Episode

Dying Out Loud: From Kansas To Coming Out With Courage

Podcast: Coming Out Stories
Published: Jul 1, 2026
Duration seconds: 2885
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046283/episodes/19417644-dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.mp3
Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046283/episodes/19417644-dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.mp3
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/coming-out-stories-414403/episodes/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage
Markdown: /podcast/coming-out-stories-414403/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coming-out-stories-414403/episodes/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/coming-out-stories-414403/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

You can grow up surrounded by farmland and still feel like you’re living on another planet. Kris Saim joins us from Kansas City to talk about what it means to carry secrets for decades. Kris shares a raw coming out story shaped by childhood sexual abuse, the fear-driven silence it creates, and the deep imprint of Pentecostal teaching that labels gay people as sinful. Kris also grew up in the AIDS crisis era, when misinformation and panic made being a young gay person feel dangero...