Junzi

JUNZI #016 Everyone is a Freak: On Kinky Desires, Consent, and Processing Trauma through BDSM

This episode is all about our relationship to kink and BDSM. We begin by sharing what we think we know about each other’s kinks and BDSM practices, which leads us into a

JUNZI #015 Disability Justice, The Woke Left, and Clown School: On The Western Massachusetts COVID-Conscious Lesbian Bar Drama

In this episode, we dissect the story published in the Boston Globe about a COVID-conscious lesbian bar in Western Massachusetts (Last Ditch) that lifted its mask mandate

JUNZI #014 Gossiping Toward Connection: On Conflict, Community, and Opposing Cancel Culture

In this episode, we’re talking all about gossip: the damage it can cause, its social utility for establishing personal and collective values, a way of openly sharing info

Responding to Your Comments Bonus Episode (Vol. 2) [Free Intro]

This is our second comments and reactions bonus episode, covering your comments on the agreements, Relateful Immersion, making requests, and having kids episodes. A previ

JUNZI #013 The Lindsay Clancy Case: Insanity, Filicide, and Community Care

Recently, Lindsay Clancy was on trial for killing her three children during an episode of postpartum psychosis. The case has gotten an enormous amount of attention from p

JUNZI #012: Brain Play: On Violent Fantasies, Moral Shadow, and The Drama

In this episode, we talk about the new film The Drama and the can of worms it opened for us: violent fantasies, school shootings, and what happens when someone you love c

JUNZI #011 The Time Juno Got Benzi Cancelled: Identitarianism and the Unmaking of a Community

In this episode, we tell the real story behind one of the most painful chapters of our relationship: years-long emotional conflict, identity politics gone extreme, and th

JUNZI #010: Intersectionally Offensive: On the Fear of Being Misunderstood Online

In this episode, we talk about the fear of putting our real opinions out into the world, sparked by an essay Juno published on her experience with sex work and the backla

JUNZI #009: The Vessel and the Experiencer: On Having (and Not Having) Children

In this episode, we dig into the emotional, philosophical, and practical sides of having children, a topic Juno brings in after a conversation about it came up during a c

JUNZI 008: Asking for What We Want: On Expressing Needs, Hearing Demands, and the Role of Childhood Trauma

In this episode, we dig into our relationship to making and receiving requests. The topic is inspired by Juno’s frustration with people who happily offer to do things for

Junzi 007: No One Is the Scary Monster: Processing the Relateful Immersion

We recorded this the morning after a three-day Relateful Immersion in Tucson. We start by describing what Relateful is (a verbal relational mindfulness practice) and how

Responding to Your Comments Bonus Episode (Vol. 1, Part 1) [Free Intro]

This is our first comments and reactions bonus episode (covering the first three episodes of the podcast).The first 40 minutes are free to everyone, but the full 3-hour e

Junzi 006: The Human Fallibility in Making and Breaking Agreements

In this episode, we talk about our views on agreements within relationships. We start by describing the way our past involvement with relationship anarchy community influ

Junzi 005: Kill the Queer Cop in Your Head: Our Take on the Queer Collective Podcast and the Backlash They’ve Received

In this episode, we dig into the online controversy surrounding the Queer Collective Podcast and its hosts, Emily and Karbon, who are currently facing accusations of lesb

Junzi 004: What Do You Mean You're Not Vegan?: Navigating Differing Ethics and the Nature of Reality

In this episode, we tackle the massive topic of our relationship to other species, animal justice, and the heavy realities of using and eating animals as food. We also di

Junzi 003: Voice Memo Gate: The Fraught Online Discourse about Gender and Sexual Ethics

In this episode, we break down the TikTok discourse about “voice memo guy,” and the way it reveals dangerous cultural attitudes about men, sexual communication, dating, c

Junzi 002: Relationship Anarchy, Intentional Community, and Anti-Monogamy

In this episode, we talk about relationship anarchy (RA) theory and practice, our history with becoming part of an RA community in Southeast Michigan, non-hierarchical re

Junzi 001: It’s Not Just a Podcast, It’s A Relationship

In the first episode of Junzi, we briefly introduce the concept of relational ontology, and begin talking about how this podcast came to be and the fraught history of our

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