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Episode 15: Poet, rockstar, fashion icon, and possibly the second coming of Jesus? The life and legend behind Prince Rogers Nelson and how he reshaped gender norms within the pop-culture and religion!
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Hosted by Asher O’Briant · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 15 episodes
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What happens when a philosopher and a comedian walk into a podcast?Everything comes out! Asher O’Briant and Liz Bein discuss queer themes within all religions. Researching and serving up stories within art, history, spirituality, & pop culture that have been swept under the rug. The show’s akin to “Drunk History” but with gay tea instead. With a tone that somewhere between meditative and tabloid gossip, “God is Gay” is certain to offend at least one person at every dinner party!
Asher O’Briant hosts God is Gay, a health show with 15 episodes published.

Episode 15: Poet, rockstar, fashion icon, and possibly the second coming of Jesus? The life and legend behind Prince Rogers Nelson and how he reshaped gender norms within the pop-culture and religion!
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Episode 14: Are Trad-wives just Christian Nationalist Drag Queens? This week we explore the world of Tradwives through the lense of transcendence. Trigger Warning: existentialism. Source material: Gatti Tussin, Katie. “
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Episode 13: The discovery, the recovery, and the re-discovery of the Moche civilization's ofrendas - also known as "sex pots". Words cannot do them justice, but damn do we try! Source material: Development, P. (2018, Sep
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Episode 12: Retelling of the amazing love of Joanie Lindenmeyer and Carol Tierheimer. Both women were called by God to serve him as nuns in the catholic church-- or so they thought. Turns out God can be a meticulous the
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Episode 11: How a bookstore operating by a straight Jewish couple became a safe haven for gay pornography during the HIV crisis. These allies took on the LAPD, the FBI, and the United States President! Source material:
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Episode 10: Three way conversation with special guest Elizabeth Joan Harris. Swapping stories of the history behind castrati and the science behind THICC vocal folds that make up the "gay voice". ELIZABETH JOAN HARRIS, B
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Episode 9: Where did bath houses begin and how did they become a staple of gay cruising? Wear your rain boots cause it’s gonna get WET! Source Material: Beside, L. W. (2019, May 13). The secret gay history of islam. LGB
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Episode 8.5: A deeper dive into the layers of the Tingleverse, and its relatively famous cast of inhabitants. Get on this train before it takes off (Asher totally missed it)! Source Material: Chuck Tingle. Facebook. (n.d
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Episode 8: Respecting the anonymity of the T-Rex behind the mask that is Chuck Tingle. The Tingleverse is so expansive that this episode goes on twice as long... Source Material: Chuck Tingle. Facebook. (n.d.). https://w
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Episode 7: The myth of the first ever "strap" comes from Ancient Egypt. And what happens outside the temple...stays outside the temple... Source material: Ancient egypt and the mystery of the missing phallus | by Minneap
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Episode 6: The life’s work of the living legend Sister Monica, better known as Sister Luisa - her crime fighting alter ego! Source Material: Families, F. (2023, February 3). Transgender Ministry of Accompaniment. Fortun
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Episode 5: What’s the origin of witches perceived as riding broomsticks through the night sky? Don’t worry, you will not be burned at the stake for buying a sex toy. Source Material: A&E Television Networks. (2025, Octo
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Episode 4: An in depth analysis of pop icon Rosalía’s song Berghain and any religious connotation. And Bjork! As a bird? For some reason… Source Material: Parr, R. (2022, September 30). St. Hildegard of Bingen: A visiona
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Episode 3: A historical following of “hate the sin, love the sinner” and which sin this is used in reference to. Spoiler alert: it’s the funnest sin! Source Material: Anselm of Canterbury (D, 1109). Queer Saints and Mar
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Episode 2: Review of “The House of our Mother” & the lengths a closeted lesbian cult leader goes. Do any of us really know anything about our mothers? Source Material: Franke, S. (2025). The House of my mother. Gallery
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Episode 1: We discuss the Greek God of homosexual love and how it relates to Shakespeare. And yes eagles, even bald eagles, are documented as expressing same sex attraction and nesting as a throuple! Source material: Ga
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