The Purple Pawedcast

By Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D.

Welcome to The Purple Pawedcast, where we unpack the complexities of gender, identity, and what it truly means to be human—without the academic jargon (okay, maybe just a little, but only the fun kind... more

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October 25, 2024You're Not Kinky, You're Cool with Max Carey
In today's fascinating episode, Max Carey discusses the world of kink. Max is a producer and director who created the documentary "tOuch Kink," about the BDSM community and the value it brings to humanity. Max and I talk about topics as diverse as the philosophy of pain, the wave theory of kink, and how it's always the quiet ones...
REFERENCES:
Official tOuch Kink website: https://touchkink.com
View tOuch Kink on Kinema: https://kinema.com/films/touch-kink-vwykek
Follow Max on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddmaxcarey/
Follow Max on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seven_journeys/
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:33) - Introducing Max Carey
(03:53) - Thou shalt not be weird
(07:16) - The hypocrisy of kink haters
(11:23) - Kinky people are more empathic
(15:16) - It's not the action, it's how it's done
(20:16) - Wave theory of kink
(24:47) - Sometimes empathy doesn't serve well
(27:51) - The most important word in kink is "no"
(31:50) - The best dominatrixes
(35:16) - It's not the pain, it's what it makes you feel
(41:01) - Submission and masochism
(44:41) - Ditching labels - define yourself!
(49:31) - Good old-fashioned ignorance
(54:46) - Kink is the future
(57:36) - The Hero's Journey in "tOuch Kink"
(01:03:35) - Finding Max Carey on the internet
(01:06:01) - Show closing
(01:07:34) - Closing credits
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1h 8min
October 18, 2024Finding Ourselves in Sexual Fantasy with Artemisia de Vine
Today's episode features Artemisia de Vine's theory of sexual fantasy. Artemisia is a sexual fantasy expert, sexologist and author who uses fantasy not as a source of shame and guilt, but as the key to unlocking our deepest motivations and desires. Artemisia and I discuss prevailing theories of sexual fantasy, the three paradoxes we seek to rectify through sex, and the origin of airborne penetration of pastry products.
REFERENCES:
deVining the Erotic (free) Substack: https://substack.com/@artemisiadevine
Artemisia de Vine’s website: https://www.artemisiadevine.com/
Follow Artemisia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artemisia-de-vine-780847184/
Follow Artemisia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artemisiadevine/
Follow Artemisia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtemisiadeVine
Free mini course! The Celeb Swoon Technique: Uncover your own unique erotic narrative with this simple exercise:
https://MyFantasyIs.com (also found at https://www.artemisiadevine.com/CelebSwoon).
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:30) - Introducing Artemisia de Vine
(02:51) - Sex is in everything we do
(06:55) - Theories of sexual fantasy
(10:29) - A human-centered theory of sexual fantasy
(13:57) - The first paradox in sex
(19:14) - The second paradox in sex
(22:32) - The third paradox in sex
(26:35) - Resolving the paradoxes
(30:28) - Changing state of consciousness
(35:33) - Improving your life by understanding your fantasies
(40:43) - Why do we feel shame at fulfilling our fantasies?
(44:52) - The spirituality of smut
(48:42) - Fantasies are not necessarily about trauma
(52:41) - How to find Artemisia de Vine on the internet
(55:46) - Show closing
(58:02) - Closing credits
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59min
October 11, 2024Building Community through Diversity with Ailsa Blair
On today's episode, I speak with Ailsa Blair about the drag community. Ailsa is a neurodiverse, nonbinary product designer and research leader who founded Drag Me, a company whose mobile app empowers drag artists to connect with their fans. Ailsa and I talk about topics as far afield as Tech Bros treating employees as tools, features of the Drag Me app, and invoking Rule 34 and Godwin's Law at the same time.
REFERENCES:
Ailsa Blair’s website: https://www.ailsamblair.com/
Follow Ailsa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ailsamblair/
Follow Ailsa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoaitsailsa
Drag Me website: https://www.dragme.io/
Follow Drag Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragme.io
Follow Drag Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dragme.io
Follow Drag Me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dragme.io
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:30) - Introducing Ailsa Blair
(02:46) - Transforming isolation into community
(07:18) - Using empathy to make the world better
(17:17) - Nameless faceless tools make lesser products
(24:29) - Invoking Rule 34 on identity legislation
(27:28) - The evolution of drag
(34:49) - Helping drag entrepreneurs
(40:00) - Bucking the gender hate
(43:37) - The Drag Me community thus far...
(46:37) - Coming soon to Drag Me
(48:52) - How the drag scene became mainstream
(55:22) - How to find Ailsa Blair and Drag Me on the internet
(58:22) - Show closing
(01:00:06) - Closing credits
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1h 1min
October 04, 2024Claiming Our Identity through History with Neil Laird
In this episode, I talk history with Neil Laird. Neil is an Emmy and BAFTA-nominated TV producer, novelist, and ancient history geek whose fiction retells gay stories across early human civilizations. We discuss such diverse topics as The Tomb of the Brothers, the Myth of Stonewall, and Toxic Avenger 3 or 4 - whichever was worse.
REFERENCES:
Neil Laird’s website: https://www.neillaird.com/
Follow Neil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neillaird/
Follow Neil on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557422344116
Follow Neil on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gay_history
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:31) - Introducing Neil Laird
(03:12) - An early love of film and air conditioning
(06:38) - What does Western isolationism miss in human history?
(11:25) - Travel with a sense of humility
(15:04) - Promoting gay history in fiction
(17:52) - The Tomb of the Brothers
(22:06) - Humanity has always been queer
(25:17) - Prehistoric doesn't mean unknown
(29:29) - Interior decorators at Stonehenge
(33:50) - Christian suppression of history
(36:20) - Modern queer myths
(40:56) - Knowing the history claims the identity
(45:57) - The Other is magical
(48:35) - Making gay love in ancient Rome real today
(53:51) - The Mythology of the Stonewall Riots
(55:21) - How to find Neil Laird on the internet
(56:25) - Show closing
(56:54) - Closing credits
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58min
September 27, 2024Choosing to Quit for Life with Duncan Bhaskaran-Brown
Today we hear an inspirational story from Duncan Bhaskaran-Brown. Duncan is a speaker, author, sober coach, and Morris dancer whose work challenges the stranglehold alcohol maintains over Western life. Duncan and I cover topics as diverse as alcohol addiction, how drinking affects the rich more than the poor, and The Agrarian Reforms of the 16th Century.
REFERENCES:
Duncan Bhaskaran Brown’s website: https://www.bhaskaranbrown.com/
Follow Duncan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/duncan.brown.5648/
Follow Duncan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soberwarriorcoach/
Follow Duncan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanbhaskaranbrown/
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:30) - Introducing Duncan Bhaskaran Brown
(02:48) - Good childhood, still unemployable...
(06:18) - Learning to be there for your family
(11:32) - From addictive personality to cognitive realignment
(14:52) - Everybody needs a coach
(20:07) - Addiction as a form of self-punishment
(23:10) - The unexpected demographics of drinking
(28:19) - The road to hell is paved with moderation
(32:40) - Can you be "cured?"
(38:18) - Quit first or change your mindset first?
(41:47) - Building the discipline of mindset
(45:49) - Replacing addiction with addiction
(48:38) - The joy of Morris Dancing
(53:22) - A quick Morris history lesson
(57:23) - The Agrarian Reforms of the 16th Century
(59:41) - A bit of thanks...
(01:01:07) - How to find Duncan Bhaskaran Brown
(01:02:39) - Show closing
(01:03:24) - Closing credits
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1h 4min
September 21, 2024Strength in Our Weakness with Eric Gee
Today's episode features a story of what can go right when you don't like school. Eric Gee is an author, a writing and life coach, and founder of the Youtopia Project, which helps people discover their personality and work with the strengths and weaknesses within. Eric and I mull over topics as far-flung as holistic personality theory, how we disagree with our negative traits, and the beauty of Abyssinian pottery.
REFERENCES:
Eric Gee’s website: https://www.projectyoutopia.com/
Youtopia Assessment: https://youtopiaproject.com/youtopia-16-assessment-2/
Follow Eric on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-gee-3565a79/
Follow Eric on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_power_of_personality/
Follow Eric on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.c.gee/
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:30) - Introducing Eric Gee
(02:24) - When boring school subjects make great careers
(06:52) - Holistic theory vs independent variables
(09:39) - The four packs
(15:15) - Behavior vs core life values
(20:21) - The sixteen animal personalities
(23:49) - Nobody agrees with negative traits
(29:45) - Totally a chimpanzee...
(34:53) - How do we use our animal personality?
(39:25) - Demographics and animal personality
(45:51) - The strengths that play off our weaknesses
(49:42) - Find Eric Gee and Youtopia
(51:42) - Generation X reminisces...
(55:21) - Show closing
(56:20) - Closing credits
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57min
September 13, 2024The Adult You’re Looking for Is You with Kyleigh Weathers
Today we hear a heartbreaking story of disconnection with Kyleigh Weathers. Kyleigh is an attachment coach, podcaster, and the founder of Queerly Attached, through which she helps others overcome feeling outside the family to become secure in themselves. We speak about topics as diverse as how being raised Mormon demands so much, feeling and dealing with attachment wounds, and a prescient poem.
REFERENCES:
Kyleigh Weathers’s Queerly Attached website: https://queerlyattached.net/
Follow Kyleigh on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueerlyAttached/
Follow Kyleigh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queerlyattached
Follow Kyleigh on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queerlyattached
Michael Singer "The Untethered Soul": https://untetheredsoul.com/untethered-soul
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:31) - Introducing Kyleigh Weathers
(03:22) - Creating a queer life
(10:31) - When you aren't part of the family
(15:58) - Creating her own family
(20:19) - Becoming reconnected in mind, body, and spirit
(25:19) - Feeling and dealing with emotions opens us to opportunity
(30:07) - Sit down, Kyleigh: an introduction to attachment theory
(35:43) - Models of insecure attachment
(40:12) - Reuniting with our abandoned self
(47:02) - Behaving as our higher self would
(53:21) - Breaking the cycle of insecure attachment
(56:20) - Intentions of Mormonism
(01:02:00) - Life is still stressful...just less so
(01:05:18) - A Permanent Address
(01:06:41) - How to find Kyleigh Weathers
(01:08:29) - Closing credits
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1h 9min
August 30, 2024Transforming Weakness into Strength with Jhenah Telyndru
Today's episode features the eminently magical Jhenah Telyndru! Jhenah is an author, Celticist, and Priestess who founded the Sisterhood of Avalon. In this illuminating discussion, Jhenah and I consider the role of culture in gender, promote spiritual service to all, and have a good chuckle over ancient Welsh poetry slams.
REFERENCES:
Jhenah Telyndru’s website: https://ynysafallon.com/
Sisterhood of Avalon website: https://sisterhoodofavalon.org/
Follow Jhenah on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ynysafallon/
Follow Jhenah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ynysafallon/
Find Jhenah on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JhenahTelyndru
Keep up with Jhenah on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/YnysAfallon
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:28) - Introducing Jhenah Telyndru
(03:01) - The birth of a Goddess worshiper
(04:27) - Does the body drive gender and magic?
(07:53) - Gender and culture
(12:38) - Conscious self-determination
(15:42) - The balance of power between genders
(26:08) - Spiritual service to the Universe
(34:38) - The Sisterhood of Avalon
(39:27) - The relationship between light and shadow
(43:26) - Is our existence pathological?
(47:43) - Our worst weakness can become our greatest strength
(53:55) - The three levels of the Avalonian Tradition
(01:02:01) - Geeking out on jewelry
(01:06:34) - How to find Jhenah Telyndru
(01:08:19) - Show closing
(01:09:58) - Closing credits
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1h 11min
August 26, 2024How to Be Human with Louise Boye
On today's show, I speak with the wonderfully introspective Louise Boye. Louise is a Qi Gong instructor and musician who also facilitates groups in learning Nonviolent Communication. We cover topics that span from honoring our bodies and emotions, recovering from isolation, and how Hamlet really fits into daily conversation.
REFERENCES:
Louise Boye's Qi Gong website: https://www.facebook.com/QiGongLouiseBoye/
Empati Venner / Empathy Buddies Discord server: https://discord.gg/cvxgkrCyXE
Follow Louise on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@zhcoop
Follow Louise on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qigonglouiseboye/
Support Louise on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zhcoop480/post
Find Louise on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/zhcoop
https://soundcloud.com/1n5ec7
https://soundcloud.com/bredsmag
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:29) - Introducing Louise Boye
(02:32) - Beginning to consider how to be human
(08:44) - Nonviolent communication is critical for healing
(14:56) - Communication requires connection
(21:24) - Learning who we are never ends
(26:28) - The cyclicity of life
(31:13) - Western society is too disconnected from Nature
(34:07) - Fear of death is fear of living
(37:53) - It can't always be Summer
(40:48) - Human life as a wheel
(48:15) - Modern life is making us sick
(52:43) - Some parts of life serve only as compost
(55:11) - Nature will supply what we need
(01:02:06) - Show closing
(01:02:38) - Closing credits
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1h 4min
August 16, 2024Information Is Not Transformation with Gao Motsemme
Today's episode features a fascinating discussion of psychic energy with Gao Motsemme. An African Quantum Witchdoctor and Psychic Surgeon, Gao's work teaches us how to tune into our natural energetic fields to build a better life. Gao and I discuss topics as diverse as the power inherited through our names, the unsinkable honesty of our soul, and the social philosophy of Depeche Mode.
REFERENCES:
Gao Motsemme’s website: https://www.gaomotsemme.com/
Follow Gao on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gaoconfidence.motsemme
Follow Gao on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@gaomotsemme4856
Follow Gao on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaomotsemme/
(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:26) - Introducing Gao Motsemme
(02:29) - A greeting and invitation to experience
(05:42) - Fighting to be who we are
(09:28) - What if you were meant to be the first to solve the problem?
(11:38) - What we inherit through our names
(16:51) - Changing our name can cast off past energy sinks
(29:23) - Heaping shame on a celebration
(36:51) - Soul connections
(39:47) - Being fully in the body
(46:38) - Self-hatred disconnects us from Source
(51:03) - Releasing guilt improves the Universe
(59:45) - The world according to Depeche Mode
(01:08:15) - How to find Gao Motsemme
(01:09:45) - Show closing
(01:10:45) - Closing credits
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1h 12min

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The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.