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Now displaying: 2015
Dec 14, 2015
Dec 12, 2015

Amy and Zed ponder "holy days" (0:40)
Three acoustic communities (40:20)
TT@H: Zed with an erotic fast write (37:37)

This is our 13th episode and so we're gathering the data on this experiment. Send us an email (pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com) telling us what you're liking about the Pleasure Lab podcast, what you'd suggest we change, what new things you think we should try, and any other brilliant ideas you might have. We'll be very grateful!

In this episode, we snuck in a few short musical clips (from legally purchased copies) so, out of respect for those artists, here's what you'll hear snippets of:

  • The Back Street Boys "Bye, Bye, Bye" from This Is Us album. Copyright 2009 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment.
  • Tori Amos "Amber Waves" from Scarlet's Walk album. Copyright 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • The Edwin Hawkins Singers "Oh Happy Day" from The Best of The Edwin Hawkins Singers album. Copyright 2001 Buddha Records.

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Nov 12, 2015

Amy and Zed talk about about sex positivity (00:40) Alex & Zed on dominance and sadism (41:55) TT@H: Lizz shares circular breath with the planet (37:55)

This episode's reading 

Plus dominance and sadism bonus:

  • how to top your master (you need a fetlife account to view this)
    https://fetlife.com/users/117165/posts/1883144
  • Enough to Make you Blush, by Princess Kali
    http://amzn.to/1QjmDez

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Oct 12, 2015

Amy and Zed talk about about spirituality (0:40)
Interview with Kari Points re trauma and deep sea creatures (39:46)
TT@H: password experiments (37:35)

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Sep 12, 2015

Amy and Zed talk about astronomy and flower essences (0:40)

Amy interviews Mel Reiff Hill about The Gender Book (27:03)

TT@H: a two-fer with M'kali Hashiki (25:45)

Find out more about Mel and his book The Gender Book

Amy and Zed mention Rudy Ballentine's book Radical Healing

Got something you want us to discuss? Email us at pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com.

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to  Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Aug 12, 2015

Amy and Zed talk about age and eroticism (0:40)

Amy shares an excerpt from "Stilettos" (28:03)

TT@H: plug a hole and do some housework (23:44)

Amy's story is available in the anthology Sex Still Spoken Here which you can order from your local bookstore, or on Amazon.com as paperback or ebook.

Zed and Amy do mention age*eroticism*taboo photo project.

Got something you want us to discuss? Email us at pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com.

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Jul 12, 2015

Amy and Zed talk about how to sustain the bliss of erotic connection (0:40)

Zed shares their poem "For the Record" (32:42)

TT@H: erotic superhero names (29:23)

 

You can find more of Zed Sinclair's spoken word at records.mrsexsmith.com

Thanks to Dan Fogelberg for a clip of "Make love stay" from the album The Very Best of Dan Fogelberg, 2001, Sony. Downloaded (and paid for) from iTunes.

We mention the amazing Betty Martin. You can find out more about her work at bettymartin.org

Got something you want us to discuss? Email us at pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com.

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

 

Jun 12, 2015

Amy and Zed discuss workshop aftercare and being bright and shiny (0:40)

Amy interviews Dawn about trans* sexuality and binary sacred spaces (23:39)

TT@H: orgasmic prayer (17:44)

You can learn more about Dawn at www.sacrederoticfire.com

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

May 12, 2015

Amy and Zed get loopy talking about what to wear to workshops (00:40)

The whole Body Trust team talks portals, pleasure, and sex toys (21:46)

TT@H: celebrate International Masturbation Month (18:37) 

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Apr 12, 2015

Amy and Zed talk Wicked Equinox and Exuberant Animal (00:40)

Interview with M’kali Hashiki (24:23)

TT@H: cross-dressing your undies (22:32)

M’kali Hashiki can be found at http://www.theenstaticbody.com
She mentioned Dr. Martha Tara Lee and her podcast Eros Evolution Podcast, hosted on Om Times.

We invite you to email us at pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com with your favorite sexy word. There will be prizes!

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Mar 12, 2015

Amy and Zed discuss sourcing desire in the body (0:40)

TT@H: cairn building: truth and dare (23:40)

Person on the street interviews (28:34)

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Feb 12, 2015

Amy and Zed ponder all kinds of erotic experiments (0:40)

TT@H: masturbation meditation (30:45)

Interview with Lizz Randall opening the floodgates through sex (35:37)

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Jan 14, 2015

Amy and Zed ponder the difference between 'erotic' and 'sexual' (01:15)

Interview with Alex Jade about embodiment (20:01)

TT@H: anal breathing (35:09)

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZ

Jan 14, 2015

Amy and Zed talk about why you might want to do erotic work in groups (00:40)

Lizz Randall's meditation riff and two poems read by Zed (37:06)

TT@H: intertouch (34:34)

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Amy read an excerpt from Abram, David. Becoming Animal. New York: Pantheon, 2010. Print.

Lizz’s meditation video can be found at the Body Trust YouTube Channel.

Zed read the poems:
"Kiss Everything on Fire" by Mark Nepo, from Reduced to Joy
"Earth-Fire" by Jeff Mann, from On the Tongue

Yes, we are having a contest! Is it better to come in first or last during a circle jerk? Let us know what you think by sending us an email at pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com. We’ll draw for the winner from the all the answers we receive.

Jan 14, 2015

Intro to Amy, Zed, Body Trust, and Pleasure Lab (00:40)

Clitoris Poem (19:31)

TT@H: hands to water (17:03)

Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro) and New Ages I (try this at home section). Also to Orquesta Arrecife for their snippet LA MORDAZA (whimsey section).

Zed read the poem "The Clitoris" by Nikki Finney, from Head Off & Split

Yes, we are having a contest! Can you name the experiential exercise Amy and Zed did from which they derived the term of endearment (“butt buddies”) they use to describe their friendship? If you think you know, send us an email at pleasurelab@bodytrustcircle.com. We’ll draw for the winner from the all correct answers we receive.

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