OUTCAST WORLD
Queer politics • sex • culture
Outcast World is a queer politics, sex and culture podcast hosted by multi award-winning broadcaster and podcaster Graeme Smith, alongside adult-industry expert and columnist Topher — a deliberately unlikely pairing. Confident, polished and opinionated, it offers progressive political takes rarely heard in a podcast world dominated by right-wing reactionaries.
Each week features an eclectic mix of guests. Journalists, comedians, academics, authors, activists and artists appear alongside cult internet figures like the late Sophie Anderson, queer stars from the BBC’s groundbreaking I Kissed a Boy, and familiar faces from global reality franchises including Married at First Sight and TOWIE. The show also features authors of some of the biggest-selling queer books of recent years, leading UK queer academics, and comedians such as Manchester comic Dan Tiernan, alongside long-time regulars like Nick Charles. As The Independent noted, the line-up is “eclectic” by design.
Reactive, candid and often funny, the show unpacks UK and US politics, sexuality and culture through discussion and debate. While rooted in a queer perspective, its cultural analysis and political commentary resonate well beyond LGBTQ+ audiences.
A gold winner at the British Podcast Awards and nominated for Best Interview Podcast in 2025 — alongside Louis Theroux and The News Agents — Outcast World has been recommended by The Guardian and The Independent, and was named a must-listen queer podcast by The Independent in 2022. Now entering its fifth year, with listeners around the world including a strong US audience, it has established itself as a trusted space for frank, progressive conversation.
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