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S3E5 Afterlife of a Kept Boy w/ Author, Dale Corvino
Dale Corvino (https://substack.com/profile/5572113-dale-corvino) discusses his book, Afterlife of a Kept Boy. Available on our bookshop at purplepalmpress.com/shop
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purple Palm Press (www.purplepalmpress.com)
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Theme Song: Samantha Grace
Cover Art Illustration: Noelle Richard
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7 May 2025
S3E4 Entwined w/ Author, Alex Alberto
Alex Alberto (https://substack.com/profile/1449282-alex-alberto) discusses their book, Entwined. Available on our bookshop at purplepalmpress.com/shop
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purple Palm Press (www.purplepalmpress.com)
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23 Apr 2025
S3E3 Tweakerworld w/ Author, Jason Yamas
Jason Yamas discusses his book, Tweakerworld. Available on our website at purplepalmpress.com/shop
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purple Palm Press (www.purplepalmpress.com)
Follow Jason Yamas’s work on Instagram at @jasonyamas
Check out the podcast we discussed about Matthew Shephard’s death:
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16 Apr 2025
S3E2 House Of Our Queer w/ Author, Bex Mui
Bex Mui discusses her book, House Of Our Queer: Healing, Reframing, and Reclaiming Your Spiritual Practice. Available on our website at purplepalmpress.com/shop
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purple Palm Press (www.purplepalmpress.com)
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9 Apr 2025
S3E1 Stag Dance w/ Author, Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters discusses her new book, Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories. Available on our bookshop at bookshop.org/shop/purplepalmpress
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purple Palm Press (www.purplepalmpress.com)
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5 Mar 2025
S2E4 Polysecure w/ Elizabeth "fig" Harris AKA Bella Figlia Orig. Date 06/30/2022
Lou and Elizabeth discussed Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern. They talked about their own poly lives and the ways Polysecure helped them in their relationships.
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purple Palm Press (www.purplepalmpress.com)
Find more about Elizabeth Harris and her music on Instragram (@bellafiglia777) Listen to her album, Soft Animal, on Spotify.
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Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern was published by Thorntree Press. You can purchase it at https://bookshop.org/shop/purplepalmpress
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26 Feb 2025
S2E3 Pam & Tommy with Jason Haaf Orig. Date 04/06/2022
Jason Haaf and Lou Barrett discussed the Pam & Tommy TV show.
Hosted by Lou Barrett (@louthebarrett) Follow what Jason Haaf is doing on Instagram @haafwit and look out for his debut book, Harsh Cravings.
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19 Feb 2025
S2E2"Are Queer People Allowed to Like Dave Chappelle?" with Justin Woody AKA Onya Nurve Orig. Date 02/23/2022
Justin Woody AKA Onya Nurve and Lou Barrett discussed Dave Chappelle's most recent special, The Closer.
Hosted by Lou Barrett (@louthebarrett) Follow what Justin Woody is doing on Instagram @onyanurve
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12 Feb 2025
S2E1 Author Lucie Fielding on Trans Sex Orig. Date 01/26/2022
Lucie Fielding and Lou Barrett discussed Lucie's book, Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments.
Hosted by Lou Barrett (@louthebarrett) Follow what Lucie Fielding is doing on Instagram @luciefielding
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Trans Sex was published by Routledge. You can now get it through Penguin Random House at https://bit.ly/LucieFielding or support a local bookstore and buy it from One More Page Books in Virginia at https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/ or at our Bookshop page at https://bookshop.org/shop/purplepalmpress
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29 Jan 2025
S1E4 We Both Laughed in Pleasure w/ Rhodes Rozman Orig. Date 12/02/2020
Rhodes and Lou discussed We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan. They talked about reality TV, gender performance, and the differences in work culture in Lou's time and ours.
Hosted by Lou Barrett (www.loubarrett.com)
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We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan was published by nightboat books. You can purchase it at https://nightboat.org/book/we-both-laughed-in-pleasure-the-selected-diaries-of-lou-sullivan/or support a local bookstore and buy it from Mac's Backs Books on Coventry at https://www.macsbacks.com/book/9781643620176
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27 Jan 2025
S1E5 ZAMI w/ Siaara Freeman Orig. Date 12/17/2020
Siaara Freeman and Lou Barrett discussed ZAMI of Audre Lorde. Together they run The Outsiders Queer Midwest Writing Retreat. They had their first retreat in November 2019.
Hosted by Lou Barrett (www.loubarrett.com) Follow what Siaara Freeman is doing on Instagram @shesabadmamajamma Watch her perform Orange is the New Blood:
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ZAMI was first published by Persephone Press. You can now get it through Penguin Random House at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198090/zami-a-new-spelling-of-my-name-by-audre-geraldine-lorde/ or support a local bookstore and buy it from Mac's Backs Books on Coventry at https://www.macsbacks.com/book/9780895941220
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22 Jan 2025
S1E3 Pleasure Activism Part 2 w/ Asia Mapp, Orig Date: 11/04/2020
Asia and Lou discussed Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown. They went down a lot of rabbit holes about sex, food, etc. You can find out more about Asia's work at https://www.rootedgroundhealing.com
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Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown was published by AK Press. You can purchase it at https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html or support a local bookstore and buy it from Mac's Backs Books on Coventry at https://www.macsbacks.com/book/9781849353267
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15 Jan 2025
S1E2 Original Plumbing w/ Lee Ordell, Orig. Date: 10/27/2020
Lou and Lee discussed Original Plumbing edited by Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos. They talked about the different ways they were impacted by the Original Plumbing collection. Their main takeaway was... don't eat the cereal!
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Original Plumbing was published by Feminist Press. You can purchase it at https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/original-plumbing?rq=original%20plumbing or support a local bookstore and buy it from Mac's Backs Books on Coventry at https://www.macsbacks.com/book/9781936932597
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Lou and Elizabeth discussed Pleasure Activism by adrienne marie brown. They talked about their own pleasure routines, and their favorite parts of the book. They've each had their own pleasure journeys so it was fun discussing the overlap as well as differences.
Hosted by Lou Barrett. Produced by Purpled Palm Press (www.purpledpalmpress.com)
Find more about Elizabeth Harris and her music on Instragram (@bellafiglia777) Listen to her new single Pomegranate on Spotify.
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Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown was published by AK Press. You can purchase it at https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html or support a local bookstore and buy it from Mac's Backs Books on Coventry at https://www.macsbacks.com/book/9781849353267
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