Welcome to Mother Goose, a four-part podcast that invites you to imagine what it would be like to live in post-war Toronto under the conditions of “the closet.”
The year is 1948 and you have just moved to Toronto. How are you going to discover the city’s gay sites? What bars will you try out? How will you meet your community?
Set in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Mother Goose is a new radio-drama podcast that explores Toronto queer history. We follow our fictional character, Garrett, as he moves to the city and discovers what it would have been like to live under the conditions imposed by the closet.
Mother goose Trailer
Click here to listen to the trailer for Mother Goose. In this clip, Garrett has just moved to Toronto in 1948. He picks up a tabloid newspaper and heads into the Imperial, a bar just east of Yonge and Dundas. The tabloids tell him where he should go next…
Mother Goose was written by Christine Sismondo, narrated by Tom Hooper, voice acting by Scott MacDougall, and audio production by Brent Bodrug.