

Modern Anarchy
Nicole Thompson, M.A.
Modern Anarchy is your weekly invitation to reclaim pleasure, sex, and desire as radical acts of liberation. Hosted by queer psychotherapist and researcher Nicole, an academic voice on non-monogamy and embodied pleasure with advanced training in psychedelic integration therapy, the show 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
Learn more: www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Episodes
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Mar 27, 2024 • 1h 14min
152. Pleasure and Passion: Exploring Sex-Positive Expression with Anita Nevar
On today’s episode, we have artist Anita Nevar (She/Her) join us for a conversation about living into sexual liberation. Together we talk about growing up in a doom’s day cult, the connection between creativity and embodiment, and letting our pleasure lead by example.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website: www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/152-pleasure-and-passion-exploring-sex-positive-expression-with-anita-nevar
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Anita's Community:
Website : https://www.anitanevar.com/
Insta : https://www.instagram.com/anitanevar/

Mar 20, 2024 • 1h 24min
151. Stepping Into the Next Playfully Erotic Version of Yourself with Nicolle Hodges
On today’s episode, we have Nicolle Hodges (She/Her) join us for a conversation about exploring our erotic psychology. Together we talk about the transformation of looking at your vulva in the mirror, the joy of sexual world building, and the curiosity and courage needed to play in the erotic.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website: www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/151-stepping-into-the-next-playfully-erotic-version-of-yourself-with-nicolle-hodges
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Nicolle's Community:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolledoublel/

Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 10min
150. Reconceptualizing Attachment as an Act of Social Justice with Dr. Adele Lafrance
On today’s episode, we have Dr. Adele Lafrance (She/Her) join us for a conversation about examining mother blame. Together we talk about healing from internalized patriarchy, navigating the Madonna and the whore complex, and integrating the political need for pleasure.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website: www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript: https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/150-reconceptualizing-attachment-as-an-act-of-social-justice-with-dr-adele-lafrance
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Adele's Community:
Adele Lafrance is a psychologist, author and research scientist.
Website: https://dradelelafrance.com/
The Love Project: https://psychedeliclove.org/
Resources to Learn More:
Woman and Madness : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781641600361

Mar 6, 2024 • 56min
149. Relationship Anarchist: Renya NeoNorton
On today’s episode, we have our first relationship anarchy research interview with Renya NeoNorton (They/Them). If you are also interested in participating in the research and sharing your voice in the movement, then click on the link below.
RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY RESEARCH : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/relationshipanarchy
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/relationship-anarchist-renya-neonorton
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Renya’s Community:
Renya is an anarchist organizer, writer, YouTuber, and
therapist based in Philly.
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@cometogether/featured
Therapy : https://cometogethercounseling.net/
https://allmylinks.com/cometogether

Feb 28, 2024 • 58min
148. Exploring the Nuance of Fundamental Christianity, Psychedelics, and Therapy with Liara Roux
On today’s episode, we have sex worker and writer Liara Roux (They/He/She) join us for a conversation about finding empowerment after the abuse of religion. Together we talk about learning to leave relationships, empowering others to choose for themselves rather than giving advice, and normalizing sex work.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript: https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/148-exploring-the-nuance-of-fundamental-christianity-therapy-and-psychedelic-healing-with-liara-r
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Liara's Community:
Website : https://www.liararoux.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liararoux
Book : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781913462567
Resources to Learn More:
How the Quiverfull movement kills kids (Turpin, Yates,
Pearls) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGpteuMqvU&rco=1
Fireside : https://firesideproject.org/
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue
Industry : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781842778609

Feb 21, 2024 • 1h 20min
147. Power Play: Healing, Abolitionism, and Spirituality with Tshegofatso Senne
On today’s episode, we have Tshegofatso Senne (They/Him) join us for a conversation about the transformative nature of power play. Together we talk about an abolitionist perspective to harm and transgression in kink, green flags in play partners, and the spirituality of bdsm.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/147-power-play-healing-abolitionism-and-spirituality-with-tshegofatso-senne
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Tshegofatso Senne's Community:
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mbongomuffin/
Ted Talk : https://www.ted.com/talks/tshegofatso_senne_reimagining_bdsm/up-next?hasSummary=true
Resource to Learn More:
RACK/PRICK : https://kynk101.com/kink-bdsm-facts/ssc-rack-prick
Radical Ecstasy : https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/503940
Play, Pain and Religion: Creating Gestalt through Kink Encounter : https://bookshop.org/a/88413/9781800500297

Feb 14, 2024 • 1h 12min
146. Nerding Out On the Wheel of Consent with Dr. Betty Martin
On today’s episode, we have sex educator Dr. Betty Martin (She/Her) join us for a conversation about exercising your personal power. Together we talk about the depth of our programming around consent, tuning in to your somatic experience, and playing outside of the romance fetish.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/146-nerding-out-on-the-wheel-of-consent-with-dr-betty-martin
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Betty’s Community:
Betty is a grandma, erotic explorer, former sex worker, developer of the Wheel of Consent, author of "The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent"
Body Electric School : https://bodyelectric.org/
School of Consent : https://www.schoolofconsent.org/
Website : https://bettymartin.org/
Resources for More:
3 – Minute Game : https://bettymartin.org/how-to-play-the-3-minute-game/
Wheel of consent : https://bettymartin.org/videos/

Feb 7, 2024 • 1h 42min
145. The Gift of Non-Monogamy Ending in Divorce with Dirty Lola
On today's episode, we have Dirty Lola (She/Her) join us for a vulnerable conversation about embracing the discomfort of change as a sex and relationship radical. Together we talk about how don't ask don't tell can really complicate your cruise plans, having a break down in the isle at trader joe's, and how a penis should be the fifth thing to go in your butt.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/145-the-gift-of-non-monogamy-ending-in-divorce
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
Lola's Community:
Website : https://www.dirtylola.co/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dirtylola/
Spectrum Journal : https://spectrumboutique.com/journal/writer/dirty-lola/
Resources to Learn More:
Revealing Divorce Statistics In 2024 : https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/divorce/divorce-statistics/
Global survey finds 9% of adults identify as LGBTQ : https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/global-survey-finds-9-adults-identify-lgbtq-rcna87288
How Common Is Cheating and Infidelity Really? : https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-common-is-cheating-infidelity-really

Jan 31, 2024 • 1h 28min
144. Queering Psychedelics, Consent, and Community with Cy
On today's episode we have Cy (They/Them) join us for a conversation about the transformative power of community. Together we talk about exploring psychedelics for pleasure, creating more equitable access through gardening, and how our kinky buttons change.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/144-queering-psychedelics-consent-and-community-with-cy
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
CY's Community:
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/queerly_psychedelic/
Resource to Learn More:
Sana Healing Collective : https://sanahealingcollective.org/
Fireside Project : https://firesideproject.org/
Dance Safe: https://dancesafe.org/
Bunk Police : https://bunkpolice.com/

Jan 30, 2024 • 1h 29min
143. Kinky Christianity to Relationship Anarchy Embodiment with Juliet Barrett
On today's episode, we have Juliet Barrett (They/Them) join us for a conversation about inviting more curiosity into our lives. Together we talk about the level of inertia needed to break your own reality, the divinity of a sex shop, and blowing bubbles before pegging.
RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY RESEARCH : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/relationshipanarchy
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website www.modernanarchypodcast.com
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
Transcript : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/kinky-christianity-to-relationship-anarchy-embodiment-with-juliet-barett
Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith
Modern Anarchy Community:
Website : www.modernanarchypodcast.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast
Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384