"Live and Let Live: 58 Years Later" • Interview w/ Randy Wicker

"Live and Let Live: 58 Years Later" • Interview w/ Randy Wicker

Author: Devlyn Camp October 21, 2020 Duration: 2:13:32
Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Michael, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism. • Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020. • More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! COMING UP: A 1920s Election Day special, and soon after, a new mini-series about a true 1950s gay sex panic that turned one small town into a witch hunt, and how the town tried to cover it up. These bonus episodes and many more already waiting for you, plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. (Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast!) Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! It only costs a little gayola. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)  Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.  Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com  Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Listen to the full, unedited version of “Live and Let Live” from WBAI in 1962 at Patreon.com/QueerSerial, or hear it in the context of its history in season 2, episode 11. Watch Randy Wicker and Sylvia Rivera talk on the pier here on YouTube or Vimeo. Watch the Marsha P. Johnson documentary “Pay It No Mind” here on YouTube. Listen to Randy’s full 1966 interview with St. Philomena on WBAI here on my website. And look through Randy’s photo collection here on Flickr! This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis! Check out my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling." Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. “Live and Let Live” courtesy Pacifica Radio Archives. WBAI, September 1, 1962. “Randy Wicker Interviews Sylvia Rivera on the Pier” by Randy Wicker. Do you like Tallulah Bankhead? xoxo

Devlyn Camp’s Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History unfolds like a gripping radio drama, but every story is rooted in fact. This isn't a dry lecture; it's an immersive soundscape that pulls you into the pivotal, often hidden, moments that have shaped queer life in America. Each season focuses on a different true story, weaving together narrative storytelling, historical research, and firsthand accounts to create something that feels both urgent and deeply human. You’ll hear the tensions, the triumphs, and the personal risks that define these chapters of our past, presented with the pacing and depth of a documentary series. The podcast naturally sits at the intersection of history and true crime, exploring systemic injustices, personal bravery, and cultural shifts that textbooks often overlook. By dramatizing these real events, Camp makes the struggles and joys of LGBTQ+ communities resonate on a personal level, reminding us that history is made of individual lives. Tune in for a compelling blend of education and emotion, where the past is given a voice and its lessons echo into the present. This is history told not from a distance, but from the inside.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 82

Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History
Podcast Episodes
S3 E9 "Mattachine Millennia," or, "The Whole World Is Watching" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47:18
“One gets weary of trying to confront the people with the necessity of assessing their own history.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreo…
S3 E8 "Chicago Ain't No Sissy Town" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:00
“Through the blue cigarette smoke you can make out the outlines of crowded tables.” • Meet me on Crilly Court. Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month a…
E7-A “Mafia Buys Clubs for Homosexuals” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:48
“Another such private club will open next week. Nearly all are in Manhattan and about one-third are operated by underworld figures.” Paula Harrington as the New York Times reporter. Looking for some reruns? Check out thi…
S3 E7 "STREET POWER" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:48
“The drug addicts, pillheads, teenage hustlers, lesbians, and homosexuals who make San Francisco’s ‘MEAT RACK’ their home are tired of living in the midst of the filth thrown out on to the sidewalks and into the streets…
E6-A “Nationwide Ring Preying on Prominent Deviates” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:48
“The decoy would lure the victim to a hotel room, usually from a midtown bar, and get him into a compromising situation.” It’s me this week, Devlyn, as the New York Times reporter. Hi! Looking for some reruns? Check out…
S3 E6 "The Sip-in & the Social Prophet" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:45
“I think we have to decide how far we can go for caring about what heterosexuals think.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerS…
E5-A "Detective at Hotel Is Held in Extortion" August 5, 1965 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:11
“The house detective, Edward Murphy, was held on $7,500 bail for a hearing Aug. 13. He was impersonating an officer.” Faye Camp as the New York Times reporter. Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE…
S3 E5 "Homos On The March" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:17
“Life with the homophile movement continues to be exciting and stimulating and infinitely interesting and rewarding.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $…
S3 E4 "Aunties," or, "The Style of Tomorrow" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:44
“Either you keep up with the movement, or you will be dropped by the wayside….that’s just the way movements evolve.” • Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3…