How Are The Asexuals Doing? with Angela Chen

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Happy Pride, Curious People! We’re kicking the month off by talking with Angela Chen about the often overlooked “A” in LGBTQIA+. Angela lays down the basics of asexuality, then she and Jonathan talk more deeply about how the "Ace" perspective can offer everyone a new lens through which to think about their relationships to romance, sex, desire, and culture. Plus, compulsory sexuality and its MAJOR role in our cultural understandings of sex. Angela Chen is a journalist, editor, and author. She’s worked as a senior editor at WIRED, a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Vox Media’s The Verge, and MIT Technology Review. Her reporting and essays have also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Paris Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, Lapham's Quarterly, National Geographic, and more. She is also the author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex. You can follow Angela on X @chengela or on Instagram @angelaetcetera. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producers are Chris McClure and Julia Melfi. Our editor & engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:12.0	If you're someone like me that is busy and not home all the time, your home
0:16.6	could be an Air B&B and it's actually pretty simple to get started. Even if you don't have
0:21.9	a hall house, you could start with just a spare room.
0:25.2	Personally, I really enjoy staying at Airbnb's. I really do I love a good Airbnb. Who is that? Come back, British you.
0:31.2	And it really is a great way to like support local
0:33.5	economy and support local people so Airbnb is fabulous and I know I was doing my
0:37.4	British voice earlier but we love Airbnb so think about what you could do with
0:41.3	some extra cash whether you're looking to treat yourself to something nice,
0:44.8	like a shopping spree or a spa day,
0:46.5	or start a whole side hustle,
0:48.1	Airbnb can help you be that person.
0:51.6	Your home might be worth more than you think.
0:54.7	Find out how much at Airbnb.com.
0:57.7	Host darling.
0:59.7	I was on a vacation recently and stayed at an Airbnb and then I realized that while I was away,
1:06.4	my empty house could be making money, honey.
1:10.9	If you're someone like me that is busy and not home all the time, your home could be an Air B&B and it's actually pretty simple to get started.
1:20.0	Even if you don't have a whole house, you could start with just a spare room.
1:23.7	Personally, I really enjoy staying at Airbnb's.
1:26.5	I really do I love a good Airbnb. Who is that? Come back, British you.
1:29.9	And it really is a great way to like support local economy and support local people.
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