Sounds Fake But Okay

Hey what's up hello! This week Sarah reads one of her classic manifestos. This time, it's about aesthetic attraction, how it's viewed by the aspec community, and how it ties in with gender. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aesthetic-attraction-gender Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.sound...

Hey what's up hello! This week we play our own little version of the Google autocomplete game. What have people been Googling about asexuality? About aromanticism? About US?! Some weird stuff, apparently. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/google-autocomplete       Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.so...

Hey what's up hello! Welcome to our 4th birthday party! This week we take it upon our selves to plan the perfect asexual / aromantic birthday party. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-perfect-aspec-birthday     Check out our new merch: www.soundsfakepod.com/shop         Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt  ...

Hey what's up hello! Today we chat with friend of the pod Padya about how BTS helped them on their gender and sexuality journey. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/bts-fandom-and-queerness Follow Padya: @padyatheleo Follow Dream Glow Magazine: @dreamglowmag Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfake...

Hey what's up hello! This week we take another dive into Reddit but this time, we're looking at r/relationship_advice. From sex drive to baby having, this episode really has it all. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/giving-relationship-advice-to-reddit Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfak...

Hey what's up hello! If you came here for educational aspec content, this is not the episode for you. Try the backlog. Today we're just relaxing and giving you some validating and affirmation in soothing tones. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and drift off. Episode Transript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/relaxcast Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     J...

Hey what's up hello! This week we get a bit ~philosophical~ as we talk about human evolution, how we interact with sex and romance, and what it means to truly be a human. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/evolution-sex-and-romance   Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: ww...

Hey what's up hello! It's our most chaotic episode yet. This week we share all of the thing that are way cooler than sex and romance. Beware, this episode also contains missing audio chaos. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/sure-sex-is-cool   Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com B...

Hey what's up hello! This we we FINALLY chat with our good friend Eliott Simpson. Eliott is an amazing asexual and autistic comedian, so we spend this episode discussing the intersection between asexuality and autism and how Eliott explores these through comedy. Episode Transript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/asexuality-autism-and-comedy Follow Eliott: @SockFaceSimpson Donate: patreon.co...

Hey what's up hello! This week we take a dive into the Am I The Asshole (AITA) Subreddit and give our aromantic and asexual perspective on relationship and sexuality situations. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/am-i-the-asshole Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.so...

Hey what's up hello! Happy pride month everyone! To celebrate we did a pride Q&A. This week we answer your questions about pride celebrations, our own orientations, the podcast, worms, and more! Episdoe Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/pride-month-q-a Watch Sarah's Jubilee video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iy18iDthH8&t=375s   Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod  ...

Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss a topic that comes up every year: is there a place for kink at pride? Is there any conflict between aspec issues and kink in such a forum? And the biggest question of all: what does "kink at pride" even MEAN? Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/kink-at-pride Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod    ...

Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss mental health / mental illness and how it impacts our orientations. Is it harder to figure out your sexuality when you're neurodivergent? Does it make you question more? We discuss all this and more. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/mental-health-and-sexuality Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod    ...

Hey what's up hello! This week we're playing the asexual/aromantic version of the class classic game "fuck, marry, kill" - stuck in elevator, QPR, kill. Listen along for a chaotic ride. Episdoe Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/fuck-marry-kill Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.co...

Hey what's up hello! Today we chat with Liam O'Dell, an amazing activist focused on deafness and disability, about accessibility and how the aspec community can be more welcoming to disabled people. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/accessibility-and-asexuality Follow Liam: @LiamODellUK / www.liamodell.com Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod ...

Hey what's up hello! This week we're rating the asexual and aromantic vibes that different classic game characters give off! Get ready for some board and video game headcanons. Character Pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qlzuv2GM9OgVx4rDCB_JVeUALei_05J0?usp=sharing Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/aspec-headcanons-for-game-characters Donate: patreon.c...

Hey what's up hello! Recently Colton Underwood of the Bachelor fame came out as gay. We're not huge bachelor fans, but we wanted to discuss the story behind his coming out and what his story shows about the societal pressure to conform. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/the-first-gay-bachelor Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: http...

Hey what's up hello! This week we chat with the lovely Venus Envy, an incredible asexual drag queen! We discuss how her asexuality interacts with her drag and her experience as a female drag queen. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/asexuality-and-drag Follow Venus: @venusenvydrag Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7V...

Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss International Asexuality Day which is on April 6th! We share some of the exciting events happening and discuss why asexuality is so Western/English-speaking focused and what we can do to truly make the community more international. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/international-asexuality-day Learn more about International Asexual...

Hey what's up hello! It's date night with Kayla and Sarah. This week, we answer some ~deep~ questions that couples use to get to know each other better! Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/answering-questions-for-couples Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com Buy our book: www.soundsf...

Hey what's up hello! This week we discuss incels, incel culture, and the vast difference between people who are aspec and people who identify as incels. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/incel-culture 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 chat with Chantel Houston, an amazing director, content creator, and former member of Buzzfeed Ladylike about her demisexual journey. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/discovering-demisexuality-feat-chantel-houston Follow Chantel: @chantelhouston / www.chantelhouston.com   Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join:...

Hey what's up hello! Recently we read an NPR Life Kit Article about dating advice, and it suggested having "pre-date rituals!" So today, we discuss dating tips as well as our own rituals. Episode transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/pre-date-rituals Donate: patreon.com/soundsfakepod      Follow: @soundsfakepod     Join: https://discord.gg/W7VBHMt      www.soundsfakepod.com...

Hey what's up hello! This week we spoke to the lovely Barefoot Backpacker about their experience as an older member of the aspec community. We talk about queer history and what the aspec community can do to serve its older members. Episode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/being-an-older-asexual-aromantic Check out Barefoot Backpacker: @RTWBarefoot / www.barefoot-backpacker.com Do...

Hey what's up hello! This week, we're giving you a full rundown on what aromanticism and the aro spectrum is. If you are aromantic and struggle to give the long talk that explains aromanticism to loved ones, you can use this to do the talking for you. If you’ve just learned what aromanticism is or if you were sent here by a loved one, hopefully, this episode begins to help you to learn a...