{"podcast":{"title":"Queer the Music with Jake Shears","slug":"queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253","podcast_index_feed_id":6726253,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a219fc51ddbe06b3aeae53a","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/queer-the-music","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a219fc51ddbe06b3aeae53a/show-cover.jpeg","author":"Mercury Studios","episode_count":34,"summary":"Jake Shears’ award-winning podcast Queer The Music celebrates the music, artists and cultural moments that have shaped LGBTQ+ lives, also shifting politics, perception and popular culture in plain sight. Each episode, Jake Shears - musician, actor, writer, and all-round trailblazer - invites the viewer in, as he’s joined by those who continue to break ground and soundtrack Pop; from queer pioneers and beloved allies to the next generation of creators subverting the mainstream. This season, Queer The Music goes further still, pushing its format with legacy artist specials, authors, themed episodes, surprise co-hosts, and more stories behind those game-changing bangers you thought you knew. Executive Producer: Alice Williams, Executive Producer: Dan Borrelli, Producer: Debbie Kilbride, Head of Production: Nikki Sopp, Director: Oisín Bickley, Project Manager: Claudia Mantle, Editor: Sam Atkinson, Production Coordinator: Lauren Baugh, Production Assistant: Esther Duckworth, Researcher: Karine Sebatware. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:19:10.470649+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253"},"episode":{"title":"'Standing In The Way of Control' by Gossip - with Beth Ditto","slug":"standing-in-the-way-of-control-by-gossip-with-beth-ditto","published_at":"2024-10-15T01:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253/standing-in-the-way-of-control-by-gossip-with-beth-ditto","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253","url":"https://queerthemusic.lnk.to/listen","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a219fc51ddbe06b3aeae53a/e/3743f846-375e-11f0-963f-f344dcadb9ec/media.mp3","summary":"We're back with Season 2 of 'Queer The Music' and what better way to kick off this series with the brilliant Beth Ditto to talk about the anthem that is Gossip’s ‘Standing In The Way of Control’.  The powerful and absolute banger of a track is known for being a response to George W Bush’s 2004 Federal Marriage Amendment which attempted to outlaw same sex marriage in the US. In this episode Beth goes into detail about where the idea and emotion came from when writing and recording the song.  When Beth joined Jake at his apartment to record this episode they also had a brilliant time reminiscing about the grungy gay clubs from way back when that gave them their first tastes of queer freedom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"We're back with Season 2 of 'Queer The Music' and what better way to kick off this series with the brilliant Beth Ditto to talk about the anthem that is G…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253/episodes/standing-in-the-way-of-control-by-gossip-with-beth-ditto/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/queer-the-music-with-jake-shears-6726253/standing-in-the-way-of-control-by-gossip-with-beth-ditto.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}