

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
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Aug 10, 2022 • 50min
69. Guided Masturbation Meditation #2: Solo-Date Night
On today's episode, Nicole leads us on a guided masturbation meditation for people with vulvas to slow down and connect with pleasure. Set aside some intentional time to dive into sensation and deepen your embodiment practice through this act of self-love and self-care! Let's dive in together..
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Resources to Explore More:
Wearing Socks During Sex Makes You More Likely To Have A Satisfying Orgasm
Why sex therapists swear by sensate focus: The mindful touching technique that enhances your sex life
Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance
Porn: Bellesa
Lube: Water Based
Lube: Coconut Oil
Pom FLEXIBLE VIBRATOR
Satisfyer Pro 2 Air-Pulse Clitoris Stimulator
Satisfyer Mono Flex Rabbit Vibrator
Magic Wand Massager

Aug 3, 2022 • 56min
68. Independent Sexuality for Women: Relationship Therapy, Navigating Jealousy, and a Look Into the Life of Non-Monogamy with Arushi
On today's episode, we have Arushi (She\Her) join us for a conversation all about navigating the patriarchal construction of monogamy to challenge the status quo. Together we talk about differing from your family value systems, the history of monogamy for women, and navigating non-monogamous relationships.
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:
The Pleasure Project
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems: 5 Forces Impacting Our Lives
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Are Women Neurologically Less Suited for Monogamy than Men?
Human sexual desire: Is monogamy natural?
Monogamous Marriage throughout History: A Female Perspective
Women as Legal Property
Not Your Mother's Playground
What is a schema? Cognitive Developmental Psychology
Come As You Are

Jul 27, 2022 • 44min
67. PORN, PORN, PORN: Masturbation, BDSM, and Safe Words with Alan Mckee
On today's episode, we have researcher and professor Alan Mckee (He\Him) join us for a conversation all about the effects of pornography after 50 years of academic research! Together we talk about the contradictory data about pornography use, informed consent, and life-long sexual learning.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of July, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/
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What Do We Know About the Effects of Pornography After Fifty Years of Academic Research?
Resources to Learn More:
Vibrator Nation
The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction
Positionality & Research: How our Identities Shape Inquiry
Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Black Lace books
Mills & Boon
30 Safe Words For When Things Get Spicy With Your SO
Crash Pad Porn
Sex School
Make Love Not Porn

Jul 20, 2022 • 45min
66. I'm a Bionic Bitch: Stepping Into Yourself, Finding Community, and Flow States with Dayna Troisi
On today's episode, we have writer and editor Dayna Troisi (She\Her) join us for a conversation all about celebrating ourselves unapologetically. Together we talk about finding your rhythm with the universe, how the personal is universal, and the gift of community.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of July, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Instagram
Facebook
Dayna's Community:
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Go Magazine
Podcast
Resources to Learn More:
Angel Giuffria
Getting Slutty at Amp Camp
Blacking Out In The Blue Dark
How to enter ‘flow state’ on command
Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video)

Jul 13, 2022 • 1h 18min
65. Relationship Chemistry: Emotional Self-Awareness, Boundary Setting, and Healing Attachment with Emilee Kerper
On today's episode, we have artist and yogi Emilee Kerper (She\Her) join us for a conversation all about the beautiful complexity that is relationships. Together we talk about healing from attachment trauma through sex work, why we stay in toxic relationships, and the importance of learning to set boundaries.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of July, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Facebook
Emilee's Community:
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Website
Resources to Learn More:
Single Mother Statistics
Learning to Lay Down Boundaries
5 Crucial Qualities to Seek in a Partner
How Therapy Works: The Role of Real Rapport
12 Keys To A Great Self-Relationship, Starting Now

Jul 6, 2022 • 57min
64. Uncensored Sex Education: Sex Positive Clubs, BDSM, and Fruit Fetish with Anarella Martinez-Madrid
On today's episode, we have artist and founder of The Sex School, Anarella Martinez-Madrid (She/Her), join us for a conversation all about living in the future of liberated sexuality. Together we talk about the sex education you didn't receive in school, qualities to look for in play partners, and navigating open relationships.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of July, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/
Modern Anarchy Community:
Patreon
Instagram
Facebook
Anarella's Community:
Sex School Instagram
Sex School Website
Resources To Learn More:
What makes sexual chemistry?
7 ways you may be slut-shaming yourself (and why you need to stop)
The BDSM Kink Dictionary, Terminology & Vocabulary List
Guide To Planning A BDSM Scene

Jun 29, 2022 • 54min
63. What Does It Mean to Be Authentic? Co-Regulating, Existentialism, and Compersion with Mei Zarnitsyna
On today's episode, we have therapist Mei Zarnitsyna (she/her) join us for a conversation all about existential philosophy and finding authenticity. Together we talk about shifting between our rational mind and body wisdom, recognizing the scale of the universe, and the praxis of philosophy and psychology.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of June, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the Texas Elementary School Shooting Victims Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mtdrdc-texas-elementary-school-shooting-victims-fund
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Mei's Links:
Fundraiser: Free therapy for Ukrainian children and families
Resources to Learn More:
Jean-Paul Sartre and Existential Choice
The Science of Analysis Paralysis
Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning
Body Wisdom as a Framework for Decision Making
It Takes Two: The Role of Co-Regulation in Building Self-Regulation Skills
What Do Mirror Neurons Really Do?
What Is Compersion? The Polyamory Practice For Rethinking Jealousy
The gentle power of highly sensitive people
Universe Size Comparison 2020
The Nap Ministry

Jun 22, 2022 • 1h 16min
62. Public Sex: Out of the Closets and Into the Streets with Gem Cut
On today's episode, we have a conversation with smut writer and exhibitionist Gem Cut (they\them) all about the anarchy behind the queer deconstruction of eroticism and sexuality. Together we talk about reckoning with queer bodies, the personality type of an exhibitionist, and expanding our understanding of sex.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of June, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the Texas Elementary School Shooting Victims Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mtdrdc-texas-elementary-school-shooting-victims-fund
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Gem's Community:
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Resources to Learn More:
Samuel Delany
Dean Spade
We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
Cruising Utopia
Make The Golf Course A Public Sex Forest!
AORTA Films
Four Chambers

Jun 15, 2022 • 1h 1min
61. Wrestling with Questions Around Identity: Sexuality, Gender, and Careers with Betsey Zemke
On today's episode, we have therapist Betsey Zemke (She\They) join us for a conversation about navigating the flux of change. Together we talk about trauma recovery with the pandemic, bird calling your community, and finding contentment within an abundance of choice.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of June, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the Texas Elementary School Shooting Victims Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mtdrdc-texas-elementary-school-shooting-victims-fund
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Resources to Learn More:
The paradox of choice

Jun 8, 2022 • 1h 8min
60. Exploring the Unconscious: Synchronicity, Dreams, and Psychedelic Psychotherapy with Manny Dominguez
On today's episode, we have doctoral candidate and marriage & family therapist, Manny Dominguez (He\Him), who is studying drug assisted psychotherapy. Together we talk about spontaneous mystical experiences, our shadow selves, and learning to decode your personal symbolic language.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, 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 a mutual aid fund.
For the month of June, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the Texas Elementary School Shooting Victims Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mtdrdc-texas-elementary-school-shooting-victims-fund
Modern Anarchy Community:
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Manny's Community:
Instagram
Resources to Learn More:
What is Epigenetics?
Numinous Encounters
The Dark Night of the Soul (Losing Who We Thought We Were)
The Spirit Molecule
What Are the Jungian Archetypes?
Synchronicity
FANTASTIC FUNGI
Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Effects of Psychedelic Drugs
Adults who microdose psychedelics report health related motivations and lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to non-microdosers
This Is How Psychedelics Hack the Brain, According to Scientists


