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Do you or someone you love enjoy hanging out pantsless? Do you find a lack of pants to be a superpower rather than an inhibitor to your success? Or maybe you’re not even sure what a naturist really looks like, but you’re tired of people asking why you or your partner are always running around half-naked?
Mandy Zelinka is the Skinny Dippers Club founder, a safe community for people to hang out in – without pants or bras or whatever; clothing is optional. You can subscribe to this podcast and our blog over at www.SkinnyDippersClub.com
I have never felt so comfortable in my skin since taking the plunge into naturism. I’ve never felt so body-positive, and now I want everyone to join me. So thank you for being here!
Mandy Zelinka is the Skinny Dippers Club founder, a safe community for people to hang out in – without pants or bras or whatever; clothing is optional. You can subscribe to this podcast and our blog over at www.SkinnyDippersClub.com
I have never felt so comfortable in my skin since taking the plunge into naturism. I’ve never felt so body-positive, and now I want everyone to join me. So thank you for being here!
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Welcome to the Naturist Podcast! Jeremy and I live in a clothing-optional intentional (tiny) living community on 40 acres 45 minutes outside of Seattle. It’s bizarre! And weird! And totally awesome. But the SUPER interesting thing about where we live: it’s a 501c(7) Social Club. We live at a Clothing-Optional Social Club + Intentional Living Community. How rad is that? Jeremy is head of the Forestry Committee and I’m the head of the Park Planning Committee. Let us show you around! /// In our first of two documentary episodes, We hit up Oregon Hot Springs stopping in Bend, OR along the way. We talk about the Skinny Dippers Community we’ve built and how it has helped Jeremy thrive and survive PTSD. We hit up our first KOA where Jeremy talks about the meditative quality of camp cooking and what Anthony Bourdain means to him. He goes on to discuss the need for more mental health role models and his experience with an on-the-job railroad fatality that started him down the path of helping others survive and thrive living with PTSD. In episode two, we head to Thermopolis, Wyoming starting in the Oregon Badlands. Will we run out of gas? Tune in to find out! www.naturistdocumentary.com Stewarshipforest.com
WHAT HAS INSPIRED YOU ON THIS ROAD TRIP? Honestly, our community. I don’t feel alone at all on this trip. I mean, I’m not a robot but I don’t have time to feel alone because I always have my naked friends a key stroke away. It’s awesome. The investigative reporter in me felt a deep satisfaction by quote unquote getting the Jacumba story. That was fun. As you get older there’s less milestones in life so being able to fulfull a bucket list road trip and get a story is always really satisfying. And, it’s a story that matters to my community so I was really happy to deliver it, even if it was bad news about the loss of another social nude space.
We read Three Skinny Dipper Club Community Member Essays and Discuss! We hear from a Body Positive/Sex-positive gay man Jeremy identified with this essay as he first experienced nude spaces in Seattle with a group of men, most of whom identified as gay or bi. Nudist sex-positive couple living in the post-religious stage of their life now. Mandy really identified with their essay as Mandy was raised with a Lutheran Mother. Queer/Poly Naturist Great essay on consent - this one hit Mandy and Jeremy close to home and so we wanted to close with her essay. Enjoy!
A few years back, when Jeremy was a nudist and I was not, he really wanted to go to this nude place in the DR. He literally threw $600 at me and took off as fast as he could when I told him to just go and have his spiritual awakening by himself. (I spent it all on edibles.) Grab a beverage and enjoy this delightful audio vacation! New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
We’ve had a lot of new folks in our community that are newbs and we want to help you out so you don’t get arrested! So, how do I know if it’s legal to be nude on public lands? Well, that’s not the easiest question to answer without research. LISTEN TO THIS IMPORTANT HALF HOUR EPISODE One of the things I love about our community is the spirit of helping other people out. Recently we had someone ask about the laws in the state of Arkansas. With a little help from our network of Skinny Dipper friends, we quickly discovered that laws around public nudity in Arkansas are some of the most restrictive in the US. New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
In this episode, we talk about how racism and homophobia is embedded into so many institutions and the idea that it’s like baking a cake with salt instead of sugar. It just simply doesn’t work and you have to throw it out. We are investing our time in recruiting talent to lead the Global Naturist Alliance which will set the mission, vision, and values of the naturist community worldwide. It will have a Social Justice Arm to it that we haven’t yet seen in most organizations and associations. We threw out the old recipe and are creating a new one. we will fight for Safe Space and Events Equity and Social Justice The Earth and Its Inhabitants Free and Accessible Public Lands Online and Offline Nude Legislation and Censorship “I want to break the walls down. I want this organization to feel how I feel. That sense of relief To just be me.” Tracy Skinny Dippers Club Member New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
While we were in Palm Springs two weeks back we recorded our Podcast LIVE! On How to throw Safe Skinny Dipper Events. We cover: What do diversity and inclusion really mean? What do people look for when wanting to know if a nude space is safe for them? What kind of language and imagery are you using that may be triggering or off-putting?
I have to admit, this particular podcast was hard. I talk a lot about online triggers. It was hard to talk about because I see so many people in this space be dismissive of the online experience of others. We need better leadership in the nudist space. I’m ready for change. Are you? New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
A few years back I was able to attend one of the most epic events of my life: Nudestock. I've always loved the 60's and 70's (the sex drugs and rock 'n roll part) so when we had the opportunity to hit up our local nudist park and attend this epic event I was all in. I stocked up on edibles on my way and laid in the grass for three days high AF listening to live bands. New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
“As a sufferer of post-traumatic stress syndrome I have found a way to not only disconnect but also start to heal.” "We’ve noticed since we’ve been living at a nude park that there’s a fair amount of people that live here that have PTSD. I get that because living around nature is calming and it’s very helpful for those that suffer from it". New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
“We want people to be able to enjoy this way of living and I think it gets really skewed by these places that don't have their shit together. That's why we're talking about the intentional nudist community and what works and what doesn't. Part of why we wanted to do this podcast is because not many people get the opportunity to live this way and experience it. We have seen where nudist parks are largely volunteer-driven and have worked. But I don't think that that's a sustainable business model.” New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
“But check this out. So we walk into the place where you check-in and I look to the left and I about died. It's an entire wall of movie stars who have stayed there, including, but not limited to Matthew McConaughey and Cardi B.” I think the biggest take-away from this episode is that people feel more inclined to be curious and try something new if they feel safe in their environment. In today’s podcast I take you on an edible infused trip with me to nude vacation spots in Southern California. It’s juicy AF. Join me! New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
But more importantly - maybe you are a naturist and don’t know it! I didn’t. As a kid, I remember it being hot in the summer and me being mad that the boys in the neighborhood could take off their shirts but I couldn’t. And then there was my dad relentlessly telling me to put clothes on because I was always cold. (Or maybe I just felt more comfortable in various states of undress?) Either way, when I finally got up the courage as an adult to take a Skinny Dip sans bathing suit it was one of the most freeing experiences I’ve ever had. When I tell people what I do for a living and how I live about 90% of the time I hear that you or your partners like to run around the house naked or without pants on. Some even have special areas in the backyard to hang out in naked. Guess what? You just might be a nudist. Welcome to the club! Dive in - that water's warm:) Mandy 💋 New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
The part of our brain that's hyper-engaged in modern life deactivates a little when you're outside. "Until I started finding other people on Instagram talking about the tie between going to a Hot Springs or Hiking Nude, or becoming more one with nature and disconnecting enough to start the restorative process to become whole again... because sometimes when I've had PTSD symptoms, I don't feel whole. So, it's been really cool. A couple of things. One is just feeling like I'm healing myself into finding a community of other individuals who have had traumatic experiences and connecting with them and finding ways that we can celebrate survivorship together." Jeremy Skinny Dippers Club New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
We have a stigma problem in the U S that revolves around the nudist and we talked to Hector about this. It starts with our largest organization being racist and homophobic in the States. They share porn photos in their newsletter and on their social media feed. That's a problem. New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
1Skinny Dippers Club is on a Year-Long Mission Scouting for a Global Field Guide to Naturism. We're Gonna Bring You With Us As We Do Research for the First Edition! All podcast episodes are sponsored by The Global Naturist Alliance. The Global Naturist Alliance is a non-profit aimed at setting the standards for mission, vision, and values for the naturist community worldwide. Our series will start as a year-long journey - one episode per week. *** Our podcast wasn't supposed to be released for another month but we recorded this episode and just felt like it needed to get out in the world. PART OF THE REASON WE ARE STARTING A NON-PROFIT IS BECAUSE we haven’t seen Equity and Social Justice be a part of our organizations on a global level. The goal of the Global Naturist Alliance is to set the mission vision and values of the naturist community worldwide - The idea being we have representatives of all countries coming together to set the standards of what our movement is all about. Naturism, for me, is where environmentalism, social nudism, and feminism collide. You'll see that reflected in this podcast. Mandy New podcasts drop Friday show notes, watch or listen, subscribe www.NaturistPodcast.com
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I love listening to this couple share their fun way of life in naturism and yet right down to genuine respect for nudity between themselves and among friends. I would highly recommend people follow their Podcast and there Instagram's and Twitter accounts. A lot of good information about naturism in this Podcast. This is my 2nd time listening to all of their episodes and would highly recommended it.