Queer Longing
130 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA podcast where we discuss and explore everything we're longing for and living for in our queer community. Hosted by Olivia Taylor and Lucy Cecil.
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Episodes
Manchester Pride, She Bar and All of Our Gay Sweat
August 28, 2019 05:30 - 56 minutes - 43.5 MBGood 'morrow podcast huns! It's us, your ever-faithful, but ever so slightly absent podcast hosts! Did you miss us during the fallow week?! We missed you! This week we're talking Manchester Pride, Fleabag and why it's impossible not to host a queer event NOT in a basement. We finally get 'round to chatting about Queer Longing Live! face to face as well as a bumper consumables section featuring the likes of 'Can You Ever Forgive Me? and 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' We also discuss our most recen...
Bloops 'n' Bits
August 14, 2019 05:30 - 12 minutes - 18.1 MBOlivia has taken a sojourn back to her birthplace and so we bring you a fun lil blooper episode this week! We've also included some extra bits of the pod which never made it to air- ooh aren't you a lucky bunch of huns! We hope you enjoy and we'll be back after a weeks break with a regular full episode. Stay safe angels xoxoxo
Queer Longing Live at B Works, Manchester
August 07, 2019 05:30 - 52 minutes - 73.7 MBYou came, we talked at you, it was a nice time! This week's episode is our first ever live show in all it's glory. In this extra special pride episode, in collaboration with B Works, we talk what pride means to us and are also joined by some stunning guests to discuss their projects and their experiences of pride. Our amazing guests were Felix McNulty representing Books Beyond Bars (@beyondbarsuk), who gave us an insightful and important chat about connecting with LGBTQIA+ prisoners. We als...
Friend Zone, Kris Jenner and Time for 'They'
July 31, 2019 05:30 - 49 minutes - 39.3 MBWell hello our sweet, sweet pod-angels! It's us, Olivia and Lucy, here for all things queer and pop culture. Guess what, if you're listening as soon as this lil' bbi comes out, it's ONE DAY before QUEER LONGING LIVE! OMGGGGGGGG! In the past us hope it goes well for in the future us! This week we're talking Lucy's wildly successful DJ set at Friend Zone, Partisan Collective and we lament the many White Parties and Ibiza Yachts that will soon compose her entire existence. We discuss Blue Dot ...
Superstar DJs, Stranger Things and Gorgeous Goofball Christine and the Queens
July 24, 2019 05:30 - 33 minutes - 46.8 MBOh hiya huns! This week we had a bit of an unfortunate recording session where we unknowingly lost a few chunks of the pod to the black hole of 'technical difficulties'. Never fear, we pieced together what remained and created this stunning lil baby Frankenstein ep for you! We talk about Lucy's upcoming DJ set at Friendzone- held at pod favourite space, Partisan. More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/692133427908184/ Come on down for a banging night of pop bops! We do a full on...
The Power of Positive News, Romantic Meet-Cutes and Queer Longing Live!
July 17, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBHello you gorgeous queers! It is us, your ever-faithful podcast hosts, Olivia and Lucy, and it's July, the summer of LURVE. Or platonic love anyway, as Olivia tells all about life-altering meet-cute with a stranger on a train as well as all the details from our fab weekend at London Pride. We give a deep analysis of that dinner party scene in Netflix's Tales of the City and discuss some of our favourite queer films of old. We discuss the power of positive news and the latest New York magaz...
The Power of Positive News, Romantic Meet-Cutes and Queer Longing Live!
July 17, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBHello you gorgeous queers! It is us, your ever-faithful podcast hosts, Olivia and Lucy, and it's July, the summer of LURVE. Or platonic love anyway, as Olivia tells all about life-altering meet-cute with a stranger on a train as well as all the details from our fab weekend at London Pride. We give a deep analysis of that dinner party scene in Netflix's Tales of the City and discuss some of our favourite queer films of old. We discuss the power of positive news and the latest New York ...
How To Fail, Black Mirror and Lionesses Lurve
July 10, 2019 05:30 - 46 minutes - 65.2 MBHiya huns! This week we continue gushing over our favourite Lioness huns as they bow out graciously from the World Cup and bring to your our idea for new hit cocktail the Long Tall Jill- get mixing stat for the hottest summer drink of 2019. We have a chat about Lil Nas X's coming out and the sad departure of Janet Weiss from Sleater-Kinney. In terms of consumables, we talk How To Fail with Elizabeth Day and gorge guests Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Nigel Slater. Plus Lucy gives the low down on t...
From Schitt's Creek to Sick Beats, Stonewall and the Women's World Cup!
July 03, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBWell hi, it's us! Your favourite lesbian podcast mums, and we've got a treat for you! (When don't we). This week we're talking Salford Pride, Olivia's best friend's wedding and her impassioned feelings on vegan cheese. We take a psychological deep-dive into the emotional connection between straight men and Joni Mitchell, the upcoming London Pride and the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots. Tracks of the week: Janelle Monáe - Screwed (feat. Zoë Kravitz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Diva Music Festival: An interview with Heather Peace and KT Tunstall!
June 26, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 103 MBIt's a super special guest episode this week as we bring you the gorgeous chat we only went and had the pleasure of having with Heather Peace and KT Tunstall! We got the chance to talk to super huns KT and Heather at the inaugural Diva Music Festival and had chats all about women in the music industry and the joy of creating a female only line up festival. A huge thank you to them for taking time out of the busy fest to chat to us! If you want to find out more about Diva Fest (which you shoul...
Killing Eve, Booksmart Betrayal and Tales of the City aka Queer Gilmore Girls
June 19, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 108 MBIt’s a big old pod this week full to the brim of juicy, scintillating queer bits! Pull up a pew and join us for chats about all the great new queer media we’ve been trying to get through! We cover the intense new series of ‘Killing Eve’, the sparkling joy of ‘Booksmart’ and the big warm hug that is ‘Tales of the City’. We also get excited by the kick off (pun intended) of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the memoir coming later this year from Tegan and Sara entitled ‘High School’- right up our ...
Gentleman Jack, the Love Island Enigma and Listening to Van Halen Once
June 12, 2019 05:30 - 51 minutes - 73.1 MBJoin us this week for a compact lil poddy in which we talk about our OTP (one true program) 'Cruising with Jane McDonald' and Olivia's toe curlingly funny encounter watching 'Gentleman Jack' with her nana. Lucy recommends new podcast fave 'Off Menu', which leads to drooling over dream foods and we look forward to the return of 'Love Island' as Olivia prepares Lucy to watch her first full ep. To read Leah Green's great article all about 'Love Island', click here: https://www.theguardian.com/...
Guess Who's Back in the House?
June 05, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBHello sweet gorgeous angel QL huns! We are so happy to be back and we welcome you back in with our queers arm WIDE open. After a long catch up about what we've been up to we talk Olivia's magical 'Line of Duty' theory, the jolly japes of 'Gentleman Jack' and the terrifyingly funny future of 'Years and Years'. Lucy also watches a full episode of 'Ru Paul's Drag Race' for the first time in years, and it's only the bloody Season 11 finale! We also talk about the importance of kink at Pride, t...
Night of the Living Newsagents
May 01, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBOh hiya! We are back from our holidays with a big old queer bang this week! Join us for chats re new Netflix shows, 'Special' and 'Brene Brown: The Call to Courage'. We also talk about the gorgeous 'Pose' Christmas ep and have lots of feelings about queer family. Plus we talk about all the books we’ve been chowing down on from ‘Educated’ by Tara Westover through to ‘Sula’ by Toni Morrison. Oh and we do the absolute worst quiz ever to find out what kind of woman Lucy should go out with. Soz ab...
7 Minutes in Heaven
April 24, 2019 05:30 - 7 minutes - 6.42 MBOh hey huns! Here's a sweet little something for your ears to tide you over this week as Lucy took some poddy leave to prance about and eat lots of ice cream. We hope you enjoy this short blooper reel of a bunch of the mistakes we've made creating the sweet baby pod for your listening pleasure! Never fear bebbis as we will be back with a bang next Wednesday and longing for you dearly until then! xoxo
Celine Dion meets the Telephone Video meets Thelma and Louise meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert
April 17, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBWell hello sweet babes, another Wednesday, another stunning pod for your delectation. This week we're diving deep into the sob-fest that was the Fleabag finale, Olivia's newly-discovered skill as a keen archer (hello Katniss Everdeen) and Lucy's first time... watching SHOWGIRLS! Hit up Yellowfred for all of your hand-made embroidery needs: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/yellowfred Get the low-down on the new Russell T Davies BBC series, 'Years and Years', here: https://www.radiotimes.com/ne...
Aggressively Queer and Radically Tender with Partisan Collective
April 10, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBMy lord it's a long boy today everybody! Gear up for an action packed ep full of all the queer bits you could possibly dream of. This week we are joined by Issy, all round nice gal and super active member of Manchester's premier co-operative arts and social space, Partisan! She fills us in on all the good work Partisan are doing in Manchester with a special mention to the gorgeous queer event Fatty Acid(https://bit.ly/2OZfzao) happening this month, and hopefully many more months to come! We t...
The Spice Girls, The L Word and a Bumper Week of Lesbi-News
April 03, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWhat's up bbis? It's a bumper pod of thrilling LESBI-NEWS this week as we delve into thoughts on the Mel B/Geri story, (if you can call it that) Cara Delevigne and Ashley Benson as well as the Rosie O' Donnell and Elisabeth Hassellback beef. We talk L Word super-fandom, Tig Notaro's One Mississippi and the power of queer friendship. Dive in with us! Tracks of the week: Sports Team, Kutcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFQo4B3tsI Shura, BKLYNLDN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The Spice Girls, The L Word and a Bumper Week of Lesbi-News
April 03, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWhat's up bbis? It's a bumper pod of thrilling LESBI-NEWS this week as we delve into thoughts on the Mel B/Geri story, (if you can call it that) Cara Delevigne and Ashley Benson as well as the Rosie O' Donnell and Elisabeth Hassellback beef. We talk L Word super-fandom, Tig Notaro's One Mississippi and the power of queer friendship. Dive in with us! Tracks of the week: Sports Team, Kutcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFQo4B3tsI Shura, BKLYNLDN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5...
My Giggliest Position
March 27, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBOh my word DOUBLE DIGITS BEBEZ! Thank you so much for joining us. On today's ep we fangirl over our Hamilton experience, talk Jameela Jamil and Olivia adds another book to her #30before30. We also express our disappointment at the archaic views on LGBT+ relationships which have arisen recently in the UK and then read you a gorgeous queer poem to remind you all that we are the best. To watch the #FiveFilms4Freedom, follow this link: https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/fivefilms4freedom To ...
Queer in the Army - Special Guest Episode
March 20, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 71 MBOh hi you gorgeous queer baby. How goes it? This week is a very special episode for us as it's our first ever podcast with a gorgeous guest! This week we're joined by Captain Sophie, (your ultimate Uniform Dating queer fantasy) talking about life as queer woman working as high-ranking member of the British Army, identity politics and of course, our friendship origin story
Queer Leaving
March 13, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBYo, Yo, Wassup?! Well hello my huns and welcome to the EIGHTH ep. of pure, unadulterated QUEER LONGING! This week we're talking astronauts, Aaron Carter house parties and lesbian utopias. Come join! Tracks of the week: 'Burn' from the Hamilton Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_m_hwKu5FQ 'The Best' Self Esteem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5GSshWU3w Lizzo Allure Cover Story: https://www.allure.com/story/lizzo-cover-interview-2019 The Future of the Feminist Movement: https:...
Queer Leaving
March 13, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBYo, Yo, Wassup?! Well hello my huns and welcome to the EIGHTH ep. of pure, unadulterated QUEER LONGING! This week we're talking astronauts, Aaron Carter house parties and lesbian utopias. Come join! Tracks of the week: 'Burn' from the Hamilton Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_m_hwKu5FQ 'The Best' Self Esteem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5GSshWU3w Lizzo Allure Cover Story: https://www.allure.com/story/lizzo-cover-interview-2019 The Future of the Feminist Movement:...
Beauty and the Bisque
March 06, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 58 MBWelcome to the 7th circle of podcast HEAVEN. On today's pod we talk Manchester City getting on the right side of period politics, important reads by Anna Minton about the housing crisis and Olivia's rave review of new must watch 'Pose'. We discuss the big reveal of Ariana Grande headlining Manchester Pride and take a look at the disappointments surrounding 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Rami Malek's Oscar win. There's also just enough time for us to bang on about pasta loads and chat about our lov...
Ep. 6 - Lord Shag Eye & 20 Years of Queer As Folk
February 27, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 69 MBHi Huns! We're on ep. 6 already, can you believe?! This week, we're talking sick days, SALT FAT ACID HEAT and making your own kimchi. We go in on The Brits, Alan Partridge, Olivia's new gf Sally Kohn and our fave new social media accounts: @celinedionthejob @juliadavisquotes @KimKierkegaard What's the most on-brand story from your childhood? We'll tell you ours if you tell us yours. For info on the brand new Ryan Murphy/Janet Mock series Pose, click here: https://www.theguardian.com/cultur...
Ep. 5 - Love Me Before They All Do
February 20, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBJoin us this week for a Grammy and BAFTA debrief (focused mainly on *shocker* THAT Dua Lipa/St.Vincent performance), along with a discussion of our fave tracks from Ariana Grande's new album and confessions on how we may, or may not, always know when a date is a date. Plus, we talk the return of 'Queer Eye' and 'Killing Eve' and introduce our highly anticipated (by us) new segment - 'I Don't Agree With It'. For all the truth behind The Favourite, click here: https://bust.com/movies/195659-f-...
Ep. 4 - A Pinch of Straight Salt: A Valentine's Day Special
February 13, 2019 05:30 - 56 minutes - 50.1 MBOn this week's extra special Vallyday episode we discuss our hot new merch, Olivia's fantasy dads and great new TV 'Pure' and 'Russian Doll'. Plus, themes of queer desperation, LGBTQ+ Disney and how the best bit of Valentine's day is basically, probably, an M&S meal deal. To listen to our banging new playlist, click here: https://open.spotify.com/user/d4j56urvhfdzs7oqh6nk3wh9d/playlist/2ZWeC03BJBVBPJAhAyJjF8?si=LKR0Le7tRI23fYJ3YRzaCw And to find out which fictional lesbian couple you are, fo...
Ep. 3 - The L Word: Our Journey
February 06, 2019 05:30 - 49 minutes - 44.7 MBOn this week's episode we talk the long awaited return of The L Word, the scandalous price of Pride and our mutual nemesis - ice. To watch THAT Gaga/Cooper duet click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfeHACNRs20 And to listen to super fun, catchy, happy tune 'Trampoline', click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qmwsg2pyEc If you like what we're about please subscribe and leave us a nice review! Follow us on Instagram: @queerlonging Follow us on Twitter: @queerlonging Drop us an emai...
Ep. 2 - Kooky Futuristic Ensemble
January 30, 2019 07:39 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBOh, so you came back for more did you? Great news! This week we discuss number one hunk Captain von Trapp, the omnipresent 'gay trilby' and our new collective girlfriend - Gillian Anderson. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a nice review! Follow us on Instagram: @queerlonging Follow us on Twitter: @queerlonging Drop us an email: [email protected]
Ep. 1 - Queer Longing
January 23, 2019 14:47 - 1 hour - 51 MBEpisode 1: Queer Longing Welcome to the first episode of Queer Longing! We’re so excited to meet you. On today’s show, we discuss lesbian trashy novels, JanuHairy and how we should all make a serious effort to go to Greggs more. Follow us on Instagram: @queerlonging Follow us on Twitter: @queerlonging Drop us an email: [email protected]