{"podcast":{"title":"Coming Out Stories","slug":"coming-out-stories-414403","podcast_index_feed_id":414403,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2046283.rss","website_url":"https://comingoutstoriespodcast.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vea6juts9ms0r1yh9ww69304ria2?.jpg","author":"What Goes On Media","episode_count":161,"summary":"Real people. Unique Stories.Coming Out Stories will take you to one the most important moments in many people’s lives. It will perch you on sofas in suburban sitting rooms, stand you in front of officials' desks, put you at the centre of a crowd in a noisy classroom, everywhere where these conversations have happened. It doesn’t even matter if you haven’t had a conversation like this yourself, or indeed ever plan to. Everyone can recognise the innate human desire to love and be loved, and that’s what these stories are about.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T16:20:30.977839+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coming-out-stories-414403"},"episode":{"title":"Dying Out Loud: From Kansas To Coming Out With Courage","slug":"dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage","published_at":"2026-07-01T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coming-out-stories-414403/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coming-out-stories-414403","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046283/episodes/19417644-dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046283/episodes/19417644-dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.mp3","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...","meta_description":"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 mean…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2885,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coming-out-stories-414403/episodes/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coming-out-stories-414403/dying-out-loud-from-kansas-to-coming-out-with-courage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}