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Bhav sips whiskey while telling me about his history of depravity working in a library, struggling with the "imbalance" of his bisexuality, and a spark of attraction so electrical that he can still remember the exact date. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar.

Over ice cream and a sidecar, Steven tells me about the sexiness of a church camp community, his obsession with a weird musical character, and what someone called the Tiger Man meant to him. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar. Please subscribe to the show and let me know what you think of it. I’m @AdamCommentism on Twitter and Medium, where you can also find a blog post to accompany each episode.

Scott is at the end of the bar, slouched but ready to drink more. He’s got some weird desires in his history: fur and bandanas... But mostly after speaking to Scott, I’m left thinking how some desires are made of our need to leave the world a better place. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar. Subscribe to the show and let me know what you think. I’m @AdamCommentism on Twitter and Medium, where you can also find a blog post to accompany each episode.

Boy, does Jonathan have stories to tell. First there’s the one about a glam-rock idol who put stars in Jonathan’s eyes as a ten-year-old. And then, as Jonathan opens up, he tells me how he handled his desires when he came of age as a gay man in the 1980s. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar.

Dolf tells me about how mounting his lover’s motorbike made him feel sexy by association, and about catching sight of himself in the mirror during sex. A person may earn our desires because they represent a life we want for ourselves. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar.

Joel tells me about the how the spirit of boyish adventure kindled some of his early cravings and about what happened after fixing eyes with someone in the sunlight across a street in Paris. Sometimes we desire a person only because they seem to desire us. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar. (There was an editing error in an earlier version of this episode.)

In this episode, I find Hugh left at the bar. Hugh tells me about his teen obsession with a fantasy fiction mud-wrestling emo, why gender-fucking has been a big part of his life of desires, and why screening My Own Private Idaho to his English class got him off. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar.

In this episode, I find Diego left at the bar. Diego tells me about fancying masculine men, from his first crush at taekwondo class, and then, via a salty blowjob on the beach, moving onto, well, almost everything else. It’s kinda hot. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar.

In this episode, I find Matteo left at the bar. Matteo tells me about the hot one who got away (and then bounced back), how moving cities changed what he was looking for, and where a surprise massage led. Welcome to Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar.

Coming soon: Karl’s Kaschemme, a conversation about queer desire in a fictional bar. Your bartender is Adam Smith, a writer, a reader and a queer. Adam has established Karl’s as a place to meet, to be yourself, to dance or to glower in the corner, to hook-up, and to talk about... desire. Each episode is a conversation with a different person about their desires, how they’ve changed through their lives and loves. Launching September 2018.