

Modern Anarchy
Dr. Nicole Thompson
Modern Anarchy is your weekly invitation to reclaim pleasure, sex, and desire as radical acts of collective liberation. Hosted by Queer Sex and Relationship Psychotherapist and Researcher trained in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Dr. Nicole. She is the leading academic voice on non-monogamy and embodied pleasure. Modern Anarchy explores intimacy, erotic sovereignty, and healing through raw conversations with pleasure activists, artists, therapists, and rebels from around the world. Are you ready to dive in?
Learn more: www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Learn more: www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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May 24, 2023 • 1h 24min
109. The Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord and Finding Queer Belonging with Maxx Hill
On today's episode, we have artist Maxx Hill (They/Them, He/Him) join us for a conversation all about relationship customization within the practice of Relationship Anarchy. Together we talk about queering it up, the importance of finding love and belonging in community, and the discomfort of growth.
RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY RESEARCH : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/relationshipanarchy
Check out the Smorgasbord here: https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/109-the-relationship-anarchy-smorgasboard-and-finding-queer-belonging-with-maxx-hill
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Maxx's Community:
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/maxxhillcreates/
Gardening By the Moon : https://gardeningbythemoon.com/
Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/109-the-relationship-anarchy-smorgasboard-and-finding-queer-belonging-with-maxx-hill
Resources to Learn More:
Relationship Anarchy Manifesto : https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/andie-nordgren-the-short-instructional-manifesto-for-relationship-anarchy
Gender Outlaws : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781580053082
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781775111207
On "More Than Two" and #MeToo: How Should We Respond? : https://www.polyfor.us/articles/more-than-two-metoo-response
Almost 50 percent of all marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation. : https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/divorce/divorce-statistics/

May 17, 2023 • 1h 2min
108. Exploring the Kinky Non-Monogamy and Vanilla Monogamy Sex Spectrum with Hannah Witton
On today's episode, we have sex educator and content creator Hannah Witton (She/Her) join us for a conversation about the passionate anger that fuels our advocacy for a sex education that deconstructs binaries. Together we talk about toxic monogamy culture, navigating sex after pregnancy, and the Madonna whore complex.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Hannah's Community:
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@hannahwitton
Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/2QgeByrS2LzOl6PVZ2bskD
Resources to Learn More:
Why Birth Control Pioneer Margaret Sanger Kept Getting Arrested : https://time.com/4065338/margaret-sanger-clinic-history/
How the Madonna-Whore Complex Still Reigns : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZAvmPKecE

May 10, 2023 • 1h 4min
107. Recovering from Spiritual Trauma through Psychedelics and our Inner Healing Wisdom with Kayla Felten
On today's conversation, we have psychedelic therapist Kayla Felten (She/Her) join us for a conversation about the healing journey of reclaiming our spirituality and intuition. Together we talk about how submitting to a male god has complicated dating, differentiating between our inner healing wisdom and trauma scripts, and tapping into the feminine divine.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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. We have a private discord server, creating community and a space to talk the juicy topics covered in these episodes. 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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Kayla's Community:
Reclamation Collective : https://www.reclamationcollective.com/who-we-are
Resources to Learn More:
The Ancestor Project : https://www.theancestorproject.com
MYCOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY : https://www.mycologypsychology.com/
The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfzkBGgxXGE

May 3, 2023 • 1h 4min
106. Pleasure Equity and the Last Big Taboo of Sexuality with Damian
On today's episode, we have sex educator Damian Weatherald (He/Him) join us for a conversation about the pleasure we all deserve. Together we talk about the taboo topic of sexuality for people with a disability, how American sex education is worse than other countries, and the medicine of laughter.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Damian's Community:
Instagram
Resources to Learn More:
Lad Mags : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lad_mag
Puritans (The Killjoys of History) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VayrvCkjANM
Make Love Not Porn : https://makelovenotporn.tv/
The Sex Lives of College Girls: https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYXBzKw3n5aJmOwEAAAAE

Apr 26, 2023 • 1h 3min
105. Healing through Kink with Chaney Williams
Activation Warning: Discussion of Sexual Assault
On today's episode, we have birthwork and writer Chaney (She/They) join us for a conversation all about the transformative healing journey of exploring kink. Together we talk about virginity coins, being completely unaware that you are kinky, and stepping into radical embodiment.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Chaney's Community: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theintersectionaldoula/
Resources to Learn More:
What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781580053440
Study shatters the myth that BDSM is linked to early-life trauma: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/bdsm-psychology-trauma/
Human Playground : https://www.netflix.com/title/81122619

Apr 19, 2023 • 1h 22min
104. From Serial Monogamy to Polyamory and The One Penis Policy with Chad from PolyamFam
On today's episode, we have Chad (He/Him) from PolyamFam join us fo a conversation all about the wild learning journey of non-monogamy. Together we talk about the one penis policy, designing your own relationship structures, and the pitfalls of open-relating.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Polyam's Fam:
Website : https://polyamfam.com/
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/polyamfam
Resources to Learn More:
Sexual Desire and Relationship Duration in Young Men and Women : https://sci-hub.ru/10.1080/0092623x.2011.569637
Women, more than men, tend to feel stultified by long-term exclusivity—despite having been taught that they were designed for it : https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/women-get-bored-sex-long-term-relationships/582736/
Monogamy Is In Its Flop Era. Women And Femmes Are Leading What’s Next : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alessadominguez/why-women-choose-nonmonogamy
Polyamory By the Numbers : https://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/1/08/polyamory-numbers?amp=
Are Women More Into Polyamory Than Men? : https://jezebel.com/are-women-more-into-polyamory-than-men-1795171754/amp
One-third of Americans say their ideal relationship is non-monogamous: https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2020/01/31/millennials-monogamy-poly-poll-survey-data
National Survey Reveals Generational Differences in Consensual Non-monogamy: https://ifstudies.org/blog/national-survey-reveals-generational-differences-in-consensual-nonmonogamy-
Sex at Dawn: https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9780061707810
Infographic: A New Look at Monogamy Across the Animal Kingdom: https://www.the-scientist.com/infographics/infographic-a-new-look-at-monogamy-across-the-animal-kingdom-70044
Marital Rape Laws: https://ualr.edu/socialchange/2018/04/15/reflection-history-sexual-assault-laws-united-states/

Apr 12, 2023 • 1h 9min
103. Year Two: The Queer, Kinky, Non-Monogamous Sex Educator Bringing Fire and Fury
On today's episode, we are celebrating the two year anniversary of the podcast with a special reflection episode with my dear friend, Dan (He/Him). Together we talk about the divine intervention of meeting a kinky person, the uncomfortability of emotions, and embracing the full human experience.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website
Instagram
Patreon
To Learn More:
The Kinky Female Mind: Why Women Fantasize About Rape and BDSM
Kinsey sex doc: What I learned by asking more than 4,000 Americans about their sexual fantasies
The first FDA-approved medication with an antisuicide indication was clozapine for schizophrenia.
Clozapine Side Effects
Rare Side Effect of Clozapine: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Ketamine Nasal Spray Is A New Antidepressant Option For People At High Risk of Suicide
Ketamine used to treat severe depression in patients with a history of psychosis does not exacerbate psychosis risk, new research suggests.
currently available literature does not support the assumption that ketamine will exacerbate psychotic symptoms in predisposed patients
Effects of Ketamine in Normal and Schizophrenic Volunteers
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story | Official Trailer | Netflix
Mindfulness-based stress reduction is as effective as an antidepressant drug for treating anxiety disorders, study finds
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Symptom severity and exclusion from antidepressant efficacy trials
Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
The drugs don’t work? antidepressants and the current and future pharmacological management of depression
antidepressants are effective against chronic, moderate and severe depression. They don't help in mild depression.
Antidepressants No Better Than Placebo for About 85% of People
Inappropriate prescribing
Study shatters the myth that BDSM is linked to early-life trauma
The Psychology of Kink: a Survey Study into the Relationships of Trauma and Attachment Style with BDSM Interests

Apr 5, 2023 • 1h 12min
102. Contraception, Psychedelics, and Psychopharmacology with Andi Rose and Jaycee
On today's episode, we have traditional birth keepers and community herbalists Andi Rose (She/Her) and Jaycee (She/Her) join us for a conversation all about radical holistic healing under capitalism. Together we talk about the healing nature of plants and herbs, the lack of informed consent in medicine, and being understandably upset with our current social conditions.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website
Instagram
Patreon
Andi and Jaycee's Community:
Website
Resources to Learn More:
Serotonin Is Not Linked with Depression
We Still Don’t Know How Antidepressants Work
Mindfulness-based stress reduction is as effective as an antidepressant drug for treating anxiety disorders, study finds
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Exercise and Antidepressants were Equally Effective
"Antidepressants are effective against chronic, moderate and severe depression. They don't help in mild depression."
Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors
SSRI Reduces Negative Effects of Psilocybin, With No Impact on Positive Mood Effects in Study
With Promise of Legalization, Psychedelic Companies Joust Over Future Profits

Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 42min
101. What's Wrong with the Field of Psychology? Liberation Psychology with Dr. Daniel José Gaztambide Nuñez
On today's episode, we have Dr. Daniel José Gaztambide Nuñez (He/Him) join us for a conversation all about liberation psychology. Together we talk about the neoliberal tilt of psychology today, the mobius strip of how social conditioning affects our ability to love, and how speech is always relational and political.
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website
Instagram
Patreon
Daniel's Community:
Website
A People's History of Psychoanalysis
Resources to Learn More:
Möbius strip
What is deep canvassing?

Mar 22, 2023 • 24min
100. Masturbation Meditation #3: Pussy Breathing
On today's episode, we are celebrating the 100th episode with a special masturbation meditation. Slow down and connect with all the pleasure that is possible in your body with this quick 10 minute meditation.
**Meditation begins at 9:04**
For all of you listeners that continue to tune in each week, from my full heart I want to wish you the deepest thank you. Thank you for joining me on this journey of expansion and growth. I look forward to all the things we will explore together. Sending you so much love!
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
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website
Instagram
Patreon
Resources to Learn More:
Mindfulness-based stress reduction is as effective as an antidepressant drug for treating anxiety disorders, study finds
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief Mindfulness Meditation Induces Gray Matter Changes in a Brain HubState and Training Effects of Mindfulness: Meditation on Brain Networks Reflect Neuronal Mechanisms of Its Antidepressant EffectSelf-Medication for Chronic Pain Using Classic Psychedelics: A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Future ResearchFinding the divine within: exploring the role of the sacred in psychedelic integration therapy for sexual trauma and dysfunction


