OUTCAST WORLD

Amy Spalding & Gareth Valentino are talking to Graeme about REFORM UK, the GREENS and their new podcast.

The BBC made history with I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl. Then they cancelled them.In this episode of Outcast World, Graeme Smith is joined by Gareth Valentino and Amy Spalding, two of the standout names from those shows, now launching their own podcast It Started With A Kiss.What starts as a conversation about queer TV quickly turns into something else.We get into what it actually felt like to come out on national television, the reality of sudden visibility, and why those shows mattered more than the BBC seems willing to admit.Then it shifts.Gay men being brutal to each other. Lesbian solidarity. Open relationships, when they work and when they really don’t. Chemsex culture. Internalised homophobia.And a story about a relationship that went very wrong, involving secrecy, betrayal, and HIV disclosure, that says more about queer dating than most people are willing to say out loud.This is part one of a two-part conversation.In part two, we go further into the politics, Trump, trans rights, the UK, and why queer culture feels like it’s moving forward and backwards at the same time.CHAPTERS00:00 Why I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl mattered 02:30 What it felt like to come out on TV 06:00 The reality of sudden queer visibility 10:00 Gay men vs gay men 13:00 Lesbian solidarity vs male toxicity 16:00 Open relationships, reality vs fantasy 20:00 When non-monogamy goes wrong 24:00 Dating, sex, and honesty in queer cultureFOLLOW / SUBSCRIBESubscribe for full video episodes of Outcast World Part two drops in 48 hours🎧 Listen on all podcast platforms 📱 Follow for clips and updatesABOUT OUTCAST WORLDOutcast World is queer politics, sex and culture. Smart, funny, occasionally filthy.Everything you do online is tracked, fix it in two minutes, get up to 75% off NordVPN on outcastworld.net-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take time to comment about it wherever you listen.//// Check us on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram @thisisoutcastworld ///// Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Topher is back on, and on the last episode we found out about "felchgate". The perfect Valentines Day treat where a regular hookup was given a treat from a donor. If you know you now. The DL bad boys can be the kinkiest sometimes.This time it's news on one of his all time faves, fresh from a decade in prison taking Topher on a cute date in Soho.And we're talking about The Baftas Incident. Did we need to pitch people with disabilities and people of colour against each other? After a week to digest it we're talking it through.Everything you do online is tracked, fix it in two minutes, get up to 75% off NordVPN on outcastworld.net-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take time to comment about it wherever you listen.//// Check us on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram @thisisoutcastworld ///// Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graeme and Topher meant to record a serious episode but then got side tracked on a half hour series of glorious tangents. The best of which is right at the start:Valentines day has been and gone....What did you do?Topher had a date pop round and he had a very specific request ... (googles F3LCHING....)It's one of those episodes. Enjoy.Everything you do online is tracked, fix it in two minutes, get up to 75% off NordVPN on outcastworld.net-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take time to comment about it wherever you listen.//// Check us on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram @thisisoutcastworld ///// Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You may already know Carl Cashman as the Liberal Democrat politician who keeps making headlines for being ridiculously in shape and unapologetically shirtless on Instagram. The “world’s hottest politician” label follows him everywhere.But what happens when the internet crush turns out to be smart, likeable, politically ambitious — and fully aware that the gays love him?Recorded live in front of an audience at the BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Gallery in Fitzrovia, London, Graeme sits down with the 34-year-old leader of Liverpool City Council’s Liberal Democrats to talk trust after the coalition years, immigration rhetoric, trans rights, a possible hung parliament, and what the UK does in a world shaped by Farage, Le Pen and Trump.In a political era dominated by culture-war strongmen, is a pro-EU, openly progressive politician who actually enjoys queer support… such a bad thing?This is the political half of a longer live conversation. To hear the full interview, head to the BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast.Everything you do online is tracked, fix it in two minutes, get up to 75% off NordVPN on outcastworld.net-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This helps us become easier to discover. Please take time to rate the show and if you're enjoying the podcast then take time to comment about it wherever you listen.//// Check us on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram @thisisoutcastworld ///// Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.