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The Lee Callahan Show

by Lee Callahan

A weekly podcast with conversations with famous and quasi-famous folk.

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Episodes

  1. Major Margaret Witt and 'Tell: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights'

    Meet Margaret Witt and hear her story of coming out in the military and fighting for her right to serve our country.

  2. Books! What you should get for you or your sweetie/pal/mom...

    An excellent conversation with Madeline McIntosh, President of the Penguin Publishing Group, a 20+ year professional of the book business and lifelong book-lover who oversees Penguin’s adult publishing business in the United States. (The Big Cheese)

  3. Episode 28: Sam Maggs

    She's so smart, and she's the author of 'The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks,' and now, 'Wonder Women:25 Innovators, Inventors, And Trailblazers Who Changed History.'

  4. Episode 27: Becky Selengut & Matthew Amster-Burton

    We're talking about eating your way through Japan without a plan. The book is 'Not One Shrine: Two Food Writers Devour Tokyo." (One of them is a big ol' GAY.)

  5. Episode 26: Jane Lynch

    Jane is bringing her cabaret show to Seattle's Triple Door on June 3rd and 4th because Jane can sing! She's bringing the drunk redhead from 'The Office,' too. Listen to how cool and fearless Jane is.

  6. Episode 25: Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival

    Festival director Sam Berliner talks about the fine films about his community and has a frank discussion about his trans way of life with Lee. Translations runs May 12 thru May 15 at many theaters.

  7. Episode 24: Leslie Jordan

    He's an out southern wonder! Emmy winner from Will and Grace, playwright, author, comedian and raconteur. He'll be at the Triple Door on 3/31 with Kimball Allen. He talks about his mom, his brave Starbucks incident and some other really good personal stuff.

  8. Episode 23: Lauren Weedman

    The star of 'Looking' is not gay. But she loves the gays. And she has a new book out and she'll be at Town Hall tomorrow night, talking with the gay Dan Savage. Pretty gay, I'd say.

  9. Episode 22: Chely Wright

    Chely Wright comes to Olympia for Pizza Klatch's annual gala, A Slice Of The Good Life, on Saturday, January 23rd. (Lee Callahan is hosting - Chely is performing.) Ms. Wright had a huge hit, among many, with Single White Female, and... was the first popular country musician to come out as gay....

  10. Episode 21: SIFF's Clinton McClung On Gay Movies!

    We talk about Carol and The Danish Girl and Tangerine and Janis: Little Blue Girl. Clinton is so smart!

  11. Episode 20: Fayette Hauser of The Cockettes

    Once upon a time lived a performance group of hippie-drag queens in San Francisco. They were world famous. Fayette is one of them, and the movie, 'The Cockettes,' is in Seattle on 11/11.

  12. Episode 19: Mark Segal

    On December 11, 1973 Mark Segal disrupted the live broadcast of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite by sitting on Cronkite’s desk and yelling, “Gays protest CBS prejudice!” directly into the camera. I saw it. Live. Now he's written a book about his amazing life. 'And Then I Danced…

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  13. Episode 18: Margaret Cho

    The world famous comedienne comes to Seattle on her Psy-Cho Tour on October 24. We talk about gay men, bi women, her recent cameo on the Golden Globe Awards, her mom, just about everything... in 12 minutes.

  14. Episode 17: Marga Gomez

    The actor, comedienne, performance artist, and lesbian is coming to Seattle Oct 4 at Theatre Off Jackson to perform POUND. We talk about lesbians, gay men, dating, celibacy, Olivia cruises... everything.

  15. Episode 16: The Seattle Lesbian And Gay Film Festival

    We're talking movies! Festival Director Kathleen Mullen knows EVERYTHING about all the excellent gay flicks because she has seen every one. Opening night is October 8th and the movie is FREEHOLD with Julianne Moore and Ellen Page.

  16. Episode 15: Captain Smartypants!

    Seattle's own singing group presents "Zero Brides for Seven Brothers" featuring send-ups of the Osmonds, Jacksons, Doobies, Grimm, Gibbs and even Bronys... At The Triple Door Sept 12, 18, and 19.

  17. Episode 14: ESPN'S Kate Fagan

    She's a big time sports reporter and commentator and she's written a book about coming out on her college basketball team - led by born-again Christians.

  18. Episode 13: Lisa Koch And Jenny McNulty

    The two are shacking up this week before their show at The Theatre Off Jackson on Sunday night, Aug 16. First time the podcast has ventured into coming out stories and these two are just explosive!!

  19. Episode 12: Suzanne Westenhoefer

    The exquisitely funny comedienne comes to Seattle's Triple Door on 8/22. Here she gives advice on finding a girlfriend and what happened the first time she kissed a girl.

  20. Episode 11: David Thorpe: Do I Sound Gay?

    He's making a splash in the movie business by questioning his gay voice. See 'Do I Sound Gay?' at the NW Film Forum in Seattle starting 7/24/15. Or rent it on On-Demand.

  21. Episode 10: Megan Rapinoe

    Okay, not one-on-one, but in a press conference in Seattle a week after her World Cup win. But we had a moment; talking about her favorite moments on and off the field, about Abby Wambach, and about that Fox Sports profile.

  22. Episode 9: Jamie Pedersen

    The out Washington State Senator and I have talked many times over the years as the process of Marriage Equality dragged on. He tells me how his colleagues across the state reacted to the SCOTUS decision and about his own personal history as a legislator.

  23. Episode 8: Meg Linehan

    We talk Women's Soccer at the World Cup! I'm going to every Vancouver game with the wife, and Meg can actually speak to what's going on in all the games, especially concerning Abby Wambach, Jill Ellis and the USWNT. Find Meg on Twitter:@itsmeglinehan

  24. Episode 7: Georgia Ragsdale

    She's Seattle's Theatre Maven. Her new show, 'Follow You Everywhere,' runs June 26, 27 and 28 at 12 Ave Arts on Capitol Hill. GeorgiaRagsdalePresents.com We talk about LA and P-Town and Ellen and comedy and Georgia's love for my day job.

  25. Episode 7: Sandra Valls

    Busy comedienne Sandra Valls will be at Theatre Off Jackson on June 13. She talks Michigan Women's Music Festival, Pride in El Paso, her long distance love affair, Olivia Cruises, and vajonuts, yes, vajonuts...

  26. Episode 6: Lily Tomlin, Randall, And Lisa Lampanelli

    For my day job I’m a broadcaster on a commercial rock station in Seattle and I talk to a ton of people coming through town. It just seems a waste not to turn you on to the best parts of some older conversations with some sensational people: Lily Tomlin on The Celluloid Closet and Jane Wagner....

  27. Episode 5: Tab Hunter

    I sat down with the matinee idol and movie star to talk about his new documentary, "Tab Hunter Confidential." Produced by his partner of 30 years, and about his secret life in 50's and 60's Hollywood. What a thrill. He's still beautiful, inside and out.

  28. Episode 4: Swoosie Kurtz

    A luxurious conversation with the show's first GAY ICON. Star of stage, screen, and current TV hit, 'Mike and Molly,' Swoosie has a wonderful memoir out called, "Part Swan, Part Goose."

  29. Episode 3: Erin Foley

    I see her every time she comes to Seattle. She's a bust-gusting brilliant comedienne. We talk about gay comedy stuff and women comedy stuff and LA stuff and writing-for-TV-shows stuff. She's here at the Parlor in Seattle May 28-29-30.

  30. Episode 2: Barney Frank

    Hey! Welcome to the 2nd installment of the show - Conversations with famous to quasi famous members of the gay community. Today’s guest is Mr. Barney Frank, and he has a new book out about his illustrious career and high profile life, Frank: A Life in Politics From the Great Society to Same-Sex...

  31. Episode 1: Sandra Bernhard

    Episode 1 stars Sandra Bernhard, coming to Olympia, Washington to perform #Blessed on May 2, 2015. She talks about the new female comics and working with Jerry Lewis and her friendship with Madonna.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A weekly podcast with conversations with famous and quasi-famous folk.

HOSTED BY

Lee Callahan

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