"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
S1 E9 "I Think That Man Is One of Those" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:07
Do we moderate our queer behavior in an assimilated world? What happens when Mattachine goes public? Or when the culturalists move forward with militant queer identity? "Can Homosexuals Organize?" "How Clean Can A House…
S1 E8 "Silly Letters" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:31
Why do assimilationists reject queer culture? Hear the season from the point of view of the Mattachine's rising leader. Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial. Editorial…
S1 E7 "People Like Other People" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:06
Are you a culturalist or an assimilationist? What are the pros and cons of each side, and what would you do to fight for yours? No one will be the same after this week's Mattachine meeting. Please rate and review the sho…
S1 E6 "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Homosexual?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:42
When an organization splinters into alliances, will the community they're organizing splinter, too? Welcome to the secret society's first constitutional convention. Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support t…
Bonus: Executive Order 10450 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:54
This bonus episode doesn't take place in the past, but it's based in history. How does 1953's anti-gay executive order influence our lives under Trump? Vote.org & Indivisible.orgSources, current events, and more info: ht…
S1 E5 "Diversified Individualists" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:44
How will political pressure from the lavender scare cause cracks in the Mattachine Foundation? If we are "moral risks," then what is our moral code? Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patre…
S1 E4 "The Lavender Scare" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:05
How and when did homophobia begin in the United States? How did the government weaponize it against us? Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial. Editorial advising by Pau…
S1 E3 "To Be Accused: The Trial of Dale Jennings" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:22
Why was Dale Jennings arrested? What purpose does ONE Magazine serve? How is queer culture defined by our community? -Miss Jean Dempsey, Treasurer Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon…
S1 E2 "The Call" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:48
Who is the Mattachine Foundation? What do they want? Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial. Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow us on Faceb…
S1 E1 "Strange Sex Cult Exposed" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:01
What is Mattachine? Why are they anonymous? Our case opens with a postal worker in 1920s Chicago. Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.Editorial advising by Paul Di Ci…