Hey listeners, we've got one more treat for you before we wrap up this season of Slow Burn, Gays Against Briggs.

A few weeks ago, I taped a live Slow Burn show at the Tribeca Festival in New York, featuring interviews with four special guests.

Eric Marcus, the host of the podcast Making Gay History.

Doree McKesson, the civil rights activist and host of Pod Save the People, filmmaker Sam Fader, and comedian and cabaret artist Esther Fallick.

Esther also did a spectacular comedy set and musical performance for us.

I had the best time hosting this show.

My guests and I talked through the past,

present, and future of LGBTQ life in conversations that were sometimes sobering, sometimes hilarious,

often both. I think you'll really enjoy it. Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to the Tribeca Festival.

We are here today for this exclusive live recording of Season 9 of Slow Burn, Gaze Against Briggs.

Slow Burn is the landmark podcast from Slate that seems to get better and better with every season that goes by.

Apple Podcasts named it the best podcast of the year in 2022, and it's back with this extraordinary season that explores the Briggs initiative.

So please help me give a big round of applause for Slow Burn.

Thank you so much and thank you Davey for that amazing introduction.

Happy pride everyone. It's so great to see you.

Thanks for coming.

I feel like I gave birth to a child.

I've never actually given birth to a child.

That's probably really insulting to people who have, but this project means so, so much to me. And it's amazing to actually

see all of your faces right now, because the thing about a podcast is when it comes out,

you know that allegedly people are listening to it, but like you can't hear them laugh at your

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