

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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Oct 19, 2022 • 58min
79. Think BIG and Scare Yourself with Alycia Levels-Moore
On today's episode, artist Alycia Levels-Moore (she\her) join us for a conversation all about calling out the seeds of greatness to becoming our highest self. Together we talk about the importance of having a supportive community, letting go of the victim mentality, and how things just show up when you set your intention.
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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
50% of all patreon pledges will be used to support the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/
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ASL CREATIVE FIRM
Resources to Learn More:
Understanding Boundaries: What Is Projective Identification?
Letting Go of Victim Mentality to Heal
The Power of Setting Intentions

Oct 12, 2022 • 1h 22min
78. A Spiritual Direction Session: What is Spirituality? with Mandie McGlynn
On today's episode, we have spiritual guide Mandie McGlynn (She/Her) join us for a conversation all about finding a safe space to explore what we believe spiritually. Together we talk about how we each have our own sense of what is sacred, the power of the narratives we tell ourselves, and healing from the wounds of spiritual abuse.
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/
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Resources to Learn More:
Rent the Musical
earth centered religion
Predestination in Calvinism
what is existentialism
Reversing Roe
what does numinous mean
breathe festival
wild woman archetype
Tarot therapy: Why some believe the cards can help mental health
gilead chicago church
The Healing Power of Sound as Meditation
Women Who Run with Wolves

Oct 5, 2022 • 1h 17min
77. I was the Poster Child for Purity: Asexuality, Spiritual Abuse, and Racism with Trifecta
On today's episode, artist and activist Trifecta (They\Them) joins us for a conversation all about their journey through spiritual abuse to embracing their blackness and asexual identity. Together we talk about why love is missing from Christianity, healing from unhealthy relationships, and fetishzing certain sins.
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/
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Podcast
Resources to Learn More:
What is Asexuality?
Leaving the Fold
As a black person, I’m done helping white Christians feel better about race

Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 45min
76. Polyamory Is an Equally Bad Decision: Kink, Intersecting Identities, and Power Dynamics with Tien
On today's episode, Tien (They\Them) joins us for a conversation about the beautiful, gorgeous, and complicated ways our identities intersect. Together we talk about their history of 13 years within the kink community, when non-monogamy is not intuitive, and navigating Dom Sub power dynamics in non-monogamy.
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/
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Resources to Learn More:
Hump Film Festival
Jessie Sparkles
A Guide To Cuckolding
Cuckquean
Munch (BDSM)
What Is Generational Trauma?
And Just What Is A Leather Family?
138 - Conscious Monogamy
Ambiamorous

Sep 21, 2022 • 1h 8min
75. Erotic Creativity: Surrogate Partner Therapy, Slowing Down Sex, and Relationship Anarchy with Carlene Ostedgaard
On today's episode, sex and intimacy coach Carlene Ostedgaard (She\Her) joins us for a conversation all about unlocking your erotic creativity. Together we talk about your birthright to sexual expression, going from zero to penetration, and rethinking intimacy in our relationships.
RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY RESEARCH : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/relationshipanarchy
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/
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PLEASURE REVOLUTION COACHING
Resources to Learn More:
What Is Sexual Surrogacy?
What Is Sensate Focus and How Does It Work?
6 Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health
The secret to mindful travel? A walk in the woods
EcoSexuality: 7 Things You Need To Know About This Sexual Identity
6-WEEK COMPASSION IMMERSION

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 5min
74. Sex Work Was The Beginning of My True Healing Journey with Cassie Porter
On today's episode we have somatic sex educator and sexological body worker, Cassie Porter (She\Her), join us for a conversation about moving towards pleasure through sex work. Together we talk about destigmatizing sex work, exploring our kinks, and my fears of a monogamous sex life.
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/
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Cassie's Community:
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Resources to Learn More:
What Is Somatic Sex Education?
THE WHEEL OF CONSENT
The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment
Women, more than men, tend to feel stultified by long-term exclusivity

Sep 7, 2022 • 1h 10min
73. The Feminist Sex Wars: Suzie Jones Who Takes a Sexy Selfie is a Slut with Emma Phillips
On today's episode, we have researcher and professional photographer Emma Phillips (she\her) join us for a conversation all about the aesthetics of sexualization. Together we talk about middle class disgust, respectable femininity, and letting go of the male gaze.
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/
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Emma's Community:
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Resources to Learn More:
Ariel Levy - Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
The History of the Sex Wars
What Is The Orgasm Gap?
Cardi B Won't Let Kulture Hear 'WAP'
How to talk to your kids about sex: An age-by-age guide
You Don't Have to Freak Out if Your Toddler Masturbates
Shadowbanning: Instagram’s Sexual Content Policy Endangers Sex Education
HOW RIHANNA IS CHANGING MATERNITY FASHION FOR THE BETTER
Male Suicide Rates

Aug 31, 2022 • 56min
72. Contradictions: Pansexuality, Intersecting Identities, and Shadow Sides with Evelyn Kim
On today's episode, Evelyn Kim (she\her) joins us for a conversation about the journey to embracing her expansive queer identity and the intersection of her Korean-American Identity. Together we talk about the shadow side of the LGBTQIA+ and social justice movements, contradictions in cultural identities, and letting people have their own experience of us.
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/
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Evelyn's Community:
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Resources to Learn More:
5 common misconceptions about pansexuality
The Korean War (1950–53)
Activism fatigue is killing social justice.
Don't Worry, No One Cares
A Reason Not to Worry What Others Think

17 snips
Aug 24, 2022 • 1h 13min
71. Community Building: Masking, Polysecure, and Boundaries as an Act of Love with Jesse Holzman
On today's episode, we have PhD candidate in Sociology Jesse Holzman (they\them) join us for a conversation all about community building and accessibility. Together we talk about living with the lens of autism, being entitled to take up space, and the beautiful rabbit hole of questioning the status quo.
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/
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Resources to Learn More:
A Brief History of Japanese Rope Bondage
What to Know About Shibari, the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage
What Is Autism?
Stimming: What It Is and Why People Do It
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
Does Your Self Exist?
Self-in-Relation
Marriage Is an Inherently Unfeminist Institution
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 7min
70. Understanding Sex Within Culture: Condoms, Circumcision, and Capitalistic Competition with Amber Mallery
On today's episode, we have certified sex educator Amber Mallery (She\Her) join us for a conversation all about understanding sex within culture. Together we talk about the assumption that all people with penises are aggressive, navigating the use of de-gendered language, and what it means to be a woman.
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/
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Amber's Community:
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Ted Talk
Sex School Hub
Resources to Learn More:
How old do you have to be to buy condoms?
Circumcision by Country 2022
Comprehensive Sex Education Reduces Teen Pregnancies
The average number of sexual partners for men and women in the United States is 7.2
Inside Rwanda’s labia stretching ritual - Gukuna
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women
Feminist Thought and Transcending the Gender Binary


