Modern Anarchy

Modern Anarchy

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Modern Anarchy episodes

  • 97. Hope for Ending the Generational Trauma with Amber Underwood

    Activation Warning: Suicide 

    On today's episode, we have therapist and author Amber Underwood (She/Her) join us for a conversation all about the power of healing yourself first. Together we talk about the strength of saying we are not okay, the relational core of our mental health, and the expansion process of healing. 

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    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development

    The Secrets of EMDR Therapy and How It Can Help You

    Relational-Cultural Theory: Fostering Healthy Coexistence Through a Relational Lens

    All about Love: New Visions

    54 min
  • 96. Modern Revolutions: Politicized Healing Under Racial Capitalism with B Stepp

    On today's episode, we have somatic coach B Stepp (They/Them) join us for a conversation all about politicized healing under racial capitalism. Together we talk about healing our shame, the construction of the self, and boundaries as an invitation to more rather than less.

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    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    Mirror Neurons: The Mind's Mirror

    1 hr 4 min
  • 95. Stories of Collective Liberation: Leadership Beyond Dominance, Psychedelic Expression, and Hope for a New Future with Naomi Grace

    On today's episode, we have multi-sensory medicine maker and artsy-fartsy rabble-rouser Naomi Grace (She/They) join us for a conversation all about imagining a new future of collective liberation. Together we talk about leaning into our intuition, stories of pan-African feminine leadership, and a world beyond hierarchy and extraction. 

    If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!

    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Day 4: Neuroplasticity: Neurons that Fire Together Wire Together

    Hebbian learning and predictive mirror neurons for actions, sensations and emotions

    Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity: A Systematic Review Unraveling the Biological Underpinnings of Psychedelics

    Why Representation Matters and Why It’s Still Not Enough

    BRIDGET “BIDDY” MASON (1818-1891)

    Wangari Maathai

    QUEEN NANNY OF THE MAROONS

    What is solarpunk and can it help save the planet?

    The Fifth Sacred Thing

    56 min
  • 94. Reclaiming the Power of the Feminine Energy: Community, Intuition, and Rituals with Akinke Lucas

    On today's episode shamanic practitioner, indigenous traditional healer, and doctoral student Akinke Lucas (She/Her) joins us for a conversation all about afro-feminine energy. Together we talk about decoupling feminine energy from gender, the need for consistency in our spiritual practices, and the gift of rootedness within community. 

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    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Flowing Waters

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    Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations

    Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America

    Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

    1 hr 31 min
  • 93. The Week After the Orgy: Time and Energy in Non-Monogamy with Sadie Lune

    On today's episode, we have feminist artist and queer sex radical Sadie (She/Her) join us for a conversation exposing the dark side and complications of open-relating. Together we talk about the spectrum of jealousy, navigating the limitations of time and energy, and the wild adventure of co-creating relationships. 

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    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships

    Stages of Racial and Cultural Identity Development

    Style Like You

    1 hr 25 min
  • 92. Platonic Intimacy, Forced Birth, and Sexism with Asia Dorsey

    On today's episode, podcaster and herbalist Asia Dorsey (She/They) joins us for a conversation all about a critical analysis of contemporary sexism. Together we talk about love as a conduit of oppression, reclaiming with fourth wave feminism, and how the personal is binary but the political is queer. 

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    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    The Petty Herbalist Podcast

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    Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

    The Velvet Glove

    The Book That Incited a Worldwide Fear of Overpopulation

    Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

    Bernie Sanders explains Democratic Socialism

    Cornel West on Democratic socialism

    Dr. Cornel West on Socialism | Joe Rogan

    Kindred

    Relational-Cultural Theory: Fostering Healthy Coexistence Through a Relational Lens

    1 hr 14 min
  • 91. What Is The Most Pleasurable Sex You've Experienced? with Annie Philpott

    On today's episode, we have the founder of The Pleasure Project, Anne Philpott (She/Her), join us for a conversation all about the liberation of pleasure. Together we talk about the declaration on sexual pleasure, the seven pleasure principles, and changing the paradigm of sex education. 

    If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!

    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Declaration on Sexual Pleasure

    10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex

    The Ethical Slut

    Women who have fewer orgasms expect and desire less during sex with their partners

    What Is The Orgasm Gap?

    When Spousal Rape First Became a Crime in the U.S.

    1 hr
  • 90. How About Swinging? Pegging, Prostate Orgasms, and the Bisexual Man with Cooper Beckett

    On today's episode, we have sex educator and writer Cooper Beckett (he/him) join us for a conversation all about transformative sexual experiences. Together we talk about the spectrum of non-monogamy, sitting with the scary questions, and having the license to be ourselves.  

    If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!

    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Open Relationships Are More Popular Than You Might Think

    What to Know About Rising STD Rates Among Seniors

    NAUGHTY N'AWLINS

    Shortbus

    1 hr 18 min
  • 89. Burning The Holy Mormon Underwear: Kink, Community, and the God Complex with Madazon

    On today's episode, performing artist and dominatrix Madazon (They/Them) joins us for a conversation about a different understanding of community. Together we talk about the fear of expansive love, being a sacred interrupter, and deconstructing the god complex. 

    If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!

    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    50% of all patreon pledges will be used to support the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    What is subspace?

    How common is BDSM?

    Polygamy in Christianity

    59 min
  • 88. The Revolution is Now: Are We Ready to Flip The Board of Capitalism? with Kori Doty

    On today's episode, Kori Doty (They/Them/Theirs) joins us for a conversation about how the system keeps us disconnected. Together we talk about having a full relationship with our body, time-traveler trouble, and noticing the costs of capitalism. 

    If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!

    And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384

    50% of all patreon pledges will be used to support the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/

    Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith

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    Imagination Revolution

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    What is Harm Reduction?

    The Link Between Dopamine and ADHD

    Tada Hozumi

    The Body Keeps the Score

    TikTok's algorithm is promoting homophobia and anti-trans violence on For You Pages, experiment finds

    These TikTok Creators Say They’re Still Being Suppressed for Posting Black Lives Matter Content

    TikTok Admits It Suppressed Videos by Disabled, Queer, and Fat Creators

    1 hr 26 min

About Modern Anarchy

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Hosted by Dr. Nicole, a queer, non-monogamous clinical psychotherapist, Modern Anarchy is a living exploration of what becomes possible when we liberate our collective pleasure. The show brings together activists, therapists, and researchers from around the world for vulnerable conversations about sex, relationships, and pleasure liberation psychology.

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