Hey what's up hello! As aspecs, we can often feel like outsiders when it comes to things like sex or dating. While sometimes this feels incredibly isolating, other times it allows us to take a unique and useful position as objective, outside observers. Let's discuss! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/being-an-aspec-outside-observer Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.sounds...
May 08, 2022•53 min
Hey what's up hello! As some of you noticed, Kayla came back from our hiatus with a fancy new intro. Today, we talk about the difficulties of figuring out your romantic identity when you're already on the asexual spectrum. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/on-being-biromantic-demisexual Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 01, 2022•44 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back once again to definitively decide if the people of Reddit are in fact assholes. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-3 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Apr 24, 2022•49 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back after our long hiatus! We have so much to tell you about what's been going on :) (Apologies for Kayla's audio quality, we're a bit rusty) Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/were-back Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Apr 17, 2022•38 min
Hey what's up hello! As you can see from the title, we're taking a bit of a hiatus. We'll see you on April 17th <3 Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sounds-hiatus-but-okay Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jan 11, 2022•6 min
TW: Mentions of human trafficking Hey what's up hello! What started as a simple episode turning romantic Christmas songs into platonic ones quickly turns into a close(?) reading of the weirdest Christmas songs out there. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/analyzing-romantic-christmas-songs Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Dec 26, 2021•48 min
Hey what's up hello! As Christmas arrives, we can't help but notice how romantic society has made Christmas. Today we try to figure out how that happened and why Christmas is viewed as romantic. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/why-is-christmas-romantic Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Dec 19, 2021•55 min
We're back for the second installment of Same Podcast, One Year Apart a la Billie Eilish and Vanity Fair. Listen to hear what's changed and what hasn't in the past year. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/same-podcast-one-year-apart-the-second-year To listen to the first year, check out episode 160: https://soundsfakepod.buzzsprout.com/218346/6691745-ep-160-same-podcast-one-year-apart-the-first-year Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: ...
Dec 12, 2021•57 min
Hey what's up hello! Chaos reigns this week, and so does the Statue of Liberty. Today we read from r/TooAfraidToAsk and go on a long winded tangent about the Statue of Liberty (sorry/you're welcome) *This episode is a meant as a silly joke, please don’t actually think we’re patriotic Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/reddit-questions-and-the-statue-of-liberty Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod....
Dec 05, 2021•51 min
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...
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:...
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 ou...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min
