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This week the Beast visits with Shilo McCabe. Shilo is an artist and activist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her projects include “I masturbate…”, have been shown in a variety of shows, galleries, kink and LGBQTI exhibits. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/193---shilo-mccabe---photog.html

Have you been curious about the Person of Leather title? Ever wonder what that #PoLFamilyisEverywhere is all about that we keep seeing all over social media? Well, listen in as slave Adeena, PapaBear, and Autumn tell us all about the Person of Leather title, their title family's hashtag, and hear them explain all about the title in general. Get ready for a few laughs, a better understanding of this diverse title, and have a good time hearing about some of the exploits they’ve had along the way. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/192---people-of-leather.html

Kentucky transgendered Raven Roxx is fun and provocative has she shares her journey from man to female adult entertainer. She shares stories of her first time dancing to her first time at an Adult Video News convention in Vegas and all in-between. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/191---raven-roxx---transgen.html

This week Woody & the Beast found a very interesting lady. May Waters, aka LadySkyDive, has been involved in the lifestyle (BDSM and Swing) for a few years now with her husband MrSkydive. We were surprised how out in the open she was with her life, so we wanted to learn more. She has been roped and suspended and found she truly loved it. The feeling of being nude, bound, exposed and totally vulnerable is something it's hard for her to even describe. With her love of rope, she ventured into flogging and enjoyed it, leading to electro… And so much more. May is a moderate pain level submissive. Never afraid to try new things but do prefer more of the pleasure part vs the pain part. Follow the link to here site. Part two of today’s show… At the SouthEast LeatherFest 2017 Girl Complex speaks with the Beast, in one of her first interviews since winning the 2017 IMsL title. GC talks about her journey blazing trails to traditional male only clubs on her way to the title. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/190---lady-skydive--girl.html

This week the Beast talks with Page Turner about her new book, “Poly Land: My Brutally Honest Adventures in Polyamory”. Moving away from the sugar-coated honor-student answers, Page Turner leaves little to the imagination about opening a marriage, while exploring her bisexuality and self-worth. Travel through a complicated polyamorous web, in which her partners do their best to sabotage each other, break the rules, and eventually commit assault. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/189---page-turner-author-of.html

Join the team for a fun filled and action packed trip and ride (on a MotorBunny). Later we tune in to our old friend Freudian Slips to check out a bit of romance. First up, Woody invites Brooks, CEO of MotorBunny into studio A for an overview about the MotorBunny, a new sit-on sex fucking machine. It may look familiar, but that’s where the similarities stop. A new high-tech take on a riding sex toy. After the interview we join three intrepid riders for a first ear listen to some fun reactions and way too many orgasms to count! If you wish to skip the rides jump to 16:30 and hear the Beast and Freudian Slips. What does it take for a sane woman to move to a new state, away from friends and family? Fet-lebrity Freudian Slips returns the Kinkycast to talk about discovering love and taking the leap into the unknown for a new relationship. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/188---all-about-the-motorbu.html

This week the Beast chats with Stormy on Renegade’s Rendezvous and other kinky events. Here is their profile profile… Stormy and his girl, Nichole, live a 24/7 M/s life. They are members of Edgewalkers, which is a group that practices and facilitates body based rituals such as hook pulls, hook suspensions and fire walks. Stormy is the President of the Edge Riders Evergreen Chapter a BDSM which is motorcycle riding club based on the principles of a leather family and community service. Together they are devoted to their family, friends and community. They are the producers of Renegades’ Rendezvous, a four- day BDSM/kinky campout. Education is important to them and they teach a wide variety of classes from technical to relationship to spiritual. A full listing of their classes can be found on their Metlife profiles. Known for his edge play, Stormy can often be found in a dungeon; knife, scalpel or barbwire flogger in hand. His motto is, “I give and give until it hurts.” http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/187---renegade--team-fluffy.html

This week we are featuring an interview with a Dynamic Leather Couple who currently call Atlanta home. Krissy caught up with them at SELF 2017 . Hear what they have to say about their experiences and how they are actively working in the leather scene to share and teach what they have learned over the years. James Ross Rawley ( also known as “your friendly neighborhood Leatherman” is a classically trained lifestyle dominant male Leatherman in the scene since 1977. Trained as a slave and progressing from that to Trainer he is now a Master with slaves and submissive of different sexualities. Master of Rope & Percussion, he is often found at The Atlanta Eagle along with his wife Queen Raini. Queen Raini is a Dominant Leather Woman/Queen with 30 + years of experience in the lifestyle. As current Onyx Pearl Southeast President, she strives to promote diversity amongst kink and leather communities. Her current passions include helping kinksters to add sanity and creativity to any scene, helping cross dressers discover and experience their "Inner Diva", and initiating/mentoring the curious and newbies into the lifestyle, all in a safe and non judgmental way. She also believes there is no "one true way". No matter what steps you took, you are on your Leather Journey. "I'm a giver. I give until someone hurts.” -Queen Raini http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/186---james-ross-rawley-.html

This week Woody & the Beast chat with Master Gym. He has been a BDSM Master practitioner for over three decades. Master Gym has created his own form of deeply connected play from experience on both sides of the coin as well as some study in Meisner acting, hypothesis/NLP, and different spiritual and magic paths. Recently he has been focused on getting back to basics of what drew him to it all in the first place the power, and energy exchange. Today, he looks for students and peers that create a lasting lineage of a deep practice and what that means. Master Gym is also down to earth, approachable and very silly at times, hence the handle Master who goes to the Gym. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/185---master-gym---bdsm-12.html

Woody & the Beast welcome slave tina to studio A. Tina has found that service to her a community can be very rewarding. Newer than some to the lifestyle, but has observer for decades, Tina has fully immersed herself in her local community and tries to help out in every way possible, while maintaining her role as slave. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/184---slave-tina-on-serving.html

This week, Woody & the Beast chat with Yum Yum Panda. Panda has been in the lifestyle since 2013 when she first found Fetlife and joined her local community in Jacksonville, FL. Since then, Panda has founded and lead multiple groups in the Jacksonville area, including a group dedicated to helping new people in the scene discover and navigate BDSM and the community. Panda has a passion for many different kinks including humiliation/degradation, impact, DD/lg, CBT and strap-on play, but her biggest passion is for rope. Panda discovered her passion for rope when she started self-tying. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/183---yum-yum-panda-on-self.html

This week Woody & the Beast chat with Ms Lindsey and Ponygroom on the subject of Pony Play. Ms Lyndsey (aka: Ponygirl lyndsey) ~ ~ A horse woman in her own right ~ as well as a 4-event cross-trained ponygirl specializing in pony-cart dancing, Ms Lyndsey raised, trained, and performed in rodeos and other horse shows with her dancing Arabian Mare, "Buttercup", for many years in the Central Pennsylvania area. She is also a professionally trained musician (Opera Singer & Organist/Pianist). Tim Ponygroom ~ ~ Since 1997, Ponygroom has been grooming and training human ponies. His inspiration came from having some experience boarding a horse when he was a teenager, combined with an understanding of human pets that began to bloom in 1996. In late 1997, he met a ponygirl. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/182---ponygroom--ms-lindsey.html

This week the Beast talks with the Rubens’ Dream a globe trotting woman of color and curves. Rue has embraced her curves as a sign of femininity and refuses to accept anyone else's view of what makes a woman beautiful. Listen to this self-described “fucknut”. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/181---rubens-dream---on.html

This week Woody speaks Ms. Davis is an advocate for transgender sexual health. She holds various degrees in Social Science Education and is a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant. Much of her work focuses on HIV and STI education and prevention. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/180---ms-davis---transgende.html

Jeff Mach is a renowned playwright and musician. Woody & the Beast chat with Jeff about playing with mental illness in the scene. BDSM players are on the spectrum from whatever society calls “normal” all the way to easily triggered. Communities have been tested and there has been fallout and ruined friendships because of it. Our guest gives us insight into what makes us tick. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/179---jeff-mach-on-mental.html

Woody and Krissy talk with Sappharia who has a long history in the kinky world hailing from the Baltimore MD area.. Sappharia is a thinker and a writer, and in this episode she shares her thoughts with us. We touch upon service, community, and changes in the scene check out her Fetlife page for a listing of her excellent thought provoking writings. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/178---sappharia-on-prolific.html

This week Woody & the Beast are joined by, Autumn and Vin, to talk to us about the ins and outs of Humiliation and Degradation. They even give us a few tips about the subject. Listen in for a fun and enlightening podcast as these two Leatherfolk have a blast recounting their adventures all while educating us along the way. Recorded live at Frolicon 2017 in Atlanta. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/177---humiliation--degradat.html

This week, Woody and Krissy talk with Friday, or you may know her as ’this_girl_Friday’ as she makes her way to a Leather event near you. She is a boot black and talks with the cast about how she found her love of leather and leather care and what boot blacking is to her. She is also SouthEast Bootblack 2015 and current Bootblack Program Coordinator for SouthEast Leather Fest which is happening June 15 - 18, 2017 in Atlanta. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/176---this-girl-friday-on.html

This week Woody & the Beast speak with Ken Marcus. Ken is an American photographer, known for his glamour photography with Penthouse and Playboy magazines. For over 30 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advertisements. His work is shown in galleries, published in books and magazines. He was an artist-in-resident at the Yosemite National Park Museum. Marcus also lectures and conducts workshops internationally. He has an adult fetish and BDSM site and a Fetlife page. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/175---ken-marcus---award.html

Living a Sex Positive Life On Living a Sex Positive Life, we explore all aspects of human sexuality.We talk about the good and the bad, the health and healing benefits, the adventures, the relationships as well as the crimes and tragedies. Our mission is to educate, entertain and talk about that touchy topic that affects us all, sex. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/174---john--angelique-luna-.html

My name is Preacher Bear. An appellation bestowed upon me by some kind friends. If you hear me, you will understand why and your ears will bleed. Male, 50, 6’ and roughly about the broad side of a barn in size. I am a kinkster, humanist and self professed philosopher raconteur. Jack of all trades, master of me, on a good day.“ A bullshit artist with a swell personality and a conscience. ”Polypansadomasochisticswitch”, ain’t confused just greedy. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/173---preacher-bear---podca.html

A peacemaker by nature, Kiltgrrl enjoys the puzzle pieces that are human beings. She is a mediator for the Michigan and Ohio courts as well as a conflict consultant that helps people settle disputes in their everyday lives. She enjoys teaching what she calls "human being skills" and has developed conflict resolution classes tailored to different settings and lifestyles. Kiltgrrl and her partner (Traeonna) bring laughter to the adventure of learning by sharing their life experiences, both the successes and mistakes, and blend their skills and knowledge to present on a variety of topics including communication, energy work, connective practices, alternative relationship styles, and conflict resolution in relationships. As the 2016 Ohio Bootblack titleholder, she is happiest with polish under her nails from working leather and blacking boots. Her love affair with tending leather has kept her love, Traeonna, both looking good and highly amused. My lovely partner is the new 2017 Miss Ohio Leather. I am also carrying the Ohio Bootblack title another year. We’re looking forward to another busy year of adventures and hopefully will get to bump into KinkyCast listeners some time. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/172---kiltgrrl---bootblack.html

We have the Doctors from Frolicon in Atlanta. Dr. Peggy Sue and Dr. Dan, had an interactive session we a hundred of our closes friends. They answer questions sent in, written on cards at the event and asked by the audience. Hold on it’s a free flowing ride in the medical side on BDSM! Recorded live at Frolicon 2017. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/171---two-mds-and-a-microph.html

Where individuality is valued. Where education is free-flowing. Where fun is abundant. We're mixing it up and we invite you to do the same. What is mixology? Mixology is our theme for this year because we are the place where all facets of our community come together and generate something more than their individual pieces. We are a meeting place, a connection, a mingling spot. We are a place of joy, learning, creation, love, and compassion. We give you a place to forge and strengthen the community: at home, in the region, and across the nation. We are GLBTQ, allies, alternative relations, and people pursuing free expression of our identities. Register and experience Mixology. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/special-edition-southeast.html

This week Woody takes the KinkyCast microphone on the road to Frolicon. He brings back a short sample of the treasures he found and promises to make full episodes of some of the great topics he found. We have already started recording shown from the vast array of presents and we will bring you some very interesting subjects in the next few months. Enjoy. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/170---woody-at-frolicon.html

This week Woody & the Beast chat with, Maggie LaFae. Maggie began identifying as bisexual at the age of 12 - over 50 years ago. Join us as we explore what it was like for her coming into an awareness of the various aspects of her lifestyle, ranging from kinky sex in her teens to 24/7 D/s relationships in her 40s and 50s and her reentry into the scene at age 62. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/169---maggie-le-fae---kinky.html

Alpha's Bella is a mother of five from southern New Brunswick, Canada. She has been married to her school sweetheart for over 20-years, is a published author and oh, yes, she is a suburban kinkster submissive who lives a BDSM life. Sex and sensibility can indeed coexist and do for this over forty woman. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/168---alphas-bella---kink-.html

This week join the Beast as he chats with Fetlife’s Trixie95. She shares her journey into polyamory and how it reshaped herself and her kink journey. Here is Trixie’s view : "I am non-monogamous. I am not a swinger. I don't think its realistic that one person can meet all my needs or that I can meet all one person's needs. However, as I mention above I'm in a committed relationship with my Sir. He comes first. This writing sums up my feelings on non-monogamy.” http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/167---trixie-on-poly-relati.html

This week Woody chats with Sir Jag, a show producer in Idaho. Freaks n’ Fetish Balls are on fire and blazing hot three times a year! This great show is coming April 14, 2017 as the Resurrection Ball at The Knitting Factory in Boise Idaho. Fire Power Passion: The world’s only fetish fire spectacular! A riveting performance of fire, dance, sound, lights and video set to the best of rock with a special tribute to Queen! This performance will leave you mesmerized by its bold, intense visual and primitive sensuality. Driven by the Divinity Rose and the Damnation SirJag as they manipulate flame to dance and bite across the vulnerable bodies of Boise’s sexiest fire models! http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/166---sir-jag---fire-power.html

This week Woody & the Beast chat with, Jeff Mach a renowned playwright and musician. He pioneered The Steampunk World’s Fair, the world's largest Steampunk event; Dark Side Of The Con, America's only Gothic/Dark Alternative convention; The Geeky Kink Event; and Glimmerdark Misfit Faerie Festival. Jeff lives in Hackensack, New Jersey with his husband, chip. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/165---jeff-mach---producing.html

This week Woody chats with Dr. Brad Sagarin, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology at North Illinois University. Dr. Brad is a researcher in the BDSM lifestyle and is offering his newest paper on “The Culture of Affirmative Consent.” While some critics of BDSM associate it with sexual aggression, and particularly violence against women, the subculture has had long-standing norms of affirmative consent, the researchers said. Their study found BDSM practitioners also report lower levels of rape-supportive beliefs than individuals surveyed from outside the subculture. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/164---dr-brad-sagarin-on.html

Endorphin Soup for the Unconventional Soul: Creating Body Rituals Stressing the body is often done to indelibly print the significance of a ritual. From Kavadi to the Sundance to firewalking, these practices show sacrifice and can be used to achieve transcendence. Discover a bit of the history of body stress rituals and explore how various body modifications and stresses can be used to recreate useful rituals in our lives. Kavadi style flesh hook ritual and a modern blood ritual in this class Elegant began her leather journey in Dallas, Texas in 1997 and has been an active part of the Atlanta community since moving in 2001. She does not like being identified with a single label, as her identity is a blending of her life. She is slave to Master Archer, mother to two teens, PTA volunteer, leather crafter, bootblack, and co-owner of Fantasies In Leather and TLC Leather Care. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/163---archer--elegant--.html

162 - Rain DeGrey - Bondage Star - Producer - Educator This week Woody & the Beast, chat with Rain DeGrey an international educator, writer, presenter and performer that has been writing articles and teaching classes, focusing on kink and sex education, since 2009. After getting her start as a fetish model and Pro Domme, she was motivated to branch out into education, something she is extremely passionate about. Demystifying sexuality and presenting in a clear and humorous way are trademarks of her teaching style and she believes strongly in making sex education fun.She has taught on a wide variety of topics at Harvard University, Northwestern University, Kink.com, The Citadel, Pure Pleasures, Stormy Leather, Folsom Fringe, The Looking Glass, KinkAcadamy, PassionateU, Mission Control and Bounden in Germany. Her work has been featured in such places as Playboy TV’s “69 sexiest things to do before you die,” Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, The SF Fetish Ball, Exotic Erotic, Rope::Burn, Kink-e-zine and Femina Potens. Rain DeGrey spends her time teaching classes, writing articles, her online advice column, and providing one on one coaching to select clients. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/162---rain-degrey---bondage.html

This week Woody & the Beast chat with Shakir Rahsaan, the author and his kinkier side, Pharaoh. Pharaoh Khaf-Ra is a lifestyle Master with over twenty years of experience in the real-time BDSM/Fetish community. He has facilitated webinars and classes at various conventions and conferences on D/s dynamics and other topics. He is one half of a Dominant Couple-led House, the House of Kemi-nesew, married to Empress Nahara, a founding sister of the Onyx Pearls Southeast. Pharaoh, as Shakir, is an accomplished, published author, writing under the pen name of Shakir Rahsaan, with over a dozen credits to his catalog. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/161---shakir-rahsaan--.html

This week the Beast chats with CumSlut4Abuse. She jumped into the world of kink with both feet. Several times a week she does free cam sessions with her ever expanding fan base. She shares her journey and search for self, identity and happiness. https://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/160---cumslut4abuse-this.html

Woody speaks with Pam, one of the creators of Frolicon. Frolicon is the unique juxtaposition of the geek and kink worlds celebrated in glorious fashion in the heart of downtown Atlanta. Each Spring we celebrate our unique sense of fun and frivolity with 2000 of our closest friends. What’s your poison? We’ve got it all. Kink. Gaming. Burlesque. Music. Costuming. Parties. Lots and lots of parties. Frolicon prides ourselves on providing a safe and comfortable place where you can be you. With tracks of programming with focuses on LGBTQIA, erotica and sci-fi/fantasy authors, photography, dance, polyamory, psychology, and so much more we are positive that you’ll find your happy place and maybe discover a few new ones. See you on April 13 to 16, 2017!!! http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/special-edition---frolicon.html

This week Woody chats with old friends about the upcoming Georgia Dark Ages Festival. Dates: March 24 - 26, 2017! The Georgia Dark Ages Festival is a 21 and up adults only Renaissance Festival! Located in a private, pansexual, kink, and nudist friendly campground. There will be camping available (cabins, RVs and tents) with well appointed bathrooms, showers, and many other amenities on the premises. You will find vendors, demos, contests, and lots of day and nighttime debauchery. All lifestyles are welcome…Leather, Gorean, ponies, firebugs, burners, kinksters, rope tops, rope bunnies, furries, pro's, and everyone else in between! http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/159---georgia-dark-ages.html

This week Woody & the Beast welcome Dr. Patty Evans, a therapist who is Kink Aware and recognizes that BDSM, Polyamory, Swinging and other alternative sexual and lifestyle practices are part of the normal sexual spectrum, and is able to distinguish healthy sexual play from non-consensual abuse. Kink Aware Therapists (KAT) have additional post graduate training about alternative sexual expression via, books, articles, continuing education, seminars, websites, etc. KATs are aware what constitutes safe and unsafe play (acknowledging of course that different people have different standards for that). KATs are aware of the roles and role expectations of those who participate in alternative sexual expression lifestyles. Patsy Evans has been an active advocate and Kink Aware Professional for the alternative lifestyle communities for more than a decade. She is also a public speaker and activist for the sexual positive culture and freedom movement. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/158---dr-patty-evans--.html

This week Woody & the Beast welcome, Laura LeMoon, a sex work advocate in the Seattle area. Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s studies at Mills College in California and began her career in research authoring a pilot study on violence in the lives of Sex Workers of all genders at a nonprofit peer-based medical clinic for Sex Workers in San Francisco. Laura has worked as an ethnographer for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance run nationally via the Centers for Disease Control, which is focused around HIV and high risk populations. Currently she is working as a Disease Research & Intervention Specialist on the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS), which this year focuses on HIV risk and women who exchange sex. She is also the co-founder of a Sex Workers’ collective in Seattle that works to provide harm reduction services to street-based Sex Workers on one of Seattle’s last remaining “strolls.” http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/157---laura-lemoon---sex.html

*Mentor Series* So, you have read Fifty Shades, maybe you have read BDSM 101, now what? The jump from reading to reality is often seen as one of the hardest things you might do. After all, fantasies are in your head and no one else has to see them… unless you want to throw the doors open to your darkest thoughts! OK, come on it’s not nearly that dramatic. Put on you street clothes and go to a munch. You will meet ‘normal’ people that have common interests as you. Some will be experienced and some will be there for the first time, like you. Join us as we welcome back D20 Domme and Lucky Puppy as they take us through a step-by-step process to get your kink on! http://kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/156---d20domme--lucky-puppy.html

So you think your Poly? Maybe you have had a couple poly experiences and now you want to refine who you and your partners are to you and the other members of your polycule. Join Woody as he speaks with Sarah Olivia, a well known educator and practitioner of the poly lifestyle. This show is the first of our ‘Mentor Series’, created for kinksters looking to know more about one of the building blocks of lifestyle. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/155---january-20-2017--.html

Mr. Michael shares what to expect when visiting a kink club like Louisville, Kentucky's ReMiX events put on by the LouisvilleMunch. A long time supporter of the community Mr. Michael gives listeners a tutorial on how to get along at a play and have a great adventure. Commonsense etiquette goes a long ways at ReMiX. Listen to his tips on getting along in a play space… any play space. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/154---january-13-2017---mr.html

Happy New Year! What’s new on the web? Dive into the KinkyJungle.com! This week Woody & the Beast chat with the creator of a kinky social media web site. Think of it as Facebook for kinksters. Create a profile and cruise the hood for new buds and events. This is a worldwide site with localization for the various geography. https://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2017-archive/153---kinkyjungle---january.html

It’s been an interesting year. A lot of us have worked hard to make sure we and our friends fit safely into society. Well, it’s a new day and the group of correspondents ring in on what they think about what is going on around us. Warning: This episode is politically charged and may offend some people. Keep in mind we all have our own opinions of what has taken place and as we individually predict will happen to kink and LGBT rights. Nothing heard in the next hour and a quarter in new information, it has been seen on TV from the far left to the far right. We are discussing what we have heard, fact-checked the info and given our opinion. Since we still have a first amendment, we speak our mind. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2016-archive---episodes-101/152---december-30-2016--.html

This week Woody & the Beast chat with Susan Wright, on the topic of our kinky freedoms in the upcoming political climate. Susan founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and currently serves as spokesperson. Susan has presented over a hundred seminars for professional organizations, Universities and community groups on discrimination against kinky people, BDSM vs. Abuse, and the media influence on the persecution of alternative sexuality. Susan has also conducted several surveys documenting discrimination and violence against BDSM practitioners as well as consent practices and attitudes. She directed the successful DSM-5 Revision Project that helped convince the American Psychiatric Association to depathologize consensual BDSM behaviors in 2013, and she coordinated the SM Policy Reform Project for the National Organization for Women (NOW) which resulted in rescinding their anti-SM policy at their national conference in 1999. (www.ncsfreedom.org) Susan is a USA Today Bestselling author who began her writing career in 1993, and has published more than 30 novels and nonfiction books on art and popular culture with Pocket Books, Penguin Group, St. Martin’s Press and Kensington. (www.susanwright.info) http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2016-archive---episodes-101/151---december-23-2016--.html

This week Woody and Leigh dive into the deep end and welcome Sarah Avraham, an attorney from Atlanta. Sarah is a lifestyle attorney and is on the NCSF list of Kinky Aware Professionals. Poly families often form with little regard to potential legal problems the future may bring. Sarah covers a wide swath of issues that face all couples, triads and more. Take notes, there are a lot of gems in this show that could keep you out of trouble. Also known as Attorney Lady Steele, she is a wealth of knowledge. http://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2016-archive---episodes-101/150---december-16-2016--.html

General talk about many subjects to start the discussion. Hosts Woody & the Beast wander the path of Kinky and BDSM. https://www.kinkycast.com/archive/2014-archive/1---february-3-2014---intro.html