Thirst Aid Kit

Introducing: This Is Good For You from Nichole Perkins

Nichole Perkins has a new podcast, and we’re bringing you Episode One, “Riding Is Good for You,” so you can check it out. Search for “This Is Good For You” in your podcast player or go to thisisgoodpod.com [https://www.thisisgoodpod.com] to subscribe to the show and keep up with the new episodes! There are also new pins and stickers for Thirst Aid Kit and This Is Good For You! You can pick that up here [http://thisisgoodpood.com/merch]! **** There are very few aspects of sex that people across the Internet can agree on, but the opinion that riding *eggplant emoji* or “plas-dick” can be exhausting gets a universal head nod in agreement. So how can we maximize the experience for everyone involved? And how did pleasure expert Tyomi Morgan create a tight-knit community around that pursuit? Indulgence Nichole recommends soothing murder mysteries: Murder, She Wrote [https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/murder-she-wrote], Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries [https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries], and Death in Paradise [https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/death-in-paradise]. Guest Tyomi Morgan is a certified sexologist and pleasure coach based in Chicago, and is the founder of [https://t.co/2mzvLHHe53?amp=1]Glamerotica 101 [http://glamerotica101.com]. Find her on twitter [https://twitter.com/glamazontyomi], watch her sex ED videos [https://www.youtube.com/Glamerotica101], and join the Cowgirl Workout [https://members.thecowgirlworkout.com/] community! Find Us Online - Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod [https://twitter.com/thisisgoodpod] - Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod [https://www.instagram.com/thisisgoodpod/] - Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch [http://thisisgoodpod.com/merch] - Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon [http://thisisgoodpod.com/merch] - Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman [https://twitter.com/tnwhiskeywoman] - Multitude: @MultitudeShows [https://twitter.com/MultitudeShows] - Email: thisisgoodpod@gmail.com [thisisgoodpod@gmail.com] Production - Producer: Eric Silver [https://twitter.com/el_silvero] - Editor: Brandon Grugle [https://twitter.com/BrandonGrugle] - Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin [https://twitter.com/shessomickey] and Nichole Perkins [http://twitter.com/tnwhiskeywoman] - Theme Music: Donwill [https://www.donwill.me/] - Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd [http://jessicaeboyd.com] About The Show Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Good Night, and Good Thirst

And… SCENE. We came, we ushered in a glorious age of elucidating female desire, coined a few salient expressions of desire, and poof! like magic, we were gone. That’s right, we did it, folks: we wrapped up Thirst Aid Kit as a weekly podcast. We thank you for your ears, your enthusiasm, your tweets, your drabbles, your Tumblr Asks, your marriage proposals (1) and your gifs. This final episode is a song of gratitude and pride. Two Black women talking about female desire, race, and culture week in, week out? Yeah, we did THAT. What a glorious few years. But please do not despair. This is just a perfect example of one door closing in a mansion full of other doors and windows. The weekly podcast is ending, but we remain. Keep an eye on our Twitter and Tumblr for updates on what we’re up to and where. This isn’t the end, but we will miss you. Stay thirsty; the world needs it. ♥️ In our Plus segment, we share just a few of the Thirst Objects we weren’t able to get to during the run of the show: Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Aldis Hodge, Avan Jogia, and Rob Delaney. We couldn’t give them full episodes but here are some quick tasty morsels to hint at what might have been. We’re on Twitter @ThirstAidKit. Our music is by Tanya Morgan. You’ll find show notes and more on our Tumblr at thirstaidkitpodcast.tumblr.com. You can contact us via email at thirstaidkit@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A Bottle of Matthew Rhys-ling

Matthew Rhys’ energy is complex and layered, like a roasted pepper: there’s spice, there’s heat, and there’s smoke. In Rhys, there is a balance of all our favorite things — superb eye and face acting, characters that know how to yearn, tightly coiled power in a stern shell, and talent as deep as a Welsh valley. We talk about his career-defining work as a weary spy on The Americans, his turn as an older Mr Darcy in Death Comes To Pemberley, his laughter on The Wine Show and Archer, and so much more besides. Top notes of Château Rhys are: intense knowingness and barely banked passion. Pour us a glass, and leave the bottle. On this week’s Slate Plus, Nichole makes Bim break down something that has escaped her all these years: the appeal of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Pride and Prejudice itself. Bim, despite being shocked to her marrow, obliges. Our music is by Tanya Morgan. You can find show notes, and more on our Tumblr at thirstaidkitpodcast.tumblr.com [http://thirstaidkitpodcast.tumblr.com]. You can also send us your drabbles by emailing thirstaidkit@slate.com [thirstaidkit@slate.com]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Sweet Thirst of Sweet Magnolias

Thirst is a broad church—did you know that? Which is why we can cackle like dirty aunties at filthy innuendos but also relish the pure PG-13 sweetness of a show like Sweet Magnolias. *Stefon from SNL voice* This show has everything: the long term female friendship of Helen, Maddie, and Dana Sue PLUS smouldering looks between exes; the exploration of something new after a drought; on-off entanglements that cancel out good judgment; all wrapped in a SFW picnic basket of subtle, Southern thirst-language and behaviour. We break down what the show gets right, and why we are craving it so much in 2020. Our Plus segment brings back “Explain Yourself” with special guest (and former TAK producer) TK Dutes. TK breaks down her love for Sampha and Niecy Nash, but she didn’t have to do much to convince us to feel the same way. As usual, you can follow us on Twitter @ThirstAidKit. Our music is by Tanya Morgan. You can find show notes, and more on our Tumblr at thirstaidkitpodcast.tumblr.com. Don’t forget to send us your drabbles by emailing thirstaidkit@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Naughty Bob Ross (feat. Marc Rebillet)

Okay. You might be saying “who?” but trust us. Marc Rebillet’s rising star is one to watch. Using a loop machine, a keyboard, and a strong WiFi connection, Marc live-streams his way across platforms and into that delightful intersection where humor, undeniable talent, and thirst meet. He improvises songs based on suggestions from his audience which means sometimes he sings about processing grief and sometimes he sings about buttholes. We love a man with range. In our Plus segment, we try to break down the lure of musicians. Why do we love guitar players and drummers so much? Why does Nichole want you to give those who play brass instruments a chance? What is it about drummers’ forearms that Bim wants you to know? Become a Slate Plus member and find out! As usual, you can follow us on Twitter @ThirstAidKit. Our music is by Tanya Morgan. You can find show notes, and more on our Tumblr at thirstaidkitpodcast.tumblr.com. Don’t forget to send us your drabbles by emailing thirstaidkit@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]