Resurrection
Dane Stewart
Recent Episodes
We're performing our live show in Montreal from October 3-5 at 8pm at the MainLine Theatre. Get your tickets here.
Part-podcast, part-cabaret, and fully gay, Resurrection Live tells the story of early AIDS activist Michael Callen through live musical performances.
“The subject of our show, Michael Callen, was a singer and songwriter who played a vital role in AIDS activism, but has been largely forgotten in recent decades,” says Dane Stewart, host of Resurrection. “Michael Callen saved countless lives by inventing safe sex. He created the first buyers club in America. He fought with Dr. Tony Fauci to get drugs approved faster. His story is incredible and we are so excited to share it with Montreal.”
The show will be hosted by Resurrection’s own Dane Stewart with musical performances by NYC cabaret performer, Andrew Morrisey, and internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, Andrew Boudreau. The show runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
If you'd like to attend but funds are an issue, shoot us an email at [email protected] and we can sort you out!
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In this bonus episode we retell the controversial history behind the scientific discovery of HIV. And, we dive into PrEP as HIV prevention. We're joined by Grant Picarillo, Senior Clinical Practice Lead for Freddie. Freddie is Canada's #1 rated PrEP provider and the presenting sponsor of season two! To learn more about PrEP and to book your free consultation with Freddie, visit gofreddie.com/dane.
Help us make our show—commit $1 per month on Patreon or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Reach out to us on Instagram or at [email protected].
Grant Picarillo is passionate about about LGBTQ2S+ health, HIV prevention and treatment, and gender affirming care. With a master's degree in public health policy from Harvard University and a doctorate in primary care nursing from Columbia University, Grant believes in an affirming approach towards patient care and sexual health and wellness. Grant lives in Toronto with his husband, and outside of work you'll find Grant tending to his house plants, doting on all dogs (especially beagles), and trying to work on his tennis game.
Sources for today's episode include:
- How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tames AIDS. David France. 2016.
- How the discovery of HIV led to a transatlantic research war. Dr. Howard Markel, PBS. 2020.
This episode was researched, hosted, and edited by Dane Stewart with music by Dane Stewart & Matthew Rogers. Produced by Dane Stewart & Matthew Kariatsumari. Our outro track is Easy to Love by Clara Jones.
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In this episode we dive into the subject of HIV non-disclosure criminalization in Canada. We're joined by André Capretti, a lawyer from the HIV Legal Network and member of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization. Andre works on a variety of HIV-related human rights issues, including in relation to Indigenous people, HIV criminalization, and the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
If you're inspired by today's episode, you can donate to the HIV Legal Network here. For more information about the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization and to access their template for contacting government officials, check out their website here.
Check out Zosia Bielski's full article on HIV criminalization in the Globe and Mail.
The presenting sponsor of this season is Freddie, Canada's #1 PrEP provider. To learn more about PrEP and to book your free consultation with Freddie, visit gofreddie.com/dane.
Help us make our show—commit $1 per month on Patreon.
Reach out to us on Instagram or at [email protected].
This episode was hosted and edited by Dane Stewart with music by Matthew Rogers. Produced by Dane Stewart & Matthew Kariatsumari. Our outro track is Easy to Love by Clara Jones.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr. Anthony Fauci oversaw the U.S. response to COVID-19; decades earlier he oversaw the HIV/AIDS crisis. In the early years of HIV/AIDS there was a drug that could have saved thousands of lives... but Fauci didn't approve its use nor did he lead a study to test its efficacy. Why not?
The presenting sponsor of this season is Freddie, Canada's #1 PrEP provider. To learn more about PrEP and to book your free consultation with Freddie, visit gofreddie.com/dane.
Help us make our show—commit $1 per month on Patreon.
Reach out to us on Instagram or at [email protected].
Sources:
- On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service. Dr. Anthony Fauci. 2024.
- Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS. Martin Duberman. 2014.
- How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tames AIDS. David France. 2016.
- Surviving AIDS. Michael Callen. 1990.
- An Open Letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Larry Kramer. 1988.
- Successful Chemoprophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonitis. Walter T. Hughes, et al. New England Journal of Medicine. 1977.
- Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis Carinii Infection in AIDS with Pyrimethamine-Sulfadoxine. Michael Gottlieb, et al. The Lancet. 1984.
- Therapeutic Drugs for AIDS. Congressional Hearing Transcript. 1988.
- Official Blames Shortage of Staff For Delay in Testing AIDS Drugs. New York Times. 1988.
- TOXIC HOPE: WIDELY EMBRACED, THE AIDS DRUG IS NOW UNDER HEAVY FIRE: THE AZT STORY. The LA Times. 1993.
- Video of Michael Callen provided courtesy of Richard Dworkin.
- Interview with Sean Strub, founder of POZ Magazine.
- Interview with Miriam Lewis Sabin, author of an upcoming biography on Joseph Sonnabend.
This episode was researched, hosted, and edited by Dane Stewart with music by Dane Stewart & Matthew Rogers. Produced by Dane Stewart & Matthew Kariatsumari. Our outro track is Easy to Love by Clara Jones.
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The story of President Ronald Reagan's failure to adequately respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. In the second part of this two-part story, we dive into Reagan's second term in office. We discuss Rock Hudson, the Koop Report, the Helms Amendment, the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic, and more.
The presenting sponsor of this season is Freddie, Canada's #1 PrEP provider. To learn more about PrEP and to book your free consultation with Freddie, visit gofreddie.com/dane.
Help us make our show—commit $1 per month on Patreon. Reach out to us on Instagram or at [email protected].
Special thanks to Molly Bower for joining us on this Ronald Reagan journey!
There are many sources for today's episode, our top sources include:
- How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. David France. 2016.
- Photo of Rock Hudson, Nancy Reagan, & Ronald Reagan. Wikimedia. 1984.
- And the Band Played On. Randy Shilts. 1987.
- Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 1986.
- Safer Sex Comix #8. Gay Men's Health Crisis. 1987. (explicit)
- Setting the Record Straight. The Jesse Helms Center. 2024.
- Congressional Record—Senate—October 14, 1988. Congress.gov. 1988.
- President Reagan's Remarks to the American Foundation for AIDS Research May 31, 1987. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. 1987.
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Election Results Breakdowns.
- Nancy Reagan’s Real Role in the AIDS Crisis. The Atlantic. 2021.
- On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service. Dr. Anthony Fauci. 2024.
This episode was researched, hosted, and edited by Dane Stewart with music by Matthew Rogers. Produced by Dane Stewart & Matthew Kariatsumari. Our outro track is Easy to Love by Clara Jones.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.