Hey what's up hello! From playing hard to get to love bombing, there are a ton of games that people play while dating. Today Kayla teaches Sarah what those games are and we try to figure out why people do it. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/playing-mind-games-while-dating Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Nov 21, 2021•53 min
We all know that being on asexual and/or aromantic spectrum can be really hard sometimes. But that isn't the focus of today's relax-adjacent cast! Today, we focus on the joys and triumphs of being asepc. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/asexual-aromantic-joy Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Nov 14, 2021•48 min
Hey what's up hello! We're heading back to Reddit, but this time we're checking out r/Confessions and r/Confession. What are the deepest darkest secrets of the internet? It's time to find out. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/reddit-confessions Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Nov 07, 2021•56 min
Hey what's up hello! For spooookkky Halloween, we're hitting you hard with why vampires, ghosts, ghouls, demons, etc are aspec! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/why-vampires-are-asexual/aromantic Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 31, 2021•52 min
Hey what's up hello! Happy Ace Week 2021! To celebrate this week, we're joined by Executive Director of Asexual Outreach and Ace Week organizer Basil. We chat about the history of Ace Week, how to celebrate the week, and how to include marginalized aces in our community and conversations. Content Warnings: Ableism, eugenics Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/ace-week-feat-basil-langevin Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt w...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we start by talking about POV videos and y/n fanfiction and end by talking about parasocial relationships. It's a meandering convo about how we interact online and how that translates into our relationships in person. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/parasocial-relationships-and-povs Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 17, 2021•47 min
Hey what's up hello! As we all know, talking about sex and romance is a huge way that we socialize and create bonds with people. So what does that mean for aspec people who may not want to talk about these things? Or may experience them differently? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/social-bonding-with-sex-and-romance Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 10, 2021•48 min
Hey what's up hello! Is it our most chaotic episode yet? Possibly! To celebrate our 200th episode, we share 200(?) ways our lives have changed since we released our very first episode. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/200-ways-weve-changed Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 03, 2021•48 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back with another installment of "am I the asshole?" curtosey of r/AmItheAsshole. Come along on a magical journey of family drama and relationship woes. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-2 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 26, 2021•56 min
Hey what's up hello! By popular demand, this week we're talking about the concept of having a type. What does it mean to have a type? Why do people care so much about it? Do WE have a type??? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/having-a-type Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 19, 2021•53 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we take another stab (hehe pun) at changing up love songs. This time, we take the word love and change it into death! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/turning-love-songs-into-death-songs TW: Frequent mention of death, illusions to suicide. Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr
Hey what's up hello! This week we talk to Mallie and Caroline from the film Dear Luke, Love, Me. They discuss their awesome film, aspec representation in media, and how you can get involved! Episode Transcripts: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/dear-luke-love-me Learn more about Dear Luke Love Me and donate: dearlukeloveme.com Dear Luke Love Me on Twitter/Instagram: @dearlukeloveme Get a Paper Shoot camera and support the pod! tinyurl.com/sfbopaper Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @sou...
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Hey what's up hello! This week Sarah reads one of her classic manifestos. This time, it's about aesthetic attraction, how it's viewed by the aspec community, and how it ties in with gender. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aesthetic-attraction-gender Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 22, 2021•51 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we play our own little version of the Google autocomplete game. What have people been Googling about asexuality? About aromanticism? About US?! Some weird stuff, apparently. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/google-autocomplete Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 08, 2021•37 min
Hey what's up hello! Welcome to our 4th birthday party! This week we take it upon our selves to plan the perfect asexual / aromantic birthday party. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-perfect-aspec-birthday Check out our new merch: www.soundsfakepod.com/shop Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 01, 2021•47 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we chat with friend of the pod Padya about how BTS helped them on their gender and sexuality journey. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/bts-fandom-and-queerness Follow Padya: @padyatheleo Follow Dream Glow Magazine: @dreamglowmag Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 25, 2021•51 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we take another dive into Reddit but this time, we're looking at r/relationship_advice. From sex drive to baby having, this episode really has it all. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/giving-relationship-advice-to-reddit Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 18, 2021•59 min
Hey what's up hello! If you came here for educational aspec content, this is not the episode for you. Try the backlog. Today we're just relaxing and giving you some validating and affirmation in soothing tones. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and drift off. Episode Transript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/relaxcast Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 11, 2021•42 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we get a bit ~philosophical~ as we talk about human evolution, how we interact with sex and romance, and what it means to truly be a human. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/evolution-sex-and-romance Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 04, 2021•47 min
Hey what's up hello! It's our most chaotic episode yet. This week we share all of the thing that are way cooler than sex and romance. Beware, this episode also contains missing audio chaos. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sure-sex-is-cool Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jun 27, 2021•42 min
Hey what's up hello! This we we FINALLY chat with our good friend Eliott Simpson. Eliott is an amazing asexual and autistic comedian, so we spend this episode discussing the intersection between asexuality and autism and how Eliott explores these through comedy. Episode Transript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/asexuality-autism-and-comedy Follow Eliott: @SockFaceSimpson Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our boo...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we take a dive into the Am I The Asshole (AITA) Subreddit and give our aromantic and asexual perspective on relationship and sexuality situations. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jun 13, 2021•59 min
Hey what's up hello! Happy pride month everyone! To celebrate we did a pride Q&A. This week we answer your questions about pride celebrations, our own orientations, the podcast, worms, and more! Episdoe Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/pride-month-q-a Watch Sarah's Jubilee video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iy18iDthH8&t=375s Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com...
Jun 06, 2021•54 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss a topic that comes up every year: is there a place for kink at pride? Is there any conflict between aspec issues and kink in such a forum? And the biggest question of all: what does "kink at pride" even MEAN? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/kink-at-pride Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 30, 2021•50 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss mental health / mental illness and how it impacts our orientations. Is it harder to figure out your sexuality when you're neurodivergent? Does it make you question more? We discuss all this and more. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/mental-health-and-sexuality Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 23, 2021•54 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're playing the asexual/aromantic version of the class classic game "fuck, marry, kill" - stuck in elevator, QPR, kill. Listen along for a chaotic ride. Episdoe Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/fuck-marry-kill Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 09, 2021•1 hr
Hey what's up hello! Today we chat with Liam O'Dell, an amazing activist focused on deafness and disability, about accessibility and how the aspec community can be more welcoming to disabled people. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/accessibility-and-asexuality Follow Liam: @LiamODellUK / www.liamodell.com Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 02, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're rating the asexual and aromantic vibes that different classic game characters give off! Get ready for some board and video game headcanons. Character Pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qlzuv2GM9OgVx4rDCB_JVeUALei_05J0?usp=sharing Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-headcanons-for-game-characters Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: w...
Apr 25, 2021•51 min
Hey what's up hello! Recently Colton Underwood of the Bachelor fame came out as gay. We're not huge bachelor fans, but we wanted to discuss the story behind his coming out and what his story shows about the societal pressure to conform. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-first-gay-bachelor Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Apr 18, 2021•55 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we chat with the lovely Venus Envy, an incredible asexual drag queen! We discuss how her asexuality interacts with her drag and her experience as a female drag queen. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/asexuality-and-drag Follow Venus: @venusenvydrag Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Apr 11, 2021•54 min
