About this episode
Michael Harren interviews writer and performer Mike Albo about his new audiobook and the evolution of desire in the digital age.
Thank you to everyone who’s stuck around while I find my rhythm again with this podcast. And what a conversation to come back with! I got to talk with writer and performer Mike Albo about his new audiobook, Hologram Boyfriends: Sex, Love and Overconnection , out now on Macmillan Audio. We got into desire as an energy — where it lives, how it’s changed since the smartphone made it portable — and what it’s been like to watch gay men shift from pariahs to culturally marketable, which Mike describes as a kind of whiplash. We also talked about the live performance pieces woven into the audiobook and how they came together at the Parkside Lounge. Mike Albo is a writer and performer whose novels include Hornito , The Underminer , and Another Dimension of Us , alongside the memoirette Spermhood and the novella The Junket . He’s written for The New Yorker , New York Magazine , GQ , and TED , and was the Critical Shopper columnist for the New York Times . His solo shows have toured the US, Canada, and the UK. There’s a bonus conversation with Mike dropping Wednesday for Patreon…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Harren
Guest: Mike Albo
Topics covered
- audiobook
- desire
- gay culture
- live performance
- writing process
Keywords
- Mike Albo
- Hologram Boyfriends
- audiobook
- gay culture
- live performance
- writing process
- desire
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Macmillan Audio, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, GQ, TED, New York Times
Products: Hologram Boyfriends: Sex, Love and Overconnection
Books & works: Hornito, The Underminer, Another Dimension of Us, Spermhood, The Junket
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