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Showtime’s Fellow Travelers: Q&A with Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey

Praised by the critics for its gripping plotlines and “insightful, often devastating historical drama” (TIME), Showtime’s Fellow Travelers is the decades-long chronicle of the risky, volatile and steamy relationship between the charismatic and ambitious Hawk and the pious and idealistic Tim, two political staffers who fall in love at the height of the 1950s war on communists, “subversives” and “sexual deviants.”

Through the Vietnam War protests of the ’60s, the drug-fueled disco culture of the ’70s and the AIDS crisis of the ’80s, the two men’s affair only intensifies despite the constant threat of being exposed and losing everything.

Join Emmy nominees and stars Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in conversation with Extra’s Tommy DiDario as they share clips from the series and discuss the making of the show. From LGBTQ history to love and relationships to the devastation Lavender Scare of the 1950s, they’ll share behind-the-scenes insights and personal reflections about this powerful, acclaimed series.

Recorded August 15, 2024 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

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Showtime’s Fellow Travelers: Q&A with Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey

Praised by the critics for its gripping plotlines and “insightful, [...]

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Congressman Jamie Raskin: social movements lead and politicians follow.

"I mean, generally, there have been profound struggles in our history, [...]

"I mean, generally, there have been profound struggles in our history, whether we're talking about the Civil War, the civil rights movement, or, you know, the struggle over Social Security, which was called socialism and communism when it started. But it has been really through social movements. I mean, think about the LGBTQ movement. That wasn't by Democrats and Republicans sitting together, you know, having dinner and deciding that we can really work this out. It was through profound social change that we got through all of those things. And in the case of the Civil War, it took a war because there were people who were dead set, determined on holding on to slavery. And that system of social relationships. So the nonviolent passage of the country, out of wrenching pain and injustice, took place in movements like the civil rights movement, where people put their bodies and their minds on the line.

And that's really how the the change comes. And the people who are in politics generally come to reflect that as they hear from, you know, as they either participate in or they hear about the changes that are taking place. So I think we are in this moment of wrenching social and political struggle in 2024 to defeat a movement of authoritarianism, racism, fascism, antisemitism, anti-immigrant bigotry, and we're not going to be able to defeat it on our own in Congress, no matter know how polarized we get or how sweetly we talk to each other. It's going to take, an election. And that's why democracy is such a beautiful thing, because I'm convinced the vast majority of the people reject Donald Trump and his party. And he's going down hard in November of 2024."

Watch the full program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML9-4iEJvFQ

Recorded March 26, 2024 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

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