Sounds Fake But Okay

Hey what's up hello! This week we're taking the time to answer your questions about everything from aspec activism to our favorite places to travel. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/qa-aspec-activism-friendship-the-allos-more      Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfa...

Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about how artificial intelligence has invaded the world of dating from AI dating coaches to AI dating profile assistants. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/can-ai-help-you-date       Vote for Dear, Luke Love, Me: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YWQLHHH       No sex, no romance playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wdkxJGX...

Hey what's up hello! As Aro Week 2024 comes to an end, we talk about the way aromanticism is often linked with asexuality and how that can ultimately harm the aromantic community. Content Warning: Light descriptions of sexual activities Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/separating-aromanticism-from-asexuality     Shop our Bookshop.org storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/...

Hey what's up hello! We're back reading r/AmITheAsshole. Some of them may be fake but oh boy are they full of assholes! Content Warning: Mentions of child abuse, domestic violence, death, miscarriage, incest Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-8-asshole-edition      Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod       Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord....

Hey what's up hello! Just in time for Valentine's Day, this week we're talking abou the phenomenon of straight people hating their partners! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/hating-your-partner     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book

Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking to author Rhaina Cohen about her book, The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center . It's a real platonic delight. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-other-significant-others-feat-rhaina-cohen       Get the book: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781250280916       Follow Rhaina: https://ww...

Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about compersion. What is it? Where did the term come from? Is only for poly folx? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/compersion      Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book

Hey what's up hello! Today we're talking about the pop culture phenomenon that is speculating about celebrity's sexualities, demanding that celebrities come out, and accusing celebrities of queer baiting. Yikes! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/celebrity-sexuality-speculation      Our friend's article about BTS and queerness: https://www.them.us/story/park-...

Hey what's up hello! We're back from our long winter's nap and ready to judge some assholes!!! This time, we're reading some aspec specific stories. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-7-aspec-edition     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our boo...

Hey what's up hello! To wrap up another year of the podcast, we're back recording the fourth edition of "same podcast, one year apart" a la Billie Eilish x Vanity Fair. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/same-podcast-one-year-apart-the-fourth-year       Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www...

Hey what's up hello! This week we manage to talk about everything and nothing at the same time. Toxic old men named Gerry, wedding presents, butch orcs, chilis. You name it, we covered it. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/this-author-loves-butch-orcs     Legends & Lattes: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781250886088     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod        Follow:...

Hey what's up hello! We finally have an audiobook! Read in our own voices!!! As a special treat, today we give to you a sneak preview of chapter one. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sfbo-the-audiobook-sneak-peek       Buy the audiobook: www.soundsfakepod.com/book       Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod       Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt       ...

Hey what's up hello! We're back with another fan favorite Am I The Asshole but this time it's all about weddings. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-6-wedding-edition     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book

Hey what's up hello! This week we're chatting with Madeline Dyer about her new anthology Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/being-ace-feat-madeline-dyer     Buy Being Ace: https://bookshop.org/a/101336/9781645679561        Follow Madeline: @mdyerauthor / @elinannalise D...

Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about romanticization - why we do it, the pros and cons of romanticizing relationships, and what we should romanticize other than romance. You know it's about to get silly. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/romanticizing     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VB...

Hey what's up hello! It's silly little aspec quiz hours. What kind of aspec are we? Will a random internet user simp for us? This week we ask all the most important questions. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-quizzes     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book:...

Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about "the ick." What is it? Is it real? And what gives us the ick?? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-ick     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod       Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book

Hey what's up hello! The weather is getting colder and it's time to cuddle up with your boo thang! Or so the allos say. Today we learn about cuffing season strategies and science. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/cuffing-season     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod       Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt       www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book:...

Hey what's up hello! This week, inspired by the first episode of The Golden Bachelor, we're discussing dating later in life (i.e. when you're 60+). Why do people date when they're older? Why is there societal pressure to "get back out there"? And why are nursing home so horny??? Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7V...

Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about dating coaches. Are they a scam? What do they actually do? What does this say about late stage capitalism in the year of our Lord 2023? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/dating-coaches      Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our...

Hey what's up hello! We are back with our third (and final??) installation of the aspec microlabels series. Also, something about plantains. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/microlabels-pt-3      Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod Follow: @soundsfakepod Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt www.soundsfakepod.com Support the show Buy our book: www.soundsfakepod.com/book Buy our...

Hey what's up hello! Would you even believe that we're back with an r/AmITheAsshole episode??? Sarah's been saving up the best AITA the internet has the offer and it made for the most shocking installment of the series yet. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole-pt-5     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://d...

Hey what's up hello! In what might be our most chaotic episode yet, this week we bring you aspec Shark Tank. Sarah has come up with 11 of the best(?) aspec business ideas and Kayla is here to invest. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-shark-tank     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepo...

Hey what's up hello! This week we're talking about a fear that so many aspecs share - flirting with someone without realizing that's what you're supposedly doing. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/accidental-flirting     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book:...

Hey what's up hello! We're back from summer break which means it's FINALLY time to talk about the Barbie movie and the fact that Barbie is absolutely aromantic asexual. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-barbie-movie     Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: w...