Call Me Mother Returns For A Second Season Filled With Trailblazing Tales From LGBTQ+ Personalities Around The World

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Season One Named Among Apple's 'Best of 2021' 

 

“Shon Faye Is Creating An Oral Queer 

History For The Ages”

 – Bustle

 

Today, ascendent podcast studio Novel and host Shon Faye anounced season two of Call Me Mother, the trailblazing archive for members of the LGBTQ+ community who have something important, interesting, or enlightening to say about what it means to be queer in the world today. The first episode will drop June 24, 2022.  

The second season of Call Me Mother places a new emphasis on connecting with a younger generation of LGBTQ+ community members — providing listeners the language needed to grapple with unfamiliar experiences, demonstrating that they belong to a much broader history. 

Listen to the trailer for season two of Call Me Mother here.

The upcoming season will feature voices and histories from across the globe, including Donna Persona of San Francisco’s Compton’s Cafeteria; the UK’s Lisa Power, founder of Stonewall and decades long activist; Zsa Zsa Fisher, a South African Trans rights worker and former Miss Gay SA; founder of Nigeria’s House of Rainbow, Jide Macaulay, and many more.

In shining a light on stories that might otherwise be overlooked, Faye is “not only highlighting the tireless work and valuable life experiences of previous generations,” says Bustle on the impact of season one, but “providing younger listeners with an oral queer history they’d struggle to find anywhere else.” Read the full feature over at Bustle here.

With further season one praise from AnOther Mag, GQ, The Guardian, and more, season two of Call Me Mother will undoubtedly continue to do “a great service to the stories which were habitually excluded from the ones we tell about the 20th century” (Esquire).

Learn more about Call Me Mother here: https://www.novel.audio/shows/call-me-mother

About Shon Faye Shon Faye is a UK-based writer, Oxford grad, editor, journalist, and activist known for her commentary on LGBTQ+, women's, and mental health issues. She was previously an editor-at-large at Dazed and has contributed to The Guardian, The Independent, VICE, Attitude, Verso and more. Since hosting the first season of Call Me Mother, she has also released the 2021 bestseller The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, a harrowing yet hopeful call for trans liberation.   About Novel Novel is the largest independent podcast production company in Europe. The company produces ambitious original podcasts and award-winning shows for brands like Spotify, Audible, Wondery and iHeart, including an Apple Global #1 (Harsh Reality: The Story Of Miriam Rivera), multiple UK Apple #1s (Fantasy Premier League Podcast, The Bellingcat Podcast), and successful forays into avant comedy (Futile Attempts), music (Charli XCX’s Best Song Ever), and LGBTQ+ culture (Call Me Mother). They have launched over 40 shows, produced over 400 hours of content, and have won 25 awards.