Hey what's up hello! You know what time it is — it's time to prowl the depths of Reddit to figure out what on Earth is going on out there. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-9 Books with acespec and arospec characters: https://bookshop.org/lists/books-with-acespec-and-arospec-characters? Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Buy our book: www.s...
Mar 24, 2024•50 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about the evil that is couple privilege and how it disadvantages single people AND couples alike. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/couple-privilege Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're taking the time to answer your questions about everything from aspec activism to our favorite places to travel. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/qa-aspec-activism-friendship-the-allos-more Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Mar 10, 2024•51 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about how artificial intelligence has invaded the world of dating from AI dating coaches to AI dating profile assistants. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/can-ai-help-you-date Vote for Dear, Luke Love, Me: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YWQLHHH No sex, no romance playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wdkxJGXc1xUrtlJi0GPke?si=dde7d2d6407c4ecc Cosmo articles: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a46584514/bias-ai-dating-technolo...
Mar 03, 2024•48 min
Hey what's up hello! As Aro Week 2024 comes to an end, we talk about the way aromanticism is often linked with asexuality and how that can ultimately harm the aromantic community. Content Warning: Light descriptions of sexual activities Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/separating-aromanticism-from-asexuality Shop our Bookshop.org storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/soundsfakepod Check out Hopeless Aromantic: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781839973673 Donate: patreon.com/s...
Feb 25, 2024•51 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back reading r/AmITheAsshole. Some of them may be fake but oh boy are they full of assholes! Content Warning: Mentions of child abuse, domestic violence, death, miscarriage, incest Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-8-asshole-edition Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Feb 18, 2024•44 min
Hey what's up hello! Just in time for Valentine's Day, this week we're talking abou the phenomenon of straight people hating their partners! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/hating-your-partner Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Feb 11, 2024•55 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking to author Rhaina Cohen about her book, The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center . It's a real platonic delight. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-other-significant-others-feat-rhaina-cohen Get the book: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781250280916 Follow Rhaina: https://www.instagram.com/rhainacohen/ Rhaina's Substack: https://rhaina.substack.com/ Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsf...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about compersion. What is it? Where did the term come from? Is only for poly folx? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/compersion Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jan 28, 2024•54 min
Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about the pop culture phenomenon that is speculating about celebrity's sexualities, demanding that celebrities come out, and accusing celebrities of queer baiting. Yikes! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/celebrity-sexuality-speculation Our friend's article about BTS and queerness: https://www.them.us/story/park-jimin-bts-padya-paramita-personal-essay Video essay about homophobia in K-pop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGW-Snfu-30&am...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back from our long winter's nap and ready to judge some assholes!!! This time, we're reading some aspec specific stories. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-7-aspec-edition Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jan 14, 2024•52 min
Hey what's up hello! To wrap up another year of the podcast, we're back recording the fourth edition of "same podcast, one year apart" a la Billie Eilish x Vanity Fair. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/same-podcast-one-year-apart-the-fourth-year Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we manage to talk about everything and nothing at the same time. Toxic old men named Gerry, wedding presents, butch orcs, chilis. You name it, we covered it. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/this-author-loves-butch-orcs Legends & Lattes: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781250886088 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Dec 03, 2023•52 min
Hey what's up hello! We finally have an audiobook! Read in our own voices!!! As a special treat, today we give to you a sneak preview of chapter one. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sfbo-the-audiobook-sneak-peek Buy the audiobook: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Nov 26, 2023•24 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back with another fan favorite Am I The Asshole but this time it's all about weddings. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-6-wedding-edition Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're chatting with Madeline Dyer about her new anthology Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/being-ace-feat-madeline-dyer Buy Being Ace: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781645679561 Follow Madeline: @mdyerauthor / @elinannalise Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our bo...
Nov 12, 2023•57 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about romanticization - why we do it, the pros and cons of romanticizing relationships, and what we should romanticize other than romance. You know it's about to get silly. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/romanticizing Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Nov 05, 2023•55 min
Hey what's up hello! It's silly little aspec quiz hours. What kind of aspec are we? Will a random internet user simp for us? This week we ask all the most important questions. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-quizzes Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about "the ick." What is it? Is it real? And what gives us the ick?? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-ick Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 22, 2023•50 min
Hey what's up hello! The weather is getting colder and it's time to cuddle up with your boo thang! Or so the allos say. Today we learn about cuffing season strategies and science. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/cuffing-season Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Hey what's up hello! This week, inspired by the first episode of The Golden Bachelor, we're discussing dating later in life (i.e. when you're 60+). Why do people date when they're older? Why is there societal pressure to "get back out there"? And why are nursing home so horny??? Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 08, 2023•59 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about dating coaches. Are they a scam? What do they actually do? What does this say about late stage capitalism in the year of our Lord 2023? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/dating-coaches Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Oct 01, 2023•56 min
Hey what's up hello! We are back with our third (and final??) installation of the aspec microlabels series. Also, something about plantains. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/microlabels-pt-3 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 24, 2023•56 min
Hey what's up hello! Would you even believe that we're back with an r/AmITheAsshole episode??? Sarah's been saving up the best AITA the internet has the offer and it made for the most shocking installment of the series yet. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-5 Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 17, 2023•59 min
Hey what's up hello! In what might be our most chaotic episode yet, this week we bring you aspec Shark Tank. Sarah has come up with 11 of the best(?) aspec business ideas and Kayla is here to invest. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-shark-tank Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 10, 2023•54 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about a fear that so many aspecs share - flirting with someone without realizing that's what you're supposedly doing. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/accidental-flirting Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Hey what's up hello! We're back from summer break which means it's FINALLY time to talk about the Barbie movie and the fact that Barbie is absolutely aromantic asexual. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-barbie-movie Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Aug 27, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're diving into a discussion on compulsory heterosexuality, the lesbian master doc, and how comp het, comp allo, and amatanormativity are related. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/compulsory-heterosexuality Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 23, 2023•59 min
Hey what's up hello! This week we're doing sex and romance trivia. Will we finally learn how long sex is supposed to last???? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sex-and-romance-trivia Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 16, 2023•53 min
Hey what's up hello! Supposedly we haven't done a full ep before about the love languages? Sounds fake. So we're doing it today! Episode Transcript: https://www.soundsfakepod.com/love-languages Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book...
Jul 09, 2023•57 min
