Georgia Podcast Network

Whenever change occurs in my life, something is always lost when something is gained. To prosper, my old beliefs about money must be removed. To heal, my belief in illness needs to be cast aside. To receive love, my feeling of being unloved must disappear. In disappearing the old, I create space for the new.

I know that I was once a child. When I became an adult, I set aside childish things. But I do not need to loose my childlike joy and innocence. I learn from the children how to laugh, how to trust, how to play and how to imagine. I let them remind me that age is only a state of mind.

This episode was recorded May 9, 2009, at Sex 2.0 in Washington, DC. Panel moderator was Audacia Ray; panelists were me, Melissa Gira, and Furry Girl.

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Revisiting Naked on the Internet

My book Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In On Internet Sexploration was published by Seal Press in 2007. This session will include a panel with some of the women I interviewed for the book; we will discuss what has changed and stayed the same in past two years. Questions include: How has the sense of community in online sexual networks changed since 2007? How have new technologies, applications, and websites (like Tumblr and Twitter) shifted the ways we think about sex online? How have shifts in law enforcement like crackdowns on online prostitution, arrests of teens for making child porn, and the obscenity trials of pornographers affected sex online?

• Naked on the Internet by Audacia Ray

Panel

• Joseph Geierman of Dora-Blog
• Catherine Smith of Blog for Democracy
• Grayson Daughters of Mostly Media
• Larry Kosten, former author of "Atlanta Public Affairs."
• James Williams of Drifting Through the Grift

Topics

• Gerogia races for governor in the GOP & Dem. primaries
• Dumb political moves in the age of social media
• The AJC redesign and future of media in Georgia

Recorded May 9, 2009 at Manuel's Tavern

This is a huge episode with three separate interviews packed into a little over 40 minutes, all centered around chickens!

Part one features Barry Peavey, chairman of the Fitzgerald Wild Chicken Festival, and Winfred Tucker, who runs the Chicken House. We discuss the wild chickens which roam the streets of downtown Fitzgerald and the festival created to honor them.

In part two, we interview Stephanie Van Parys, executive director of the Oakhurst Community Garden about the Garden's history and the chickens kept there.

And in the final part we ask the Chicken Whisperer Andy Schneider about the Atlanta Pet Chicken Meet-up and his recent Chicken Stimulus Package event, among other topics.

Something that comes up in all three interviews is the idea of keeping chickens in the back yard, which is something Amber and I have been interested in. Listen in for some different perspectives on why that may or may not be a good idea, and for a lot of other chicken-related information.

When you're done listening to the podcast, be sure to also check out a short video I shot of some of the wild chickens in Fitzgerald.

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Urban Hiking Atlanta held its first hike in January, and already interest is exploding, mainly via word of mouth. Rusty and I talk with Eli Dickerson about the many different benefits to be gained from going on an urban hike - environmental education, discovering parts of Atlanta of which you might have been unaware, meeting new people, and more.

Michael Brunner of Construction Training relays ideas regarding how to produce greater profits, including how to increase your workforce productivity.

The resurrection is not an event that happened to one person thousands of years ago. It is a revelation that death is an illusion and that our rebirth is always assured. In the Easter story, every person in the story represents a part of me. We are all raised up when we recognize the greater Truth of our being.

Panel

• Joseph Geierman of Dora-Blog
• Catherine Smith of Blog for Democracy
• Grayson Daughters of Mostly Media
• Decaturguy of Atlanta Public Affairs and Peach Pundit
• Jason Pye of Jason Pye.com, Georgia Legislative Watch and Peach Pundit

Topics

• The Grocery Tax
• Georgia Power Bill - Bloggers vs. Lobbyists
• Proposed Change in the Ad Valorum Tax
• New Department of Transportation (Georgia Transportation Authority) - Gina Evans / more power to Sonny Perdue
• Prospects for Casey Cagle in Gov. Race
• Senate Bill 169 - restricts stem cell research.
• Video Lottery / Casinos in Atlanta
• 2010 Races for Governor, Lt Gov, Sec of State, etc.
• Atlanta Crime and the Social Media Response

Recorded March 14, 2009 at Manuel's Tavern

There is nothing wrong with sex or sexual desire, as long as it is expressed in a joyful and loving way that harms no one. I am a sexual being, and my sexuality is unique to me. I do not allow anyone to make me feel guilty for what I think or feel. Instead, I am grateful for the gift that my heart expresses through my body.