
Hi all. It's been a while. I've missed you. The show is new. Things are different. There's a co-host now (s/o Roxy, she's great). There won't be guests until there are again. We'll be discussing City of Night by John Rechy next week, alongside, likely, at least: Esther Newton's Mother Camp, Jules Gill-Peterson's A Short History of Transmisogyny.
Nov 13, 2025
58 min

Jolene is joined by James Frankie Thomas to discuss his life, his transition, and his novel, Idlewild. Topics include: bookstores, the quality of desire both on and off T, divorce, the Animorphs, and, of course, the fetishization of gay men.
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS)
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Sep 5, 2024
1 hr 55 min

The third episode of the reading series! Unfortunately, this reading series is going on hiatus so Jolene can work on some other projects. There was still another recorded before she decided to do that, though, so there'll be one more upload of a reading group discussion in the coming weeks. Also, stay tuned to the feed for a Classic WAGHARFG episode in the coming days.
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
The patreon is on pause for a little while Jolene recalibrates some stuff, you can find it here anyways:
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Sep 1, 2024
1 hr 26 min

Jolene is joined by François·e Charmaille for a jaunt through the history of European sciences and sexes, for a discussion that begins with Hildegard of Bingen's analysis of humouric imbalances, and ends with François·e's proposal for a new understanding of the medieval concept of sodomy.
Check out more of François·e's academic work here: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Francois.e_.Charmaille
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS)
Subscribe to the patreon for more like this!!! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
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Aug 20, 2024
1 hr 23 min

The second episode of the reading group, When A Guy Writes, on Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas.
August 4th, 1 PM CST: Kate Bornstein's A Queer and Pleasant Danger: https://discord.gg/D4JDKzpTPh?event=1254870250487545988
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
The patreon is on pause for a little while Jolene recalibrates some stuff, you can find it here anyways:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
The RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss
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Jul 22, 2024
1 hr 45 min

This week, Jolene is joined by Alexis to talk about her essay in the Trans Marxism special issue of TSQ, as well as: Remy Boydell and Michelle Perez's The Pervert, Jolene's opinions on Car Seat Headrest, just what happens at furry conventions, the erotics of Finnster, and the worst cover on an academic anthology ever.
Read Alexis' essay here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article/11/2/287/387883/Femboys-in-the-FactoryTrans-Labor-beyond-Abjection?guestAccessKey=e1bddaa9-1546-4d73-be4f-13e098a3f149
Follow her on twitter: https://x.com/regresssion
Listen to her Unjust Depths podcast: https://www.abnormalmapping.com/#/allunionradio/
And her music podcast: https://pnc.st/s/hot-singles
UPCOMING READING GROUP SESSIONS:
July 7th, 1 PM CST, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home: https://discord.gg/D4JDKzpTPh?event=1242297065489305722
August 4th, 1 PM CST: Kate Bornstein's A Queer and Pleasant Danger: https://discord.gg/D4JDKzpTPh?event=1254870250487545988
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
The patreon is on pause for a little while Jolene recalibrates some stuff, you can find it here anyways:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
The RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss
Donate to our Kofi, if you're so inclined: https://ko-fi.com/whenaguyhas
Jun 25, 2024
1 hr 34 min

Jolene hosts a reading group for Herculine Barbin's memoir! S/o to Rhea, Harper, and Logan for joining, discussion was lovely.
You can join us for the next meeting on June 23rd, at 1PM CST for a discussion of the Autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein, or for the meeting after that, a discussion of Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, on July 7th, also at 1PM CST.
Both of those meetings will take place in the discord server linked here: https://discord.gg/DmxXMhJnu6
Also, pop into the discord to keep the conversation going! I know at least a few of you read but couldn't make it so. If you have ideas that we didn't also have, or different reactions, or just. anything worth sharing! Go to the discord.
Check out the episode of Perfect Taste Forever Jolene was on here (I have no idea why I didn't mention this in the episode bit I rerecorded up front but. Whoops): https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GK5rAsEXZQ0TBZW58MjLp?si=7737f74ad79a4dea
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS)
Subscribe to the patreon for more like this!!! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
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May 21, 2024
1 hr 24 min

Jolene is joined by Judas for a conversation about the there and back again and back again that is transition, detransition, and retransition. It's also kinda sorta like transgender Fun Home but with indie rock instead of modernist literature.
Check out Judas' writing here: https://nicejewishboy.neocities.org/
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS)
Subscribe to the patreon for more like this!!! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
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May 8, 2024
1 hr 7 min

Jolene is joined by Kay for a story of there and back again: detransition. Tune in for a story of wolfaboos, drag queen babysitters, colonialism, and more!
Also, at the end we get excited about the upcoming WAGHARFG reading group! Join here: https://discord.gg/tDkukGxgS3?event=1229990512560443423
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS)
Subscribe to the patreon for more like this!!! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
The RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss
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Apr 29, 2024
1 hr 11 min

This episode was a patreon only episode, but I decided to throw it up on the main feed by way of apology for falling behind on putting out episodes. Don't worry patreons, there's another one for you coming in just another day or two (or three, apologies).
Jolene is joined by repeat guest Ilya to discuss his essay, out a few weeks ago in Gender and History, about history and methodology in Byzantine studies, and in general.
Read their essay here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0424.12754
And check out his band here: https://linktr.ee/peepholepleaser
The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/
Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas
Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS)
Subscribe to the patreon for more like this!!! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146
The RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss
Donate to our Kofi, if you're so inclined: https://ko-fi.com/whenaguyhas
Apr 25, 2024
1 hr 10 min
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