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The Queer Nuns Who Use the Art of Drag to Fight Bigotry
Today on the podcast, we’re exploring the history and impact of the most colorful nuns that have ever existed: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Much of the information for this episode comes from thesisters.org. (https://thesisters.org.)
I also cover the Great Folsom Street Fire with much of the information about my discussion coming from The Folsom Street Fire: Anatomy of a Sex Panic by Michael Flanagan (https://www.ebar.com/story/13105).
The Catholic Theology expert on today's show is Athena and she has a queer witch shop in Pittsburgh! https://www.instagram.com/queerwitches/ (https://www.instagram.com/queerwitches/)
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14 Nov 2025
Satanic Panic in Manhattan Beach - the McMartin preschool trial
Today we’re talking about Satan, ritual sacrifice, child abuse, power tripping authority figures, and moral panic. It’s the McMartin Satanic Ritual Abuse case! Ground zero for the satanic panic was right here in our own backyard, the coastal town of Manhattan Beach south of LA.
This episode is heavily inspired by the podcast series The Devil You Know by Sarah Marshall, which goes in depth on the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s, and of course, mentions this case. If you're interested in the satanic panic, you HAVE to listen to The Devil You Know podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-devil-you-know-with-sarah-marshall/id1844686289)!
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8 Nov 2025
A Wild West Tale - How Biddy Mason Became the Wealthiest Woman in L.A.
Today, Judy helps me share the extraordinary tale of an enslaved woman who wins her freedom, the California free Black community who comes together to help her, the white authorities who --- surprisingly --- actually do the right thing when faced with injustice (the bar is on the floor, but these are some of the few white men in history who actually step over it) and how Biddy Mason went from enslavement to becoming the wealthiest woman of color in the West and who used her earnings to improve her community.
Most of the information from this incredible tale comes from an LAist article by the wonderful Hadley Meares called “The Contentious Hearing that Made Biddy Mason a Legend” link in the show notes: https://laist.com/news/la-history/biddy-mason-free-forever-the-contentious-hearing-that-made-her-a-legend-los-angeles-black-history (https://laist.com/news/la-history/biddy-mason-free-forever-the-contentious-hearing-that-made-her-a-legend-los-angeles-black-history)
And also Hadley’s article for LA.curbed.com “Biddy Mason: One of LA’s First Black Real Estate Moguls: https://la.curbed.com/2017/3/1/14756308/biddy-mason-california-black-history (https://la.curbed.com/2017/3/1/14756308/biddy-mason-california-black-history)
By the way send LAist money because they lost 3.4 million in federal funding recently so we gotta make up the difference. Head over to Support.LAist.org (https://Support.LAist.org) and become a member.
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