After all of this work, have Jesse and Holly succeeded on their mission? Is Bruce Springsteen a queer icon? In order to know whether The Boss does, truly, belong to us, Jesse and Holly need to persuade a Panel of Queers who are so far unconvinced.

Show notes: 

Read a transcript of today’s episode

Our friends have released 6 absolutely STUNNING bruce covers to celebrate the series. Find them all on our Queer Springsteen playlist <3 

Buy Jesse’s Gay Bruce Merch and support trans affirming surgeries and families evacuating Gaza xoxo

Resources for people interested in getting into audio. 

The Valhalla Suite

Gna miss us? Check out more of Jesse’s work here and here, and more of Holly’s work here and here. Follow Butch Springsteen here. 

Listen to Huw Lemmey’s Bad Gays

Listen to Zakiya Gibbons’ Hang Up 

Read Joelle Taylor’s C+nto & Othered Poems

Credits:

Because the Boss Belongs to Us is a production of Molten Heart and iHeartPodcasts

Creator: Jesse Lawson

Hosts and Executive Producers: Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio

This episode features: Zakiya Gibbons, Huw Lemmey, Joelle Taylor, Jazmine (JT) Green and Talk Bazaar

Producer + Sound Designer: Jesse Lawson

Production Assistant: Tess Hazel

Mix Engineer: Michelle Macklem

Original music and theme: Talk Bazaar

Show Art: Holly Casio

Molten Heart Executive Producer: Jazmine (JT) Green

iHeartPodcasts Executive Producer: Lindsey Hoffman

After all of this work, have Jesse and Holly succeeded on their mission? Is Bruce Springsteen a queer icon? In order to know whether The Boss does, truly, belong to us, Jesse and Holly need to persuade a Panel of Queers who are so far unconvinced.
Show notes: 
<a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/s/BecauseTheBossBelongsToUs_E7_Script_TheVerdict.pdf">Read a transcript of today’s episode</a>
Our friends have released 6 absolutely STUNNING bruce covers to celebrate the series. Find them all on our <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43rL4JzfUeZUsRNCtzHBLF?si=36c464f28adf4d6c">Queer Springsteen</a> playlist &lt;3 
<a href="https://jesselawson.me/fundraising/">Buy Jesse’s Gay Bruce Merch and support trans affirming surgeries and families evacuating Gaza xoxo</a>
<a href="https://jesselawson.me/resources/">Resources for people interested in getting into audio</a>. 
<a href="https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/">The Valhalla Suite</a>
Gna miss us? Check out more of Jesse’s work <a href="https://jesselawson.me/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/butchspringsteen_drag/">here</a>, and more of Holly’s work <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollycasio/">here</a> and <a href="https://coolschmool.com/">here</a>. Follow Butch Springsteen <a href="https://www.instagram.com/butchspringsteen_drag/">here</a>. 
Listen to Huw Lemmey’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0NPrqSLJNdVV1cugFBfQ8a?si=22a4f7e56f1d46c9">Bad Gays</a> 
Listen to Zakiya Gibbons’ <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0iM3ukNgn26AWRcDTzpUuO?si=05ac83b066864eeb">Hang Up </a>
Read Joelle Taylor’s <a href="https://saqibooks.com/books/the-westbourne-press/cnto/">C+nto &amp; Othered Poems</a>
Credits:
Because the Boss Belongs to Us is a production of <a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/">Molten Heart</a> and <a href="https://podcasters.iheart.com/">iHeartPodcasts</a> 
Creator: <a href="https://jesselawson.me/">Jesse Lawson</a>
Hosts and Executive Producers: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jesseloulawson/">Jesse Lawson</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollycasio/">Holly Casio</a>
This episode features: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zak_sauce/">Zakiya Gibbons</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/spitzenprodukte/">Huw Lemmey</a>, <a href="http://joelletaylor.co.uk/">Joelle Taylor</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cmdjazmine/">Jazmine (JT) Green</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkbazaar_/">Talk Bazaar</a>
Producer + Sound Designer: Jesse Lawson
Production Assistant: Tess Hazel
Mix Engineer: <a href="https://michellemacklem.io/">Michelle Macklem</a>
Original music and theme: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkbazaar">Talk Bazaar</a>
Show Art: <a href="https://coolschmool.com/">Holly Casio</a>
Molten Heart Executive Producer: <a href="https://www.jtgreen.me/">Jazmine (JT) Green</a>
iHeartPodcasts Executive Producer: Lindsey Hoffman

If someone asked you to name a queer icon, who would you say? Cher? Britney? Whitney? Mariah? What about…Bruce Springsteen?

In Because the Boss Belongs to Us, Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio try to get Bruce Springsteen recognised as the queer icon they know that he is. Over 7 episodes, they’ll be addressing important questions, like: 

Who wore it best? Bruce Springsteen or K D Lang?
What is the best Bruce song for your sex playlist? 
Is Bruce Springsteen… the Ultimate Emo?

And what the hell are they—trans / activist / abolitionist / DIY punk / drag king / working class / weirdos—doing, idolizing a cis, straight, rich, white man?

If someone asked you to name a queer icon, who would you say? Cher? Britney? Whitney? Mariah? What about…Bruce Springsteen?
In Because the Boss Belongs to Us, Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio try to get Bruce Springsteen recognised as the queer icon they know that he is. Over 7 episodes, they’ll be addressing important questions, like: 
Who wore it best? Bruce Springsteen or K D Lang? What is the best Bruce song for your sex playlist?  Is Bruce Springsteen… the Ultimate Emo?
And what the hell are they—trans / activist / abolitionist / DIY punk / drag king / working class / weirdos—doing, idolizing a cis, straight, rich, white man?

Because the Boss Belongs to Us

7. The Verdict

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/90f730a4-f2dc-4e6b-9d15-b1b5013c5f7b/transcript