Navigating Muddy Waters
Navigating Muddy Waters
Joe Calderwood
My third year of college. FAU in Boca Raton. 1969. Muddy Waters is about my coming out as gay, and the process.
Episode 9. Meeting influential people.
The summer and fall of 1969 were eventful: I stayed with the Chief Justice of the US, met the President of the US, expanded my gay world journey.
Dec 13, 2020
29 min
Broken Radio
This is a song that was produced for our fortieth anniversary.  Also included is another song that Freddie produced for my Podcast, Stained Fortune.
Dec 5, 2020
7 min
Episode 8. A big gay world out there...
Clearing up the mess Doc had made.  Doc giving me loads of gay newspapers. Stonewall Riots in NYC.  Invited to Lee's house for dinner.
Nov 27, 2020
26 min
Episode 7. Revealing my secret to Elsa, my mom.
Clearing up my relationship with John. Telling my "secret" to my mom.
Nov 21, 2020
26 min
Episode 6. My first gay bar.
I traveled down to Miami again for the weekend and met up with Doc. We went to the gay bar he promised me.
Oct 15, 2020
23 min
Episode 5. John and I go further in our relationship.
John wants to meet up with me and talk. We talk about what happened the night of the frat party. We travel to the beach and it seemed like all my dreams were about to come true.
Oct 5, 2020
23 min
Episode 4. Meeting with a Priest for my mental disorder
Continuing to have a traffic jam in my head regarding being gay. Meet up with my priest, Father Steve. John coming back to talk and more.
Aug 31, 2020
29 min
Episode 3. Dating girls and boys
I am in turmoil because of John. He doesn't think the two of us should continue playing around.
Aug 29, 2020
28 min
Episode 2. Busted by the cops
My first same sex experience was in the backseat of my car. In the heat of it we were busted by the campus cops.
Aug 25, 2020
23 min
Episode 1. A kiss that changed my life
Fall of 1969, my third year of college. Having my first gay experience and dealing with all the non-acceptance.
Aug 25, 2020
17 min