Homo Sapiens

171: Self Esteem | Part 1

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Self Esteem is the queer pop star we’ve all been waiting for and luckily enough she popped by for what turned out to be a really deep chat this week...

170: Queer Poetry Special | Part 2

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Queer Poetry Special! What with it being #WorldPoetryDay this week, we are going hard on our haikus and talking all things Poetry with two very specia...

170: Queer Poetry Special | Part 1

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Queer Poetry Special! What with it being #WorldPoetryDay this week, we are going hard on our haikus and talking all things Poetry with two very specia...

169: Are LGBTQ+ people in an attention crisis? with Johann Hari | Part 2

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever watched TV while also scrolling through your phone? Well author & hit TED talker Johann Hari has written a book with mind-blowing discoveries...

169: Are LGBTQ+ people in an attention crisis? with Johann Hari | Part 1

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever watched TV while also scrolling through your phone? Well author & hit TED talker Johann Hari has written a book with mind-blowing discoveries...

The Guilty Feminist X Homo Sapiens Podcast Mashup

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Crossover episode alert! This week the Homo Sapiens Podcast and The Guilty Feminist have teamed up for a collaborative extravaganza to raise money for...

168: Have you considered LGBTQ+ Adoption? with Unlikely Dad | Part 2

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week so we’re talking to the wonderful Tom Cox aka @unlikelydad who has shared the wonderful story of him and ...

168: Have you considered LGBTQ+ Adoption? with Unlikely Dad | Part 1

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week so we’re talking to the wonderful Tom Cox aka @unlikelydad who has shared the wonderful story of him and ...

167: Is Discrimination in LGBTQ+ Housing on the rise? | Part 2

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a week that has seen terrible events unfold in Ukraine we would love to point you to Outright International who are doing brilliant work to to help...

167: Is Discrimination in LGBTQ+ Housing on the rise? | Part 1

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a week that has seen terrible events unfold in Ukraine we would love to point you to Outright International who are doing brilliant work to to help...

Bonus Episode: My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life with Georgia Pritchett

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Writer of HBO’s mega hit ‘Succession’ Georgia Pritchett joins us for a Culture Club bonus episode to talk about her brilliant memoir ‘My Mess ...

166: Ben Hunte | Part 2

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Homo Sapiens would like to offer our very own candidate for the new James Bond : Vice Senior Reporter, Ben Hunte. From stories of being kidnapped in M...

166: Ben Hunte | Part 1

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Homo Sapiens would like to offer our very own candidate for the new James Bond : Vice Senior Reporter, Ben Hunte. From stories of being kidnapped in M...

165: Suzi Ruffell | Part 2

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week the delightful comedian Suzi Ruffell and I roll up our sleeves for a v funny deep dive in to dating do’s and dont's, we dissect the f...

165: Suzi Ruffell | Part 1

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week the delightful comedian Suzi Ruffell and I roll up our sleeves for a v funny deep dive in to dating do’s and dont's, we dissect the f...

164: The Pink Pound | Part 2

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scandal! Disguise! Scented Candles! It’s LGBT History month, listeners so we are talking about the fascinating history of The Pink Pound with Direct...

164: The Pink Pound | Part 1

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scandal! Disguise! Scented Candles! It’s LGBT History month, listeners so we are talking about the fascinating history of The Pink Pound with Direct...

163: Jordan Stephens | Part 2

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are talking about Mental Health this week, listeners. It’s Time To Talk day, the nation's biggest mental health conversation, and you have all be...

163: Jordan Stephens | Part 1

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are talking about Mental Health this week, listeners. It’s Time To Talk day, the nation's biggest mental health conversation, and you have all be...

Bonus Episode: We Can Do Better Than This with Amelia Abraham

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We do like to treat you here at Homo Sapiens, so why not get your Monday off to a flyer with a Culture Club special, it's writer extraordinaire, Ameli...

162: Dr Ranj Singh | Part 2

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest is a man of many talents. Star of Strictly, best selling author, and resident doc on ITV’s This Morning, Dr Ranj is a properly l...

162: Dr Ranj Singh | Part 1

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest is a man of many talents. Star of Strictly, best selling author, and resident doc on ITV’s This Morning, Dr Ranj is a properly l...

161: Hayley Kiyoko | Part 2

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s beat those January blues, people! This week we’re hearing about all your suggestions for feel good films, music, recipes and uplifting stori...

161: Hayley Kiyoko | Part 1

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s beat those January blues, people! This week we’re hearing about all your suggestions for feel good films, music, recipes and uplifting stori...

⚡ Homo Sapiens Live Event ⚡

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

⚡Homo Sapiens Live Event ⚡We’ve got news, listeners! It’s the first ever Homo Sapiens live event on Monday 14th of February at King’s Place ...

160: Dry January with Toni Hogg | Part 2

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking all about Dry January: Who's doing it, who's lasting the distance, who's ditched it, what are the benefits and what does it me...

160: Dry January with Toni Hogg | Part 1

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking all about Dry January: Who's doing it, who's lasting the distance, who's ditched it, what are the benefits and what does it me...

159: Torrey Peters | Part 2

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Years you lovely people <3 Torrey Peters's book Detransition, Baby topped every Book of The Year chart, was longlisted for the Women's Pr...

159: Torrey Peters | Part 1

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Years you lovely people <3 Torrey Peters's book Detransition, Baby topped every Book of The Year chart, was longlisted for the Women's Pr...

158: Mohsin Zaidi | Part 2

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello everyone. For those of you celebrating Christmas, how's it going? Need a break from the family? Well have a listen to my chat with Mohsin Zaidi ...

158: Mohsin Zaidi | Part 1

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello everyone. For those of you celebrating Christmas, how's it going? Need a break from the family? Well have a listen to my chat with Mohsin Zaidi ...

157: Andrew Garfield | Part 2

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Musicals! Slapping your Dad at Christmas! Shoplifting! It can only be the Homo Sapiens Christmas Special. First up, Hollywood superstar Andrew Garflie...

157: Andrew Garfield | Part 1

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Musicals! Slapping your Dad at Christmas! Shoplifting! It can only be the Homo Sapiens Christmas Special. First up, Hollywood superstar Andrew Garflie...

Bonus Episode: Queer Bible with Jack Guinness

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A big old Culture Club treat for you all, Jack Guinness, is the man behind the book everyone should be giving this Christmas - The Queer Bible. Featur...

156: Shon Faye | Part 2

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The delightful Shon Faye is currently toast of the British Literary scene with her Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller ‘The Transgender Issue - An Argum...

156: Shon Faye | Part 1

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The delightful Shon Faye is currently toast of the British Literary scene with her Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller ‘The Transgender Issue - An Argum...

155: Nik Dodani | Part 2

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you lot got all of your Christmas presents yet? Don’t worry, neither have I, but I do have a little present for you - a magical chat with trail...

155: Nik Dodani | Part 1

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you lot got all of your Christmas presents yet? Don’t worry, neither have I, but I do have a little present for you - a magical chat with trail...

154: Ruth Coker Burks | Part 2

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Merry Christmas! Yesterday, December 1st, marks the start of Christmas but also World Aids Day, so how do we merge such an important day with all...

154: Ruth Coker Burks | Part 1

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Merry Christmas! Yesterday, December 1st,  marks the start of Christmas but also World Aids Day, so how do we merge such an important day with al...

153: Róisín Murphy | Part 2

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Wonderful Róisín Murphy is our guest this week. Anyone else had her recent EP on repeat? It's so good. This is a great chat where Róisín tells...

153: Róisín Murphy | Part 1

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Wonderful Róisín Murphy is our guest this week. Anyone else had her recent EP on repeat? It's so good. This is a great chat where Róisín tells...

152: Michael Cashman | Part 2

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The man who ‘Changed The World’ is what The Guardian called our guest this week - Lord Michael Cashman CBE. On the 18th anniversary of the repeal ...

152: Michael Cashman | Part 1

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The man who ‘Changed The World’ is what The Guardian called our guest this week - Lord Michael Cashman CBE. On the 18th anniversary of the repeal...

151: Trans Parenting with Freddy McConnell | Part 2

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To mark Trans Parenting Day I’m chatting to the wonderfully funny Freddy McConnell. Freddy is the trans dad who made a brilliant film called seahors...

151: Trans Parenting with Freddy McConnell | Part 1

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To mark Trans Parenting Day I’m chatting to the wonderfully funny Freddy McConnell. Freddy is the trans dad who made a brilliant film called seahors...

150: Kevin McHale | Part 2

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Kevin McHale everyone! I loved this chat, Kevin is full of mischief and made me laugh for a full hour as he told me all about learning to stick...

150: Kevin McHale | Part 1

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Kevin McHale everyone! I loved this chat, Kevin is full of mischief and made me laugh for a full hour as he told me all about learning to stick...

149: Yasmin Benoit | Part 2

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Asexual Awareness Week aka #Aceweek and we’ve got the inspirational asexual activist and superstar, Yasmin Benoit on the show. Yasmin swings ...

149: Yasmin Benoit | Part 1

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Asexual Awareness Week aka #Aceweek and we’ve got the inspirational asexual activist and superstar, Yasmin Benoit on the show. Yasmin swings ...

Bonus Episode: The Normal Heart | Dino Fetscher

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Extra extra! We’ve got a Culture Club bonus episode for you, listeners. The brilliant actor Dino Fetscher (who you may well recognise from pretty mu...

148: The Old Gays | Part 2

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is pure joy. If you don’t know who ‘The Old Gays’ are, you’re in for a treat and if you do, well, you’ve come to the right plac...

148: The Old Gays | Part 1

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is pure joy. If you don’t know who ‘The Old Gays’ are, you’re in for a treat and if you do, well, you’ve come to the right plac...

147: Yotam Ottolenghi | Part 2

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello listeners. Welcome to a brand new series of Homo Sapiens! This season's theme is… YOU - our listeners! I’ll be having a gas with all th...

147: Yotam Ottolenghi | Part 1

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello listeners. Welcome to a brand new series of Homo Sapiens! This season's theme is… YOU - our listeners! I’ll be having a gas with all th...

146: Best of | Part 2

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How on earth do you create a Best Bits Episode when every episode with Alan has been such a laugh? Well listeners, we’ve had a good old crack at it,...

146: Best of | Part 1

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How on earth do you create a Best Bits Episode when every episode with Alan has been such a laugh? Well listeners, we’ve had a good old crack at it,...

145: Homo Sapiens Podcast x Alan Cumming’s Shelves Podcast

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hold on to your hats! This week's episode comes a little early for Homo Sapiens Listeners, but that’s cos it’s extra special. With a heavy heart w...

144: Simon Amstell | Part 2

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Amstell is our guest this week, and it’s a hoot I tell you. The much loved comedian, writer & film director is pure mischief and he leads ...

144: Simon Amstell | Part 1

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Amstell is our guest this week, and it’s a hoot I tell you. The much loved comedian, writer & film director is pure mischief and he leads ...

143: The Gay Therapist | Part 2

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are lying back on the proverbial couch and letting the wonderful Nick Fager of @gaytherapy solve all our woes over an uplifting cup or th...

143: The Gay Therapist | Part 1

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are lying back on the proverbial couch and letting the wonderful Nick Fager of @gaytherapy solve all our woes over an uplifting cup or th...

142: LGBTIQ+ Homelessness

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that a quarter of queer youth experience homelessness? The Outside Project is an LGBTIQ+ Community Shelter, Centre and Domestic Abuse Ref...

141: Dan Savage | Part 2

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Savage is *the* iconic queer agony uncle who has for many years been demystifying sex, relationships, and above all teaching LGBTQ+ people to be p...

141: Dan Savage | Part 1

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Savage is *the* iconic queer agony uncle who has for many years been demystifying sex, relationships, and above all teaching LGBTQ+ people to be p...

140: Frank and Raphael | Part 2

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This isn’t your usual Homo Sapiens episode, it’s a documentary really, a first hand account of the AIDS crisis in New York in the 80s, of art, adv...

140: Frank and Raphael | Part 1

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This isn’t your usual Homo Sapiens episode, it’s a documentary really, a first hand account of the AIDS crisis in New York in the 80s, of art, adv...

139: k.d. lang | Part 2

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The ⚡️icon ⚡️that is k.d. lang was on the first ever list of dream guests for this podcast and remarkably this week our dream came true. k.d. ...

139: k.d. lang | Part 1

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The ⚡️icon ⚡️that is k.d. lang was on the first ever list of dream guests for this podcast and remarkably this week our dream came true. k.d. ...

137: Dan Mathews | Part 2

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do Pamela Anderson, Paul McCartney and The Golden Girls have in common? Well - it's this week's guest. PETA icon Dan Mathews is the king of contr...

137: Dan Mathews | Part 1

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do Pamela Anderson, Paul McCartney and The Golden Girls have in common? Well - it's this week's guest. PETA icon Dan Mathews is the king of contr...

137: Cyndi Lauper | Part 2

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest, Cyndi Lauper really is one in a million. In 2008 she found the LGBTQ+ homeless charity, True Colours United, with a mission ...

137: Cyndi Lauper | Part 1

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest, Cyndi Lauper really is one in a million. In 2008 she found the LGBTQ+ homeless charity, True Colours United, with a mission ...

136: Cancel Culture

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cancel Culture! What does it mean for LGBTQ+ people? What really is it? Every day there seems to be a new conversation about someone being ‘can...

135: Michael Stipe | Part 2

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What a joy this conversation was. It’s ACTUAL Michael Stipe on this week’s Homo Sapiens. The legendary former R.E.M. frontman tells us h...

135: Michael Stipe | Part 1

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What a joy this conversation was. It’s ACTUAL Michael Stipe on this week’s Homo Sapiens. The legendary former R.E.M. frontman tells us h...

134: Is Sport Still Homophobic?

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s all terribly sporty over here at Homo Sapiens this week. What with Carl Nassib coming out as gay and footballer Harry Kane’s rainbow armband ...

133: Carson Tueller | Part 2

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“People who walk are miserable as well!” This week we are talking to the extraordinary life coach, Carson Tueller who suffered paralysis after a s...

133: Carson Tueller | Part 1

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“People who walk are miserable as well!” This week we are talking to the extraordinary life coach, Carson Tueller who suffered paralysis after a s...

132: Did lockdown ruin your love life?

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

‘Why have I bought an Owl?’ you ask! Well, my house has been under siege from crows attacking my windows this week, and you lovely lot recommended...

131: Travis Alabanza | Part 2

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do when someone throws a burger at you? You get arts council funding and make an award-winning show about it, that’s what you do, and th...

131: Travis Alabanza | Part 1

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do when someone throws a burger at you? You get arts council funding and make an award-winning show about it, that’s what you do, and th...

130: Are Brands Taking Over Pride?

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I’m back, vaxxed, and well… a bit jetlagged, but that won’t stop me chattering away to you lovely lot. It’s Pride month and it’s time for so...

129: Beth Ditto

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beth Ditto in the house! This episode is a right laugh. Funny as hell, chatty as hell, and queer activist as hell, Beth Ditto chats to me and Alan abo...

128: Ryan O’Connell | Part 2

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are talking to the delightful star of Netflix sen-sation ‘Special' - Ryan O’Connell! Ryan’s story is fascinating, he turned his mem...

128: Ryan O’Connell | Part 1

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are talking to the delightful star of Netflix sen-sation ‘Special' - Ryan O’Connell! Ryan’s story is fascinating, he turned his mem...

127: LGBTQ+ in the Workplace

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Has Chris been the only one wearing aftershave during lockdown!? Surely not. Anyway, other than updating you on that and his special new “celebrity”...

126: Paris Lees | Part 2

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our latest guest is a force of nature, a total hoot, and a huge part of Edward Enninful’s new look Vogue Magazine, it’s the AMAZING writer Paris L...

126: Paris Lees | Part 1

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our latest guest is a force of nature, a total hoot, and a huge part of Edward Enninful’s new look Vogue Magazine, it’s the AMAZING writer Paris L...

125: Discrimination on Dating Apps

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Face mask alert! On this week’s Homo Sapiens Extra, we’re combating discrimination on dating apps, which according to you lovely bunch, is extreme...

124: Adam Eli | Part 2

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Has your background, race or culture infiltrated and shaped your queerness, or vice versa? Well, this week’s guest the writer, community organiser, ...

124: Adam Eli | Part 1

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Has your background, race or culture infiltrated and shaped your queerness, or vice versa? Well, this week’s guest the writer, community organiser, ...

123: Queer Friendships

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Not since Karl Lagerfeld did a collab with H&M has there been such a mad rush”. Do you know who said that? It was our very own Chris Sweeney ...

122: Christine Vachon - Part 2

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why isn’t Queer Netflix a thing? What was it like working with Harvey Weinstein? As it’s finally Oscar season, we are joined by the incredible wom...

122: Christine Vachon - Part 1

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why isn’t Queer Netflix a thing? What was it like working with Harvey Weinstein? As it’s finally Oscar season, we are joined by the incredible wom...

121:What TV & Film Changed Your Life?

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You are going to LOVE this week’s episode. We deep dive into your favourite LGBTQ+ moments in TV & Film and find out why Death Becomes Her is an...

120: LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces | Part 2

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well well, who do we have here? We are joined by Oskar Hansen and Zak Riding, a glittering drag queen and emerging DJ, as they share their inspiration...

120: LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces | Part 1

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well well, who do we have here? We are joined by Oskar Hansen and Zak Riding, a glittering drag queen and emerging DJ, as they share their inspiration...

119: Sex & Relationships

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So many questions this week... Has Lil Nas X broken the internet? Is Chris a football referee now? Is scheduling sexy time a good idea or a bad idea i...

118: Alok Vaid-Menon | Part 2

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is it like to go home to Texas during a pandemic when you’re a gender non-conforming writer & performer who looks incredible in a dress wit...