The Naturist Living Show
Episodes
Introducing Jessica
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Since her first naturist experience as part of the office team at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park in 2022, Jessica’s involvement in naturism has ...
Naked in a Cave
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with an explanation for the long delay. Then Tim Chizmar and Just Nekid Sarah take us through their experience staying at the Full Tan Sun...
Blind Naturist
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the issue around nudity has to do with either being seen nude or seeing others that way. Therefore naturism for a person without sight should ...
CAMP Zipolite
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zipolite’s history as a surfing destination for hippies in the 60’s laid the ground work for today’s free-spirited atmosphere and ac...
Esperanto
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Naturists have always seen the movement as one that can bring humanity together. International gatherings started in 1951 and led to the formation of ...
Women’s Officer
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In just a few years, Helen Berriman went from struggling with body dysmorphia and feeling disturbed by her husband’s participation in naturism t...
President Weber
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Often non-profit organizations struggle to find volunteers to fill the leadership roles. Yet in the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) 20...
The Naturist Society
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Naturist Society (TNS), founded in 1980 by Lee Baxandall (1935-2008) has been pivotal in promoting body acceptance, personal freedom, and harmony ...
A.I. and Naturism
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is developing at breakneck speed. This episode goes against our normal policy of creating “evergreen” conte...
Protecting Children
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mainstream world assumes that a naturist environment would attract child predators. Does it? What motivates them? Do people understand sex offende...
GNI – Gay Naturists International
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gay Naturists International states that their mission is “to serve as a resource to male naturists by hosting and sponsoring men’s naturis...
Naked Comedy Show
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Billy Procidea who is both the producer and host of New York City’s long running Naked Comedy Show. The comedians are all nude but most of ...
Bare to Breakers & Lupin Lodge
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bare to Breakers Fun Run experience and a visit to Lupin Lodge. Tim Chizmar recounts his nude walk of the San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers Ra...
Big Nude Boat – Part 2
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stéphane and Samantha take the Naturist Living Show on the road – part 2. They share their observations and experiences during the 2023 Big Nud...
Big Nude Boat – Part 1
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stéphane and Samantha take the Naturist Living Show on the road. They share their observations and experiences during the 2023 Big Nude Boat cruise b...
15 Years !
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the Naturist Living Show has been podcasting for 15 years! In this short, special unnumbered episode, we do a brief recap of where we started ...
The Feral Girl
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An interesting discussion about writing, fantasy novels, nudity in mythology, naturism, and more with author Nick Alimonos. Plus a review of Nick̵...
Naturist Hub
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Social media presents a dilemma for naturists; on one hand it provides a way to build community and promote our philosophy. However mainstream social ...
The Sunburnt Game
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few years ago, we ran across this card game called “Sunburnt” that featured amazing illustrations of the greatest diversity of bodies th...
Naked Economics
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Body acceptance, feminism, sex positivity… these are not topics you would expect to be discussed by an economist. Most people would be even more...
A Whole Nude World
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We launch a new format: the book review. First, an interview with the author, where we explore his motivations and perspectives behind writing on this...
Just a Naturist Band
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Lins of Naked Wanderings introduced us to a great band from France – the Just Married Band. They are not strictly naturists because it is d...
New Nudity Research
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Naturists know instinctively that our movement is good for our health. But without science to confirm and quantify the effect we are only expressing o...
Children and Naturism – Part 2 of 2
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the beginning, naturism has been a family movement. Because its adherents believed that all of humanity would benefit, it was natural that child...
Naked Age is moving
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After previously being released through the Naturist Living Show’s RSS feed, Naked Age is now moving to its own podcast feed. We really enjoyed ...
Going Braless
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For over a year, Amber kept a video diary about her experiment with going braless at work and in public. As she put it, she shared her “day to d...
The Nudels of Nudeland
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Tim Chizmar to learn about his latest movie, The Nudels of Nudeland. In our discussion, we learn how much work and money it takes to ...
Children and Naturism – Part 1 of 2
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the beginning, naturism has been a family movement. Because its adherents believed that all of humanity would benefit, it was natural that child...
Naked Age – North American Nudist Pioneers
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Naked Age explores the parallel paths of two nudist pioneers whose stories take place over seventy years apart. First we look at Ray C...
When it all goes wrong
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For over a century naturism has been continuously misunderstood, misinterpreted, or worse, exploited. When the basic tenets of the movements are forgo...
Naked Age – Transgender Woman Extraordinaire
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Naked Age we meet Marie Willa Bobo-Smith, a transgender nudist whose top free activism and public nudism make her make her a trailb...
Moderating Social Media
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most naturists hate social media moderation because they have experience with their posts being censored or their account being suspended. Yet we also...
Naked Age – Jérôme Naturel
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Naked Age we meet Jérôme Jolibois, a Belgian naturist and avid cyclist whose naked bike activism paved the lane for him to become...
Nude Skydiving
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we first heard Heather talk about her nude skydiving experience we thought she would make an interesting interview. But through our discussion we...
Naked Age – The Most Liberated Woman in America
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Naked Age we meet Barbara Williamson, a pioneering figure of the sexual revolution frequently referred to as “The Most Liberated ...
Calgary Nude Recreation
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation and new ideas often come from non-landed clubs. The lack of a permanent facility means that they must look for new activities in non-tradit...
Cap d’Agde – Naked City
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since the resort town was built in the 1960’s, it has been promoted as the ultimate naturist destination; a place where you can fully live cloth...
The Naturist Symbol
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fall of 2020, a collaborative project was launched on Twitter with the objective of creating a universal naturist symbol. Many designs were sub...
Naked Age – San Francisco Naked Guy
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Naked Age we meet the irrepressible Andy Tabbat, an inveterate joy bringer whose lifelong observance of nudism has been public and ...
Naturist-Nudist Podcasts
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we feature other naturist/nudist podcasts. To be included they had to be active, meaning they had published at least one episode in 20...
Naked Age – Lora of Lupin
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Naked Age, a historical audio series exploring uncommon stories and profiling unique people who have gone to extraordinary lengths to live...
Media Relations for Naturists
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Getting media coverage (pun intended) is very easy for naturists. Journalists love to expose us (pun intended, again) because it gets great ratings an...
Naturist Waterpark
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having a naturist day at a waterpark seems natural but the logistics are complicated. We hear three stories, from the UK, United States, and Canada, a...
Censorship in Social Media
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Naturists are constantly censored in social media. Naturism itself gets lumped in with pornography despite the fact that Naturists oppose it, fight fo...
Family Nudist History
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if you grew up hearing that your great, great, grandfather was known as Rudy The Nudie? That is exactly the experience of Evan Nix who was intrig...
NAK-ED Documentary
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many people are under the impression that those who live in Scandinavian countries are very comfortable with nudity. Yet Jan Dalchow, a Norwegian film...
Nudist Characters
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the great things about the naturist community is that we meet a variety of interesting characters. Tim Chizmar interviews two very different wo...
Single Women in Naturism
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While people have often complained about gender imbalance in naturism due to single men, Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park seems to be attracting a lot o...
The Naked Yogi
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Practicing Yoga nude has become so common that it can be found in many major cities. It seems that yoga and body acceptance are a natural combination....
Festival Nudista Zipolite
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We visit the town of Zipolite in Mexico during the Festival Nudista 2020 and catch up with our friends Nick and Lins (Naked Wanderings) and Hector and...
Naturist B&B
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia and Rolf Holbach discuss starting and running a naturist B&B as well as a naturist club in Southern California with Tim Chizmar. Links to ...
Black Naturists
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1927 Maurice Parmelee wrote “it is of great importance for gymnosophy that race prejudice disappear entirely, or be reduced to the lowest possibl...
Nude Wedding
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chrissy and Dave are interviewed by Tim Chizmar about their nude wedding on Black’s Beach in California. Links to items mentioned in the show: ...
Just Naked
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In just about a year, Just Naked has gained a tremendous amount of success both in real life and online. Adam Schwietert, one of the founders, tells u...
Las Vegas Bares
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Chizmar interviews Julie D. Mayo, co-founder of the Las Vegas Bares; a non-landed club that organizes activities such as hiking, kayaking, swims, ...
The Nude Music
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians who fight for body acceptance while making music; we chat with Dario Western of Laissez Fayre in Australia as well as Millie and Mie of The ...
Introducing The Naturist Living Show
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is The Naturist Living Show? In this 90 second trailer we briefly describe who we are, what we have been doing since 2008, and why we are produc...
ClothesFree dot com
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent, Tim Chizmar, interviews Corky Stanton, the founder of what may be the oldest naturist/nudist video website: ClothesFree.com. They d...
Nude Beginnings
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For some people, naturism can be a form of therapy. It can be so transformative that it changes your life. Madeline shares her very personal story of ...
Puppetry of the Penis
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Chizmar and Kayla Rae attends the Puppetry of the Penis show, a.k.a. the “art of genital origami”, in Las Vegas and interview the perf...
Nude Photography
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We explore a variety of issues with artist and academic Matthew Hamon. There are many types of photography: casual, artistic, erotic, pornographic, ar...
Skeptical to Fanatical
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with a new naturist; a young man who approached with skeptical caution to quickly become a passionate advocate of naturism. Links to item...
Nude Play
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Chizmar interviews the director and cast of “Disrobed: Why So Clothes-Minded?” performed at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Links...
Textile Nudist Podcast
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bethany Denton tells us how she came to create an episode of “Here Be Monsters” titled “The Evangelists of Nudism” where she r...
Naturism in LDS/Mormons
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss participation in naturism by Mormons from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) with Stacee (practicing) and Mike (lapsed)....
Keeping Youth
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to three young people: one who rebelled against naturism when she was a teen; one who stayed as a naturist; and another teenager who is new to...
A nude actor, writer, and comedian in Las Vegas
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An eclectic chat with Tim Chizmar on a wide variety of topics: Las Vegas, his experiences organizing nude comedy, nudism in general, his nudist movie ...
Dating Advice for Naturists
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss dating for naturists/nudists. Because single men are the ones who seem to have the greatest challenge in naturism, we focus our advice on t...
Naked Wanderings
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Nick and Lins about their experiences while visiting naturist places around the world and the amazing success of their Naked Wanderings b...
Dressed to Kill – Second Edition
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the second edition of the book Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras with the authors, Sydney Ross Singer and Soma ...
Baring It All For Graduation
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Kate Logan who, 20 years ago, dropped her robe during her graduation speech and finished speaking completely nude in front of 200 classma...
The New Naturist Living Show Website
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With episode 101 (or CI in the Roman Numerals we’ve been using) and as we approach our 10 year anniversary, we launch our new website. The new W...
More Naturism in Paris!
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Laurent Luft, the president of the Association des naturistes de Paris (ANP), to learn about their recent growth, the new naturi...
Naked Artist in Residence
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Sykes tells us about his artist-in-residence experience at Oakwood Sun Club in the UK and explains the benefits for the host club. Links to ite...
New Nude Comedians
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Moffatt, who performed stand-up comedy nude at Bare Oaks for the first time, talks about her experience on SiriusXM Radio‘s Todd Shapiro ...
Naked Britain Photography
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Amelia Allen, a fashion photographer who just published a photography art book about naturism. Links to items mentioned in the show: Am...
Goodbye YNA
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In October 2017 Young Naturist America (YNA) announced that they are closing down. We talk to Felicity Jones to find out why. Links to items mentione...
Topless Topics – Online Harassment of Women
31 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss online harassment with Cleo of the Topless Topic videos and Felicity Jones of Young Naturist America (YNA). Links to items mentioned in th...
Naturist Parenting on The New Family Podcast
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion with Brandie Weikle the editor and founder of The New Family website and podcast who wrote an article and produced a podcast about rai...
New AANR Executive Director
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion with the new Executive Director of the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) about his vision for naturism/nudism and his pl...
Reddit’s Nudism Subreddit
15 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Reddit and the nudism subreddit with Forrest (a.k.a. Vascrypt) moderator for the nudism page which has nearly 8,000 followers. Link...
Mexican Naturism
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the state of naturism in Mexico with Héctor Martínez, the founder of NNG – Naturaleza y Nudismo Guadalajara (Nature and Nudism Guadal...
Naked Ladies
12 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Thea Fitz-James discusses her one-woman play Naked Ladies along with body issues, feminism, and the meaning of nudity. Links to items mentioned in ...
Gender and Single Men Policies in Naturism
29 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Felicity Jones (from YNA, not the Rogue One actor!) to discuss gender and single men policies in naturism. Links to items mentioned...
Naturism in Paris
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A visit to a naturist swim in Paris that is organized by the Association des Naturistes de Paris (ANP) three nights per week. There seems to be a resu...
Hardcore Winter Visitors
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with a group of regular visitors who prefer to visit Bare Oaks only in winter. Their activities include dousing themselves with water while n...
Naked State Part 2
27 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Thirteen artists talk about their experience at the 2016 Naked State Art Residency held at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park. (Part 2 of 2) Links to item...
Naked State Part 1
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Teresa Ascencao talks about Arts Unfold’s first Naked State Art Residency. In August 2016, thirteen artists from Australia, Finland, England, a...
A Spencer Tunick Experience
06 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Emma James (best known as Socks Off on Twitter) who was one of 3,000 people who participated in the Spencer Tunick installation orga...
Architecture of Nudism and Naturism
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Sarah Schrank, associate professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, about her article on the architecture of ...
2016 Update
24 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An update about the future of the Naturist Living Show. And some reader comments! To summarize: The show will now benefits from the volunteer help of...
Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Morley Schloss who tells us about Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort. Recorded in February 2015 just before the start of the a...
Working at Bare Oaks
26 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Each year, Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park needs to hire a number of people for the summer – more every year because of the park’s growth. ...
Tiki-Tomba
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We discover the Tiki-Tomba group that brings fun, energy, talent and youth to the White Thorn Lodge Nude Volleyball Superbowl in Pennsylvania. Links ...
Volleyball Superbowl 45 at White Thorn Lodge
11 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We attend the 45th annual nude volleyball superbowl at White Thorn Lodge in Pennsylvania. Links to items mentioned in the show: White Thorn Lodge E...
Working in a Nudist Club
01 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Brandt talks about her experience working at the Four Seasons Nudist Resort in the early 1980’s and The Naked Truth, the book she wrote abo...
Nude Art
01 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Virginia Eichhorn, the curator of Getting Naked, an exhibit of nude art from the Canadian Art Council Art Bank; most of which has ne...
Naked and Afraid
31 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Manu Toigo talks about her experience on Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid show. Plus a review of The Naked Peacock, Felicity on beauty pagea...
South Africa
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Serge Pavlovic from the Western Cape Naturist Association tells us about their big win in South Africa. Plus Felicity on Free The Nipple, Michael wit...
Nude Hiking
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss nude hiking with Richard Foley author of the book Naked Hiking. Plus Felicity and reader comments. Links to items mentioned on the show: ...