30 - Sex (Kind of...) and Comedy (with Kate Barron)

Hello listeners of the podcast!

This is a quick goodbye, for now. I've loved making the podcast, but at the moment I'm not in a space where I can keep making it. But I hope I'll be back next year. Thanks for everything!

If you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod
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Thank you to Jakob Welding for the amazing music!  

While I'm on break, I decided to upload some of my favourite episodes so far.

I loved this chat with actor, comedian and writer Sarah Griffin. We talked about her upbringing by a proud, second-wave feminist in Louisville, Kentucky, her experience as "Patrick" as part of the Pop Up Globe's "all male" cast of The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream and her journey to identifying as genderqueer.

Sarah's recommendations:
Binder: GC2b
Packer: Mr Limpy

Find Sarah on Twitter @TheSarahGriffin

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Thank you to Jakob Welding for the amazing music! 

This week was special to me, as I had the pleasure to welcome back the wonderful Nina Sever. So much has happened since we last met. From finishing and publishing their directorial debut for Erika Lust's XConfessions ("Coffee with Pleasure"), their first experiences as a performer in the porn industry, to exploring their gender identity, Nina was open and honest in discussing their recent journey.

Check out their work http://www.ninasever.com/ and find them on instagram @ninasever. 

Please rate, review and subscribe, as tedious as it is, it really helps out the podcast! If you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, find me here:
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Thank you to Jakob Welding for the amazing music!

Join me this week for a chat with Canadian stand-up comedian and writer Kate Barron. We talked about Kate's comedy, what inspires her and the biggest challenges female comedians face. Oh, and sex...kind of.


If you want to see what Kate is up to next, you can find her here:

Upcoming shows: https://katebarron.ca/shows
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_katebarron/T
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kate_barron


As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
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Music by the wonderful Jakob Welding.

Join me this week for a chat with actress Harriet Catchpole as we discuss the importance of removing stigma around masturbation and opening up the opportunity for shameless self-exploration.

Harriet's social media:
Instagram: @harriet_catchpole_
Twitter: @harrietcatchpo1

Harriet's Theatre Company: 
Instagram @innutshelltheatrecompany


As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod 
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This week I got to sit down with actress and drag artist Alexandra Christle, aka Crystal Bollix. We had a chat about her beginnings in drag performance, the inspiration behind her show "The Bitch Ball" and how she found strength in claiming back the word "Bitch", transforming it from weakness to strength. 

CrystalBollix on Twitter (@CBollix): https://twitter.com/CBollix?s=09

Crystal Bollix on Instagram (@CrystalBollix) 
https://instagram.com/crystalbollix?igshid=1mmaz1ff71kqp

Go catch "Crystal Bollix Presents The Bitch Ball" in Edinburgh:
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/crystal-bollix-presents-the-bitch-ball

More info about the Maiden Speech Festival:
https://www.lexiclareproductions.com/copy-of-maiden-speech-festival-1

Maiden Speech (@MaidenSpeech) on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MaidenSpeech?s=09

See Drag:
The Working Men's Club
www.workersplaytime.netorking 
http://www.workersplaytime.net/

The Glory London
http://www.theglory.co/

Try DraD:
Soho Theatre Drag & Cabaret Lab
https://sohotheatre.com/project/cabaret-drag-lab/

As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod 
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This week I had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Violet V. Violet has been active in the kink community for years and was happy to answer all my questions, smart and otherwise. (Get ready for a lot of "asking for a friend"). How she got into the scene, what misconceptions she would like to get rid off, her personal limit-list, tips for newbies and more. If you have any questions that I haven't asked, please feel free to contact me and we'll get back together for another episode to get a bit more indepth.

Violet's recommendation for newbies to the scene:
https://fetlife.com/
"FetLife is the Social Network for the BDSM, Fetish & Kinky Community."

Violet's Instagram: @thelittleviolet13 


As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod 
INSTA: @MasterbatorsPodcast 
📧: masterbatorspodcast[at]gmail.com

Join me this week for a chat with singer/ song writer Beth Powell about the challenges of growing up in a small town and the experiences that lead us to become ourselves. 


As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod 
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*Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault*

This week I talked to cabaret artist Jacinta about her personal experience with abortion and the importance of free, legal and safe treatment. An important conversation I'm grateful for about a topic that is so important to discuss. Especially as it still holds a lot of shame and guilt which is placed on us by society, that simply shouldn't be there. We also discussed her experience with sexual assault, how the "Me Too" - movement helped her in recognising and coming to terms with her experience and the importance of consent. 

BPAS is the UK's leading abortion care charity - specialists in safe, confidential, high-quality abortion treatment for more than 50 years:
https://www.bpas.org/abortion-care/

As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod 
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This week I'm joined by actor, writer and photographer Carina Griffiths. She took the time on educating me on endometriosis and was kind enough to share her story and the shocking lack of autonomy over her body she has felt in the medical system over the years. 

As always, if you have any questions, wonderings or suggestions, you can find me here:
Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod 
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📧: masterbatorspodcast[at]gmail.com