Season 6, Episode 760: A Devious Awakening, A Dark Paranormal Demon Romance Excerpt from a spicy fiction novel written by A.A. Powers, book excerpt narrated by podcast host Ruan Willow. Listen to the author interview with A.A. Powers coming Friday, June 26, 26.

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Author bio:

A.A. Powers is the author of The Devious Bonds series, a dark paranormal romance series that explores love, obsession, power, redemption, and the complexities of human desire through fantasy. By day, she works as a procurement analyst and lives in rural Minnesota with her family. By night, she writes stories filled with demons, fated mates, found family, and morally complicated characters.

As both a reader and author of dark romance, Ashley is fascinated by the intersection of fantasy, shame, self-acceptance, and the ways fiction allows readers to safely explore parts of themselves that are often misunderstood or judged.

Learn more about Author A.A. Powers:

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Season 6, Episode 759: The Healing Power of Smut: Part 7, From Pastor to Spicy Pen, Amy W. Vogel's Empowerment Journey. This is the video version of the episode.

Guest Bio:

Amy W. Vogel is an author who writes about feminine empowerment, spicy reverse age gap romance, historical fantasy with romance, urban fantasy with romance, and she's a coach for women authors. She's a former pastor and shares her transformative journey from being a pastor to writing spicy romance. She shares about her venture into spicy storytelling and writing books.

Find more about Amy here: https://www.amywvogel.com/

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Summary:

Join Ruan Willow as she dives deep into a spicy conversation with writer Amy W. Vogel, a former pastor turned author, about the transformative journey of embracing sexuality and the healing power of smut in literature. Amy shares her unique experiences navigating the complexities of faith, femininity, and freedom, all while exploring the world of romance and erotic fiction. Together, they discuss the importance of female voices in writing, the liberation that comes from owning one's sexuality, and how the act of reading and writing can serve as a powerful tool for healing and empowerment. Get ready for a candid discussion filled with laughter, insights, and plenty of spicy revelations!

Timeline: 00:00 - Amy W. Vogel used to be a pastor 04:06 - Do you do more non fiction or do you do some fiction 06:31 - Sport themed book 07:06 - So what is it do you think that is healing about either reading or writing 12:58 - People are trying to censor the spicy romance that people want to read 17:16 - When I first started this podcast, I wasn't very judgmental, but now I'm even less so 20:27 - What do you think about the fact that there are no female voices in the Bible 26:56 - 67% of self published authors are female and most are romance writers 32:00 - So I'm working on my sixth book and it's actually speaking of the Bible 36:59 - Part of being a human is her sexuality and having sex 41:21 - Romance bookstores are popping up all over the place owned by women 45:11 - You don't immediately have to dive into dark erotica 49:04 - A woman wrote a book about how to strengthen your vagina during sex Bel Di Lorenzo wrote The Goh!dess Method

Quotes from Amy: "The healing for me is... whatever you decide to choose to do with that history allows you to either stay stuck or move forward." "Pleasure is our birthright. We have been given that gift as women." "If you want to explore, start slow and just have fun."

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Season 6, Episode 758: Video Version. When Technology Meets Intimacy: Tracy Daly of Moanr app on Revolutionizing the Sex & Relationship Connection. The essential humanity piece is so important to sexuality, sensuality, individualism, communication, and connection, while focusing on a goal of making relationships, sex, kink, and love better! Your specific variables, moods, feelings, and physiology can make a difference in the ability to improve your relationship and enhance intimacy. Listen to find out how!

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Guest Bio:

Tracy Daly is the Co-Founder & CEO of Moanr™, a groundbreaking digital platform designed to revolutionize how we experience modern intimacy and human connection. Powered by the sophisticated, secure engineering of MedEnc Technologies, Tracy leverages cutting-edge sextech to create safe, authentic, and liberating spaces for adult exploration online. Their visionary approach to digital pleasure is deeply informed by their work in the physical lifestyle community, where they also serve as the Socials and Events Manager for Club M4—Ontario's largest premier adult alternative lifestyle venue. They work particularly within the LGBTQIA+ community and those exploring non-traditional relationship dynamics such as CNM and ENM. She helps individuals and partners navigate intimacy with more clarity, confidence, and honesty. By bridging high-tech security with hands-on community curation, Tracy is uniquely pioneering the future of pleasure-positive wellness.

Relationship and sexuality articles: https://moanr.app/blog

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About Moanr: Moanr is a next-generation intimacy and sexual wellness app that turns private health and relationship data into insights that help people connect better, communicate openly, and navigate modern relationships without stigma

Discussion Topics:

Revolutionizing Intimacy Through Sex Tech

Building Relationships Beyond the First Date

Tracking Libido Patterns and Intimacy

Tracking Intimacy and Connection in Relationships

Breaking Free from Shame and Embracing Authenticity

LGBTQ+ Safety Varies Across States

Enthusiastic Consent and the Orgasm Gap is really a cultural, knowledge, and attention gap

Owning Your Body and Breaking Sexual Shame

500 Years of Hidden Clitoral Anatomy, Very cruel actions taken by those in power to hide this female anatomy from the world

Removing Shame From Female Body Language

Social Media Censorship of Body Part Language

Embracing Pleasure as Our Natural Gift

Using Rage Constructively to Empower Change

AI in Publishing: Protecting Human Creativity and not using AI in creative endeavors

Bridging Health Tech and Human Connection

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Season 6, Episode 757: Video version.

Age Gap Tea Bagging and Oral, Erotic Spicy Romance Fiction Book Excerpt from Mallory and Derek Attend Secret Parties, written and narrated by podcast host Ruan Willow. Get the full audiobook https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/malloryandderekattendsecretpartiesaudiobook

Book blurb:

Mallory and Derek are a young mutually dedicated bisexual couple. They both love adventure and new experiences. It's what drew them to each other in the first place. They desire to explore more together, so they decide to join a swinger's alternative lifestyle club.

Once the initial overwhelm wears off, they dive in to the insatiable group fun at the private parties, and don't look back. Their world opens up and they can't get enough. They have so much fun, their minds, and their climaxes, are blown to new heights. Life can't get any better. They make new friendships, and cultivate deeper ones that enrich their lives, while they work hard at being diligently respectful of their mutual boundaries.

And all the party games, oh, that's mind-blowing and not stopping in its ever-expanding ecstasy! The couple is hooked!

When a photographer is hired for one of the private parties and takes sexy pictures of Mallory with an older man who had become one of her regular play partners, Mallory's life, and career, take a turn for the unexpected. She finds herself lucky to be a huge overnight success as a content creator when she begins to post nude pics and spicy videos online. As she finds herself further entrenched in her life with her devoted partner Derek, her new older millionaire gentleman friend wants to be a permanent person in her life, too. Mallory is lucky, she's got two very supportive partners in her life!

Who comes along for the full entrepreneurial ride she's on remains to be seen. However, one thing is for sure, she's taking this pleasure train for life. And whoever is by her side better hold tight because it's promising to be a wild trip!

Tropes: erotic romance, Polyamory love triangle, swinging, BDSM, D/s, multiple partner intimacy and relationships, impact play, intimate scenes, bisexuality, experimentation, and empowerment.

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Season 6, Episode 756: Video Version. Featuring Shoshanna Blanca, aka Jesus Christ Pornstar, Reclaiming Sexuality as Sacred: Spirituality, Psychedelics, and Breaking Religious Taboos. affiliate book link "Eve's Blessing: Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain"

When Mary Magdalene Became a Mirror for Sacred Sexuality

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Discission Topics/Chapters:

Shoshanna Blanca, From Feminist Writer to Erotic Artist

Bridging Sexuality and Spirituality Through Psychedelics

Divine Creativity and Sexual Shame Culture

Reframing Sex Work as Spiritual Art

Jesus Would Listen to Sex Workers

Biblical Interpretation and Religious Judgment

Reinterpreting Genesis: Beyond the Eve Curse

God's Gender and Universal Consciousness

Orgasmic Prayers and Reclaiming Pleasure

Modern Dating Culture and the Whores Revolution

Bridging Porn and Social Media Culture

Men's Misconceptions about and the Perpetuating Falsehoods About Biological Clocks

Preparing for Psychedelic Ceremonies and Intentions

Teshuva: Returning to Original Virtue

Women's Suffering and the Need for Reverence

Finding Freedom Through Breath and Spirit

Body Innocence and Pleasure as Birthright

Takeaways:

• Psychedelic experiences can fundamentally reshape views on sexuality and spirituality. Shoshana's ceremony-induced rebirth experiences directly motivated her to reframe sex work and erotic expression as spiritual practices rather than taboo activities.

• Religious symbolism in sexual content triggers deeper cultural anxiety than the sexuality itself. The backlash against her work centered more on the use of Jesus and Mary Magdalene imagery than the explicit content, revealing how religious institutions weaponize shame around sexuality.

• Sex workers and erotic performers position themselves as spiritual healers, not moral transgressors. Let's curb our judgement! By redefining their work through a sacred lens, they challenge the foundational shame narratives that justify social stigma and argue this reframing could revolutionize how society treats sex workers, and sexuality.

Guest Bio:

Shoshanna Blanca, also known as Jesus Christ Pornstar, is an erotic performance artist and adult star best known for Christian and Jewish-inspired content including The Second Cumming—a series of vlogs and performances telling the story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene through a psychedelic lens—and Uncovering Eve, a collection of images, videos, and verses exploring women and womanhood in the Bible. After a decade as a feminist writer and sex educator, she made OnlyFans her art gallery to provide a visual companion to her award-winning book Eve's Blessing: Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain. Since then, she's released a variety of female-friendly solo content for Ersties, MakeLoveNotPorn, and Pornhub, including an "ADHD Masturbation" series where she describes her fantasies and tangential thoughts while self-pleasuring and "Hysterical Literature Bible Readings," where she reads from the Bible and other sacred texts while using a Hitachi Magic Wand. She's also a model with photographs published in many magazines and an advocate for body positivity. As one of those people who looks "overweight" and "plus-size" on paper but skinny in person, she aims to dismantle the ridiculous sizing and BMI charts that have become false gods. Through her thought-provoking pornography and social media presence, she's starting a whores revolution, encouraging whores of all sorts to rise up, remember Jesus already saved a spot for them in heaven, and get too loud and proud for people to label them damaged goods—or for whorephobic fuckboys to label them hookup material but not marriage material. She popularized and advocates radical Christianity, a belief system that preaches zero divine laws except: Be who you are.

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Season 6, Episode 755: audio version. Reclaiming Sexuality as Sacred: Spirituality, Psychedelics, and Breaking Religious Taboos, Featuring Shoshanna Blanca, aka Jesus Christ Pornstar, affiliate book link "Eve's Blessing: Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain" Paperback on Amazon ebook

When Mary Magdalene Became a Mirror for Sacred Sexuality

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Episode Discission topics:

Shoshanna Blanca, From Feminist Writer to Erotic Artist

Bridging Sexuality and Spirituality Through Psychedelics

Divine Creativity and Sexual Shame Culture

Reframing Sex Work as Spiritual Art

Jesus Would Listen to Sex Workers

Biblical Interpretation and Religious Judgment

Reinterpreting Genesis: Beyond the Eve Curse

God's Gender and Universal Consciousness

Orgasmic Prayers and Reclaiming Pleasure

Modern Dating Culture and the Whores Revolution

Bridging Porn and Social Media Culture

Men's Misconceptions about and the Perpetuating Falsehoods About Biological Clocks

Preparing for Psychedelic Ceremonies and Intentions

Teshuva: Returning to Original Virtue

Women's Suffering and the Need for Reverence

Finding Freedom Through Breath and Spirit

Body Innocence and Pleasure as Birthright

Takeaways:

• Psychedelic experiences can fundamentally reshape views on sexuality and spirituality. Shoshana's ceremony-induced rebirth experiences directly motivated her to reframe sex work and erotic expression as spiritual practices rather than taboo activities.

• Religious symbolism in sexual content triggers deeper cultural anxiety than the sexuality itself. The backlash against her work centered more on the use of Jesus and Mary Magdalene imagery than the explicit content, revealing how religious institutions weaponize shame around sexuality.

• Sex workers and erotic performers position themselves as spiritual healers, not moral transgressors. Let's curb our judgement! By redefining their work through a sacred lens, they challenge the foundational shame narratives that justify social stigma and argue this reframing could revolutionize how society treats sex workers, and sexuality.

Guest Bio:

Shoshanna Blanca, also known as Jesus Christ Pornstar, is an erotic performance artist and adult star best known for Christian and Jewish-inspired content including The Second Cumming—a series of vlogs and performances telling the story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene through a psychedelic lens—and Uncovering Eve, a collection of images, videos, and verses exploring women and womanhood in the Bible. After a decade as a feminist writer and sex educator, she made OnlyFans her art gallery to provide a visual companion to her award-winning book Eve's Blessing: Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain. Since then, she's released a variety of female-friendly solo content for Ersties, MakeLoveNotPorn, and Pornhub, including an "ADHD Masturbation" series where she describes her fantasies and tangential thoughts while self-pleasuring and "Hysterical Literature Bible Readings," where she reads from the Bible and other sacred texts while using a Hitachi Magic Wand. She's also a model with photographs published in many magazines and an advocate for body positivity. As one of those people who looks "overweight" and "plus-size" on paper but skinny in person, she aims to dismantle the ridiculous sizing and BMI charts that have become false gods. Through her thought-provoking pornography and social media presence, she's starting a whores revolution, encouraging whores of all sorts to rise up, remember Jesus already saved a spot for them in heaven, and get too loud and proud for people to label them damaged goods—or for whorephobic fuckboys to label them hookup material but not marriage material. She popularized and advocates radical Christianity, a belief system that preaches zero divine laws except: Be who you are.

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Season 6, Episode 754: Excerpt from The Mardi Gras Unmasking where Kara gets a spanking from several men. This is a very smutty erotic fiction novella.

What's it about?

In this multiple-partner reverse harem BDSM novella, a Mardi Gras party allows the perfect setup for a new Dom to hide his plans from his wife. He orchestrates his grand scheme to fulfill her deepest lusty desires. Love transcends jealousy when Dane gives his wife Kara her secret wish by unmasking her hidden wants in a single blissful evening packed with bountiful sexual pleasure. Much to her delight, and even amidst the rules, and the spanks, the night promises to propel her to the highest sexual heights of her life. Each gratifying encounter keeps Kara blissfully happy all night as she is literally kept in the dark, moaning her way to morning. The Dom/sub life has the couple crossing the boundaries of traditional marriage, but the way of life seems to be the right fit for them. Rich in sexual content, this story follows a loving couple exploring their sexual fantasies safely at home. Kara feels solid that Dane is the right man for her, even as they are embarking on the risky uncharted lifestyle as a dominant and a submissive in the bedroom--just one year into their marriage. The question is, will Kara enjoy the full reveal in the unmasking of the masquerade? This book contains light BDSM. Some might say dubious consent, but he knows exactly what she wants.

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Season 6, Episode 753: Video version of Breaking Taboos, Embracing Kink, and Pleasure with Dr. Nazanin Moali, aka Dr. Naz of the Sexology Podcast. Plus clips from other podcast episodes. Be sure to visit the Inbound Brewery's BookFair for Grownups on July 11, 2026 at the State Fair Grandstand. Ruan will be there signing and selling her books! Navigating Intimacy and Embracing Desire with Dr. Nazanin Moali. Join Ruan Willow as she engages in a captivating discussion with Dr. Naz, a clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, who is dedicated to helping individuals and couples achieve fulfilling sex lives. Dr. Naz shares her unique journey from post-revolution Iran to becoming a trusted expert in intimacy and relationships in Los Angeles. In this episode, they explore the complexities of kinks and fantasies, the challenges of sexless marriages, and the importance of communication in relationships. Dr. Naz emphasizes the significance of breaking down societal taboos surrounding sexuality, and how understanding our own desires can lead to deeper connections. Tune in for insights on fostering a more authentic love life and the transformative power of sexual self-discovery.

Quotes from Dr. Naz "There's nothing wrong with that. But you definitely need to cherish your desires." "Whatever you like, you're not defective. There's a galaxy of people out there that are interested in that." Find out more: Nazanin Moali, Ph.D., CST (she/her/hers) Psychologist, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist www.oasis2care.com Creator and Host of Sexology Podcast http://www.sexologypodcast.com/ Facebook @oasis2carke IG @sexologypodcast

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Ruan's audiobook: Never Say, Never Swing, Friends to Lovers https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/neversayneverswingaudiobook Protectors: A Warrior's Requiem, Chronicles of Protectors, Superheroes, music themes, time travel, sexy intimate relations https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/protectorsaudiobook

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Season 6, Episode 752: Beyond "The One": Redefining Relationships as Growth and Authentic Choice with author, business woman, and relationship facilitator Simone Milasas. Get her Book Relationship: Are You Sure That You Want One?

Guest Bio: Simone Milasas is a best-selling author, international speaker, and relationship innovator known for her refreshingly honest and unconventional approach to love, intimacy, and life. For over two decades, she has facilitated classes around the world, empowering people to move beyond expectations, judgment, and dependency to create relationships based on choice, freedom, and true connection. She is the author of Relationship: Are You Sure That You Want One?, Joy of Business, and Getting Out of Debt Joyfully, and the creator of the Intimate Play for Lovers card deck. Simone's work has been featured in international media including Body and Soul, The Sunday Telegraph, Bloom TV, Thrive Global, Body+Soul, Mamamia, Sydney Morning Herald, and she brings a unique, nonjudgmental perspective that leaves listeners and readers feeling both empowered and deeply seen. To learn more, visit www.simonemilasas.com.

Topics of Discussion:

Beyond the Myth of "The One"

Receiving True Kindness and Vulnerability

Choose Joy and Stop Seeking Others' Approval

Less Judgmental Through Listening to Others

Creating Space and Asking for What You Need

Relationships as Choice, Not Necessity

Choosing Different in Relationships

Five Elements of Intimacy in Relationships, applies to sex too

Choose What Works for You, Not Society's Rules

Money Shouldn't Define Your Relationships

Living Without Regrets and Shame

Sarah's New Books and Merchandise Projects, Relationship Sex Card Game

Travel and Cultural Perspectives Across Continents

Creating Intimate Play Cards for Connection

Choose Your Own Life Path

Being Fearless in Your Living Choices

Key points:

• The "one" narrative is a myth, relationships should be viewed as growth opportunities rather than fated soul mate connections, freeing people to make conscious, authentic choices instead of searching for a predetermined destiny.

• Vulnerability is an act of bravery, not weakness, requiring people to reject societal judgment and cultivate intimacy elements (gratitude, trust, allowance, vulnerability, honor) first within themselves before sharing them.

• Personal space and open communication about needs are essential to healthy relationships, including releasing limiting beliefs around jealousy and possession. You must also practice asking for what you want without shame.

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Season 6, Episode 751: An erotic improv story about taking advantage of alone time together while in the basement to hide out from a summer storm. This story is from the audiobook (affiliate link) https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/hotsummerseductionsaudiobook

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