About this episode
Do you suffering from Witzelsucht (an obsession with groan-worthy puns and jokes)? Preschool teacher Mosa Maxwell-Smith tingles with glee when people roll their eyes at her puns, wondering how she might extend that thrill to the bedroom. Driven by loneliness, she bravely attends a live /Augmented reality sex party and meets Van, a thoughtful, compassionate person who helps her explore new territory: flogging, their shared organizational kink, paronomasia-related memes and Mosa's burgeoning boundaries. #SelfCareIsSoxy #VirtualWorld #Kinkshamed #Brattiness #BestFriendsDay Song: 'Fever Dream' (mxmtoon) About the Storyteller: When Mosa Maxwell-Smith first discovered storytelling she craved it so much that she started hosting story parties with friends in her living room. That was 2011, before the Moth was even in the Bay Area. She is elated by the explosion of storytelling as an art form and connector of humans over the last decade, and has been privileged to perform regularly at a variety of venues, including Story Slam Oakland, the Mill Valley Library, and (always a favorite) Bawdy. She also tells stories on a daily basis in her role as a preschool teacher (though the content is usually slightly different and the audiences smaller). Mosa is a devotee of connection and serendipity and is grateful to Dixie De La Tour for bringing more of both to her life through the gift of Bawdy. She is always delighted to be out past bedtime on a school night, telling stories to someone other than her cats. Episode links: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pun: The pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of wordplay that involves exploiting the ambiguous meanings of words, typically of homophonic (similar sounding), homographic (identically spelled), metonymic (same meaning) or otherwise figurative nature, for humorous or rhetorical effect. Are you interested in helping me build a Bawdy Book Club? If so, Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com Here are the books I talked about in this episode: • Bittersweet: How sorry and longing make us whole - Susan Cain https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience - Brené Brown https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/ Uberlube: Uberlube is a luxurious, high-grade silicone lubricant made from clean, body-friendly ingredients; it's just silicone with a little Vitamin E. 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Wanna watch the stories live and in person in San Francisco, or on the Livestream? Get tickets to Bawdy's 'Y'all Means All' now at https://bit.ly/BawdyYallMeansAllSF EARLY BIRD ends this week! My Storytelling Workshop 'How to be Fascinating: Dixie's Secret System for Brilliant Storytelling' is close to selling out. Why are Bawdy's Stories so very different? Because I have a System, and it makes it easy to get to the heart of your story. The next workshop starts on Wednesday, July 13th, with added weekly office hours, all-you-can-eat custom story coaching & Q&A's, and a final storytelling performance for you and your friends. Remember, this class is a prerequisite for my upcoming Sex and Story and Advanced Storytelling workshops coming out later this year - and Early Bird Pricing ends SOON. Register for 'How to be Fascinating: Dixie's Secret System for Brilliant Storytelling' at https://bit.ly/HowtobeFascinatingWeds Private Coaching: Storytelling for Self-Discovery can help you find, create and polish your own stories (this is my one-on-one private coaching option, and my last client said 'OMG, you just saved me 2 years of therapy, Dixie!' Why? Because together, we do the work and find what that story is really about for you) Do you want learn to tell a compelling, relatable personal true story? I can help you dig deep, gain understanding and communicate with clarity. Writing a memoir, creating a podcast, or want to learn brand storytelling for your business or another story-related endeavor? Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com and let's make a plan. Patreon: I produce a weekly podcast and monthly live shows and livestreams, and it's all because of our Patreon community. 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There's also our (scented or unscented) creamy Bawdy Butter, Hair & Bawdy Oil, & more. Bawdy Got Me Laid Merchandise means you can deliver your own great smelling Motorboats while supporting Dixie and Bawdy. Get yours today at https://bawdystorytelling.com/merchandise Check out our Bawdy Storytelling Fiends and Fans group on Facebook - it's a place to discuss the podcast's stories with the storytellers, share thoughts with your fellow listeners, & help Dixie make the podcast even better. Just answer 3 simple questions and you're IN! https://www.facebook.com/groups/360169851578316/ Thank you to the Team that makes this podcast possible! Team Bawdy is: Podcast Producer: Roman Den houdijker Sound Engineer: David Grosof Archivist / Video: Joe Moore Bawdy Livestream pre-show video by Donal Mooney Live-streaming by Rubeun Tan Storytelling support by Mosa Maxwell-Smith (!!!) & Bawdy Creator & Podcast Host Dixie De La Tour & Thank you to Pleasure Podcasts. 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