<description>&lt;p&gt;Jesse and Holly just have one checkpoint to go before we can officially crown Bruce Springsteen with queer icon status. Quite simply – is there a vibe? Do other queer people agree that Bruce is a queer icon? This is their last chance to collate their evidence, gather their findings, and prepare their ultimate arguments for the Panel of Queers next week.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show notes:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/s/BecauseTheBossBelongsToUs_E6_Script_TheArgument.pdf"&gt;Read a transcript of today’s episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Read Alana Kumbier’s seminal zine &lt;a href="https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/320"&gt;Because the Boss Belongs to us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Read Holly Casio’s Graphic Memoir &lt;a href="https://coolschmool.com/comics/looking-for-bruce"&gt;Looking for Bruce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Follow &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/butchspringsteen_drag/"&gt;Butch Springsteen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgeousmichael/"&gt;Georgeous Michael&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Read Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick - &lt;a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/636/chapter/128566/Paranoid-Reading-and-Reparative-Reading-or-You-re"&gt;You’re So Paranoid, I Bet You Think This Introduction is About You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Our friends have released 5 absolutely STUNNING bruce covers to celebrate the series. Find them all on our &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43rL4JzfUeZUsRNCtzHBLF?si=36c464f28adf4d6c"&gt;Queer Springsteen&lt;/a&gt; playlist &amp;lt;3 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://jesselawson.me/fundraising/"&gt;Buy Jesse’s Gay Bruce Merch and support trans affirming surgeries and families evacuating Gaza xoxo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Because the Boss Belongs to Us is a production of &lt;a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/"&gt;Molten Heart&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://podcasters.iheart.com/"&gt;iHeartPodcasts&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Creator: &lt;a href="https://jesselawson.me/"&gt;Jesse Lawson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosts and Executive Producers: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/jesseloulawson/"&gt;Jesse Lawson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollycasio/"&gt;Holly Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode features: &lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/8c0bf9_a4fb8e0deb0f4db483b3c4396b64007c"&gt;Alana Kumbier&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgeousmichael/"&gt;Otto Wates&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayellowduchess/"&gt;Afi Yellow-Duke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Producer + Sound Designer: Jesse Lawson&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Production Assistant: Tess Hazel&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mix Engineer: &lt;a href="https://michellemacklem.io/"&gt;Michelle Macklem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original music and theme: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkbazaar"&gt;Talk Bazaar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show Art: &lt;a href="https://coolschmool.com/"&gt;Holly Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fact Checking: Serena Solin&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legal: Rowan Maron and Feil&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Molten Heart Executive Producer: &lt;a href="https://www.jtgreen.me/"&gt;Jazmine (JT) Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;iHeartPodcasts Executive Producer: Lindsey Hoffman&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Because the Boss Belongs to Us

iHeartPodcasts

6. Last Chance

JUL 16, 202438 MIN
Because the Boss Belongs to Us

6. Last Chance

JUL 16, 202438 MIN

Description

Jesse and Holly just have one checkpoint to go before we can officially crown Bruce Springsteen with queer icon status. Quite simply – is there a vibe? Do other queer people agree that Bruce is a queer icon? This is their last chance to collate their evidence, gather their findings, and prepare their ultimate arguments for the Panel of Queers next week.

Show notes: 

Read a transcript of today’s episode

Read Alana Kumbier’s seminal zine Because the Boss Belongs to us

Read Holly Casio’s Graphic Memoir Looking for Bruce

Follow Butch Springsteen and Georgeous Michael

Read Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick - You’re So Paranoid, I Bet You Think This Introduction is About You

Our friends have released 5 absolutely STUNNING bruce covers to celebrate the series. Find them all on our Queer Springsteen playlist <3 

Buy Jesse’s Gay Bruce Merch and support trans affirming surgeries and families evacuating Gaza xoxo

Credits:

Because the Boss Belongs to Us is a production of Molten Heart and iHeartPodcasts 

Creator: Jesse Lawson

Hosts and Executive Producers: Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio

This episode features: Alana Kumbier, Otto Wates and Afi Yellow-Duke

Producer + Sound Designer: Jesse Lawson

Production Assistant: Tess Hazel

Mix Engineer: Michelle Macklem

Original music and theme: Talk Bazaar

Show Art: Holly Casio

Fact Checking: Serena Solin

Legal: Rowan Maron and Feil

Molten Heart Executive Producer: Jazmine (JT) Green

iHeartPodcasts Executive Producer: Lindsey Hoffman

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.