Queerstake Podcast

Queerstake

Mika McIntosh
Queer current/post/former Mormons share stories from their lives.
14. Jake - "This was a bottle episode for sure."
Jake is the gay Mormon friend I’ve had the longest. We've known each other a whole decade! We about “growing up” together in the gay Mormon Utah scene, TV shows, starting a gay summer fun band, and our old friend group (G-Crew + Torrin). This episode is much safer for my parents. Sorry that it's a long one. Host - Mika Guest - Jake Editor - Richard Art - Briton
Apr 15, 2022
13. Mike - "Hot Boy D*mn"
Mamãe e Papãe, probably don't listen to this one, k? My long time buddy Mike and I share some spiked kombucha and talk about someday owning apartment buildings, mormonism, and gay things. This episode is more mature than previous ones and contains a few f-bombs and a brief talk about sex. Host - Mika Guest - Mike Editor - Richard Art - Briton
Dec 14, 2021
1 hr 18 min
12. Richard - "Opposite Sex Attracted."
"We both kind of low key started liking each other, like we had a talent boner for each other." *** "We tried to be good Mormon boys and study scriptures together, but as gay boys that accidentally meet up in college do, things slowly became a little more physical." *** "So young. So gay. Even though we were young and maybe naive in some things, there was life experience that hit us pretty hard at SVU, too."
Dec 7, 2020
48 min
11. Laurie - “You’re aesthetically pleasing, but that’s about it. Your personality is junk.”
Oct 23, 2019
30 min
10. Macy - "Some degree of not straight (a memoir)"
Sep 4, 2019
35 min
9. Steve - "Not that I really believe in luck, either. I just believe life is what it is."
July 2018. Steve’s my second interview. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm excited anyway. We meet in a park, soak in some rays, chat, get interrupted by a phone call that causes me to lose part of the recording, and all around have a dope time. “Not that I really believe in luck either, I just believe life is what it is. But I do believe that there is a life force, that there is something that binds us together that isn’t just science and chemicals.”
Aug 20, 2019
32 min
8. Garrett - "I kissed girls all throughout high school. It wasn’t unpleasant."
After the interview, Kris (Garrett's wife) made us breakfast :D
Aug 6, 2019
1 hr 19 min
7. Kris - "At what point does my chest size nullify my membership in the church?"
TW: Suicidal Thoughts November 2018. Kris's home is near a Cafe Rio I guess, because the GPS from the app I use keeps naming the audio files from the interview as "Cafe Rio". What the GPS doesn't know is that we're in Kris's living room, post dinner (chili and cornbread), and with a cat that just wants their Porg and some love. I relate heavily.
Jul 9, 2019
48 min
6. Kaitlyn - "Flannel is cozy, it’s very neutral looking, makes you confusing."
October 2018. I've come up to Idaho to hear the stories of my Rexburg family, who don't always get a lot of love. Being Queer in Rexburg can be a very special kind of torture. Today I was seeing fellow Queerstake moderator Kaitlyn. After initially starting in a library, we made our way to a Taco Bell after finding out the library closes early on weekends. It was like every other Taco Bell; cold plastic interior and delicious food you'll regret eating at some point. Nobody bothered us.
Jun 4, 2019
30 min
5. Stacey - "I went from a Charmander to a Charizard in beauty."
February 2019. Super Bowl LIII. We meet at Stacey's place, where he plans on having a party for the big game. This means the are snacks. Heck yeah!
May 28, 2019
51 min
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