I truly enjoy being a guest on other people's podcasts. It is the same part of me that loves sitting around the fire with my friend Scott at Beltane, drinking mead (or scotch, or...) and telling stories. We get to be two old men that happen to have 2-10 other folks gathered around to interject on occasion, or that I get to point at and say "what do you think?" Scott and I discuss philosophy, magic, world travel, good food, religion, sexuality, life, annoyances, beauty, and friends. This is a good thing. And podcasting gives me a chance to do that too.I have appeared on a lot of different podcasts over the years, but when the Indiegogo campaign for More Shibari You Can Use was getting ready to go live, I took a risk and decided to reach out to podcasts I'd never been on (as well as some of those I knew and loved). There is something a bit scary/intimidating for me about writing a letter to people I don't know basically saying "Hi, You do cool stuff. I do some kind of cool stuff too, and it would be nice to rub our coolnesses together." Not knowing how they will respond, what will come to pass, whether they will say "you're not cool and get off our playground."
But, a bunch of really neat people got back to me, and over the course of the last 6 weeks I've been on a number of really neat podcasts.
We went all over the place in this podcast concerning my life, the world of transsexuality, types of bondage play, personal identity, travel... and a lot more. It was a circuitous path, and we never got to touch on spirituality and kink... so they want me back on in a few months. Hooray!
I have known Graydancer for a decade, and it was a delight to be back on the show talking about bondage, passion, intention, connection, teaching, publishing... and telling stories like a pair of kinky old men ;) I am so glad to spend any time I can with Graydancer.
It was a blast getting Minx's panties moist as I talked about why rope bondage can be sexy, even if you can barely tie your shoes. Connection, polyamory, multiple play partners, figuring out what you want... yum.
Helping Master Severlyn launch his new podcast was a delight. We talked about he porn story that led me to want to find other kinksters, our mutual love of ClosetLand, wandered through some of the kink "classics," and I even got to defend the "50 Shades" series a bit.
The variety of podcasts available in the world of sexuality is vast, from romance advice to queer politics, how-to info to why-to journeys... and everything in-between and beyond. For my own podcast it has been great getting to choose a topic each month and bring something forth from me in a room with a microphone. I occasionally do interviews, and truly enjoy doing them- but most of the time it is me, a stack of notes I want to include, and an empty room. My radio news hour travels back in time, and I am on the airwaves, finding you, finding you... and in doing so I am not alone. We each curl around the radio and tune into The Shadow. I want to curl around myself, curl around you, curl around and find my shadow, journey beyond it, journey into it.
I love podcasting. I feel honored for folks opening up their podcasts and having me on board. Go check them out!