Sounds Fake But Okay
Episodes
Ep 82: Feminism and Research
12 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Did you know Kayla is in a ~feminism~ class??? This week she talks about her research project about feminism and asexuality ...
Ep 81: Sexuality Quizzes
05 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about quizzes that are supposed to tell you what your sexuality is. They take the Kinsey Scal...
Ep 80: Queer Women In Positions of Power
28 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about what it's like being a queer woman in a position of power. They talk about how bei...
Ep 79: Queerness and Gaming feat. A Friend
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk to the infamous Perry Fiero (aka Piano Fiano) about queerness and gaming. How good is represe...
Ep 78: What Do You Assume?
14 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week we read your assumptions about us and see if they're true! Does Sarah want a QPR? What would our superpowers ...
Ep 77: April Fools' Day
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week, Kayla and Sarah talk about the upcoming holiday - April Fool's Day. The gals talk about all the things you s...
Ep 76: Aces in Space
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah sit down and talk about aces in space. What are the benefits of only sending aces to space? What w...
Ep 75: Unhealthy Queer Relationships feat. Sarah's Sister
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah are joined once again by Sarah's sister Emily! Emily talks about unhealthy and abusive relati...
Ep 74: The Bachelor From an Aro Ace Perspective
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week, the girls talk about their thoughts after watching their first ever episode of The Bachelor. By most perspectives...
Ep 73: The Burden of Explaining Asexuality
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week, Kayla and Sarah talk about the burden of having to explain and define asexuality and aromanticism. Are you obliga...
Ep 72: Passing as Straight
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week, Sarah talks about what it's like passing for someone who is straight. The girls talk all about passing guilt...
Ep 71: Hot Takes
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah rant all about their hot takes - all the way from takes about warm tomatoes and Ellen, to Tony Sta...
Ep 70: Valentine's Day
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! It's almost February 14th and you know what that means - time to get love and romance shoved down our throats! For real...
Ep 69: MicroACEgressions
03 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about what they call microACEgressions - small instances of aphobia that are so ingrained in ...
Ep 68: What to Do Instead of Being Aphobic
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Being aphobic is very stupid - so this week Kayla and Sarah give you a long list of alternative things to do! How fun!Episod...
Ep 67: Advice for Asexuals
20 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! What do you do with your feelings when you get a crush? How do you deal with feeling like you're faking your sexuality?...
Ep 66: Parenting Queer Kids feat. Sarah's MOM
13 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! You read that right! This week our special guest is Sarah's mom!! We talk to Julie about her experience as a mother of ...
Ep 65: New Year's Resolutions
30 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Even though Sarah hates making New Year's Resolutions we're doing it anyway! Today we talk about how we've gr...
Ep 64: Family and Sexuality During the Holidays
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! It's the most wonderful time of the year but in some cases, it's also the most stressful. This week Kayla and Sara...
Ep 63: Finding Your Place in a Community
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk all about identities and communities. In America, everyone is obsessed with "what they a...
Ep 62: Bisexuality feat. A Friend
09 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk with their good friend Erin about life as a bisexual woman. What are the most common misconce...
Ep 61: How to Dress Queer
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about all things clothes and fashion. What does it really mean to dress "sexy"? Wha...
Ep 60: Answering Questions Posed by Songs pt 2
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah take another stab at answering the questions posed by songs. Life on mars? Mary did you know? How ...
Ep 59: Thankful for Asexuality
18 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! It's almost thanksgiving so this week Kayla and Sarah are talking about what we're thankful for! We start out with...
Ep 58: Social Media and Sexuality
11 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about the pros and cons of social media when it comes to coming out, living queerly, and the pote...
Ep 57: Queer Issues in Politics
04 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! With the American midterm elections coming up on Tuesday, Kayla and Sarah about queer issues in politics like legalization o...
Ep 56: Sexy Halloween Costumes
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Happy Halloweekend! This week Kayla and Sarah discuss the sexualization of women's halloween costumes and the line betw...
Ep 55: Smash or Pass, But Ace pt. 2
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week the girls play one of their very favorite games - Befriend or End! It's like Smash or Pass but instead of sma...
Ep 54: Non-Inclusive Groups
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! There's a difference between not excluding people, and including people, and this week we talk about groups that do jus...
Ep 53: Breakups
07 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Sarah has never had a breakup, not even a friend one, so she realized she has no concept of what they're like. This wee...
Ep 52: Astrology
30 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah read about astrology and their zodiac signs! Sarah (as we all know) is aro ace, but her zodia sign...
Ep 51: Being Heteroromantic Asexual feat. A Friend
23 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk to their friend Becca about what it's like to be heteroromantic and asexual!Episode Tran...
Ep 50: Answering Questions Posed by Songs
16 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Just in time for Sounds Fake But Okay's 50th episode - we finally have microphones! Woohoo! Join us and our clear voice...
Ep 49: Being Queer at School Dances
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about what it's like to be queer in high school, specifically at high school dances.Epis...
Ep 48: Romantic Comedies, But Platonic
26 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week the girls take a look at some of the most iconic romantic comedy movies, describe their plots really shittily, and...
Ep 47: Polyamory feat. A Friend
19 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk to their friend Cody about polyamory and polyamorous. They talk about misconceptions, definit...
Ep 46: Smash or Pass, But Ace
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah play Smash or Pass, but ace. Take a listen to hear who we befriend and who we END.Episode Transcri...
Ep 45: Dating as an Asexual Person
05 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah read the story of their listener Rae. Rae is an asexual, non-aro, non-binary person who had a trul...
Ep 44: Women's Viagra and Sexual Desire
29 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about a drug called Addyi that is meant to change women's brain chemistry if they suffer...
Ep 43: Living Up To LGBTQIA+ Stereotypes feat. Sarah's Sister
22 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Sarah's sister Emily, a gay woman, wanted to be on the podcast to talk about gay women who present themselves mor...
Ep 42: Aromantic
15 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! A lot of the time we talk about asexuality on the podcast, so we decided to talk about the other part of Sarah's identi...
Ep 41: Are You Faking Your Sexuality?
08 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Two of our lovely listeners wrote in saying they felt like they were faking their sexuality. We have a difficult discussion ...
Ep 40: An Asexual Experience at Pride
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Last week Sarah went to San Francisco pride and now she's telling us about her experience of being an asexual person at...
Ep 38: Everyone Feels Shitty Sometimes (or, Being Jealous of Non-Ace People)
17 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Sarah expresses the frustration she sometimes feels with her own sexuality, and the girls discuss why this feeling...
Ep 37: Questioning Your Sexuality
10 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about how they each discovered and questioned their sexuality and how they continue to question i...
Ep 36: Sexual Games pt. 3
03 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week we're back at it again playing the app Episodes - but this time, as ace as possible (with our own mega-ace tw...
Ep 35: Male Expectations and Masculinity feat. A Friend
27 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! On today's episode, we talk to our FIRST MALE GUEST! We talk about what it's like growing up in our society as a m...
Ep 34: Asexual People are Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community
20 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah came across a post that excluded ace people from the LGBTQIA+ community. We go over the logic of w...
Ep 33: Dress Codes
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about the modesty poncho that's been making headlines and our feelings on school dress codes...
Ep 32: The Gay Agenda
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today the gals read all about people's conspiracy theories of the gay agenda, and then come up with a gay agenda of our...
Ep 31: Hooking Up and Kissing
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Uhhhhhh we're finally back!!! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about hooking up at parties, why people kiss, and what making ...
Ep 30: Asexual Representation
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah talk about the importance of asexual representation in the media. More importantly, we talk about ...
Ep 29: Catcalls as Compliments
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about how catcalls can get misconstrued as compliments, and the difficulties of living as a woman...
Ep 28: Bridging the Generational Gap feat. A Mom
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk to our friends Mom about her thoughts on the LGBTQIA+ community and answer her questions about as...
Ep 27: Sexual Games pt. 2
04 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! This week Kayla and Sarah find out what happens next in the Episode story "The Bad Boy Stole My Bra!" Get ready fo...
Ep 26: Hate Playing a Sexual Game
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah (and friends Miranda and Sweetpea) hate play the game Episode, a choose your own adventure type game. ...
Ep 25: Sextiquette
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today we talk about Sextiquette: Sex Etiquette! How do you deal with neighbors having loud sex? Where are you even allowed t...
Ep 24: Pluto is Asexual
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah start the episode with a hope, a dream, and not much of a plan. We talk about which ______ is more ase...
Ep 23: Billboard Top 10 from an Ace Perspective
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah look at the lyrics to the Billboard Top 10 songs and rate them by how uncomfy they make us from an ace...
Ep 22: Reacting to Sexualized Media
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today the gals read through and react to the Cosmopolitan and Brother snap stories. We learn all about making a dildo mold, ...
Ep 21: Shipping Real People
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today we talk about what can happen when you ship real people. Is it wrong? Do we all do it? What does it do to those real p...
Ep 20: Porn
14 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today, Kayla and Sarah talk all about porn - the assumptions about it, its place in society, where it goes wrong, and the ne...
Ep 19: Accepting Your Sexuality
07 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! We're finally back from our holiday break! Today, Kayla and Sarah talk about accepting their sexuality and the controve...
Ep 18: Asexual People and Kids
17 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about asexual/LGBTQA+ people and kids. We talk about common misconceptions and what we think is i...
Ep 17: Characters who are Definitely Asexual
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about characters who are definitely probably asexual like Katniss, The Doctor, and Jesus (?).Epis...
Ep 16: Sex Positive Asexuality
03 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
*NOTE: This episode does not reflect our current (2020) views and understanding of sex-favorable/sex-positive asexuality. We have learned and grown a ...
Ep 15: Where Do You Put Your Dick?
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah try to understand dick locations. Where do they go when you're riding a bike? What happens when y...
Ep 14: Virginity
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about how virginity is just not real. In fact, it's fake. Episode transcript: www.soundsfake...
Ep 13: Periods
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about all things periods and uteri - why they suck, and why they're important to talk about....
Ep 12: Mental Health and Relationships feat. A Friend
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla, Sarah, and special guest Janie talk about their own mental health and how it affects their romantic and sexual ...
Ep 11: Sex in Weird Places
22 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about how pregnant sex works and all the weird places that people decide to have sex. Episode tra...
Ep 10: Little Ace in a Big, Big World
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about what it's like living as an aro-ace person in a world that is non aro-ace friendly. Ep...
Ep 9: Different Types of Attraction
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today, Kayla and Sarah talk about the different kinds of attraction: sexual, romantic, sensual, aesthetic.Episode Transcript...
Ep 8: Online Dating
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today, Kayla and Sarah talk about online dating and discover some of the weirdest dating sites that are out there. Episode T...
Ep 7: Labeling Your Sexuality
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about the need to label your sexuality, and the struggles that come with identifying under the as...
Ep 6: Awkward Flirting feat. A Friend
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla, Sarah, and special guest Miranda talk about unintentional flirting, awkward flirting, and try to flirt with eac...
Ep 5: Queer Platonic Relationships and Marriages
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about queer platonic relationships, platonic marriages, and share their thoughts about marriage i...
Ep 4: How Long Does Sex Last?
03 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah tackle the big questions: How long is sex supposed to last? What counts as sex? What impacts the lengt...
Ep 3: Shipping
27 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Sarah answers questions about shipping as an asexual person, and Kayla and Sarah talk about their OTPs, favorite and l...
Ep 2: Romantic vs. Platonic Relationships
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Today Kayla and Sarah talk about the unequal amount of value placed on romantic vs. platonic relationships and how they are ...
Ep 1: Dick Pics
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A first mini-episode introduction to Sounds Fake But Okay. On this episode: people like dick pics? The girls do their best to understand what people f...
Welcome to Sounds Fake But Okay
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hey what's up hello! Welcome to Sounds Fake But OkayEpisode Transcript: www.soundsfakepod.com/transcripts/welcome-to-sounds-fake-but-okay Ep...