Audacious Love
"There are so many ways to find love, affection and connection on this planet," according to Audacious host Chion Wolf. This playlist is a collection of Audacious conversations around love and relationships that only Chion can have. For more Audacious episodes about everything from what it's like to be a female trucker or disabled comedian to understanding hoarding or living in solitude, visit ctpublic.org/audacious.
Episodes
In 2000, Sigrid Wade began writing to people on death row to express her solidarity against that kind of punishment; she never thought she’d end up marrying one of them and having a child. But that’s exactly what happened between her and Alan Wade.
Meet a sociologist who studies relationships like theirs, and hear directly from Sigrid and Alan about love, family, worthiness, and trust.
GUESTS:
- Megan Comfort: Senior resear...
Last time, we did an episode about dominants in the world of BDSM and kink, and now? It’s time for the submissives to take center-stage.
Learn the difference between “submissive” and “slave”, and four people’s interpretations of what it means to obey, serve, and play.
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Meet a world-renowned expert on kink who will explain exactly what we’re talking about when we talk about dominants. And you’ll meet three very different kinds of dominants in the BDSM world: One who is particularly sensual, one whose power lies in money, and one whose disability is just another component of his power.
This is the first of two episodes about kink. Tune in next week, when we meet four submissives, three of which re...
When you hear the words, “cuddle party”, what do you picture? Something playful? Something salacious? Something… else?
When your culture equates affection with attraction, how does it feel to challenge that connection? And to what degree can affection be healing when it isn't necessarily connected with sex?
Join Chion as she ponders all this during her experience one-on-one with a professional cuddlist, and then as she attends a ...
When I say, “The Sugar Lifestyle”, I'm not talking about the typical high-fructose, American diet. I’m talking about the often financially-centered lifestyle of sugar daddies and sugar babies.
On this episode, you’ll hear from one sugar baby who teaches women how to “embrace their inner sugar”, and from a sugar daddy who talks with us about the ways in which meeting women this way has changed his life.
A researcher will give you ...
Think about your BFF (that’s Best Friend For Life).
Now, imagine if that “for life” part was a deliberate, co-creative commitment.
You’re free to date other people if you’re into that kinda thing, but you put each other down as your emergency contact, you live together, you may even raise kids together.
On this episode, you’ll meet people who are in what’s called Platonic Life Partnerships, or PLP’s.
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On past episodes of our Audacious Love series, we’ve talked with people who’ve been married for over 50 years, people who’ve fallen in love with synthetic companions, people who’ve fallen love with objects, and today, you’ll meet four people who are married to spirits, ancestors, or gods.
GUESTS:
- Dr. Megan Rose: An initiated ceremonial magician, a Shakta Tantric practitioner, and the author of Spirit Marriage: Intimate Rel...
Ah, Craigslist’s Missed Connections.
Where else can you find that attractive guy you saw at that concert? Or the lady in the laundromat who held your gaze? Or reconnect with your long lost hairstylist?
Hear those stories, plus what a researcher learned from studying over 10,000 posts.
And what does it sound like when two Tony-nominated songwriters take Missed Connection posts and turn them into songs?
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Many of us know what it feels like to fall in love. The attraction, the chemistry, the excitement!
But what’s it like to fall in love with an ashtray? Or a chandelier?
Hear what love is like for people who identify as Objectum Sexual.
Plus, hear from a sexologist on what the rest of us get wrong about them.
GUESTS:
- Amy Marsh is a sexologist who specializes in understanding and counseling people who are objectum sexuals ...
When I say, “sex doll”, do you imagine creativity? Improvisation? Self-love?
Find out why these synthetic companions can address more than just physical pleasure.
Plus, get a history of where these dolls came from, and a peek at what they might be like in the future.
On the podcast feed, you can hear a bonus conversation with Courtney Webb, who is just a few months into life with her doll, Dahlia Muriel Hollifield.
GUESTS:
Fill in the blank: Love is… Patient. Kind. Love is Work. Hard to find.
But if you wanna put your finger on what makes up “long-lasting love”, you’re gonna need some wisdom to fill in those blanks.
So today, meet three couples who’ve been together for over 50 years.
GUESTS:
- Angela and Grant Loavenbruck of Rockport, Maine, have been married for 55 years
- Emery Austin Smith and Vivian Ashton Smith of the Blue Hills neighborh...
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