Running Wild with Christine
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSex, Success and other Slippery Rabbit Holes.
A sex-positive, intersectional & inclusive podcast about life.
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Ep 76: Three Braless Women on a Couch, with Joanne and Julia
November 22, 2019 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBWelcome to the much-anticipated follow-up episode to Joanne and Julia's Expressions of Self series on life after trauma. The women held three consecutive storytelling events, each one month apart, on the topics of Survival, Resilience, and Healing after trauma. They came over to my couch to discuss how it went, what they learned and what surprised them. Their aim was to gear the conversation towards the HOW, and not the who, what, and why's of survival. Listen to this hilarious and empoweri...
Ep 75: Is there more to life? with Megan Jane Soutar
November 15, 2019 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBHello my lovers! Meet Megan. She is a self-healing guide, who focuses on intuitive healing, readings and Reiki. Follow us down the rabbit hole that is her life, to uncover how a high-school "failure" became an entrepreneur and now helps people get that extra spark that makes life feel real. Listen to this peaceful and re-generating, yet real-talk AF, episode on how to recenter yourself and turn toward the right direction at the very least. I’m starting to find the energy of this podcast a li...
Ep 74: Philosophy & Sex, with Nicolle Hodges
November 08, 2019 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBWelcome my lovers to another DELIGHTFUL episode and human discovery. Meet Nicolle, my newest crush. She's the founder of Girls Who Say Fuck and the creator of a Dr. Seuss Style book about ORGASMS! As per usual, we retrace back to childhood, in her case growing up in a small town and working really hard to get out. We talk about defining moments and gradual awakenings. It's all quite awe-inspiring and thought provoking. I can't recommend this one enough. I love this episode. Topics: life aw...
Ep 73: Sex ed & its all-encompassing implications, with Lindsay Michelle
November 01, 2019 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBWelcome to 73! Meet Lindsay, this week's sex educator! We talk about going from wanting and training to be a lawyer, to becoming a staunch advocate for comprehensive and inclusive sex education for all! We discuss everything: her immigrant Lebanese education, her life in DC as an ACLU intern, turning into an elementary school teacher and even coming out as pan! Topics: political science degrees, LGBTQI+ issues, pansexuality, the Trump election, consent, sex ed curriculum writing, what heal...
Ep 72: Erotic Drawings to Fuck the Patriarchy, with Nikki Peck
October 25, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWelcome my dear lovers and beloved strangers. 72 is about ART and FEMINISM! Oh and of course, sex. Nikki Peck is an artist, whom you most likely know from her Instagram page @bonercandy69 where you can find all sorts of glorious depictions of women in their realest sexual moments. In her work (and her own perfect words), Nikki illustrates the power and importance of female sexuality as a form of identity, liberation, and freedom from male hegemony. Listen in if you've ever had contradicting ...
Ep 71: Fat Black Femmes & Self-Pleasure
October 18, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBFuck YES! In this episode, Kimbree from Vibin' tells us all about her upcoming sex-toy subscription business centred around fat femmes of colour and their self-pleasure. In her search for representation within the sex-toy industry , she found little but frustration and turned that energy into entrepreneurship! The site goes live in about a week so YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST! We discover her childhood in upstate New York, within a mixed race family of Trump supporters to her coming of age in u...
Ep 70: On Non-monogamy, with Sam
October 11, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBWell my lovers, welcome to another intimate one. Sam is one of my all time favourite girl crushes IRL. We met on Tinder, and the rest, well, ... is now public. During this episode, you will hear us discussing our versions of non-monogamy, from the perspectives of bisexual women in committed, open relationships with male primary partners. We talk about Sam's path to today, her relationships, her breakthroughs and tribulations. It's quite a ride, so join us! Fave quote: "No one person will eve...
Ep 69: Rage & Conversations about Sex, with Javay da BAE
October 04, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBWELCOME TO EPISODE 69!!! Woot woot, wink wink. I can't think of a better person to feature than Javay da BAE! She's the millennial sexpert you need. If you haven't already come across her insta feed or her youtube channel, this is the perfect introduction to this badass. Today we get to know Javay's impulsive decisions that led to her incredible journey to her Master's in Sexuality Studies at Widener. She hopes to become a sex therapist with a focus on supporting sex workers and of cours...
Ep 68: Judaism & Self-Pleasuring, with Maureen Pollack
September 27, 2019 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBHello lovers! Meet Maureen, founder and CEO of The Waterslyde, and new co-owner of Lovability Inc! Inventor and intimacy coach, mother, business woman and all-around POWERHOUSE, Maureen walks me through the creation of life as she knows it. From her sporadic and dispersed childhood, getting married and giving life, to now being "the Jewish mom, sex toy inventor!" We talk down the funnest rabbit roles surrounding judaism and self-pleasuring, as well as unlikely sources of feminism and going...
Ep 67: Abuse & Small Town Blues, with Bryan E.
September 20, 2019 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBOoof.. What to say! This one is so very near and dear to me. Bryan is my work husband. We have spent on average 14h/day together for most of 2019 and over the course of it, we have gotten to know each other quite well. It quickly became clear to me that he had a story to tell and so this day was a long time coming. In this witty and vulnerable episode, we uncover what it's like to be in an emotionally, and at times physically, abusive relationship in a small town, from a male perspective (...
Ep 66: Sex Ed & Parenting, with Steph Auteri
September 13, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIt's been over a year since we checked in with "A Dirty Word" author Steph Auteri! She's back to tell us all about postpartum from publishing your first book and parenting as a sex writer. You may remember her from Episode 21, the sex writer who was bad at sex? If you didn't listen, I highly recommend you go back and do it! For this episode we dive into: exhaustion, achieving life goals "and then what?", creative pressure, diversifying your creativity, going to a writer's residency, being...
Ep 66: Sex Ed and Parenting, with Steph Auteri
September 13, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIt's been over a year since we checked in with "A Dirty Word" author Steph Auteri! She's back to tell us all about postpartum from publishing your first book and parenting as a sex writer. You may remember her from Episode 21, the sex writer who was bad at sex? If you didn't listen, I highly recommend you go back and do it! For this episode we dive into: exhaustion, achieving life goals "and then what?", creative pressure, diversifying your creativity, going to a writer's residency, being...
Ep 65: This girl ain't never had a plan, with Sally Manners
September 06, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB60-EFFING-5! With my gal Sally from Mannerswear! I met Sally at her stall in Spitalfields Market, where she sells awesome bodycon clothing. She serendipitously asked ME to hang out a while as her stalker ex-boyfriend was lurking around and she didn't know what to do. After much giggling, I naturally bought a dress from the loud, exuberant and so very loveable gal. What follows is an unlikely instagram friendship, and my introduction to her phenomenal (feminist AF) world. This episode is...
Ep 64: From the Church to Sex Coaching, with Jess DeVries
August 30, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBHello beautiful souls! Welcome back! Today, Jess DeVries brings us a FASCINATING life story! She grew up Evangelical Christian during the crux of the purity movement and is now a somatic sex & intimacy coach. Yes, so many questions, I know. We retrace the steps through her childhood and "loss of virginity", to finding a purpose via arts degrees and people services jobs. Topics: shame, guilt, healing, sexuality & "sacred whores", dating people who end up affecting the trajectory, expecta...
Ep 63: It Will All Work Out! with Ayla Grace
August 23, 2019 17:27 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBWelcome my lovers! Meet Ayla Grace. To start this episode, we backtrack on Ayla's journey. After childhood bullying and othering, she started stripping and sex work after graduating high school. Seven years ago, her journey of self-love really began as she decided to get sober. Her life is an incredible ride and she takes us along for the story, to help us understand how she turned her experiences into this phenomenal life force. With the help of yoga, and a 12-step program, her healing proc...
Ep 62: Good Girls Talk About Sex, with Leah Carey
August 16, 2019 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBGood Girls Don't Talk About Sex? Yes, they do! And we are here to prove it! Leah Carey is a sexual communication coach. She is also the host of the Good Girls Talk about Sex podcast. In this episode, we discuss what turns in life led her from growing up in her “little girl body” and all that entails, to taking a “journey of sexual freedom” at 42 and changing her entire life around! Content trigger warning: emotional and physical abuse (~2m57s-5m) Topics: women’s upbringing as care pro...
Ep 61: The One About Us, With Mark
August 09, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBOn episode 61 my lovers, I have the immense pleasure of introducing you to my Markus. In this intimate, yet RWWC-style conversation, Mark & I delve into open, ethically non-monogamous relationships (including ours). I get to question him about his relationship history and the factors and tools that led him to require non-monogamy from future potential partnerships. We therefore delve into different definitions of intimacy, personal space & commitment, modern dating and feelings. We retrace...
Ep 60: Uncomfortable, with Debbie Roche
August 02, 2019 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBHello lovers! Welcome to this wonderful chat with Debbie Roche from Uncomfortable - The Podcast. Debbie and I share how and why we decided to get into this business of attempting to comfortably talk about uncomfortable topics with strangers, AND TO RECORD IT! She walks me through how she got out of Scotland and into this weird time consuming hobby that we share. This chat contains: millennial career dread, weird bodily fluid confessions, leadership conventions, entrepreneurship & loneli...
Ep 59: Just Me Today.
July 26, 2019 07:23 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBAs promised on Instagram, here it is: 40 glorious minutes of uncensored verbal diarrhea by your darling dearest. I fucked up, and didn't get around to scheduling a recording this busy week. So I asked you on my very official insta-story-poll, if I should skip it or ramble, and you answered. There's a bit of everything in here. To be honest, I just finished recording it and I will not be listening to it again. Content warnings: current relationship stress, my mother issues, moving day, why ...
Ep 58: Expressions of Self, with Joanne and Julia
July 19, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBWelcome to Episode 58! Joanne and Julia join forces for this year's Expressions of Self events here in Vancouver, BC! They will be holding three events to build community around the following intersecting themes: survival, resilience, and healing. Therefore, it was only normal to gather and take a deep dive. The ladies and I go in and out of serious tones, discussing trauma, the importance of storytelling and the vital energy gained from community. We attempt to answer some of our most daunt...
Ep 57: About Self-Determination, with Kai Rye
July 12, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBHello and welcome back my lovers! Wow.. this one is a whirlwind. (I pronounce their last name right but fuck up their pronoun in the first 10 seconds..) My dear queer non-binary friend Kai walks with me through the rabbit holes of gender, sex work, anarchy, feminism, the publishing world, egos & narcissism, toxic relationships and the beauty of Montreal. We met smoking cigarettes on a university bench a decade ago and have taken very different paths to today, but I'm so very thankful for con...
Ep 57: About Self-Determination, with Kai Rajala
July 12, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBHello and welcome back my lovers! Wow.. this one is a whirlwind. (I pronounce their last name right but fuck up their pronoun in the first 10 seconds..) My dear queer non-binary friend Kai walks with me through the rabbit holes of gender, sex work, anarchy, feminism, the publishing world, egos & narcissism, toxic relationships and the beauty of Montreal. We met smoking cigarettes on a university bench a decade ago and have taken very different paths to today, but I'm so very thankful for ...
Ep 56: On Loving Yourself, with Jen Doan
July 05, 2019 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBWelcome back my lovers!!!! Let's kick off SEASON 2! Episode 56 stars my newest friend Jen Doan! Jen is a sexuality empowerment coach based in Vancouver, BC. She came over to my actual living room to tell me her story and talk about SEX. We may or may not have been flirting with each other so, sorry about the giggles. That's what happens sometimes when two powerful women find themselves on a comfy couch and a similar wavelength. ;) Her obsession with sex begins in her teenage years in the ...
Ep 55: People in Progress, with Alix Wilton Regan
April 26, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBWelcome to the last episode of Season One of #RWWC! This episode has been a long time coming and I am so glad we managed to make it happen. Alix, my darling friend, is a ridiculously talented actor, voice-over artist, feminist, activist and recently, director! Her and I met at Cannes in serendipitous circumstances, and bonded over our fierceness. (Thanks Adam Lannon for bringing us all together.) Her short-film She Lies Sleeping is currently in competition in Sci-Fi London’s 48h Short ...
Ep 54: Sex & Empowerment Coaching, with Jaylene Acheson
April 19, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBLet's talk about Sex baby! Welcome the lovely Jay to the famjam. She's a sex and empowerment coach based out of Vancouver, BC, Canada. She was introduced to me by a friend via her instagram page @femmeforth. I was thrilled to have her on for one of the last episodes of Season 1 of #RWWC! As per tradition, we start at the origin story. How does a 24 year old get to run workshops aimed at exploring and improving femme sexuality? Today, the episode covers: somatic therapy, the information gap...
Ep 53: The One Year Anniversary, with Amy
April 12, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWelcome back Amy! It's been A YEAR!!!!!! HOLY SHIT! One year since the first three episodes aired! Holy crap. I can't even explain how much it means to me that you guys stuck around, brought your friends along, and made this community what it is today! It was therefore only natural to bring Amy back for this personal episode of more BITCHING and running wild! Topics we bitched about: conflicting needs: Security vs. Freedom, changes, the unexciting reality of everyday life, silver linin...
Ep 52: The CamGirl With A Big Heart, with Ashley Taylor
April 05, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MBAfter Tyler Harris' male perspective, we welcome camgirl Ashley Taylor to the RWWC family! Thank you Kelly Tatham, for the universe-driven introduction! Ashley and I sit down for this deep and vulnerable chat about the nature of beast. Ashley now cams under her own name. Her profiles do not separate between her acting, directing and camming activities. Her openness is astonishing, and I am so thankful for her wanting to share her story with me. We start talking about her Virginia upbringin...
Ep 51: Feminism & Community, with Grace Club
March 29, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBMeet Maggie Anderson from the anti-club @GraceClubYvr. Tavia Cosper and Maggie started Grace Club as a space for feminists to come together to empower those in our communities to make positive and much needed change in the landscape of our civic, social, and economic advancement. They believe that the act of coming together in storytelling, and education, supports their mission, and creates new opportunities, ideas and conversations that will lead to greater healing, growth and prosperity fo...
Ep 50: Love & The Multiverse, with Kelly Tatham
March 22, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBMeet Kelly Tatham, an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and photographer whose work explores the search for love and the quest for the true nature of reality. Kelly is also a rad lady that I met via Girl Gang! (plug plug) For today's episode, we discuss: her short film “Multiverse Dating for Beginners”, magical realism, living home-free, hustling as a media creative, internalized misogyny, serendipity, the struggle for love, metaphysics & conscious agence theory, vulnerability and so much ...
Ep 49: Play Parties & Group Therapy, with Jordan Gray
March 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 71 MBOh my lovelies, let me introduce you to Jordan Gray. Jordan is a full-time sex and relationship coach, Amazon best-selling author, and prolific blogger. I have been trying to get him on #RWWC for months, but it wasn't until we first met IRL at an 18-person pansexual play party that he agreed to come on. We obviously tell you more about the sex party but that's merely circumstantial. For today, I invite you to join us for this beautifully rabbit-holly episode. Topics covered: starting his b...
Ep 48: Stories of Shit and Death, with Amanda Chatel
March 08, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBOn this wonderful International Women's Day and the first birthday of my book, I wanted to speak with a very special story-teller. Amanda Chatel is a sex & relationships writer for Bustle, a feminist and as of recently, a novelist. She makes me laugh and cry on a weekly basis via her writing and sarcastic Insta stories. I'm therefore inviting you to sit with us for this beautifully hilarious episode of storytelling. Amanda walks me through her incredible personal journey. We talk exes, rev...
Ep 48: Stories of Shit & Death, with Amanda Chatel
March 08, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBOn this wonderful International Women's Day and the first birthday of my book, I wanted to speak with a very special story-teller. Amanda Chatel is a sex & relationships writer for Bustle, a feminist and as of recently, a novelist. She makes me laugh and cry on a weekly basis via her writing and sarcastic Insta stories. I'm therefore inviting you to sit with us for this beautifully hilarious episode of storytelling. Amanda walks me through her incredible personal journey. We talk exes, rev...
Ep 47: The Sex Goddess Project, with Ricardo Scipio
March 01, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBMeet Ricardo Scipio, your friendly neighborhood sex photographer. Trinidad-born, Ricardo grew up in Toronto. After attending The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, he started his art career as a fashion photographer and then later as a fine art nude photographer. As per our usual we discuss life's weird way to take us down its rabbit hole to endeavoring to photograph "authentic people, having authentic, unapologetic, unashamed, real sex." The Sex Goddess Project is a very diverse, sex-p...
Ep 46: Sex Toys & Sex Work through History, with Hallie Lieberman
February 22, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBMeet Hallie Lieberman, historian and author of Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy (Pegasus Books, 2017). Today, she walks me down her life path to discovering her passion for history, while being an illegal sex toy home party salesperson. Her book traces the history of sex toys in the US since the 1950s and we go through what it was like to research the key elements of her findings. Hallie is also gracious enough to let me in on her future work regarding the global history of male ...
Ep 45: Sex & Mindfulness, with Lori Brotto
February 15, 2019 00:45 - 44 minutes - 41 MBMeet Dr. Lori Brotto, a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia, clinical sex researcher and psychologist, and author of "Better Sex Through Mindfulness" (Greystone Books, 2018). Today, as per our tradition, we retrace the steps she took throughout her life to get to being talked about in the New York Times and helping women improve their sexual lives. We talk about her childhood on a farm, her first experiences in a lab (watching rat...
Ep 44: Feeling Better, with Andrea Loewen
February 08, 2019 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBMeet Andrea Loewen, Vancouver writer and theatre manager, member of Girl Gang, and newly published author of Feeling Better: a field guide to liking yourself (and maybe even loving yourself). Today, we discuss self-loathing and depression, through the lense of Andrea's personal story. She walks me through how she even realized she was depressed in the first place, how she started working her way through the tools she researched, and what she hopes her book will accomplish. As in most cas...
Ep 43: Like a CamGirl but with a Penis, with Tyler Harris
February 01, 2019 08:00 - 51 minutes - 48 MBWell... this is a topic that the universe sent me in the shape of Tyler on New Year's Eve. When he told me what he does for a living, I drunkenly insisted he must come on the podcast and slipped him my business card! To my surprise, Tyler reached out a week later, and was incredibly candid and open about his career as a sex worker online. Listen in on our conversation about how he got into camming: from growing up in a small town in Canada and suffering from anxiety, to living in Las Vegas...
Ep 42: #LearnWritingEssentials, with Chelene Knight
January 25, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBMeet Chelene Knight, author of Braided Skin and Dear Current Occupant, CEO of #LearnWritingEssentials and all around powerhouse, comes on the pod to discuss writing and investing in your community. While diving into the story behind her online courses for writers, we discuss the importance and cruciality of storytelling. Rabbit Holes include: the little pushes we need from life to trust our creative talent and potential, stories by WOC, authenticity & perceived permission to speak, imposte...
Ep 41: New Year, New You? With Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey & Anita Cassidy
January 18, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBIt's a warm welcome back to our dearest Anita Cassidy and Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey. Lori is a psychologist and sex and intimacy coach, and Anita is a writer and founder of Alethya.com We are back to talk about the repercussions of boundaries, new year's resolutions and expectations! It's a big one for anyone struggling with the enormous amounts of pressure we feel around this time of year to "improve ourselves" according to capitalism & patriarchy's standards. Instead, let's focus on communic...
Ep 40: On Depression and Sex, with JoEllen Notte
January 11, 2019 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBHAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! In this amazing first episode of the year, we delve into Depression and Sex! Meet JoEllen Notte. She runs redheadbedhead.com, and is a writer and sex educator, committed to challenging stigma, offering resources, and helping folks feel seen, heard, and supported. As per usual, we go through how life put her on this path and what led her to just recently signing a publishing deal for her upcoming book: The Monster Under The Bed: Sex, Depression and the Conversatio...
Ep 40: On Depression & Sex, with JoEllen Notte
January 11, 2019 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBHAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! In this amazing first episode of the year, we delve into Depression and Sex! Meet JoEllen Notte. She runs redheadbedhead.com, and is a writer and sex educator, committed to challenging stigma, offering resources, and helping folks feel seen, heard, and supported. As per usual, we go through how life put her on this path and what led her to just recently signing a publishing deal for her upcoming book: The Monster Under The Bed: Sex, Depression and the Conversatio...
Ep 39: So I had an abortion, with Julia Santana Parrilla
December 21, 2018 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBWELCOME TO THE LAST EPISODE OF 2018! Julia is a new favorite powerhouse of mine! I met her at a community-based event called Expressions of Intimacy. This was the latest in a series she runs, called Expressions of Self, where each installment centers around a particular topic relating to how we define ourselves. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree at UBC's School of Population & Public Health, focusing on a qualitative study that investigates primary antenatal care provider perspec...
Ep 38: On Body Image, with Jen Larsen
December 14, 2018 15:55 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBWhat's your first thought when I say: Body Image? Noun: the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body. This week, I had the pleasure to welcome Jen Larsen, author of Stranger Here (Seal Press, 2012) and Future Perfect (Harper Teen, 2015), for this episode about bodies! Jen and I started very much in the same way, inspired by strangers responding to our anonymous blogging, except that Oprah once said her name! In our usual fashion, we discuss how life unfolds, taking detours along ...
Ep 37: The Pleasure Parlor, with Casey Murphy
December 07, 2018 08:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBThis week we talk about entrepreneurship and pleasure products! Casey Murphy is a sexual health educator, entrepreneur and business coach. Casey started The Pleasure Parlor in 2017, a Portland-based business which incorporates an online retail website, expert curated subscription boxes, and a traveling educational pop-up shop. Currently her primary focus is business coaching; teaching step-by-step strategy to female entrepreneurs who desire to create impactful, profitable pleasure-based busin...
Ep 36: On Boundaries, with Anita Cassidy and Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey
November 30, 2018 16:09 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIt's a warm welcome back to our dear Anita Cassidy and a perfect introduction to Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey. Lori is a psychologist, sex and intimacy coach. Her mission is to take sex and conversations about sex from the shadows to the light. She divides her time between client work, speaking, live events, podcasting and writing. You can hear here on the A to Z of Sex ™ weekly and Sex spoken Here weekly. Today we decided to delve into the difficult arena of setting and respecting boundaries! When...
Ep 35: Capitalism, Feminism and Other Isms, with Matthew Keegan
November 23, 2018 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBA huge Welcome Back to Matthew Keegan, from Ep. 3! If you missed him like I did, you'll be delighted to hear us talk about Nina Power's One Dimensional Woman (2009, Zero Books). Based on Marcuse's One Dimensional Man, this short read is FULL of amazing starting points for this wild run down interesting rabbit holes. Topics covered: The Cooptation of Modern Feminism (and its contradictory definitions), Consumerism & Marxism (and its economic consequences), The Role of Cinema and many more rabb...
Ep 34: Could Sex Robots Save Your Marriage? with Dr. Marina Adshade
November 16, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBDr. Marina Adshade, professor of the Economics at the University of British Columbia, welcomed me into her home to talk about sex robots and marriage! How might the recent technological changes affect the concept of marriage and relationships more broadly? If Sex Robots can fulfill you sexually, does that take sex compatibility out of the relationship equation? Does it open the door to conversations about non-monogamy? Marina started a course on the Economics of Sex, which turned into a blo...
Ep 33: José Runs Wild!
November 09, 2018 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBThis is a fun one for me! José, the character from Just Bad Timing, and my OG bestie in Vancouver, runs wild with me about culture shock, life progression, perfect storms, dancing salsa and smoking weed, amongst many many other topics. If you're heartbroken, and/or overweight, and/or depressed, we got some hot tips for you. "Non-toxic judgment" and opposite approaches are the foundation to our friendship, and we'd like to know if you know what we mean! In our usual style, we start with how ...
Ep 32: All over the Word, with Kristina Lao
November 02, 2018 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBOh boy. You're in for a fun, wordy, all over the place one with gorgeously talented Kristina. Musician, Actress, Poet, Kristina does it all. Listen in for a bit about her life journey, but mostly zoom in on the Words with us. We discuss a song she wrote called "Rows" as an introduction to individual artistry versus collective activism. How do we talk about what is, before leaping into what is to be done? What role does art, writing and music have to play in today's society? How do we realiz...
Ep 31: The Personal is Political, with Joanne O.
October 26, 2018 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWelcome to this very vulnerable episode about life after sexual trauma. Joanne O, my dear friend, was just published in the New York Review of Books (Oct 25, 2018) in Responses to ‘Reflections from a Hashtag’. She was one of the women victimised by Gian Gomeshi back in 2013, and wanted to share her story with me. I highly recommend you read her piece and listen to this incredibly insightful story of hers. She walks me through the past four years of consistently being triggered by the media an...