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Silver Linings with The Old Gays


1 Our Chosen Family: "The gay community is much bolder today." 33:19
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What’s the secret to lasting friendships? How does queer community show up through the ebbs and flows of life? And what’s the REAL story behind the “YMCA” song? In the first episode of Silver Linings, The Old Gays dive into an essential part of queer life: chosen family. They discuss the vital love, support, and sense of belonging that community provides, especially during life's toughest moments. They open up about what “queer” means to them, how chosen family has impacted their lives, and how to maintain close bonds over time–including their love for each other! “We’ve come a long way, baby.” Family isn’t just what you’re born with; it’s the people who show up, shape you, and stick around. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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×When a small store in Chico, California decided to have some fun and create a local yo yo contest, they never imagined what it might turn into. Today it’s an event that draw huge crowds and sends winner to international competitions…
Imagine a yo you so large you needed a crane to lift it. That’s exactly what this man created and the stunt helped his innovations to a long time toy create demand for his brand…
We’ve all seen them. Many of us played with them as a toy. Perhaps you didn’t know it’s origin and that there is a museum for it?
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There’s a smell coming from the place Pete works. It’s an odor that actually attracts rather than repels people, for those smells are from some products loved by many people across the country and around the globe…
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1 When Cattle Ranchers and Sheep Herders Clashed 3:00
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There was a time when cattle ranchers and sheep herders clashed, sometimes violently, in the western U.S. This town saw it’s share of unfriendly encounters as well, but today the sheep and specifically the dogs that help shepherd them are the focus of a huge annual event that can bring competitors from around the world……
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In the fall of 1879, an unfortunate set of events led to a clash between Native Americans and white settlers in northwestern Colorado. Several men were killed and the way of life changed here forever…
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In western Colorado you’ll find the town of Meeker. It’s the surname of a family sent here in the 1870s for a job with the federal government…
He is a man of legend…a man whose story may be larger than life…a renegade who history now looks upon as a catalyst to the civil war. It’s Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia and John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal…
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It was the site of events that would change the history of this nation and in turn influence the world. While the town is now gone, it’s impact is not…
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Wendover, Utah is home to a closed air base that still has many features of the days when it was in operation. In fact, this was the base that crews used to train for a mission to use the first nuclear weapon in war…
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As World War II raged in Europe and in the Pacific, scientists worked to develop a nuclear weapon that could end that war. Part of the testing took place here, on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert…
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When you head west from Salt Lake City you cross the Salt Lake Desert and the first town you’ll come to is on the state line with Nevada. That town, Wendover, is important in the story of America…
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Many Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo every May, but the date does not garner as much attention in Mexico. So why does the commemoration of a Mexican victory against the French in 1862 receive more notice north of the border than in the place it occurred?
Southeast of Sacramento you’ll find many towns that trace their roots to the gold rush days of the late 1840s. One such town is Columbia, and not only does it have ties to the 49ers, but you can come experience the place, much as it was, over a century ago…
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Most people don’t look at a road atlas these days when they need to go somewhere. However, if you visit Baker, Montana, you might appreciate looking at one, for it will show that there is a lot of wide open spaces…and those distances might just tell you it’s time to get some gas…
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Most steers don’t live to the age of 15 years old. When one does, well, there’s probably an interesting story behind him. That’s the case for a bovine that for awhile made his home in the bar in Baker, Montana…
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In the 1920s and 30s, one farmer in southeastern Montana was raising some of the largest steers the country had ever seen. In fact, one of those steers in particular was so large, people wanted to see the mammoth bovine firsthand. That steer and his owner became quite a show…
Within the boundaries of one of northwest Louisiana’s larger cities, you’ll find an old fort. It was this outpost around which today’s city grew and the history shared here reveals much about life from the 1700s and 1800s…
In northwestern Louisiana you’ll find lands once the home to the Caddo Nation. When the first European explorers came here, they soon developed a trading network with the Caddo and built an outpost here…
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John Sellers says the key to winning an old-west shootout was not quickness, but accuracy. And when you take into account how difficult it was to hit a distant target, well, that changes the reality behind how those duels were conducted…
In a movie “western” you might see two gunslingers fire their pistols at each other in the town square. That’s exactly what happened here. It was all over a small gambling debt and a stolen pocket watch. What resulted was a first of its kind confrontation…
When the Civil War ended, there were still many unsettled scores of course. Towns along the border with North and South were especially prone to violence between individuals supporting one side or the other. That was the case here in Springfield, Missouri, and the tensions would have deadly results…
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It’s common that towns, school and other sites are named in honor of U.S. Presidents. So it’s natural that most people believe this town was named for our 16 th President. What’s intriguing though is that fact, it was named for the man well before he was ever elected to the highest office…
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Today technology can help us predict and spot several storms that may be headed our way. Of course, there was a time when that was not the case, and some towns came up with inventive ways to best warn their citizens. Such was the case in Lincoln, Illinois…
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this fort, yet it was very important in the United State’s war that acquired much of today’s American southwest…
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When the United States made the Louisiana Purchase they didn’t get all of today’s state of Louisiana. Today I’ll take you to the part they didn’t initially purchase for a story of life on an international border of the early 1800s…
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