MikeyPod 360 | Writer and Performer Mike Albo

Thank you to everyone who’s stuck around while I find my rhythm again with this podcast. And what a conversation to come back with! I got to talk with writer and performer Mike Albo about his new audiobook, Hologram Boyfriends: Sex, Love and Overconnection, out now on Macmillan Audio. We got into desire as an energy — where it lives, how it’s changed since the smartphone made it portable — and what it’s been like to watch gay men shift from pariahs to culturally marketable, which Mike describes as a kind of whiplash. We also talked about the live performance pieces woven into the audiobook and how they came together at the Parkside Lounge. Mike Albo is a writer and performer whose novels include Hornito, The Underminer, and Another Dimension of Us, alongside the memoirette Spermhood and the novella The Junket. He’s written for The New Yorker, New York Magazine, GQ, and TED, and was the Critical Shopper columnist for the New York Times. His solo shows have toured the US, Canada, and the UK. There’s a bonus conversation with Mike dropping Wednesday for Patreon subscribers — we get into his writing process, which surprised me so much it came up in my therapy session that week. Find it here on my Patreon page. Connect with Mike: WebsiteSubstack Photo of Mike Albo by Eric McNatt The video version of this podcast can be found on my YouTube channel.