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Bonus Karin: Sneakoscope

This is a bonus episode connected to the last full episode, "Karin: Pitying Voldemort." Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I will be taking a hiatus in January, but I will see you again in the New Year!

Karin: Pitying Voldemort

In this episode, Karin talks about incredibly difficult subjects, such as generational and sexual trauma, and yet is able to talk eloquently and with surprising empathy and groundedness. Content Warning for talk about self harm and emotional, physical, religious, and sexual abuse, as well as rape. Also talk about genital disease and damage, and a mention of BDSM. I also recognize that hearing two trans folk talk about Harry Potter may be difficult for some. Spoilers for Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Harry Potter, and A Very Potter Musical. References: Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, anime show by Yasuhiro Irie "Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living, and above all those who live without love." Dumbledore from Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows "And you think that killing people will make them like you, but it doesn't! It just just makes them dead." Voldemort to Quirrel in A Very Potter Musical, by Starkid James Dobson: Conservative Evangelical leader who wrote books, did radio, other forms of media about traditional views on sexuality, gender roles, family, and discipline. Acroynyms/Definitions: BPD: Borderline Personality Disorder, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/borderline-personality-disorder OCPD: Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder Cluster B: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/cluster-b Responding to internal stimuli: When someone is not responding to the world or people around them, but to what is internal, sometimes to hallucinations Miracle Question: psychological tool where a client is asked to imagine what their world would look like if their problems were solved.

Erik: Embracing Change

In this episode, Erik talks about exercise, aging, his complicated relationship with masculinity, as well as his strong belief in growth and change. Content Warnings for talk about bullying. This episode was recorded October 14, 2023. No episode will release on Thanksgiving. Next episode will be released December 7, 2023. References: White Fragility, book by by Robin DiAngelo "There’s something curious about professors in my experience... typically, they live in their heads... They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads." - Ken Robinson, speech "Do Schools Kill Creativity" Younger Next Year, book by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge

Sonic/Bryan: Trail Magic

Sonic talks about hiking the Appalachian Trail, caring for himself and his community, and learning to stop caring about how other people perceive him. This episode was originally recorded on September 30, 2023. Next episode will be released November 9, 2023.

Miche: A New Journey

In this episode, Miche talks about her intersecting identities as a Jewish and Christian Asian transwoman, as well as how she has learned to work with her emotions and difficult upbringing. This episode was originally recorded on August 31, 2023. Next episode will be released October 26, 2023. Content Warnings for talk about bottom surgery, sexual abuse, incest, physical abuse, mental health, emotional abuse, extreme anger, transphobia. In this episode Miche mentions the war in Israel in the late  80s, and I recognize I'm releasing the episode less than a week after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. References: Queer Christian Fellowship: an organization that provides support for queer Christians Study about opinions on trans folk by Evangelical Christians vs mainline Christians - PRRI study America's Growing Support for Transgender Rights, 2019 Circumference of the Earth - Around 250 B.C., Eratosthenes used the formula (360° ÷ θ) x (s) to say that the earth's circumference was 25,000 miles. Today it is accepted that the Earth's circumference is about 24,855 miles. From: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_geodesy/geo02_hist.html Acronyms: DEI: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion CMA church: Christian and Missionary Alliance APA: American Psychological Association WPATH: World Professional Association for Transgender Health