. And maybe learn something. Or whatever. Coming June 9, 2023. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What happens when two aging homosexuals sit down to talk about the Great Queers of Yesteryear? Check out the trailer to find out! Pube-trimming, cocaine-snorting lesbians, transgender spies, dogs – the real question is what WON'T we talk about? Historical Homos is launching June 9, 2023 on podcast platforms everywhere. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brop…
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Episode 37 - Bob Dylan versus The Indian Bureaucrat
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Oh my days! It's us! Back! Jack does Bob Dylan, Raghu does his best story ever (in my opinion, not that it matters), and Sebastian judges the balls off of us
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Episode 36 - Dog People versus Jack's Hate Crime
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Pucker up! The Trivial Trial is in session once more, with Raghu taking to the role of judge like a duck to water, or Jack to the idea of an attack on one of his best friends. Sebastian debuts Sappho, who will soon be his replacement in the Very Real Court, just as soon as she finishes law school. And if you are listening to this on Spotify, we thi…
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Episode 35 - Gay Speed Dating versus Roy Keane
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And so, another episode dawns upon us. Jack does the worst job of all time being a judge, Sebastian regales us with a delightful tale about something or other, and Raghu predicts the World Cup winners.
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Episode 34 - Profane Munchkin versus Divorced Architect
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AKA The Spicy Butter Waffle Episode. Sebastian returns to his rightful place as court judge, sniffing out justice to his heart's content. Raghu's velvety tones take on a lactose quality, while Jack Vaa is actually from, like, Denmark? In case you didn't know?
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Episode 33 - The Return of the Trivial Trial
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With new and improved microphones, and outdated and degrading perceptions of life, the Boys are Back for Season 4 of the best barely listened to podcast of all time. With Raghu acting as a cutting judge, Jack freaks out about his hair and Sebastian throws one of his slaves under the bus. Some things never change.…
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Episode 32 - The Queen versus Tony Gardner versus Botw
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Recorded August 2019. Which is why all the references are from a distant era, pre-Brexit, when Corona was just the only beer you put a lime into for some unknown reason. Jack's Dad and actor Tony Gardner joins us for this episode, in what could potentially be a career-defining role. In fact, after listening back to this, we are convinced this will …
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Episode 31 - Double Decker Sonnets versus Greta Thunberg's Enemies
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Episode 30 - Dame Helen Mirren versus Sun Heathens versus The Whistle Song
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Episode 29 - Interchangeable Sexbot Humanoids versus The Doyen of Dyspepsia
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Episode 28 - Demonic Leprechaun versus Italian Tinklers
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In this episode, we Blow and Tell, we discuss mental health kind of, and most importantly we explain why Italy sucks donkey balls. Email us at butterfliespodcast@gmail.com Instagram: butterfliespodcast Twitter: @ButterfliesPod
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Episode 27 - Sir Prancelot of Gardnershire versus Tennis Karen
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We are BACK! AGAIN! New and improved apart from definitely not improved!This week we discuss very important things like how to punish pregnant women and how being told to not watch sports is like farting in a room full of people. And if that isn't new and improved then I don't know what is. Jack embodies a new character because character and prop c…
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In anticipation of the release of SERIES 3 of Butterflies on the Wheel, we have put together our fav stories from the last series and serialised them into this serial thing. Its funny. Listen to it and tell us how excited you are for Series 3. Instagram: @butterfliespodcast Twitter: @butterfliespod Email: butterfliespodcast@gmail.com Thanks for wai…
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Episode 26 - Trivial Gyminal vs Racial Profiling Vol. II vs NME Enemies
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In the LAST EPISODE OF THE SERIES (don't cry we will be back, maybe probably), we invite on Astrology Guru Caroline "Caz" Elms as she shares the furious anger that has been bubbling up inside her for the last 10 years. WELCOME TO THE CLUB BABE. Jack discusses seeing an actual real-life up close anus, Raghu gets drunk again and Sebastian shouts at R…
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In the penultimate episode of the Series (thank Gaya), the gang finally start getting into some real gosh darn issues. Finally, the eternal question gets answered: who is better? Nazis or Homophobes? Also featured-- Raghu cry-laughs at a South African accent, Jack finds and loses his zen and Sebastian tells us the right way to pronounce "cum" (why …
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Episode 24 - GLASTO SPECIAL: Bad Anus Aimers versus Brandon Flowers versus Sigrid's "Fans"
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Welcome to the most accessible episode yet, where we discuss our recent foray to Glastonbury Festival. Jack, Raghu and the other one are joined this week by Rebecca, who is Jack's soon to be ex-fiancee. As all fiancees eventually become. This week, bad anus aimers, The Killers and Stubby-fingered 20-something year old males. Tweet us: @butterfliesp…
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