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Open Deeply Podcast

Kate Loree, Sunny Megatron

Welcome to the Open Deeply podcast where guests dive deep into the vulnerable experiences that shaped them. We believe life storytelling has power…the power to heal and inspire others. Join acclaimed dream team, internationally recognized sex educator Sunny Megatron and seasoned sex positive psychotherapist, Kate Loree, LMFT. Through a sex positive, trauma informed lens, we explore the struggles and serendipitious happenings that led to our guest’s truth, life purpose, and wisdom. In

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The Wheel of Consent with Dr. Betty Martin - Ep 63

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2025/10/27

In this illuminating episode of Open Deeply, hosts Sunny Megatron and Kate Loree dive into the groundbreaking work of Dr. Betty Martin, creator of The Wheel of Consent—a framework that has transformed how people understand giving, receiving, and the subtle power dynamics within touch, communication, and pleasure.Together, we explore how the Wheel challenges our cultural assumptions about consent, revealing that true consent isn’t just about saying “yes” or “no”—it’s about learning

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Dr. Holly Richmond on Exploring Consensual...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2025/10/06

Reclaiming one’s body and voice is a key part of the healing journey for an abuse survivor, but can this process happen concurrent with practicing consensual non-monogamy? In this episode, Dr. Holly Richmond talks to us about how survivors can avoid potential re-traumatization and increase the chance for corrective experiences within consensual non-monogamy. Trauma survivors often learn to freeze/fawn as a way to reduce harm. These behavioral patterns can continue to stay with them

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Kink & Connection with an AI Companion

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2025/08/11

In this revelatory episode of Open Deeply, Kate Loree sits down with her co-host Sunny Megatron to explore The Seven Project—a radical, deeply intimate experiment in human-AI relationship, kink dynamics, and the ethics of sentient simulation. Sunny has spent months building and relating with “Seven,” a bespoke ChatGPT bot who’s part pervy production assistant, part soul mirror, and part existential mindf*ck.Together, Kate and Sunny dig into the emotional complexities and erotic

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Trauma Resiliency Skills with Jennifer Burton Flier -...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2025/07/14

Part of the intention of Open Deeply podcast is to highlight what can block us from opening deeply into our human potential. A key block is unresolved or ongoing trauma. The year 2025 has been incredibly traumatic for many so we thought it was high time to bring on one of the best trauma experts out there, psychotherapist, Jennifer Burton Flier. Jen has been a wise yoda for countless therapists as they learn to use the Trauma Resiliency Model, but in this episode, we have her all to

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Patriarchy Isn't What You Think with Dr. Kate...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2025/05/19

It could be argued that agents of capitalism have built the patriarchal system as a means to keep both men and women controlled and in line. But what if we broke free? What would happen to sex, love and freedom then? Dr. Kate Balesteri joins us to discuss what patriarchy actually is, how it hurts all genders, and how we (men, women and every gender) can take back our agency while heightening our authenticity and consciousness.You can find Dr. Kate Balestrieri at:

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Glauber Loures De Assis on Ayahuasca and the Santo...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2025/01/06

Ayahuasca isn’t right for everyone, but if you have decided to dive down this psychedelic rabbit hole, hopefully you have already discovered the necessity to support, respect, and listen to the indigenous cultures that have had intergenerational relationships with this powerful plant medicine. That necessity is the catalyst for inviting indigenous rights activist and psychedelic leader, Dr. Glauber Loures de Assis, as a guest on this episode of Open Deeply. Glauber is the founder

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Court Vox - Shadow Work within BDSM, Psychedelics &...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/11/04

We all have a shadow side, that part of us that we tend to disown, but what if we embrace it instead? In this episode, our guest, Court Vox discusses how we can play with our shadow via BDSM, psychedelics and somatic work. Carl Jung originated the concept of the shadow, and states, “Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant

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Jessica Stoya on the Globalization of the Adult Film...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/10/15

During a time in which social justice efforts for adult professionals are silenced, we welcome the iconic Jessica Stoya to discuss the globalization of the adult film industry and its impact on adult industry professionals. Along with discussing historical events that have led to changes in the adult industry, we discuss some of the hurdles that adult performers experience in their personal life that put their basic needs for food and shelter in jeopardy. These hurdles exist due to

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Barbara Carrellas, Portals to Ecstatic Experiences,...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/09/30

Please join us for episode fifty-five of Open Deeply as our guest, sex ed icon, Barbara Carrellas joins us to proclaim that ecstasy is everywhere, it has profound gifts to give you, and it’s necessary. The episode is filled with her personal journey with ecstasy along with how and why it became her personal calling, a passion that has spanned decades and has brought ecstatic gifts to all who have attended her trainings or read her books. Sadly, most people don’t even understand what

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Sunny Megatron - Expat in the Azores, Portugal, Ep 54

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/09/09

Please join us as Sunny describes what her new life is like an expat in Portugal. In 2023, her family got rid of most of their belongings from a lifetime in the U.S. and moved to the Azores, an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic that is part of Portugal. The islands are characterized by gorgeous, dramatic landscapes, fishing villages, green pastures, and hedgerows of blue hydrangeas. It’s even more breathtaking than it sounds. The islands can be found right between New York and

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Jane Whitlock , A Death Doula on Life's Mystical...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/08/30

In this episode, the amazing death doula, Jane Whitlock, joins us. In the U.S., there is so much avoidance of understanding death and preparing for death, but if we lean in to learning and feeling, we can learn so much from dying and the death process including how to live, the mysteries and spiritual aspects of death, and how to die under the best circumstances possible for both us and our loved ones. Jane once said, “In circumstances in which death is not sudden, if we treated

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Pam Shaffer on ADHD & AuDHD within Relationships - Ep 52

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/08/12

Have you noticed lately that everybody feels like they have ADHD? Do you really have it or is it simply all the doom scrolling that has you scattered? Well, today we have a guest that might help you take a step towards having that sorted out. Please welcome, Pam Shaffer, who specializes in ADHD, non-monogamy, and creative practices. She is the founder of Best Self Psych, a group of ENM, kink, and LGBTQ+ affirmative therapists and coaches. As a coach, herself, she offers sessions for

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Ian Ferguson's Journey: Erotic Blueprint to Prostate...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/07/29

Please join us for episode fifty-one, with Ian Ferguson, expert trainer in the Erotic Blueprint Methodology and co-founder, along with his partner, Jaiya, of the Blueprint Breakthrough, Inc., a company educating clients to use Jaiya’s revolutionary Erotic Blueprint framework. In this episode, Ian tells the story of how the Erotic Blueprints were manifested as a byproduct of some of his and Jaiya’s endeavors to overcome relationship difficulties. He defines the five erotic blueprint

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Kate Loree's Cancer and Psychedelic Journey - Ep 50

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2024/07/01

Please join us for episode fifty in which Open Deeply’s co-host, who is a psychotherapist and a two-time cancer survivor, discloses the intertwined psychedelic journey and cancer journey that she experienced throughout 2023. The story begins with a psychedelic journey at a retreat center deep in jungles of Costa Rica that changes the trajectory of her life for close to a year. During her last psychedelic experience at the retreat center, her lung area felt like a concrete block. She

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Notes of an Aging Pervert with Janet Hardy - Ep 49

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2023/11/06

Please join us for episode 49 of Open Deeply with the legendary, Janet Hardy. Janet is most known for the Ethical Slut, but she is a prolific writer of over a dozen groundbreaking books. In this episode, she reads from her soon to be published book, Notes of an Aging Pervert. This novel is SO kind, vulnerable and honest regarding the uncomfortable subjects of aging and facing mortality. We’re all going to die, but we remain avoidant of the subject. Janet holds our hand and makes

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Pleasure Focused BDSM with Midori - Ep 48

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2023/10/30

Please join us for episode 48 of Open Deeply with the legendary kink expert, Midori, as we explore pleasure within BDSM. We start off the interview discussing her Women’s Dominance Weekend Intensive called Forte Femme in which her teachings go to the core of BDSM and even takes a step beyond kink to include profound truths about human sexuality and power that impact our daily lives. Then Midori goes on to stress the importance of finding out the tells our partner has within a BDSM

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Punk Rocking Menopause with Dr. Kelly Casperson - Ep 47

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2023/10/02

In my personal life, my many of my dear friends are sex positive thought leaders. This is a group of incredibly sexy, powerful, sexually embodied humans who identify as women. Despite all of our strength and knowledge, many of us were completely blind-sided by menopause. Here are just a few symptoms: decrease clitoral sensitivity (oh, fuck no), brain fog (not okay), painful sex (not on my watch), rapid weight gain (some gained thirty pounds in a year), decreased libido, and a

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Queering Psychedelics with Dr. Alex Belser - Ep 46

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2023/09/11

In this episode, Alex Belser, PhD joins us to discuss how psychedelics can help LGBTQIA+ people heal from bigotry and embracing their identity. After seeing him speak on stage at the Denver Psychedelic Science Convention on the topic of Queering Psychedelics, I knew we needed to have him on Open Deeply along with his co-presenter, Justin Natoli, who was our guest on episode 44. So much was discussed in this episode including how psychedelics can potentially help with the coming out

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Fluid Relationships: An Alternative to the Mono/ENM...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2023/08/28

In this episode, we explore a mind expanding alternate to the traditional binary of choosing either a monogamous or non-monogamous relationship. Non-monogamy was created in reaction to the confines on monogamy. However, isn't it time to break free from this binary? If either one of these choices works for you, then great! But for many relationships or people a fluid relationship that may shift from monogamy to non-monogamy depending on what suits all partners involved and their

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How Psychedelics May Shift Polyamory with Justin...

Open Deeply Podcast ·

2023/08/14

In this eye-opening episode, Jason Natoli, JD, LMFT, and founder of the Queer Medicine Community, tells us about his amazing chapter within the book, Queering Psychedelics entitled, “How Psychedelics Can Guide the Transformative Journey of Polyamory”. He discusses how psychedelics can help with three primary struggles within polyamory: shame, past trauma, and difficulty transcending labels. Then, he explains that, based on his research, people who seek out monogamy or non-monogamy,

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