Rasheed Newson, There is Only One Sin in Hollywood

From Gays Reading by Jason Blitman

June 2, 2026 · 56 min · Episode 209

About this episode

Jason Blitman interviews Rasheed Newson about his book and various themes related to Hollywood and personal growth.

Host  Jason Blitman  is joined by the most frequent  Gays Reading  guest,  Rasheed Newson , to discuss his latest book,  There's Only One Sin in Hollywood . Conversation highlights include: 📖 Stories that don't get their due in the history books 🎥 Rumors in Hollywood and how they continue today 🪞How the understanding of ourselves change as we get older Rasheed Newson  is the author of the national bestseller  My Government Means to Kill Me , which was selected as a Lambda Literary finalist for Gay Fiction and was named one of the “100 Notable Books of 2022” by  The New York Times . He is also a television drama writer, producer, and showrunner. He codeveloped  Bel-Air  and worked on  The Chi ,  Animal Kingdom , and  Narcos , among other drama series. Newson is a 2025–26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow. He currently lives with his husband and their two children in Pasadena. Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club  HERE SUBSTACK! MERCH! WATCH! CONTACT! hello@gaysreading.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jason Blitman

Guest: Rasheed Newson

Topics covered

Hollywood
books
aging
rumors
storytelling

Keywords

Hollywood
Rasheed Newson
books
aging
rumors
storytelling
Gays Reading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times

Books & works: There's Only One Sin in Hollywood, My Government Means to Kill Me

Places: Pasadena