Description Zed and Amy talk about all kinds of body work (00:40) Body Trust team co-working (31:50) TT@H: commit to a poem (35:27) Mentioned in this episode: Xan West's Show Yourself to Me Our favorite online project management tool Freedcamp 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)....
Dec 12, 2016•38 min
Zed and Amy talk stoking the fires in wintertime (00:40) Sadness and rain sounds (22:49) TT@H: diaphramatic breathing (25:22) 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, 2016•32 min
Amy and Zed explore cauldrons of digestion and soups (00:40). In the Whimsey section, Lizz and Amy talk soup, farming, and abundance (24:42). TT@H: Lizz gives us a bromantic cabbage recipe (43:52) Resources we mentioned: Stone Soup children's book by Marcia Brown Cabbage recipes can be found at nomnompaleo.com The ugly fruit and vegetable movement info here One of Michael Pollin's great books Cooked Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (i...
Oct 12, 2016•48 min
This episode is all about proprioception. Amy and Zed talk fall season, back to school, strap-ons, and strange questions. (00:40) Whimsey: Amy and Alex dive deep into the body experience of proprioception (31:30) TT@H: Listen along while Amy reads proprioception erotica (59:03) Lots of books and resources were mentioned: How we are motivated as described in Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before The capacity of the brains of humans and rats to adapt to tool usage as described by Sandra Blakeslee an...
Sep 12, 2016•1 hr 8 min
Zed and Amy talk Erotix Journal and putting it in words (00:40) Whimsey: Amy in conversation with TT Baum (16:05) TT@H: TT gives us an experiment in penetration (44:55) 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, 2016•52 min
Amy and Zed talk about racism and resilience (00:40) TT@H: burnishing a portal of pleasure (23:16) 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, 2016•29 min
Amy and Zed talk about Pride month and claiming your own erotic pride (0:40) 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, 2016•32 min
Amy and Zed talk May, potency, and BDSM (0:40) Robert Frost poem "The Road Not Taken" (28:48) TT@H: merry-go-round sensory stretch (26:07) 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 and Zed talk May, potency, and BDSM - Robert Frost poem - TT@H: merry-go-round sensory experiment...
May 12, 2016•33 min
Zed and Amy talk about holes, puberty, and springtime (00:40) April Fool's Outtakes (25:29) TT@H: planting seedlings with intention (22:02) The Try This @ Home experiment came from the book E-Squared by Pam Grout. 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, 2016•40 min
Length: 1:08:00 Alex and Amy on quickening and online embodiment (00:40) Amy and Zed's Book Club (44:22) TT@H: Alex on quickening into pleasure (39:37) During the Whimsey segment, Amy and Zed mentioned several books: The Grave Tattoo , Val McDermid Lying , Sam Harris Eat Me , Nicky Dyal and Richie Rhombus Chronology of Water , Lidia Yuknavitch The Argonauts , Maggie Nelson For Real , Alexis Hall Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons lic...
Mar 12, 2016•1 hr 8 min
Length: 57:36 Amy and Zed ponder composting and disgusting (00:40) Amy reads an excerpt of her short story "Waiting to Pee" (44:22) TT@H: Zed on mindfulness (39:37) Several books were mentioned in this episode: Plants with Benefits by Helen Yoest Intercourses by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge along with the non-book Squatty Potty Amy was reading from Best Women's Erotica, Volume 1 edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel , just published by Cleis Press . Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for th...
Feb 12, 2016•58 min
Length: 1:11:27 Conversation with Amy and Alex about winter playtime (00:40) Lizz, Zed, Amy and Alex ponder Body Trust's mission (31:20) TT@H: Lizz on ways to teather the mind (25:47) Amy mentioned a book review of The Cabaret of Plants by Robert Mabey, to be found in the New York Times . 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...
Jan 12, 2016•1 hr 11 min
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 cli...
Dec 12, 2015•48 min
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 Better Than Before, by Gretchen Rubin https://gretchenrubin.com/books/before-after/before- The Sex Myth, by Rachel Hills http://rachelhills.tumblr.com/ The Gift, by Lewis Hyde http://www.lewishyde.com/publications/the- Woman on Fire, by Amy Jo Goddard http://amyjogoddard.com/ Perv, by Jesse Berringhttp://www.amazon.com...
Nov 12, 2015•1 hr 14 min
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)....
Oct 12, 2015•1 hr 2 min
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 ...
Sep 12, 2015•50 min
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...
Aug 12, 2015•37 min
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 wa...
Jul 12, 2015•38 min
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)....
Jun 12, 2015•1 hr 7 min
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)....
May 12, 2015•35 min
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 ...
Apr 12, 2015•51 min
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)....
Mar 12, 2015•35 min
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).
Feb 12, 2015•47 min
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•38 min
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 medita...
Jan 14, 2015•45 min
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 fr...
Jan 14, 2015•23 min
