Podcasts by Pleasure Lab
Amy Butcher and Zed Sinclair of Body Trust in conversation about all things related to the erotic, embodiment, tantra, and pleasure. Kind of like the Cartalk of the erotic.
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Portals of Pleasure Preview from 2019-06-12T07:30
It's time for Portals of Pleasure, Body Trust's annual deep-dive erotic residential retreat in New Mexico. Are you feeling the call this year? Find out more as Alex, Lizz, Zed, and Amy talk abou...
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Intimacy through the Wonder Body from 2019-05-12T07:00
Alex and Amy reflect on what they've learned from this experience of creating the Wonder Body coloring book, and specifically from the "4th chapter". Could it be that all these senses are really...
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Wonder Body and Winter: light, temperature, and pain from 2019-04-12T18:20:53
In this episode of Season 3, Alex interviews Amy about her "hunting winter" adventure, and specifically about the sensory pleasures of light, pain, and temperature to be found in these colder cl...
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The Little Engine that Could: Vitality, erotic, the Second Chakra, and the Wonder Body from 2019-03-12T07:05
Print out the coloring page for yourself and show us how it turns out. http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploa...
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Vestibular pleasure and the Wonder Body: how balance, equilibrium, orientation turn us on! from 2019-02-12T08:00
Want to experiment with these on your own? Try going to a playground (feel free to take a kid or a dog as an escort). Or roll on a ball, jump in water, balance on one foot, or even do sun saluta...
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The Pleasure Lab: Paris edition from 2019-01-12T08:00
Make sure to check our blog post for the accompanying photos.
The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the comm...
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Root Chakra and the Wonder Body: the deep potential at the bottom of it all from 2018-12-12T08:00
Share one of your colored "root" pages with us (download PDF). What do you see? We'd love to see through your eyes....
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Sense of Sight and the Wonder Body: the bully sense, soothing colors, and live action coloring! from 2018-11-12T08:00
In this episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex explore the sense of sight, one of the big 5. In a departure, they try and color the "sight" page while conversing about the sense (see if they can actu...
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Wonder Body and the 3rd Chakra: The Solar Plexus that asks "Can I be me?" paired with the power of connection from 2018-10-12T07:00
Season 3 of the Pleasure Lab podcast: The 3rd Chakra
In this fourth full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the 3rd Chakra (the Solar Plexus). This is the potency center, where ...
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Wonder Body and the Sense of Taste: one of the big 5 senses, super-tasters, and the pleasure of going subtle from 2018-09-12T07:00
In this third full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the sense of Taste. One of the big 5 sense, we often take this one for granted. But what is taste and what are the 5 types we can ...
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Wonder Body and the Sense of Proprioception, or How to Find Your Nose from 2018-08-12T07:30
In this second full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the sense of Proprioception. How do you know where your body is in space, in relation to the ground, to your nose. They discuss t...
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Wonder Body Origin Story, or how a quest for mind-blowing sex became a coloring book from 2018-07-12T07:00
Season 3 of the Pleasure Lab podcast: The origin story In this first full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the Wonder Body coloring book. They explore how it came into being (hint: i...
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Season 3 preview: the Wonder Body adventure! from 2018-06-12T07:00
While Season 1 was Zed and Amy in wacky conversation, and Season 2was interviews with leaders and innovators in the field of embodiment, Season 3 Listen
Trauma Informed, Anti-Oppressive Sacred Sexuality: Interview with Dr. Liam “Captain” Snowdon from 2018-05-12T07:00
dr. liam “captain" snowdon - captain lives uninvited on the territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ peoples on Vancouver Island. Their background is in social justice, harm reduction, street outre...
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Dancing Your Arousal: Joseph Kramer on Porn Yoga, Masturbation, and Feeling Your Body from 2018-04-12T07:00
Thanks to Joseph Kramer for spending time talking about his work!
Here are a lot of places you can find more:
Pleasure First: Jaiya on Systems of Arousal, Erotic Breakthroughs, and Inarguable Truths from 2018-03-12T07:00
Jaiya is a somatic sexology expert, working with people in various forms for over twenty years. She has created a unique system for one's "erotic blueprint," which can help explain different nee...
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The Hunt for Buried Pleasure: Genital Anatomy, Birth, Sex, and more with Sheri Winston from 2018-02-12T08:00
Check out more of Sheri Winston's work at Intimate Arts Center, and pick up one of her books at your local independent bookstore (or, if you must, o...
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Scholarship, balance, and the oddballs of sex: Roz Dischiavo in conversation with Zed, Season 2, episode 9 from 2018-01-12T08:00
Thank you, Roz Dischiavo! Check out her work at the Institute of Sexuality and Enlightenment.
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The winter solstice brings Body Trust's December pause, Pleasure Lab Podcast Season 2 Episode 8 from 2017-12-12T08:00
Zed and Amy take note of December's Winter Solstice and describe why Body Trust is taking the month off. Our shortest podcast ever (00:02:12)!
See you in January. :)
Music: Gratefu...
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Re-Storying and Restoring: Writing through Trauma; Amy Butcher Interviews Jen Cross, Pleasure Lab Podcast Season 2 Episode 7 from 2017-11-13T02:08:02
Amy talks with writer, performer, and educator Jen Cross about her new book and how writing is an embodied practice available to all of us, not just to heal trauma but also to celebrate our pass...
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"How to love the shit!" Sacred Intimacy and Tantra with Mark Fleming&Jay Craver (and Alex Jade) - Pleasure Lab season 2 episode 6 from 2017-10-14T03:22:05
Thank you, Mark Fleming and Jay Craver!
Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mi...
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Be Both Experimentor and Experiment: Interview with Mark Michaels&Patricia Johnson on Tantra and Embodiment – Season 2 Episode 5 from 2017-09-12T07:00
Thanks to Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson! Follow their work at tantrapm.com
We especially recommend their book Tantra...
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"How do you want me to touch you?" An Interview with Betty Martin — Pleasure Lab season 2 episode 4 from 2017-08-14T18:00:08
Episode 3 of season 3 includes an interview between Betty Martin and Zed Meade.
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Amy&Zed on expansion, resilience, and power — Pleasure Lab season 2 episode 3 from 2017-07-14T03:48:21
Show notes:
Episode 3 of season 2 includes an interview between Amy Butcher and Zed Meade.
Books and inspiration mentioned in this episode are:
Pleasure Lab #31 from 2017-06-12T07:00
Season 2: The Interview Season!
During this season, we'll talk with pioneers in the field of embodiment. In this episode, Amy interviews Marcia Baczynski (starts at 00:01...
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Pleasure Lab #30 from 2017-05-12T07:00
Welcome to the first episode of Season 2: The Interview Season!
During this season, we'll talk with pioneers in the field of embodiment. In this episode, Zed interviews Lucid Dawn (starts...
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Pleasure Lab #29 from 2017-04-12T07:30
Description
- Zed and Amy say goodbye to Season 1 (00:40)
- TT@H: Zed offers a challenge to rest (09:18)
- Alex and Mark celebrate Poetry Month (10:38)
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Pleasure Lab #28 from 2017-03-12T08:00
Description
- Zed and Amy on sprouting and detox (00:40)
- TT@H: Alex on simple acts of engagement (35:22)
- Zed reads Radiant Sutra (36:56)
Mentioned in t...
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Pleasure Lab #27 from 2017-02-12T08:00
What's in this episode?
- Zed and Amy explore Valentine's Day (00:40)
- TT@H: Amy on digestive transit time (31:01)
- Alex out at the playground (32:24)
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Pleasure Lab #26 from 2017-01-12T08:00
Description
- Zed and Amy talk self-care and poetry (00:40)
- TT@H: Lizz on taking control of your hugs (28:43)
- Alex and Amy discuss better living through anal breathi... Listen
Pleasure Lab #25 from 2016-12-12T08:30
Description
- Zed and Amy talk about all kinds of body work (00:40)
- Body Trust team co-working (31:50)
- TT@H: commit to a poem (35:27)
Mentioned in this...
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Pleasure Lab #24 from 2016-11-12T08:00
- Zed and Amy talk stoking the fires in wintertime (00:40)
- Sadness and rain sounds (22:49)
- TT@H: diaphramatic breathing (25:22)
Music: Grateful to Listen
Pleasure Lab #23 from 2016-10-12T07:30
Amy and Zed explore cauldrons of digestion and soups (00:40). In the Whimsey section, Lizz and Amy talk soup, farming, and abundance (24:42). TT@H: Lizz gives us a bromantic cabbage recipe (43:5...
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Pleasure Lab #22 from 2016-09-12T07:30
This episode is all about proprioception.
- Amy and Zed talk fall season, back to school, strap-ons, and strange questions. (00:40)
- Whimsey: Amy and Alex dive deep into the b... Listen
Pleasure Lab #21 from 2016-08-12T07:00
Zed and Amy talk Erotix Journal and putting it in words (00:40)
Whimsey: Amy in conversation with TT Baum (16:05)
TT@H: TT gives us an experiment in penetration (44:55)
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Pleasure Lab #20 from 2016-07-12T07:00
Amy and Zed talk about racism and resilience (00:40)
TT@H: burnishing a portal of pleasure (23:16)
Music: Grateful to Little ...
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Pleasure Lab #19 from 2016-06-12T07:00
Amy and Zed talk about Pride month and claiming your own erotic pride (0:40)
Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Cr...
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Pleasure Lab #18 from 2016-05-12T07:00
Amy and Zed talk May, potency, and BDSM (0:40)
Robert Frost poem "The Road Not Taken" (28:48)
TT@H: merry-go-round sensory stretch (26:07)
Music: Grateful to Listen
Pleasure Lab #17 from 2016-04-12T07:30
Zed and Amy talk about holes, puberty, and springtime (00:40)
April Fool's Outtakes (25:29)
TT@H: planting seedlings with intention (22:02)
The Try This @ Home expe...
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Pleasure Lab #16 from 2016-03-12T08:00
Length: 1:08:00
- Alex and Amy on quickening and online embodiment (00:40)
- Amy and Zed's Book Club (44:22)
- TT@H: Alex on quickening into pleasure (39:37)
Pleasure Lab #15 from 2016-02-12T20:00
Length: 57:36
- Amy and Zed ponder composting and disgusting (00:40)
- Amy reads an excerpt of her short story "Waiting to Pee" (44:22)
- TT@H: Zed on mindfulness (39:37... Listen
Pleasure Lab #14 from 2016-01-12T08:00
Length: 1:11:27
- Conversation with Amy and Alex about winter playtime (00:40)
- Lizz, Zed, Amy and Alex ponder Body Trust's mission (31:20)
- TT@H: Lizz on ways to teat... Listen
amy@bodytrustcircle.com from 2015-12-14T02:58:53
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Pleasure Lab #13 from 2015-12-12T08:00
Amy and Zed ponder "holy days" (0:40)
Three acoustic communities (40:20)
TT@H: Zed with an erotic fast write (37:37)
This is our 13th episode and so we're gathering the data o...
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Pleasure Lab #12 from 2015-11-12T05:00
Amy and Zed talk about about sex positivity (00:40) Alex & Zed on dominance and sadism (41:55) TT@H: Lizz shares circular breath with the planet (37:55)
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Pleasure Lab #11 from 2015-10-12T04:00
Amy and Zed talk about about spirituality (0:40)
Interview with Kari Points re trauma and deep sea creatures (39:46)
TT@H: password experiments (37:35)
Music: Grateful to Listen
Pleasure Lab #10 from 2015-09-12T04:00
Amy and Zed talk about astronomy and flower essences (0:40)
Amy interviews Mel Reiff Hill about The Gender Book (27:03)
TT@H: a two-fer with M'kali Hashiki (25:45)
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Pleasure Lab #09 from 2015-08-12T04:00
Amy and Zed talk about age and eroticism (0:40)
Amy shares an excerpt from "Stilettos" (28:03)
TT@H: plug a hole and do some housework (23:44)
Amy's story is available in th...
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Pleasure Lab #08 from 2015-07-12T04:00
Amy and Zed talk about how to sustain the bliss of erotic connection (0:40)
Zed shares their poem "For the Record" (32:42)
TT@H: erotic superhero names (29:23)
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Pleasure Lab #07 from 2015-06-12T08:27:42
Amy and Zed discuss workshop aftercare and being bright and shiny (0:40)
Amy interviews Dawn about trans* sexuality and binary sacred spaces (23:39)
TT@H: orgasmic prayer (17:44) Listen
Pleasure Lab #06 from 2015-05-12T04:00
Amy and Zed get loopy talking about what to wear to workshops (00:40)
The whole Body Trust team talks portals, pleasure, and sex toys (21:46)
TT@H: celebrate International Masturba...
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Pleasure Lab #05 from 2015-04-12T04:00
Amy and Zed talk Wicked Equinox and Exuberant Animal (00:40)
Interview with M’kali Hashiki (24:23)
TT@H: cross-dressing your undies (22:32)
M’kali Hashiki can be found at
Pleasure Lab #04 from 2015-03-12T04:00
Amy and Zed discuss sourcing desire in the body (0:40)
TT@H: cairn building: truth and dare (23:40)
Person on the street interviews (28:34)
Music: Grateful to Listen
Pleasure Lab #03 from 2015-02-12T05:00
Amy and Zed ponder all kinds of erotic experiments (0:40)
TT@H: masturbation meditation (30:45)
Interview with Lizz Randall opening the floodgates through sex (35:37)
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Pleasure Lab #02 from 2015-01-14T06:45:03
Amy and Zed ponder the difference between 'erotic' and 'sexual' (01:15)
Interview with Alex Jade about embodiment (20:01)
TT@H: anal breathing (35:09)
Music: Grateful to Listen
Pleasure Lab #01 from 2015-01-14T06:34:11
Amy and Zed talk about why you might want to do erotic work in groups (00:40)
Lizz Randall's meditation riff and two poems read by Zed (37:06)
TT@H: intertouch (34:34)
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Pleasure Lab #00 from 2015-01-14T05:56:42
Intro to Amy, Zed, Body Trust, and Pleasure Lab (00:40)
Clitoris Poem (19:31)
TT@H: hands to water (17:03)
Music: Grateful to Listen