In this episode, we'll hear stories about training a border collie puppy to herd sheep, navigating conservative spaces as queer and trans people, raising alpaca, and more!

In this episode, we'll hear sounds of sheep and some queer and trans humans who love them. From an audio diary of lambing season to discussions of the gifts of queerness and beyond!

This episode features the Country Queers podcast team in conversation around accountability in storytelling, featuring Sharon P. Holland, Hermelinda Cortés,Lewis Raven Wallace, and Rae Garringer.

In this 2016 interview Robyn talks about her commitment to her family's heritage and history on the land, her adventures in beekeeping, and how Prince Edward County closed their public schools for 5 years after Brown vs. Board out of a refusal to integrate. A move that forced her mother, and countless other Black students, to seek schooling out of state.

In this interview - recorded in July 2018 at the Hindman Settlement School - Silas talks about growing up in the evangelical holiness church, how meeting his now-husband inspired him to come out at age 34, the lessons he learns from his children, how writing feels like prayer, and his faith.

In this interview, recorded at the Rocky Mountain Regional Gay Rodeo on July 13, 2014, Kody talks about coming out as trans in his 50s, building community with people in his small town, and how he found the gay rodeo community.

In this interview - recorded at the STAY Project's summer gathering at Highlander in 2013 - E talks about organizing, their complicated feelings about "country," how you can never be anonymous in the town you grew up in, and how much joy they get from seeing youth thrive.

David shares stories of raising livestock for the FFA as a kid, his mom kicking him out of the house after coming out at age 17 and their journey towards reconnection, his frustration with the marriage equality movement's celebration of assimilation, and his love of farming.