Transcript
Dixie DeLaTour (0:02)
This podcast will definitely contain some explicit content, so discretion is advised. You still here, butthole? Butthole? You still here, butthole?
Saren O'Grady (0:25)
All of my life I've never fit But I won't complain and I won't quit I am enormous. Get used to it. Everyone tells me I'm too much maybe it's just you're not enough for me can't you see I'm the kind of woman I'm supposed to be? Hey, my vagina is eight miles wide. Absolutely everyone can come inside. If you're ever frightened, just run and hide. My vagina is eight miles. Why? Why?
Dixie DeLaTour (1:18)
Hi there and welcome to the Bawdi storytelling podcast. I am sexual folklorist Dixie Delator. I'm so glad you're here. This is episode 87. Happy hump day. How's your week going? I am still riding the high of that best of from Forbes magazine last week. You know, you can feel like, well, I guess I'm doing okay at this podcasting thing, but when you have somebody who's not even from your corner of the Internet say, not only is what you do okay, but you're the best at it. Holy shit, man. That could turn the whole thing around for you. And I really needed that because right now we are about to head into our busiest season. We're now into September, and September is when things start getting busy. I've been on hiatus from live shows, and we are starting to head into a ton of shows in September and October. Before I tell you about what's coming up later on in the episode, I wanted to talk to you about the test tickle. So the testicle is our way of determining where to bring the bawdy storytelling live show to next. You just never know what cities. I mean, we know which cities have a lot of downloads, and that's helped educate our decision. But you don't know what cities have people who will come out in person to hear the stories, to watch the storyteller on stage, to get a bango card and meet new friends and all the things that happen at a live show. You know, let me hug them first, that sort of thing. And not everybody's that sort of person. So the test tickle is letting us know which cities really want the live show, which ones will buy tickets and which ones will show up and be in a room and build sex positive community in that city. I've had a few emails lately from people who are trying to figure out how their city is doing in the testicle. They've bought tickets, but they Want to know if other people in their city are buying tickets so that they can start helping us promote. They can start telling their friends they're actually coming. Bawdy storytelling is actually coming to our city. And I have gotten several emails from someone named Anthony in Philadelphia. Anthony is a supporter of our Patreon. And Anthony is not only interested in attending Bawdy storytelling in Philadelphia. They have been sending me these lists of venues and contacts at venues and doing incredible legwork so that if the Testicle does turn out that we can come to that city. They're helping me find a place to do a show. How. How amazing is that? So this weekend I got an email from Anthony checking in. And Anthony wanted to know how the Body Storytelling testicle was doing in Philadelphia. And I'm going to read you the response that I sent Anthony. I want you to apply this to whatever city you live in. Keep in mind this is an answer for Philadelphia. If you're in Philadelphia, you can help make it happen. But if you're in one of the cities that the Testicle is currently active in, you can do these things for your city as well. Don't you want to win? We all like to win. You want your city to win so that we can come there and hang out together? Alright, that was my long winded way of saying, keep in mind this applies to you as well. Here's my answer to Anthony. You know, Anthony, I woke up this morning thinking about you and about responding to your email. We've only sold a few tickets in Philadelphia, unfortunately. Today I'm recording this week's podcast and I'll be talking about the Test Tickle as it ends in about three weeks. Here are some things that you can do to increase votes and ticket sales in your city. Start a campaign to get bawdy to Philadelphia. Post in groups. Tell people why you love this podcast, why you want to see it live. Share your favorite episode with them and tell them why this show, why body storytelling is unique and how it's changed your life. Make people aware that you just have till September 23rd to veer the body ship to Philadelphia. Only votes and ticket purchases can do that. A vote equals one ticket sale. And remind them that if they don't hit the number of votes needed, their ticket for their city will be refunded. If we're not coming there, figuring out where to take the show is hard. You just never know what city will show up and will fill a venue. Touring is a gambler. Please help me hedge my bets because I'm an artist who makes her living off ticket sales to live events in a playlist kind of world. And it's tough. I feel like in talking to you, I've clarified my message about the testicle a little bit. Thanks for the inspiration and for upping your support of Bonnie on Patreon. Anthony increased his support on Patreon this week. I woke up to the message that you were giving at a higher level and I want to tell you I appreciate you so much. Gratefully. Dixie de La Tour. Everything I said about Philadelphia, apply it to the other cities in the testicle. Apply it to Denver or Dallas or Washington D.C. or Las Vegas or any of the other cities we have going. We have confirmed three cities. Thanks to the people who want bawdy in their city. We're coming to Chicago, coming to New York, and now we're coming to la, in addition to San Francisco and Seattle. Thank you. Thank you to the people who have shown us that these cities really want us and will come out to a live show. You know, live shows are what really fucking spin my onion, right? I like faces. I like seeing your excitement. Email and tone, they don't go together. I really like hearing people's words. I love hearing their stories. I'm an aural kind of person, I guess. Not oral, you dirty minded thing.
