Slow Burn: A Hotbed of Homosexuality

Slow Burn: A Hotbed of Homosexuality

Author: Slate Podcasts June 19, 2024 Duration: 47:21

While the Outward team makes the most of Pride Month, we have a special treat for you, the first episode of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs. 

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In the 1970s, San Francisco became a welcoming home for tens of thousands of new gay residents—and a modern-day Sodom for the American right. With a moral panic sweeping across the United States, a Florida orange juice spokeswoman inspired an ambitious California politician to launch his own campaign against lesbians and gays—one that would change the course of U.S. history.


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Season 9 of Slow Burn was written and produced by Christina Cauterucci. Slow Burn is produced by Kelly Jones, Joel Meyer, and Sophie Summergrad.


Josh Levin is the editorial director of Slow Burn.


Derek John is Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


Susan Matthews is Slate’s executive editor.


Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. We had engineering help from Patrick Fort and Madeline Ducharme.


Our theme music is composed by Alexis Cuadrado. Artwork by Ivylise Simones, based on an image of Silvana Nova and a poster designed by Larry Hermsen and the Too Much Graphics Collective.

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