
Bad Gays
Hosted by Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey · Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
4.7from 1,774 ratings
- 136
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 1,774
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Bad Gays
A podcast about evil and complicated queers in history. Why do we remember our heroes better than our villains? Hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller. Learn more: www.badgayspod.com
- Publisher
- Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 19 Mar 2019
- Latest episode
- 27 Jun 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 136 episodes have a transcript.

27 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Special Episode: Liza Minnelli's Bad Gays

3 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode 6

27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mandelson: A Homosexual History - Episode Five
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Special Episode: Liza Minnelli's Bad Gays
Published 27 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's interesting to me that the first generation of Liza's gay fans are these clones in the 70s, and... she's making music that really appeals to this like older version of themselves. It's like a link back to this other kind of world and this other kind of form. Yeah. Does that make any sense? It does. It also plays into my theory about kind of gay culture in general, queer culture in general, which is when you're born outside of societal norms and it's not your fault, you understand that people have layers and that everyone has a personal life and a public life and a personal persona and a public persona. […]
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- Cameron Cook
- James Butler
- Juliet Jacques
- Maurice J Casey
- Luigi Mangione
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 532 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,242 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 80
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey host the show. Published by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller.
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