My guest this week is director Monty Wolfe, whose queer romcom Exploding Boy is now available on streaming. Monty’s path to filmmaking took a lot of swerves over the decades — starting with a teacher who saw the potential in a young teenager, and maybe something a little queer. That was followed by some less helpful guidance from other adults in his life, a job at a news station that he landed by accident, a decision to completely upend his life and move across the country in part to get as far as possible from a homophobic coworker, and a boyfriend who believed in Monty’s dreams and pushed him to go after them. We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder if that If you like this podcast, you might enjoy my new show about the 90s TV series My So-Called Life. The podcast is called Matt’s So-Cast Pod, it features a bunch of fabulous guests, and it’s available now wherever you listen to podcasts. And you may also like my YouTube videos about movies and TV shows, my weekly livestreams on Twitch, my book Hi Honey, I’m Homo!, and my email newsletter. You can get all that and more at MattBaume.com.

The Sewers of Paris

Matt Baume

Loners & Misfits (Ep 462 - Silence of the Lambs/Monty Wolfe)

APR 4, 202452 MIN
The Sewers of Paris

Loners & Misfits (Ep 462 - Silence of the Lambs/Monty Wolfe)

APR 4, 202452 MIN

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<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My guest this week is director Monty Wolfe, whose queer romcom Exploding Boy is now available on streaming. Monty’s path to filmmaking took a lot of swerves over the decades — starting with a teacher who saw the potential in a young teenager, and maybe something a little queer. That was followed by some less helpful guidance from other adults in his life, a job at a news station that he landed by accident, a decision to completely upend his life and move across the country in part to get as far as possible from a homophobic coworker, and a boyfriend who believed in Monty’s dreams and pushed him to go after them.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder if that If you like this podcast, you might enjoy my new show about the 90s TV series <em>My So-Called Life</em>. The podcast is called <a href="http://socastpod.com"><em>Matt’s So-Cast Pod</em></a>, it features a bunch of fabulous guests, and it’s available now wherever you listen to podcasts.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">And you may also like <a href="http://youtube.com/mattbaume">my YouTube videos</a> about movies and TV shows, my weekly livestreams <a href="http://twitch.tv/mattbaume">on Twitch</a>, my book <a href="http://gaysitcoms.com"><em>Hi Honey, I’m Homo!</em></a>, and my email newsletter. You can get all that and more at <a href="http://mattbaume.com">MattBaume.com</a>.</p>