BOY GEORGE: Twitter Fights, Getting Sacked & Finding Inner Peace

Pop Legend Boy George chats with Seann Walsh about his distrust of authority, determination to get suspended from school, a tough upbringing, the homophobia he experienced growing up, forming Culture Club on a whim, developing his iconic look, twitter spats and how his views have matured with age.

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Host: Seann Walsh
Producer: Adam Horton
Digital Activation Producer: Alfie Dundas
Cover Design: Ben Toms
Photography: Jack Margerison
Music: Mike J Benwell

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro & dog-podcast mix-up
0:42 “Class Clown” – insubordinate at school
1:53 Middle-child life & Bowie leaking from brother’s room
3:41 Questioning authority at home and in class
7:03 Eleven-year-old Boy George sees Bowie live, alone
10:41 1970s bullying, name-calling & corporal punishment
14:52 Mum’s razor-sharp wit and the “theatrical” label
26:31 Ziggy haircut, tree-bunking and the mission to get expelled
29:59 Walking out of Tesco over Patti Smith tickets
31:49 Music as refuge – Tom Jones to Irish rebel songs
35:01 Androgyny & embracing difference through Bowie
41:12 Early singing dreams vs Dad’s decorator plan
48:03 Birth of the name “Boy George” and pre-fame club notoriety
55:00 Three Principles, mindset shift & life after fame
1:01:50 Advice to outsiders + wrap-up