Hey what's up hello! This week we're doing the first episode of a new micro series on aspec microlabels! Today we discuss the labels -flux, abro-, -spike, aego-, apothi-, auto-, bellus-, and caed-. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-microlabels-pt-1 Learn more about aspec microlabels: https://taaap.org/learn/spectrum-101/ https://www.asexuals.net/asexual-spectrum/ https://aceydesi.wordpress.com/2020/12/12/microlabels-in-the-ace-and-aro-spectrums/6 https://lgbtqia.fandom....
Nov 06, 2022•51 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we're revisiting a topic we very briefly and poorly addressed all the way back in episode 9 (NINE!) of this silly little podcast: the Split Attraction Model (SAM). Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-split-attraction-model Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 23, 2022•55 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about the culture shock we have as aspecs from learning that Netflix and chill isn't just chilling and what Cake By The Ocean is really about. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-culture-shock Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 16, 2022•46 min
Content Warning: If you are sex-repulsed, this may not be the episode for you Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking to our friend Dalton King about his experience writing gay porn in the studio porn industry. Get ready for a wild ride. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/writing-gay-porn-feat-dalton-king Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Hey... what's up... hello. Today marks the valiant return of the relaxcast: motivational edition. Will it actually be relaxing? Or motivational, for that matter? Only time will tell. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/relaxcast-pt-2 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 02, 2022•47 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we chat with Eris Young about their upcoming book Ace Voices: What It Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi Or Grey-Ace Eris Young. Out December 21, 2022. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/ace-voices-feat-eris-young Order Ace Vocies: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781787756984 Follow Eris: @Young_E_H Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Hey what's up hello! On this week's ~late night~ episode, two aspecs rank the worst and best(?) pickup lines. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/rating-bad-pickup-lines Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 18, 2022•47 min
Hey what's up hello! In honor of Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown coming out on September 13th, we're having a little book club! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/refusing-compulsory-sexuality-by-sherronda-j-brown Order Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781623177102 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy ...
Sep 11, 2022•48 min
Hey what's up hello! You've read the title and you know what that means - we're diving back into Reddit! This week we answer the age old question, are the straights ok??? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/r/arethestraightsok Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 04, 2022•49 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about soulmates, starting with the chilling story of a woman who left her husband after meeting her soulmate in a love-at-first sight fiasco. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/are-soulmates-real Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 28, 2022•49 min
Hey what's up hello! On this week's episode, we define allonormativity and amatanormativity and share how we've experienced these in our own lives. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/allonormativity-and-amatanormativity Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 21, 2022•41 min
Hey what's up hello! Sarah's an aro. Sarah's a libra. Libras are apparently romance-obsessed. Sarah doesn't like this. Let's discuss. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/libras-are-obsessed-with-romance Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 14, 2022•46 min
Hey what's up hello! Ghosting. What is it, why is it a thing, and why is Sarah an apologist? There's only one way to find out, besties. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/ghosting Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 07, 2022•50 min
Hey what's up hello! We are back, and we are talking about pet names. Why are they a thing, and why are they like THAT? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/pet-names-for-partners Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 31, 2022•42 min
Hey what's up hello! As pride comes to an end, we're taking a look back at the best and worst (but mostly worst) corporate pride and rainbow washing activities of 2022. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/2022-corporate-pride-roundup Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jun 26, 2022•57 min
Hey what's up hello! It's femcel summer (apparently?) and we're here to discuss what that means from an aspec perspective. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/femcels Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jun 19, 2022•47 min
Hey what's up hello! On today's episode, two aspecs try to explain the difference between a person being hot, sexy, pretty, or cute. What a wild ride! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspecs-describe-the-difference-between-hot-sexy-pretty-and-cute Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jun 12, 2022•49 min
Hey what's up hello! The internet tells us that our breath can tell us about sexual arousal. We know everything we read on the internet is true, so this week your local aspec podcasters discuss. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/breath-and-sexual-arousal Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jun 05, 2022•44 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we needed something silly, so we took to Reddit and reacted to the world wide web's shower thoughts about sex and dating. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/reacting-to-r/showerthoughts Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 29, 2022•44 min
Hey what's up hello! Kayla was in her sister's wedding last week and you know what that means! Time to talk about weddings and all their traditions from an aspec perspective. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/weddings Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 22, 2022•57 min
Hey what's up hello! This week, Sarah and Kayla try to sell you on all the best romantic fanfiction tropes. Why? Because we love them. P.S. - PLS DO NOT TELL KAYLA WHAT I GOT HER FOR HER BIRTHDAY SHE WON'T KNOW FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspecs-explain-romantic-tropes Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
May 15, 2022•45 min
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.soundsfakepod.co...
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: https://discord...
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.com Buy ou...
Dec 05, 2021•51 min
