Inside Naughty N'Awlins: The World's Largest Lifestyle Event with Founder Bob Hannaford

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All right, y'all.

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Before we dive in, a quick heads-up

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This show is raw, real,
and definitely not rated PG

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We're talking about adult themes,
sexual content, and the kinda stuff you

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probably don't want blasting through
your speakers at work or around your kids

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So grab some headphones, pour your
drink of choice, and get comfy

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Oh, and just so we're clear,
we are not licensed therapists,

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counselors, or sex couches.

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Sex coaches.

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Sex coaches.

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Not sex couches

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We're just a couple of people sharing
our lives, experiences, and sexy

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adventures in ethical non-monogamy.

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So with that, pull up a
chair and enjoy the show

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Hello, and welcome to another
episode of Beyond Monogamy.

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I'm Adam.

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And I'm Pris.

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Now, before we bring in today's
guest, we need to talk about

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Naughty N'Awlins right quick.

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Naughty N'Awlins 2026, July 8th
through the 12th in New Orleans.

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It is already sold out, people.

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Is it really?

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It is.

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It's already sold out.

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Wow.

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If you are not registered, get on that
wait list right now at naughtyevents.com.

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And if you've missed it this
year, start planning for 2027.

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Mm-hmm.

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Because today's conversation,
it's gonna make you very, very

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motivated to get your spot early.

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Is it?

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Absolutely.

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Now, our guest today didn't
just attend the lifestyle, he

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literally built a piece of it.

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He's been running some of the most
iconic events in the swinger and kink

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communities for over two decades.

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Wow.

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Yeah, and Naughty N'Awlins
is his crown jewel.

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We're joined by the founder and CEO
of Naughty Events, the man behind

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the blue hair and the biggest-

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lifestyle convention on
the planet, Bob Hannaford.

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Bob, welcome to Beyond Monogamy.

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Hi.

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Hi, guys.

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Thanks for having me.

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Love the hair, by the way.

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Yeah.

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It's, it's a little different, huh?

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Yeah.

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I used to, you know, I used to have
really, really bright red hair-

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Mm-hmm

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…
um, for about five years, and then
I said, "Nope, I'm done dyeing it."

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I started growing gray, and now it's
like I will never dye my hair again.

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I do miss it.

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It is fun, but the upkeep-

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I used to dye mine white on
the sides, but- Yeah … I

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don't have to do that anymore.

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No?

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I used to have hair.

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Well, look at, yeah.

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Look at

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his hair.

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So- Adam's almost completely gray.

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Yeah, when we, uh, you know,
when I first started growing the

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beard, it w- it had spots of, of

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black.

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Of black,

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now it's

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just getting- Like real
clear black … yeah.

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Forget it.

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I'm just, I'm just
getting all white there.

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But I do love the hair.

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It's very fun.

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We, news has traveled about
you being a fun, fun person.

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Uh, when we first started digging
into, Naughty N'Awlins- Mm-hmm … we

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first learned about it from, Dan and
Lacey, Mm … with the Swing Nation.

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And she's the one who put us
in contact with you and Kendra.

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Yeah.

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And, uh, and we were
able to go from there.

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But we're just skimming
the surface, my friend.

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Mm-hmm.

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I really gotta know, how
did Naughty N'Awlins start?

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And I know that that's probably a loaded
question, but what was the original

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vision back in the late '90s, early 2000s?

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Well, the short story is we were throwing
parties in our house in New Orleans,

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and they quickly outgrew our house.

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We had a party with 175 people
at our house, and Tess is like,

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"Bob, we can't do this anymore."

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I mean, the, the cars were parked
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started to affect the neighbors.

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And, so we did what responsible
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a, into a restaurant actually at
first- … and then into a hotel.

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But, you know, Naughty started, it
started by just inviting people over

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to our house, and it, it just grew.

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And back then, this'll date me, I did
most of my marketing on America Online and

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Yahoo.

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Oh, yeah.

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Yahoo Groups.

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Wow.

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I was, I was a, I was an American
Online- Yeah, you were … chat-

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AOL … chatroom person.

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Yeah, he was.

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Yeah.

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I was a fan.

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I was a fan.

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I remember downloading fi- pictures,
and it was just pixel by pixel.

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You'd see, like, a quarter of it, and
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bit further, and there'd be half of it.

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Yeah, I remember those

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days.

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A lot's changed since then.

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So I was gonna say, This is the
biggest, if I'm not mistaken, one

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of the biggest, takeovers in the
world or in the United States?

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Well, Myrina from Accidental Swingers
had said that it's, it's probably

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one of the biggest ones in the world.

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Is that right?

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Yeah, I mean, there's not very big
events like ours- Yeah … outside

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the US, I don't think.

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But we're, we're certainly the largest in
the US and, certainly probably the world.

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Uh, I think there's been a
few cruise ships that have,

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you know, more people on them.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, we're just limited by
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We, we could have sold probably another
800,000 people, but- Yeah … we cut

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off the, registration two months ago.

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Uh, I know that people have
reached out to our show-

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…
and been like, "I'm trying to
sign up, and it's sold out." Yeah.

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And I was like, "Oh, bummer, dude.
You're gonna have to see us next-

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Sorry … year. Sorry about that." Sorry.

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We, we may have some day
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It depends on cancellations.

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Mm-hmm.

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Some years we get more
cancellations than others.

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And usually they happen about-
Right before … a week before the

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event because that's when they have
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they- Get a refund on their rooms

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So this event was in your house, right?

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Mm-hmm.

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It was 175 people, and
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So, and you went to a
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Has it always been in your mind
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play parties, or did you have, like,
areas of education here and there?

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What

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was the original mission statement?

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So at our house, it was more people
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than it was a play party, right?

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Um, we had a daytime social activity
time where we'd… We lived on a

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lake, so it was a lot of boating-
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and swimming, and just having fun.

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And then usually after dark, people would
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and, and then it'd become a play party.

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So it's been important for us to not
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also about people getting to know
each other and having friendships.

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And I think that's kind of how it started
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and the play part was just, kind of…
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which means a little something extra.

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, But when we start- I like that.

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When we started doing the, the
full-blown conventions, we, we quickly

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realized that having an educational,

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…
part of our events was really important.

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It's kind of our way of giving
back, I think, to the community.

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I like that because there's a lot
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lot of events and takeovers that
should focus more on a little bit

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of, I think a little bit of education
here and there because- Sure

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people love, people in the
lifestyle love to get educated.

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Like, they love to hear others,
other people's perspectives.

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Not that they're gonna accept it- … but
they do love to hear it, you know?

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Well, but I think it's important if
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there's parties, there's pool parties,
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daytime playtime, nighttime playtime.

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But if you can go home learning something
so that you're a better partner-

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…
or even a better person, to me,
that makes the event all worthwhile.

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Oh, agreed.

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Absolutely.

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That is all.

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Yeah.

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Now, your, your event
started as a house party.

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At what point did you start
bringing in education?

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Oh, well, this is our 28th year.

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Wow.

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And, uh, we had classes the very first
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maybe two a day, so maybe six classes.

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The most we've had is over 130.

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And, and this year I'm
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It's well over 100.

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And, uh, and something interesting, , this
show's being taped, on 6/9, June the 9th.

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Uh-huh.

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69. Uh-huh.

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That's National it's National
Sex Education Appreciation Day.

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So it's- Is it?

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… kind of an interesting… It is.

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It's, I, I wanna put that out there and
give some props to all the teachers that

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are going out and traveling to these
events and talking about subjects that, is

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hard to talk about, and educating people.

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Uh-huh.

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And, my hat's off to our whole crew of
teachers that come and teach at Naughty.

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have a list.

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Oh, yeah.

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You know, we, we've been seeing the- Yeah.

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We, we're looking at the,

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we've been looking

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at the list … yeah, we're, like,
addicted to this Yapp app- … uh, that,

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that you guys have for everybody and,
and, just seeing everybody post, on the

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social part of it and kind of getting
an idea of who's gonna be there, and

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some of the teachers are posting in
there what they're gonna be doing and-

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um, I feel like that alone is definitely
an awesome thing that you guys do.

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And I'll tell you why.

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I am, I'm, I'm an anxious bird.

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Like, I, I have anxiety.

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I don't do, uh… I, I don't really
care for, uh- Crowds … crowds.

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Mm-hmm.

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Which y- you know, I'm in
the wrong line of business,

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obviously- … 'cause we go to a lot
of, things where there are crowds.

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Um, but I can, I can do fine in them.

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But for somebody who suffers from anxiety-

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Mm-hmm

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…
what would you, what would you tell
somebody who's interested in coming and,

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how would you console them, make them
feel a little bit- … better on that?

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Well, I, I will give you a couple tips.

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Uh, number one is there's lots
of small events that we do.

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You know?

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So, so concentrate on a lot of the smaller
events, some of the meet and greets

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and, and some of the smaller classes and
events so that you're not overwhelmed.

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When you do go to some of the larger
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parties, there's always somewhere
inside that isn't so crowded.

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Like I'll take the beach, for example.

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If you go into the courtyard
where the foam party is at the

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beach, I mean, it's nuts to butts.

248
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You're gonna be in some
pretty tight quarters.

249
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But if you stay at the entrance,
there's a, there's a bar that

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you enter when you first come in.

251
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It's usually not very crowded there.

252
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You can always find places.

253
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A lot of our places have Bourbon
Street balconies, and you can get

254
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out there, and there's only so
many people that go on the balcony.

255
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So look for places even in
our big ballrooms, okay?

256
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We have, I think we have f- 50 or
60 tables in our main ballroom.

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Grab one of the tables that's kinda off
to the side and that way you're kinda

258
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sitting back and everyone's in front
of you and they're not surrounding you.

259
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So I'd say that's a few tips I would get.

260
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Those are good tips.

261
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The other thing is- Yeah … go
to your room and take breaks.

262
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Oh,

263
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yeah.

264
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And, you know, take a nap.

265
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Uh, sleep is a very difficult
thing to find at Naughty 'cause

266
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people get, um, they get FOMO.

267
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They hear about there's a party
there, there's a party here.

268
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And sometimes you just need to go to
your room and take a break to, number

269
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one, reconnect with your partner, and
sometimes you just need to take a nap.

270
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Yeah.

271
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So- Oh, yeah … those would
be a couple tips, I would say.

272
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That's, that's true.

273
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We've gone to a takeover before
and have done a live show.

274
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Yeah.

275
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Mm. And then went to the room and-

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And

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pretty

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much stayed in

279
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the room the whole
weekend … stayed there.

280
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Like, we've been to takeovers and
we're just like, "Nope, we're just

281
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gonna stay in our room right now."

282
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You know, it's, it's, it's one of
those things, like you said, it,

283
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you, you kinda have to sit back
and go, "Okay, even though I have

284
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FOMO, I know I need to sleep."

285
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Yeah.

286
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You know?

287
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"I know I need to- But you
know- … I need to get that break."

288
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You know what really caught my
attention about Naughty is that

289
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you guys offer daytime stuff.

290
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Um- Mm-hmm … I am all about
daytime play, I'm all about daytime

291
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whatever, because we're early birds.

292
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Yeah.

293
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So by 10:00, I wanna be in bed already.

294
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I wanna be in my PJs.

295
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I know that's not gonna happen this
time- … because I'm trying to

296
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soak up every moment of- Wear your

297
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PJs downstairs.

298
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Come see us in your PJs.

299
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There you go.

300
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There you go.

301
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That's perfect.

302
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That's a good plan right there.

303
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Um, that's my thing, like I just,
I'm glad that y'all are, offering

304
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things during the day because,
you know, I want something to do.

305
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You know, I'm really curious, and I find
this probably incredibly fascinating, but

306
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I know New Orleans is very, open-minded.

307
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Mm-hmm.

308
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Mm-hmm.

309
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And, and we love that about New
Orleans, but, uh, I hear a lot of

310
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horror stories about swingers trying
to start up takeovers and trying

311
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to start up clubs and different
events and things like that- Mm-hmm

312
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in doesn't matter what city, and
they run into a lot of negativity.

313
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They run into a lot of walls from
the community and that sort of thing.

314
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Sure.

315
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Did you, did you run into stuff like this
when you were, when you were exploding

316
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at the rate that you were exploding?

317
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We never had a, we've never had
a single issue in New Orleans.

318
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Um, we've done events like, we've done
hotel takeovers in Key West, Las Vegas.

319
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Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, and we've
done- we've chartered many cruise ships.

320
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The biggest trouble we've
had is in Las Vegas.

321
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And, so what I tell people that are
starting out and doing stuff like this

322
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is go, go to your local city, go to your
local police department, talk to them,

323
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tell them what you're trying to do.

324
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Uh, to try to do something
underground and sneaky and hidden,

325
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it's gonna come out at some point.

326
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Mm-hmm.

327
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And why put all the effort into it to
find out that a city is hellbent on

328
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keeping you from doing what you're doing?

329
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A lot of times they just don't
understand what you wanna do, and if

330
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you can explain it to them and show
them i- it's gonna help the economy,

331
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you're gonna bring people to that town.

332
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A, a city like New Orleans
has no issues, and-

333
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Mm-hmm

334
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…
they welcome us with welcome arms.

335
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Mm-hmm.

336
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We work well with the police
department, and with the convention

337
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visitors bureau, all kinds of things.

338
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But there are certainly cities that are
not as open-minded as New Orleans, and I

339
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would say find a city that you're welcome
in before you spend all the time and

340
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effort to put something up, especially
a club that's full-time- Yeah, yeah

341
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or even an event.

342
00:14:12,132 --> 00:14:15,752
Like, there- there's plenty of
places you can do amazing events in

343
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this country where people want you.

344
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So find out that first.

345
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That is so true.

346
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That's

347
00:14:21,282 --> 00:14:21,992
a great point.

348
00:14:22,102 --> 00:14:23,962
I have a fun little
fact about New Orleans.

349
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Oh?

350
00:14:24,342 --> 00:14:25,652
I have two fun little facts.

351
00:14:26,002 --> 00:14:32,482
One, they are the first ones to
actually document a gay neighborhood.

352
00:14:33,162 --> 00:14:33,202
Really?

353
00:14:33,212 --> 00:14:37,802
Like, there was these beautiful Victorian
homes that nobody wanted to live in.

354
00:14:37,812 --> 00:14:38,272
Mm-hmm.

355
00:14:38,292 --> 00:14:40,262
And one gay couple came.

356
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They bought the house.

357
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They renovated it.

358
00:14:42,772 --> 00:14:45,992
They had all their friends, drag
queens, so you would see drag queens

359
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go up and down this, this beautiful
French neighborhood in New Orleans.

360
00:14:51,252 --> 00:14:51,472
Yeah.

361
00:14:51,472 --> 00:14:52,022
That's an interesting

362
00:14:52,032 --> 00:14:52,072
fact.

363
00:14:52,082 --> 00:14:57,922
And they are actually known to be the
first ones to have drag queen shows.

364
00:14:58,192 --> 00:14:59,202
Wow, look at you- Yeah.

365
00:14:59,212 --> 00:14:59,802
… with your facts.

366
00:14:59,942 --> 00:15:01,492
I just saw a true crime about it.

367
00:15:01,532 --> 00:15:02,262
There you go.

368
00:15:02,422 --> 00:15:04,452
That's … We're on the right podcast.

369
00:15:04,592 --> 00:15:06,742
Oh, I know there's lots of great
drag shows, burlesque shows.

370
00:15:06,782 --> 00:15:07,422
Yeah.

371
00:15:07,592 --> 00:15:08,612
Yeah, and burlesque.

372
00:15:08,752 --> 00:15:09,922
Um- Mm-hmm

373
00:15:09,922 --> 00:15:13,852
…
yeah, New Orleans is a very,
I, I think, gay-friendly city-

374
00:15:14,002 --> 00:15:15,702
Yeah … compared to a lot.

375
00:15:15,772 --> 00:15:21,362
Uh, it's also the first neighborhood
of free people of color, and I, I think

376
00:15:21,362 --> 00:15:25,022
that's in the Treme, which is close-
Wow … right next to the French Quarter.

377
00:15:25,022 --> 00:15:25,438
Treme, yeah.

378
00:15:25,438 --> 00:15:29,332
So there, there's a lot of, there's a lot
of not so great history in New Orleans.

379
00:15:29,332 --> 00:15:29,432
Of course.

380
00:15:29,432 --> 00:15:31,232
There's a lot of great
history in New Orleans.

381
00:15:31,232 --> 00:15:31,332
Yeah.

382
00:15:31,332 --> 00:15:36,492
And, but, I mean, the food, the
architecture, the history, the music,

383
00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:40,772
just the overall energy and vibe
in New Orleans is why we're there.

384
00:15:41,272 --> 00:15:44,912
Oh yeah, we actually are doing the full
four-day, and then we added a couple

385
00:15:44,912 --> 00:15:46,432
of days so that we could spend- 'Cause

386
00:15:46,442 --> 00:15:47,052
we're crazy

387
00:15:47,052 --> 00:15:48,662
some personal time out there.

388
00:15:48,672 --> 00:15:48,702
Nice.

389
00:15:48,872 --> 00:15:50,097
We've never actually been to New Orleans.

390
00:15:50,097 --> 00:15:50,962
Yeah, we've never been.

391
00:15:50,962 --> 00:15:52,222
We've driven through.

392
00:15:52,232 --> 00:15:53,742
We've, passed by.

393
00:15:53,742 --> 00:15:54,422
Never- It's about as good as it

394
00:15:54,422 --> 00:15:54,762
gets

395
00:15:54,862 --> 00:15:56,062
…
never have been.

396
00:15:56,072 --> 00:15:59,872
And, and you know, I wanted to
go when I was younger because-

397
00:15:59,882 --> 00:16:01,592
Mm-hmm … of, the… Not Naughty.

398
00:16:01,622 --> 00:16:01,992
What is it?

399
00:16:02,832 --> 00:16:03,392
Mardi Gras.

400
00:16:03,542 --> 00:16:04,072
Mardi Gras.

401
00:16:04,162 --> 00:16:07,522
Sorry, my mind went… So there's
one, I was living here in Austin, and

402
00:16:07,522 --> 00:16:11,582
there's a Mardi Gras on 6th Street,
and I got- Sure … so excited.

403
00:16:11,582 --> 00:16:11,962
I went.

404
00:16:11,962 --> 00:16:13,662
It was the first time
I showed my boobs off.

405
00:16:13,722 --> 00:16:13,802
Oh.

406
00:16:14,452 --> 00:16:15,622
I was like, "Oh my gosh."

407
00:16:15,622 --> 00:16:16,002
Scandalous.

408
00:16:16,102 --> 00:16:17,112
Very scandalous.

409
00:16:17,122 --> 00:16:17,142
Yeah.

410
00:16:17,642 --> 00:16:19,502
And so I got excited about that.

411
00:16:19,522 --> 00:16:25,502
Well, I never ever, ever went, and
so now I'm so excited to get those

412
00:16:25,512 --> 00:16:26,912
beads, 'cause I heard that it's like-

413
00:16:27,712 --> 00:16:29,142
it's like Mardi Gras.

414
00:16:29,272 --> 00:16:30,442
I'm like, "I'm so down."

415
00:16:30,952 --> 00:16:32,882
It's an off-season Mardi Gras, for sure.

416
00:16:32,892 --> 00:16:33,242
Yeah.

417
00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:36,152
And, uh, not as many beads as you'll find-

418
00:16:36,202 --> 00:16:36,442
That's

419
00:16:36,482 --> 00:16:37,382
okay … in Mardi Gras.

420
00:16:37,452 --> 00:16:40,442
But you'll find plenty,
I, I have no doubt.

421
00:16:40,492 --> 00:16:41,322
I'm sure.

422
00:16:41,552 --> 00:16:48,142
Well, you know, What I'm really fascinated
by is, is how you- basically transform-

423
00:16:48,452 --> 00:16:48,642
The

424
00:16:48,652 --> 00:16:48,892
hotels

425
00:16:48,892 --> 00:16:50,312
such large hotels.

426
00:16:50,322 --> 00:16:53,652
Like, what does it take logistically
to transform a hotel into

427
00:16:53,652 --> 00:16:55,392
Naughty N'Awlins, uh, the way

428
00:16:55,662 --> 00:16:55,712
it is?

429
00:16:55,712 --> 00:16:57,292
Like, y'all have to be
starting already for next year.

430
00:16:57,302 --> 00:17:00,172
You guys have playrooms, the
dungeon, the themed parties.

431
00:17:00,172 --> 00:17:04,742
Like, I just, just setting up a
gang bang for her is logistically-

432
00:17:04,752 --> 00:17:06,272
Yeah … uh, you know, it blows my mind.

433
00:17:06,272 --> 00:17:08,462
So I can't even imagine the
stress that's involved with this.

434
00:17:08,582 --> 00:17:09,612
I can help you with that.

435
00:17:09,742 --> 00:17:10,352
Okay, thank you.

436
00:17:10,902 --> 00:17:11,352
Awesome.

437
00:17:11,362 --> 00:17:16,622
Logistically, it is, it, it's, it's more
than most people understand, you know.

438
00:17:16,622 --> 00:17:22,142
Our staff is… I think last year we
had, uh, about 130 staff members and,

439
00:17:22,462 --> 00:17:24,502
and of that is a lot of paid people.

440
00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:28,682
We have a lot of people that we pay,
from audiovisual companies that we hire-

441
00:17:28,832 --> 00:17:29,142
Mm-hmm

442
00:17:29,222 --> 00:17:33,342
To, we have supervisors that kind
of manage certain things for us.

443
00:17:33,502 --> 00:17:33,772
Mm-hmm.

444
00:17:33,822 --> 00:17:36,552
And then we have lots of
volunteers, and the volunteers

445
00:17:36,582 --> 00:17:38,462
come, from all over the country.

446
00:17:38,472 --> 00:17:40,822
Some of them are host
couples at other clubs.

447
00:17:40,912 --> 00:17:45,032
So they, they're used to working in
this capacity and helping out and they

448
00:17:45,032 --> 00:17:50,642
just, they like being behind the scenes
and like being part of the show, and

449
00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:53,032
we, thank God they do because we need-

450
00:17:53,582 --> 00:17:54,422
we need them.

451
00:17:54,422 --> 00:17:58,962
We start loading in on Monday, and it
takes us three days to set everything up.

452
00:17:59,472 --> 00:17:59,852
Wow.

453
00:17:59,892 --> 00:18:04,662
And, and then we start tearing down
at 4:00 a.m. Saturday night, and,

454
00:18:04,662 --> 00:18:06,962
we have everything out by, by noon.

455
00:18:07,522 --> 00:18:08,122
Wow.

456
00:18:08,132 --> 00:18:12,612
And, it's quite… Uh, setting
up is harder than taking down.

457
00:18:12,702 --> 00:18:12,862
Mm-hmm.

458
00:18:12,882 --> 00:18:17,732
But, um, but we have an amazing
team , and we have, I think a total of

459
00:18:17,732 --> 00:18:24,382
seven large trucks that, we just take
turns filling, and they run off to the

460
00:18:24,382 --> 00:18:28,702
warehouse, and then we fill the next,
and it runs off, and we just repeat- Wow

461
00:18:28,752 --> 00:18:29,267
rinse and repeat.

462
00:18:29,267 --> 00:18:29,482
Yeah.

463
00:18:29,482 --> 00:18:32,832
But it's, it takes, you know, the
whole thing, it takes a village.

464
00:18:32,832 --> 00:18:34,632
, It takes a large crew.

465
00:18:35,142 --> 00:18:38,362
We spell crew in New Orleans K-R-E-W-E.

466
00:18:38,652 --> 00:18:38,672
Mm-hmm.

467
00:18:38,682 --> 00:18:39,802
Like a Mardi Gras krewe.

468
00:18:40,342 --> 00:18:43,412
And we look at our team of
people as it's our krewe.

469
00:18:43,412 --> 00:18:48,082
It's like a family more than it
is just dealing with volunteers.

470
00:18:48,182 --> 00:18:51,352
Everything from the, sex
educators we just talked about-

471
00:18:51,552 --> 00:18:51,902
Mm-hmm

472
00:18:51,952 --> 00:18:56,522
…
uh, to the volunteers to our paid staff,
it's, it really is part of a big family,

473
00:18:56,582 --> 00:18:58,522
a big naughty family, so to speak.

474
00:18:59,042 --> 00:18:59,312
Big naughty family.

475
00:18:59,902 --> 00:19:00,022
That's,

476
00:19:00,672 --> 00:19:01,722
that's cool, man.

477
00:19:01,942 --> 00:19:07,172
Now, you know, I, I'm curious, do you, do
you attempt to raise the bar each year?

478
00:19:07,402 --> 00:19:10,592
Like, do you go, "Okay, how are
we gonna top this year?" Um-

479
00:19:10,772 --> 00:19:12,482
I mean, 'cause the themes alone

480
00:19:12,982 --> 00:19:13,222
Yeah.

481
00:19:13,262 --> 00:19:16,222
Uh, you know, it's,
it's been an evolution.

482
00:19:16,242 --> 00:19:20,202
When you look at what we do today
compared to what we did 28 years

483
00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:22,722
ago, it's vastly different, you know?

484
00:19:22,732 --> 00:19:26,202
Back then we didn't have a dungeon, and
now I think we have the most incredible

485
00:19:26,212 --> 00:19:28,902
dungeon you'll ever see at any event.

486
00:19:29,372 --> 00:19:30,922
We call it the Cathedral of Kink.

487
00:19:30,932 --> 00:19:34,952
It's huge, it's beautiful, um-
Wow … and it's, it's just

488
00:19:34,962 --> 00:19:40,152
well-staffed and has just incredible
furniture and, just visually stunning.

489
00:19:40,592 --> 00:19:44,802
So that's, that's an evolution that
we've had over the years and it's only

490
00:19:44,802 --> 00:19:49,012
been a couple years since we've had it
in its current state, and you'll see.

491
00:19:49,042 --> 00:19:50,792
I mean, you need to go around
and look at everything.

492
00:19:51,302 --> 00:19:55,672
Last year we did a kind of an after-hours
party for the first time, kind of

493
00:19:55,672 --> 00:20:00,332
like a little hidden rave, like a
speakeasy, and oh my God, it was packed.

494
00:20:00,842 --> 00:20:04,202
And what we found out is there's
a lot of people at 2:00 in the

495
00:20:04,202 --> 00:20:08,452
morning- … unlike you guys- … still
looking for something to do.

496
00:20:08,852 --> 00:20:11,572
So I thought, "All right. Let's
open the place up till 4:00 in the

497
00:20:11,572 --> 00:20:15,242
morning." I mean, I was there every
night till 4:00 in the morning.

498
00:20:15,402 --> 00:20:17,272
I mean, that sounds like fun, you

499
00:20:17,272 --> 00:20:17,452
know?

500
00:20:17,452 --> 00:20:17,782
It was packed.

501
00:20:18,282 --> 00:20:20,712
And so we added that last year.

502
00:20:20,802 --> 00:20:23,212
We, uh, we changed up
the dungeon last year.

503
00:20:23,652 --> 00:20:26,932
This year we're doing something
different where we're changing

504
00:20:26,932 --> 00:20:28,372
all the names to the venues.

505
00:20:28,372 --> 00:20:32,132
Like it used to be the Grand
Ballroom and the Astor Ballroom.

506
00:20:32,802 --> 00:20:36,752
This year, New Orleans is broken
up into districts, so you got the

507
00:20:36,752 --> 00:20:38,422
6th District, the 8th District.

508
00:20:38,762 --> 00:20:42,082
The different areas, neighborhoods so
to speak- Uh-huh … of New Orleans.

509
00:20:42,092 --> 00:20:42,122
Uh-huh.

510
00:20:42,462 --> 00:20:46,752
So we're doing the Voodoo
Club is gonna be our district.

511
00:20:46,862 --> 00:20:48,212
It's kind of our EDM room.

512
00:20:48,602 --> 00:20:50,522
And our after-hours place is
gonna be called Afterglow.

513
00:20:50,522 --> 00:20:53,492
After you have sex, what's after that?

514
00:20:53,512 --> 00:20:54,272
The afterglow.

515
00:20:54,282 --> 00:20:54,302
Yeah.

516
00:20:54,312 --> 00:20:58,592
So go down and, not quite ready to go to
bed, go down, listen to some great music

517
00:20:58,592 --> 00:21:00,602
and kinda unwind and get ready for bed.

518
00:21:01,102 --> 00:21:05,412
So we have the Masquerade Salon as our
main ballroom, and it just, everything

519
00:21:05,412 --> 00:21:08,132
has a New Orleans feel to it and- Yeah

520
00:21:08,142 --> 00:21:10,482
we're always evolving and adding things.

521
00:21:10,482 --> 00:21:14,182
And, this year we're bringing a little
French Quarter Fest into it where

522
00:21:14,662 --> 00:21:17,802
when you go to French Quarter Fest,
a music festival in New Orleans, uh-

523
00:21:17,802 --> 00:21:23,552
Uh-huh … absolutely phenomenal, every
stage has a sign with handwritten, names

524
00:21:23,552 --> 00:21:25,142
of the artist that's up on the stage.

525
00:21:25,472 --> 00:21:30,472
So we're handwriting signs for
every DJ, every band, every piano

526
00:21:30,472 --> 00:21:35,172
player, artist, kinda like you'd
see at a New Orleans festival.

527
00:21:35,582 --> 00:21:39,732
So we're, we're trying to really
integrate the fabric of New Orleans-

528
00:21:39,942 --> 00:21:41,062
In the… Okay … and

529
00:21:41,302 --> 00:21:45,702
into the event itself so you really
get a sense of New Orleans even if

530
00:21:45,702 --> 00:21:47,552
you don't know it or understand it.

531
00:21:48,042 --> 00:21:52,106
Um, a- another thing we do I
think that's different is we

532
00:21:52,106 --> 00:21:53,816
take you outside the hotel.

533
00:21:54,296 --> 00:21:56,926
Most hotel takeovers, you
never leave the hotel.

534
00:21:56,956 --> 00:21:57,616
Yeah, you don't.

535
00:21:57,746 --> 00:21:58,036
Yeah.

536
00:21:58,036 --> 00:21:58,876
You eat, sleep-

537
00:21:59,236 --> 00:21:59,596
Yeah

538
00:21:59,616 --> 00:22:00,586
…
do everything there.

539
00:22:01,006 --> 00:22:05,376
Um, it could be in Peoria,
Illinois or Topeka, Kansas.

540
00:22:05,386 --> 00:22:06,156
It doesn't matter.

541
00:22:06,966 --> 00:22:12,066
Ours matters because you're actually out
walking around the French Quarter, and we

542
00:22:12,066 --> 00:22:18,476
do a lot of things that I think is really
ingrains New Orleans into the event and

543
00:22:18,566 --> 00:22:20,766
integrates the event into New Orleans.

544
00:22:20,996 --> 00:22:24,226
So I, I think those are the difference
that's kinda kept us around.

545
00:22:24,326 --> 00:22:29,226
That, that brings me actually into,
my next thing because I've, I am so

546
00:22:29,226 --> 00:22:33,866
fascinated about the sexual freedom
parade, uh- Mm … that you guys have.

547
00:22:33,896 --> 00:22:39,046
One, I mean, I wouldn't even think
to, to set up a parade of swingers

548
00:22:39,046 --> 00:22:40,646
to walk the, walk the streets.

549
00:22:40,676 --> 00:22:42,176
I've seen some clips of it.

550
00:22:42,196 --> 00:22:43,776
I thought it was incredible.

551
00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:45,276
I can't wait to be a part of it.

552
00:22:45,666 --> 00:22:47,416
But Tell us about that.

553
00:22:47,416 --> 00:22:48,926
Where did that idea even come from?

554
00:22:48,926 --> 00:22:50,426
What does it mean to the community?

555
00:22:50,926 --> 00:22:55,426
Well, I used to be on the board of the,
the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom,

556
00:22:55,886 --> 00:23:01,436
and it was, I think, a brainstorm session
I had with some of the people involved

557
00:23:01,456 --> 00:23:04,286
way back then to actually have a parade.

558
00:23:04,726 --> 00:23:09,316
And you know, I've been to a lot
of Pride parades, and I've actually

559
00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:15,426
been in Pride parades, and I thought,
wow, I wish there was a parade that

560
00:23:15,426 --> 00:23:21,776
doesn't just celebrate, your sexual
orientation but sexual freedom.

561
00:23:22,556 --> 00:23:25,006
And it-- to me it's two
different things, right?

562
00:23:25,436 --> 00:23:29,226
And, it just came to me one day
that, boy, it sure would be cool

563
00:23:29,226 --> 00:23:35,496
to have a Mardi Gras-type parade
that is celebrating sexual freedom.

564
00:23:35,876 --> 00:23:39,966
And I reached out to the city of New
Orleans and said, "What would it take

565
00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:44,586
to do this parade?" And they told me,
"Oh, you just gotta fill out a parade

566
00:23:44,606 --> 00:23:50,036
permit and pay us $125." And I thought-
Okay … wow, that's a great deal.

567
00:23:50,506 --> 00:23:54,286
Well, I, I think the logistics for
this year's parade is, is, it's over

568
00:23:54,286 --> 00:24:00,566
$17,000 for- Wow … cause we have to
hire police and clean up and, uh- Right

569
00:24:00,566 --> 00:24:05,506
we bring floats and i- it's just, it's
grown to be a lot more than $125 than-

570
00:24:05,536 --> 00:24:06,036
Yeah.

571
00:24:06,436 --> 00:24:07,236
…
in the beginning.

572
00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,676
And, we're actually printing
a new, banner this year.

573
00:24:10,286 --> 00:24:15,906
But, people tell me every year, 'cause
I think this is our 14th or 15th

574
00:24:15,906 --> 00:24:18,296
parade, they sleep on the parade.

575
00:24:18,306 --> 00:24:20,176
They think, "Oh yeah, the
parade, that'll be fun."

576
00:24:20,756 --> 00:24:27,266
And people have very emotional moments in
this parade, like walking down the street

577
00:24:27,846 --> 00:24:31,236
in broad daylight and people are cheering-

578
00:24:31,466 --> 00:24:32,696
I'm looking forward to that

579
00:24:32,856 --> 00:24:33,476
…
and- Yeah … thumbs up.

580
00:24:33,886 --> 00:24:38,496
And I've had people start crying, and,
and people just get really emotional

581
00:24:38,546 --> 00:24:44,136
and said, "Wow, I, I, I didn't expect
this." And it's very emotional for me

582
00:24:44,146 --> 00:24:50,476
because- Look, I've lost two careers
thanks to, this lifestyle, right?

583
00:24:50,476 --> 00:24:52,446
One of them a military career.

584
00:24:52,916 --> 00:24:59,616
And it means a lot to me to be able
to march down a street and be who I

585
00:24:59,616 --> 00:25:05,486
am and, and not be ashamed and not
worry about what's gonna happen to me.

586
00:25:06,036 --> 00:25:09,226
And, and it's funny, a lot of people
are like, "Oh, I can't march in a

587
00:25:09,416 --> 00:25:13,726
swinger parade." I s- it's not a swinger
parade, it's a sexual freedom parade.

588
00:25:13,816 --> 00:25:14,056
Mm-hmm.

589
00:25:14,086 --> 00:25:16,846
And you're not saying you're
a swinger, you're just saying

590
00:25:16,856 --> 00:25:18,566
you believe in sexual freedom.

591
00:25:18,976 --> 00:25:22,366
And if you don't feel comfortable,
then just wave and hoot and

592
00:25:22,366 --> 00:25:23,996
holler at us and catch some beads.

593
00:25:24,096 --> 00:25:24,476
Mm-hmm.

594
00:25:24,486 --> 00:25:28,796
And, uh, and some of those same people,
uh, ended up jumping in the parade and

595
00:25:28,796 --> 00:25:32,826
walking with us and saying it was the
most empowering thing they've ever done.

596
00:25:33,486 --> 00:25:36,026
So, I, I'm- Love that … I'm
very proud of, of that.

597
00:25:36,026 --> 00:25:40,796
I mean, I, I'm very proud of Naughty,
but I think, I think this is even

598
00:25:40,796 --> 00:25:45,326
bigger and, uh, and I hope one day maybe
there'll be a parade in another city.

599
00:25:45,456 --> 00:25:46,416
So we'll see.

600
00:25:46,576 --> 00:25:47,486
That would, that would be really cool.

601
00:25:47,486 --> 00:25:47,876
You know- That would

602
00:25:47,876 --> 00:25:48,426
be great

603
00:25:48,436 --> 00:25:51,736
…
feeling seen is very, very big.

604
00:25:51,756 --> 00:25:57,406
Especially- Mm-hmm … uh, you know, like
you said, losing careers over being open.

605
00:25:57,696 --> 00:25:58,116
I mean-

606
00:25:58,256 --> 00:25:58,486
Yeah

607
00:25:58,486 --> 00:26:02,816
…
let me tell you, Bob, right now, uh,
I got laid off in August of last year,

608
00:26:02,876 --> 00:26:07,456
and now I'm- Mm-hmm … I'm finally
looking for work and I'm getting turned

609
00:26:07,456 --> 00:26:11,506
down quite a bit, and I think part of
it is because a, a simple Google search

610
00:26:11,506 --> 00:26:13,966
will bring up this podcast and, uh- Mm

611
00:26:13,966 --> 00:26:15,906
you know, our, our postings
and things like that.

612
00:26:15,926 --> 00:26:20,306
And, you know- Right … we're here in,
in Texas, where, uh, you know, a lot

613
00:26:20,306 --> 00:26:24,466
of the people who are judging you on
this lifestyle are secretly doing it.

614
00:26:24,566 --> 00:26:25,146
You know what I mean?

615
00:26:25,146 --> 00:26:25,326
Yeah.

616
00:26:25,326 --> 00:26:25,636
Yeah.

617
00:26:25,636 --> 00:26:26,326
Um, but- It's always

618
00:26:26,326 --> 00:26:26,916
that way

619
00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,076
…
but that's the way it is.

620
00:26:28,106 --> 00:26:33,776
I mean, and, and, you know, the
stress of losing, uh, a job or a

621
00:26:33,776 --> 00:26:35,606
career or losing family- Mm-hmm

622
00:26:35,606 --> 00:26:41,256
sometimes, I hate to say it, is
fully worth the freedom of being

623
00:26:41,296 --> 00:26:42,536
out and being yourself 100%.

624
00:26:42,536 --> 00:26:43,356
Mm-hmm.

625
00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:47,386
Um, and so the sexual freedom
parade, I think I, I can see

626
00:26:47,386 --> 00:26:48,686
how people would get emotional.

627
00:26:48,686 --> 00:26:49,636
I think it's incredible.

628
00:26:49,676 --> 00:26:49,906
Yeah.

629
00:26:49,946 --> 00:26:53,136
And I think that's a really, really
amazing thing that you're doing.

630
00:26:53,586 --> 00:26:55,596
Um- Mm-hmm … it's exciting.

631
00:26:56,096 --> 00:27:01,406
Well, I think also most people- At
least believe they can't be out, right?

632
00:27:01,796 --> 00:27:02,256
Mm-hmm.

633
00:27:02,306 --> 00:27:06,646
And, and I think, I think we're
way behind the curve when it comes

634
00:27:06,646 --> 00:27:09,116
to, you know, the LGBTQ+ community.

635
00:27:09,116 --> 00:27:14,116
They… But if you look back 30 years
ago, m- most people were in the closet,

636
00:27:14,686 --> 00:27:19,906
and it took brave people to come
forward and get into marches and come

637
00:27:19,906 --> 00:27:22,786
forward, and it's visibility, right?

638
00:27:22,816 --> 00:27:26,986
People, I had an interesting post
I put on Facebook recently, and it

639
00:27:27,116 --> 00:27:32,686
kind of went viral, unexpectedly,
and it was about visibility, right?

640
00:27:32,726 --> 00:27:36,366
And people saying, "Well, why do
we even need Pride Month?" And

641
00:27:36,376 --> 00:27:40,456
it's because without visibility,
there's discrimination.

642
00:27:40,956 --> 00:27:40,976
Mm-hmm.

643
00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:47,396
And until you know someone that is
gay, lesbian, whatever, trans, it's

644
00:27:47,396 --> 00:27:49,286
very easy to discriminate against them.

645
00:27:49,286 --> 00:27:54,476
But when it's your son or your daughter
or your uncle or your, a coworker

646
00:27:54,476 --> 00:27:59,156
that you like and you find out they're
gay, you're a lot, lot less likely

647
00:27:59,156 --> 00:28:02,036
to discriminate against them, and
I, I feel it's the same way for us.

648
00:28:02,036 --> 00:28:07,666
So for those of us who can get in this
parade and march, it's a strong signal

649
00:28:07,696 --> 00:28:13,626
that it's okay, and even the people
that decide not to march, I think it's

650
00:28:13,626 --> 00:28:18,916
a signal to them that maybe one day
you'll be able to march, too- Mm-hmm

651
00:28:19,156 --> 00:28:22,626
and be proud of who you
are and not ashamed.

652
00:28:22,706 --> 00:28:28,586
And I think it's that visibility
that is needed nationally, so that

653
00:28:28,586 --> 00:28:33,976
there is less, you know- people
making fun of and, and discriminating

654
00:28:33,976 --> 00:28:39,656
against and, um, and causing
problems and possibly custody issues-

655
00:28:40,126 --> 00:28:40,416
Yeah.

656
00:28:40,416 --> 00:28:41,296
Oh, yeah … work issues.

657
00:28:41,396 --> 00:28:41,656
Yeah.

658
00:28:42,306 --> 00:28:43,236
Uh- We've actually seen a lot of that

659
00:28:43,236 --> 00:28:45,946
my goal is to see those
things go away, you know?

660
00:28:46,706 --> 00:28:47,126
One day.

661
00:28:47,186 --> 00:28:47,876
Or at least less of it.

662
00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:48,276
Yeah.

663
00:28:48,276 --> 00:28:50,566
And that's, and that's why
we have the show is we wanna

664
00:28:50,566 --> 00:28:52,106
normalize the conversation.

665
00:28:52,106 --> 00:28:56,806
We wanna make sure that people know
that swingers are not the dirty,

666
00:28:56,806 --> 00:28:58,896
trashy people that live in the dark.

667
00:28:59,176 --> 00:28:59,846
You know what I mean?

668
00:28:59,846 --> 00:29:03,606
Like, we are the people that are
shopping at the grocery store next

669
00:29:03,606 --> 00:29:04,566
to you, and you don't even know it.

670
00:29:04,792 --> 00:29:08,842
Hey, so we wanna talk about
something that actually is kind of

671
00:29:08,842 --> 00:29:10,862
important before we move any further

672
00:29:11,122 --> 00:29:14,952
Yeah, ProDX Health, and
here's why we love them

673
00:29:15,552 --> 00:29:17,182
They do at-home testing.

674
00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:21,662
Like, you get a kit, you do
it at home, you mail it back

675
00:29:22,492 --> 00:29:26,572
STIs, hormones, real stuff that you
should really actually know about

676
00:29:26,702 --> 00:29:28,282
Yeah, and there's no waiting room.

677
00:29:28,282 --> 00:29:30,742
There's no awkward
conversations, none of that

678
00:29:31,192 --> 00:29:34,782
You just get your results, and if you need
next steps, they help you with that, too

679
00:29:35,222 --> 00:29:39,882
Look, knowing what's going on with your
body is just part of taking care of

680
00:29:39,882 --> 00:29:42,052
yourself and the people that you're with

681
00:29:42,502 --> 00:29:43,142
Very true.

682
00:29:43,142 --> 00:29:46,512
It really is, and ProDX
Health makes it so easy.

683
00:29:46,742 --> 00:29:48,852
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684
00:29:49,092 --> 00:29:49,622
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685
00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:52,712
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686
00:29:52,712 --> 00:29:57,192
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687
00:29:57,642 --> 00:29:58,722
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688
00:29:58,912 --> 00:29:59,882
Okay, now back to it

689
00:30:00,292 --> 00:30:00,952
Back to it

690
00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:01,469
That's right.

691
00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:05,319
You know, w- consent first is
a core value of your events,

692
00:30:05,319 --> 00:30:06,429
which I thought was pretty cool.

693
00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:08,129
And it really should be of every event.

694
00:30:08,179 --> 00:30:08,439
Yeah.

695
00:30:08,609 --> 00:30:12,929
But when you have a 3,000 to
4,000 person event, how do you

696
00:30:12,939 --> 00:30:14,949
actually operationalize that?

697
00:30:15,209 --> 00:30:15,499
Yeah.

698
00:30:15,499 --> 00:30:16,409
Like, how do you enforce

699
00:30:17,239 --> 00:30:17,499
it?

700
00:30:17,569 --> 00:30:19,709
It, it, it takes strategy.

701
00:30:19,879 --> 00:30:24,519
I mean, you can't just say, "Oh,
consent matters," and that's it, right?

702
00:30:24,909 --> 00:30:27,239
We started something last year
that we'd never done before.

703
00:30:27,249 --> 00:30:32,019
We actually created a video, and
we make people watch it and take a

704
00:30:32,019 --> 00:30:34,449
test before they're able to come.

705
00:30:34,459 --> 00:30:35,949
Like- Mm-hmm … nobody does that.

706
00:30:36,409 --> 00:30:41,659
But I felt like the message wasn't getting
across to some people, and I, I felt

707
00:30:41,659 --> 00:30:44,939
like there were some old school people
that were taking consent for granted.

708
00:30:44,949 --> 00:30:48,399
Mm. And those are the people
I was more concerned about

709
00:30:48,439 --> 00:30:50,349
than, than the newer folks.

710
00:30:50,889 --> 00:30:53,339
The newer folks soak up
information like a sponge.

711
00:30:54,039 --> 00:30:56,789
It's, it's the older folks that
comes from a different generation

712
00:30:57,623 --> 00:30:58,863
Look, I'm an older folk.

713
00:30:59,613 --> 00:31:03,373
I came from a different generation,
and I used to teach classes about

714
00:31:03,373 --> 00:31:07,943
consent, and I used to tell people,
this is 20 years ago, in a playroom to

715
00:31:07,943 --> 00:31:11,603
reach out and touch somebody's ankle
somewhere non-sexual, I used to say.

716
00:31:11,613 --> 00:31:12,043
Mm-hmm.

717
00:31:12,073 --> 00:31:13,623
That's no longer acceptable.

718
00:31:13,703 --> 00:31:17,813
There, there is no- nothing on a
person that's non-sexual, especially

719
00:31:17,813 --> 00:31:21,453
their skin, I think is their
biggest sexual organ is their skin.

720
00:31:21,933 --> 00:31:28,473
So now the conversation's changed, and
just like I talked about evolution, we're

721
00:31:28,473 --> 00:31:33,763
trying to evolve and make sure that we're
listening to what is current with consent.

722
00:31:33,783 --> 00:31:35,983
We have signs all over our place.

723
00:31:35,983 --> 00:31:36,623
You'll see 'em.

724
00:31:37,053 --> 00:31:40,723
We make people pass this test, and if
they don't pass it, we call them up.

725
00:31:41,223 --> 00:31:43,483
"Hey, I saw you took the test
and didn't pass it. What's

726
00:31:43,483 --> 00:31:45,183
going on? Let's talk." You know?

727
00:31:45,573 --> 00:31:50,353
And, and sometimes, you know, they
misunderstood a question or, you

728
00:31:50,353 --> 00:31:52,933
know, sometimes they think, "Oh,
well, I just thought that was

729
00:31:52,933 --> 00:31:55,283
okay," and we let them know, "No.

730
00:31:55,473 --> 00:32:00,213
At Naughty, that's not okay." We also-
Yeah … have a team on board, and their

731
00:32:00,213 --> 00:32:05,953
whole job is to be there and available
and ready in case somebody has an issue.

732
00:32:06,403 --> 00:32:10,363
They, talk to our attendees,
completely confidentiality-

733
00:32:10,623 --> 00:32:10,763
Mm-hmm

734
00:32:10,843 --> 00:32:14,653
…
and, , and give them somebody to
talk to that's, you know, you're

735
00:32:14,653 --> 00:32:15,733
not coming to me and talking.

736
00:32:15,733 --> 00:32:19,033
You're coming to an independent
person, and they don't answer to

737
00:32:19,033 --> 00:32:21,053
me, but they're there to make sure.

738
00:32:21,053 --> 00:32:22,163
They, they have training.

739
00:32:22,393 --> 00:32:23,923
They've done training with NCSF.

740
00:32:23,963 --> 00:32:29,223
They've done training with other programs,
to listen, and if there's a problem

741
00:32:29,223 --> 00:32:33,023
with somebody at the event, then they'll
let us know, "Hey, these people got

742
00:32:33,033 --> 00:32:35,373
to go," and we'll take care of that.

743
00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:40,163
So we have independent people that
are on our staff that deal with it.

744
00:32:40,563 --> 00:32:44,273
We have, uh, uh, monitors
in every single playroom.

745
00:32:44,693 --> 00:32:49,553
We have a supervisor that runs each of
those sections, the dungeon, the playroom

746
00:32:49,553 --> 00:32:52,463
at the NOPSY, the playroom at the Aster.

747
00:32:52,943 --> 00:32:54,273
It's a lot going on.

748
00:32:54,363 --> 00:33:02,073
I think I probably have 20 to 30 pages
of consent rules, policies, procedures.

749
00:33:02,553 --> 00:33:02,953
Um-

750
00:33:02,963 --> 00:33:03,533
That's awesome.

751
00:33:03,903 --> 00:33:04,223
That's

752
00:33:04,223 --> 00:33:04,403
awesome.

753
00:33:04,793 --> 00:33:09,961
It's, it's, it's very- It's very
regulated and very black and white.

754
00:33:10,361 --> 00:33:12,631
And, and we put that forth to everyone.

755
00:33:12,631 --> 00:33:16,291
So right before the event, you'll be
getting a couple emails, with links to

756
00:33:16,291 --> 00:33:18,571
our policies and procedures to look over.

757
00:33:19,011 --> 00:33:25,141
But we require that test because we
don't want anybody just ignoring it.

758
00:33:25,511 --> 00:33:25,791
Yeah.

759
00:33:25,791 --> 00:33:32,441
We make sure at the very least you can
pass these basic questions on consent

760
00:33:32,441 --> 00:33:33,781
before you're even allowed to come.

761
00:33:34,161 --> 00:33:34,571
Mm-hmm.

762
00:33:34,601 --> 00:33:35,221
That makes sense.

763
00:33:35,221 --> 00:33:36,721
I mean, you can't say
that you didn't know.

764
00:33:36,791 --> 00:33:37,291
Yeah.

765
00:33:37,831 --> 00:33:38,731
You have to do it before

766
00:33:38,731 --> 00:33:38,801
you go.

767
00:33:38,801 --> 00:33:39,681
What are you talking about?

768
00:33:39,711 --> 00:33:40,071
That's right.

769
00:33:40,111 --> 00:33:41,241
I don't, I don't understand.

770
00:33:41,941 --> 00:33:43,101
Well, it could be…

771
00:33:43,101 --> 00:33:48,471
The only caveat to that is we're a
couples first kind of event, and it's-

772
00:33:48,471 --> 00:33:52,141
Yeah … possible one person took it and
the other person didn't even read it.

773
00:33:52,461 --> 00:33:52,471
Mm.

774
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,561
But, you know, how much can we do?

775
00:33:54,591 --> 00:33:58,181
We're, we're doing the best
we can and really making it

776
00:33:58,211 --> 00:33:59,791
an important consideration.

777
00:33:59,841 --> 00:34:01,331
We talk about it a lot at the event.

778
00:34:01,841 --> 00:34:03,751
You'll see postings on the app app.

779
00:34:04,551 --> 00:34:08,151
It- you think there's… the
app app is interesting now.

780
00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:10,001
Wait till it gets closer to the event.

781
00:34:10,621 --> 00:34:14,991
The amount of postings will
become more and more and more.

782
00:34:15,001 --> 00:34:19,021
It, it… By the time the event's
there, it's just crazy because

783
00:34:19,031 --> 00:34:19,671
that many people- I'm doom, I'm

784
00:34:19,671 --> 00:34:20,741
doom scrolling the app.

785
00:34:20,811 --> 00:34:21,101
Are you?

786
00:34:21,441 --> 00:34:21,841
Are you?

787
00:34:21,841 --> 00:34:22,931
I catch myself just, just
scrolling through it.

788
00:34:22,931 --> 00:34:23,311
You won't be able,

789
00:34:24,191 --> 00:34:26,991
you won't be able to catch up,
once- Oh … once you get there.

790
00:34:27,491 --> 00:34:28,961
So, you mentioned something.

791
00:34:28,961 --> 00:34:29,711
What was that?

792
00:34:29,921 --> 00:34:30,691
I can't remember now.

793
00:34:30,691 --> 00:34:30,701
I

794
00:34:30,701 --> 00:34:31,821
mentioned a lot of things.

795
00:34:31,821 --> 00:34:32,471
Geez.

796
00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:32,931
Think on it.

797
00:34:33,011 --> 00:34:33,361
Okay.

798
00:34:33,511 --> 00:34:38,021
In the meantime, though, uh, y- you know,
if there's, there's a lot of pe- I mean,

799
00:34:38,031 --> 00:34:40,281
3 to 4,000 people, that's, that's a lot.

800
00:34:40,311 --> 00:34:41,931
A lot of people know about you guys.

801
00:34:41,971 --> 00:34:46,161
But for those of you who have never
been, who have never shown up to,

802
00:34:46,231 --> 00:34:49,841
to one of your, events, especially
Naughty Nollans, what's the biggest

803
00:34:49,841 --> 00:34:53,451
misconception that outsiders have
about Naughty that, that you'd wanna

804
00:34:53,511 --> 00:34:55,121
just clear up and throw out there?

805
00:34:55,621 --> 00:34:57,461
Well, I hear about that early on.

806
00:34:57,461 --> 00:34:59,961
I, I think they think it's
a sex convention, right?

807
00:34:59,961 --> 00:35:00,026
Right.

808
00:35:00,026 --> 00:35:00,091
Oh.

809
00:35:00,091 --> 00:35:03,291
And it's very little part
of what Naughty's about.

810
00:35:03,471 --> 00:35:07,831
I, I think it's, it's so much more
about social interactions, meeting

811
00:35:07,831 --> 00:35:14,181
people, and, finding other people like
yourself is, is very important, right?

812
00:35:14,501 --> 00:35:20,391
It's so great that you can find people
that you can talk to about things sexual-

813
00:35:20,661 --> 00:35:20,771
Mm-hmm

814
00:35:20,811 --> 00:35:24,911
and not be judged, I, I think
is a big part of it, and,

815
00:35:24,961 --> 00:35:27,141
it's just validation, right?

816
00:35:27,661 --> 00:35:29,141
There's a lot of entertainment.

817
00:35:29,211 --> 00:35:30,581
There's a lot of parties.

818
00:35:31,101 --> 00:35:36,501
There's a lot of education, and there's
opportunities to go explore some fantasies

819
00:35:36,531 --> 00:35:41,821
and, and see what you're-- either do
the things that you're into or maybe try

820
00:35:41,821 --> 00:35:43,361
some things you've never tried before.

821
00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:50,751
I, I think we try to, we try to create
the safest space possible for you to be

822
00:35:50,751 --> 00:35:56,921
able to go do whatever fantasy you've ever
thought of and have a positive experience.

823
00:35:57,431 --> 00:36:01,681
But to me, the biggest misconception
is this is a giant sex thing,

824
00:36:01,741 --> 00:36:03,051
and it's, it's really not.

825
00:36:03,311 --> 00:36:10,783
My mom's been to my event, my son,
my sisters, um, uh- Tons of people

826
00:36:10,983 --> 00:36:16,493
that come to our event and go, "Wow,
I had no idea this was, like, so

827
00:36:16,493 --> 00:36:18,813
welcoming, and I, I feel at home here."

828
00:36:18,973 --> 00:36:23,063
And to even people that are not
swingers, not non-monogamous, not-

829
00:36:23,073 --> 00:36:23,783
Mm-hmm

830
00:36:23,783 --> 00:36:28,033
…
polyamorous, they feel at home
because it's, it's… We took

831
00:36:28,033 --> 00:36:30,003
our cue not from swing clubs.

832
00:36:30,003 --> 00:36:34,363
We took our cue from Mardi Gras,
and Fantasy Fest was, was a first,

833
00:36:34,723 --> 00:36:36,403
I think, inspirations for us.

834
00:36:36,963 --> 00:36:39,833
And so we're putting on a festival, right?

835
00:36:39,943 --> 00:36:45,323
And, and but there are some
places that you can go on

836
00:36:45,323 --> 00:36:46,823
our play floors and have fun.

837
00:36:47,313 --> 00:36:49,953
But it's, it's not the main focus.

838
00:36:49,973 --> 00:36:50,933
And- Mm-hmm … you'll see.

839
00:36:50,943 --> 00:36:51,183
Uh-huh.

840
00:36:51,193 --> 00:36:54,683
I mean, for those that wanna come
play in the playrooms, God love them.

841
00:36:54,683 --> 00:36:57,433
They have the Disney World, I
don't know if I can say that,

842
00:36:57,703 --> 00:36:58,663
the Disney World of- You can

843
00:36:58,663 --> 00:36:59,393
say anything.

844
00:36:59,763 --> 00:37:00,903
…
play areas, right?

845
00:37:01,443 --> 00:37:04,023
And, it's, uh, it's, it's incredible.

846
00:37:04,063 --> 00:37:07,033
I, our playrooms are
not like anywhere else.

847
00:37:07,273 --> 00:37:07,283
Ooh.

848
00:37:07,303 --> 00:37:08,753
And I'm, I'm very- I'm excited.

849
00:37:08,753 --> 00:37:08,923
Well,

850
00:37:09,233 --> 00:37:09,603
yeah, and I-

851
00:37:09,603 --> 00:37:10,733
I'm very proud of those

852
00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:13,983
…
I keep hear- so I keep hearing
about one in particular, Bob,

853
00:37:13,983 --> 00:37:16,673
and I don't know if you can guess
which one I keep hearing about.

854
00:37:16,673 --> 00:37:16,958
Okay.

855
00:37:16,958 --> 00:37:19,203
People keep telling me over and
over again, this one specific area.

856
00:37:19,203 --> 00:37:20,033
I haven't heard anything.

857
00:37:20,793 --> 00:37:21,263
Okay.

858
00:37:21,423 --> 00:37:23,523
It is the, the dark room.

859
00:37:24,223 --> 00:37:25,113
Is that- Oh, the dark room.

860
00:37:25,113 --> 00:37:25,883
Sure … the dark room.

861
00:37:25,883 --> 00:37:26,795
What, w- can you explain, Bob,

862
00:37:26,795 --> 00:37:27,370
what is the, the dark room?

863
00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:29,823
So somebody told me not to go in the
dark room, and this was a friend.

864
00:37:29,823 --> 00:37:30,403
I love it.

865
00:37:30,403 --> 00:37:31,133
I don't even, I don't know if

866
00:37:31,133 --> 00:37:31,243
he's

867
00:37:31,243 --> 00:37:31,493
ever

868
00:37:31,643 --> 00:37:31,983
been to it.

869
00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:33,973
I personally love, I
personally love the dark room.

870
00:37:33,973 --> 00:37:34,123
I'm-

871
00:37:34,223 --> 00:37:34,533
Okay

872
00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:37,323
…
in fa- I'll tell you a
short story about my mom.

873
00:37:37,943 --> 00:37:39,133
And, she came to our- I love where this is

874
00:37:39,243 --> 00:37:39,533
going.

875
00:37:40,033 --> 00:37:43,813
She came to our event one
year, and God, God love her.

876
00:37:43,813 --> 00:37:45,553
My mom was like a little old lady.

877
00:37:45,553 --> 00:37:49,403
She was only in her early 60s, but
she, she wore a little shawl around

878
00:37:49,403 --> 00:37:52,923
her, shoulders and looked like-
Cute … she was much older than she is.

879
00:37:52,943 --> 00:37:53,243
And-

880
00:37:53,263 --> 00:37:53,533
Mm-hmm

881
00:37:53,673 --> 00:37:55,623
…
I was sitting there talking
one day, and somebody came up

882
00:37:55,623 --> 00:37:57,393
and asked about the dark room.

883
00:37:57,813 --> 00:38:00,743
Didn't know it was my mom standing
there, and just said, "Bob, what is

884
00:38:00,743 --> 00:38:05,089
this dark room?" And so- I was kind of
a little embarrassed to say it, but I'm

885
00:38:05,089 --> 00:38:06,829
at work, I gotta answer the question.

886
00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:11,039
And I explained that I went to a
party once, and they said… It was

887
00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:14,769
a hotel takeover, and they said,
"We have a dark room." And I, so

888
00:38:14,769 --> 00:38:15,949
I said, "Oh, this is interesting.

889
00:38:15,959 --> 00:38:19,109
Let me go in the dark room." Well,
it was more like the dimly lit room.

890
00:38:19,689 --> 00:38:20,179
Okay.

891
00:38:20,439 --> 00:38:25,649
And, Tess has a photography major
and, and I used to go into actual

892
00:38:25,659 --> 00:38:31,339
dark rooms, right, to process film,
and they have special curtains

893
00:38:31,339 --> 00:38:32,759
that are blackout curtains.

894
00:38:32,759 --> 00:38:34,989
I mean, they block out 100% of the light.

895
00:38:35,339 --> 00:38:38,179
And I said, "Let's get some
of those and have a real dark

896
00:38:38,179 --> 00:38:40,499
room," and that's what we did.

897
00:38:40,879 --> 00:38:45,459
And, I was talking to this person and
saying, you know, "The reason a dark

898
00:38:45,459 --> 00:38:50,589
room is so great to people is when you
take away one of your senses, one of your

899
00:38:50,589 --> 00:38:52,709
five senses, your other senses perk up.

900
00:38:52,819 --> 00:38:54,289
Your sense of hearing perks up.

901
00:38:54,299 --> 00:38:55,489
Your sense of- Mm … touch-

902
00:38:55,769 --> 00:38:56,089
Mm-hmm

903
00:38:56,099 --> 00:38:56,809
…
perks up.

904
00:38:57,439 --> 00:38:59,309
Your sense of smell perks up.

905
00:38:59,329 --> 00:39:05,069
Everything perks up and, and so it's just,
it's more intense, and that's why we have

906
00:39:05,069 --> 00:39:09,689
this dark room." And a friend of mine was
standing next to me, and he goes, "No,

907
00:39:09,689 --> 00:39:15,459
Bob, that's the bi male room." He says,
"We go in there because there's still

908
00:39:15,459 --> 00:39:20,249
negative connotations for bi males, and
nobody knows what we're doing in there."

909
00:39:20,329 --> 00:39:20,659
Hmm.

910
00:39:20,659 --> 00:39:20,879
Oh.

911
00:39:20,879 --> 00:39:26,819
And I turned, and I looked, and I
said, "Really?" And, I said, "I, I

912
00:39:26,829 --> 00:39:31,969
never knew that." And it was that
conversation that ended up me creating

913
00:39:31,969 --> 00:39:35,819
an actual bi room where people would
feel comfortable going in there.

914
00:39:36,059 --> 00:39:36,989
Oh, wow.

915
00:39:37,019 --> 00:39:37,829
Okay.

916
00:39:37,879 --> 00:39:40,859
And, and they walked away, and my
mom turned and looked at me and

917
00:39:40,859 --> 00:39:43,969
goes, " I just thought the dark room
was where people went because they

918
00:39:43,969 --> 00:39:45,369
couldn't get laid anywhere else."

919
00:39:45,869 --> 00:39:47,609
And I was like, "Mom."

920
00:39:48,059 --> 00:39:48,709
Valid.

921
00:39:49,209 --> 00:39:49,469
And I thought- Wow.

922
00:39:50,429 --> 00:39:54,499
I thought, "All these things are valid,
right?" I mean, I never thought of

923
00:39:54,529 --> 00:39:57,979
any of these things going into the
dark room, and I enjoyed the dark room

924
00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:01,459
for just the sheer- Anonymity Mm-hmm.

925
00:40:01,469 --> 00:40:01,929
Right?

926
00:40:02,129 --> 00:40:02,429
Yeah.

927
00:40:02,459 --> 00:40:02,649
Mm-hmm.

928
00:40:02,689 --> 00:40:06,799
And, and then I started hearing all
these different stories of what the dark

929
00:40:06,799 --> 00:40:11,909
room meant to all these other people,
and then I thought, "Okay, it's valid."

930
00:40:11,949 --> 00:40:15,349
There's lots of other reasons
to go in there, but, it's,

931
00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:16,689
it's a very interesting room.

932
00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:17,489
Okay.

933
00:40:17,489 --> 00:40:17,719
I'll say that.

934
00:40:17,729 --> 00:40:19,119
Well- You shouldn't be scared.

935
00:40:19,489 --> 00:40:20,309
I'll go in first.

936
00:40:20,309 --> 00:40:21,269
Yeah.

937
00:40:21,269 --> 00:40:22,349
Yeah, I'll watch from the door.

938
00:40:22,499 --> 00:40:22,559
Okay.

939
00:40:23,059 --> 00:40:23,339
Well, thanks-

940
00:40:23,359 --> 00:40:26,909
I had friends that used to stand
outside and watch people go in,

941
00:40:26,909 --> 00:40:28,359
and if they saw the right people-

942
00:40:28,439 --> 00:40:29,569
They'd gr- they'd walk right

943
00:40:29,569 --> 00:40:29,718
in.

944
00:40:29,718 --> 00:40:31,569
they would just happen to
follow in behind them, right?

945
00:40:32,069 --> 00:40:32,569
Smart.

946
00:40:32,569 --> 00:40:32,779
I

947
00:40:32,809 --> 00:40:33,419
like that.

948
00:40:33,429 --> 00:40:34,399
That's a good idea.

949
00:40:34,399 --> 00:40:39,419
Now y- y- with all of the things that
are going on at, at this four-day

950
00:40:39,499 --> 00:40:43,719
takeover, what would you say your,
your absolute favorite is, your,

951
00:40:43,729 --> 00:40:45,459
your crown jewel, so to speak?

952
00:40:46,389 --> 00:40:47,509
For me personally?

953
00:40:47,579 --> 00:40:48,019
Yeah.

954
00:40:48,979 --> 00:40:50,029
Oh, God, that's so hard.

955
00:40:50,029 --> 00:40:50,809
I mean, I, I…

956
00:40:51,589 --> 00:40:54,719
Emotionally I would say
the sexual freedom parade.

957
00:40:54,729 --> 00:40:58,699
Even though I've done it so
many times, it's… It, it

958
00:40:58,699 --> 00:40:59,799
just really is something to me.

959
00:40:59,799 --> 00:41:04,649
I, I always start off on a float,
and Tess and I start off on a float.

960
00:41:04,799 --> 00:41:05,089
Uh-huh.

961
00:41:05,139 --> 00:41:08,189
And then not too far into
it, I jump off the float.

962
00:41:08,489 --> 00:41:12,439
And I, I, I run up ahead, and then
I let the whole parade go by me,

963
00:41:12,749 --> 00:41:14,689
and I just, I just take it in.

964
00:41:14,729 --> 00:41:19,169
I just watch everyone's faces, and
people know me, so they're high-fiving

965
00:41:19,199 --> 00:41:20,699
me and, you know, different things.

966
00:41:20,999 --> 00:41:21,139
Yeah.

967
00:41:21,199 --> 00:41:24,429
So that's, I think, one of
the more emotional things.

968
00:41:24,529 --> 00:41:26,459
I love walking on the play rooms.

969
00:41:26,499 --> 00:41:31,229
I do it every night, and I, I put
on my… I dress down to a robe or

970
00:41:31,229 --> 00:41:35,279
something- Uh-huh … and I s- and I,
and I just walk the floor, and I just…

971
00:41:36,059 --> 00:41:39,849
Listening to everybody on that floor, wow.

972
00:41:39,879 --> 00:41:44,299
I, I had the owner of Trapeze,
which is one of the nicest, biggest

973
00:41:44,299 --> 00:41:49,509
clubs in the country, he has one
in Fort Lauderdale, one in Atlanta.

974
00:41:49,759 --> 00:41:49,999
Mm-hmm.

975
00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:52,019
I remember one day, he,
he was on the floor.

976
00:41:52,019 --> 00:41:58,829
I ran into him and he said, "Wow,
Bob, I have never seen so many people

977
00:41:58,839 --> 00:42:01,429
having sex at one time in my life."

978
00:42:02,359 --> 00:42:05,799
And this is, this is somebody I
look up to, the owner of Trapeze.

979
00:42:05,939 --> 00:42:08,589
I was like, "Wow, that's a-"
That's, that's pretty good.

980
00:42:08,589 --> 00:42:09,179
I like that.

981
00:42:09,489 --> 00:42:10,419
I like that.

982
00:42:10,919 --> 00:42:15,729
But, you know, I, I also like, last year
I got really caught up in the after party.

983
00:42:15,829 --> 00:42:20,909
Um, uh, you know, 3:30 in the morning,
dancing my butt off, sweating.

984
00:42:20,969 --> 00:42:21,789
Oh, sweating.

985
00:42:22,099 --> 00:42:24,919
We, we did it in a place that didn't
have really good AC, and we moved it- Oh

986
00:42:24,929 --> 00:42:26,319
this year to a place that does.

987
00:42:26,769 --> 00:42:32,759
I was literally drenched in sweat, just
dancing my butt off, almost forgetting

988
00:42:32,759 --> 00:42:39,149
where I was, and just being in the
moment and just dancing with a bunch

989
00:42:39,149 --> 00:42:41,369
of friends and having a good time.

990
00:42:41,569 --> 00:42:46,269
One of my favorite DJs was playing,
and I was just lost in the moment,

991
00:42:46,279 --> 00:42:48,549
having just the time of my life.

992
00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:52,549
And we left there at 4:00 in the
morning to go back to my room, and

993
00:42:52,549 --> 00:42:57,519
I realized, "Oh my God, I need to
take a shower." And it was really

994
00:42:57,519 --> 00:42:59,929
interesting because- I'm always on.

995
00:43:00,249 --> 00:43:04,429
I'm always aware of the
lighting, the sound.

996
00:43:05,089 --> 00:43:06,499
Is there trash somewhere?

997
00:43:06,509 --> 00:43:08,029
Does something need to be fixed?

998
00:43:08,439 --> 00:43:10,379
Is somebody talking on my radio?

999
00:43:10,419 --> 00:43:13,469
I'm always thinking about the event.

1000
00:43:13,819 --> 00:43:14,949
Hosting, yeah.

1001
00:43:15,459 --> 00:43:16,929
Always thinking about hosting.

1002
00:43:17,069 --> 00:43:17,179
Mm-hmm.

1003
00:43:17,179 --> 00:43:18,999
And I can't turn it off.

1004
00:43:19,219 --> 00:43:19,579
Mm-hmm.

1005
00:43:19,759 --> 00:43:26,239
But sometimes I'll be at my own
event, and I'll just be Bob, and

1006
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:30,239
those are the moments I guess I
like the best, is just- Yeah … the

1007
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:35,999
emotional feeling walking down Bourbon
Street or being in the playroom.

1008
00:43:36,509 --> 00:43:39,229
I usually try to sneak
off and play a few times

1009
00:43:39,769 --> 00:43:40,209
during the week.

1010
00:43:40,209 --> 00:43:41,319
I was wondering about
that because, you know-

1011
00:43:41,489 --> 00:43:41,749
Yeah

1012
00:43:41,749 --> 00:43:46,469
…
if you, if you're out and you're, I mean,
you're, you're the CEO of Naughty Events.

1013
00:43:46,469 --> 00:43:47,229
You're Bob.

1014
00:43:47,229 --> 00:43:48,319
Like, you're, you're the guy.

1015
00:43:48,329 --> 00:43:50,009
You're Bob, and-

1016
00:43:50,029 --> 00:43:52,849
I usually try to go to one of the
semi-private rooms where I can

1017
00:43:52,849 --> 00:43:54,899
kinda, like, not be seen as much.

1018
00:43:54,979 --> 00:43:55,349
Yeah.

1019
00:43:55,399 --> 00:44:00,249
Because the worst thing is to be in a bed
with somebody you love, having a great

1020
00:44:00,249 --> 00:44:04,919
time, and then somebody saying, "Psst,
hey, Bob. There's a problem over here you

1021
00:44:04,929 --> 00:44:07,279
may wanna look at." Like, come on, man.

1022
00:44:07,629 --> 00:44:09,739
But, but no- I'll be like- … being
able to be myself … I'll

1023
00:44:09,739 --> 00:44:12,519
be like, "Bob, can, can we
record you a- after you're done?"

1024
00:44:12,779 --> 00:44:13,959
"We, we out, out here."

1025
00:44:14,459 --> 00:44:16,089
Setting up an appointment, yeah.

1026
00:44:16,099 --> 00:44:16,209
That's

1027
00:44:16,209 --> 00:44:16,299
right.

1028
00:44:16,699 --> 00:44:19,659
Or, "Hey, I happen to DJ.
Can I give you my card?"

1029
00:44:20,309 --> 00:44:21,679
Oh my goodness.

1030
00:44:21,689 --> 00:44:21,709
Y-

1031
00:44:22,609 --> 00:44:23,919
yeah, but no.

1032
00:44:23,919 --> 00:44:29,049
I, I guess having a moment to be
myself is- Mm-hmm … is my favorite

1033
00:44:29,049 --> 00:44:32,319
moment, so it doesn't matter where
or when, but it, it always happens.

1034
00:44:32,349 --> 00:44:35,389
I, I… Man, I gotta tell you,
I have a great time at Naughty.

1035
00:44:35,459 --> 00:44:41,209
I… My goal has always been
to have an event that I would

1036
00:44:41,209 --> 00:44:43,589
wanna go to, and- That's awesome.

1037
00:44:43,589 --> 00:44:47,459
Yeah … so, so far, I… it's,
it's worked out pretty good.

1038
00:44:47,779 --> 00:44:50,359
Are you, are you planning
on opening any more?

1039
00:44:50,369 --> 00:44:54,489
Are y- are we gonna see, I
don't know, a, a Naughty Austin?

1040
00:44:54,529 --> 00:44:55,399
Yeah, yeah.

1041
00:44:55,399 --> 00:44:57,199
Like, what's the future of Naughty Events?

1042
00:44:57,229 --> 00:44:57,559
Yeah.

1043
00:44:57,569 --> 00:44:59,939
'Cause we know that you put
on other events as well.

1044
00:45:00,589 --> 00:45:03,669
Well, like I said, we've done…
I've done nine events in Key

1045
00:45:03,669 --> 00:45:06,409
West, nine… 11 in Las Vegas.

1046
00:45:06,449 --> 00:45:07,689
I, I've done them all over.

1047
00:45:08,109 --> 00:45:14,099
I'm kind of… Me personally, I'm kind of
happy just doing an event in New Orleans.

1048
00:45:14,099 --> 00:45:17,259
We, we added- Yeah … a
Halloween event this year, and,

1049
00:45:17,339 --> 00:45:19,169
I- Tess and I love Halloween.

1050
00:45:19,169 --> 00:45:22,699
We used to own a castle, and we used
to turn it into a haunted house.

1051
00:45:23,099 --> 00:45:23,499
And-

1052
00:45:23,509 --> 00:45:24,109
Ooh

1053
00:45:24,419 --> 00:45:26,669
…
I just love Halloween.

1054
00:45:26,709 --> 00:45:30,469
And New Orleans is just an
amazing place for Halloween.

1055
00:45:30,869 --> 00:45:31,219
Okay.

1056
00:45:31,269 --> 00:45:32,819
They do, they do parades.

1057
00:45:33,189 --> 00:45:36,069
They do, like, a Mardi Gras parade,
but it's a Halloween parade,

1058
00:45:36,379 --> 00:45:37,729
and they do a lot of cool stuff.

1059
00:45:37,769 --> 00:45:44,409
I've been to 13th Street and looked at
some hotels, and I've been to Nashville

1060
00:45:44,419 --> 00:45:45,939
and looked up and down Broadway.

1061
00:45:46,449 --> 00:45:48,769
I've looked at lots of different venues.

1062
00:45:48,819 --> 00:45:50,419
We did cruises for a while.

1063
00:45:50,959 --> 00:45:52,659
I'm kinda happy where I am right now.

1064
00:45:52,689 --> 00:45:54,649
I'm in a kind of a happy place.

1065
00:45:54,679 --> 00:45:54,749
That's good.

1066
00:45:54,799 --> 00:46:00,899
And I see a lot of my, friends
and people who do this who are

1067
00:46:00,899 --> 00:46:05,579
working way harder than me, and
I don't wanna work any harder.

1068
00:46:05,579 --> 00:46:08,079
I, I, I work every week.

1069
00:46:08,249 --> 00:46:09,699
I, I don't take a week off.

1070
00:46:09,709 --> 00:46:09,729
Yeah.

1071
00:46:09,809 --> 00:46:15,439
And I have a great team that w- a
full-time team, and, we were working

1072
00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:20,369
right up until this podcast, and when
I'm done, I gotta create some, graphics

1073
00:46:20,599 --> 00:46:22,509
for some signs and for the app, app.

1074
00:46:22,959 --> 00:46:28,369
But I love what I do, and
New Orleans really is what

1075
00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:29,459
Naughty Events is all about.

1076
00:46:29,749 --> 00:46:30,499
That's awesome.

1077
00:46:30,829 --> 00:46:34,889
So I think, I think we're gonna stick
to that for at least a little bit.

1078
00:46:35,259 --> 00:46:36,279
That's all right, 'cause-

1079
00:46:36,279 --> 00:46:36,869
Well- … we'll

1080
00:46:36,869 --> 00:46:37,069
be there … we are,

1081
00:46:37,069 --> 00:46:37,829
we are excited to-

1082
00:46:37,829 --> 00:46:38,679
Now, we know- … to

1083
00:46:38,679 --> 00:46:39,109
go, for sure

1084
00:46:39,129 --> 00:46:40,169
…
I, I'm very excited.

1085
00:46:40,179 --> 00:46:40,199
Yeah.

1086
00:46:40,209 --> 00:46:44,239
Now, we know it's sold out, so what
should people be planning for next year?

1087
00:46:44,249 --> 00:46:47,319
Are they… Do y'all start
selling as soon as this is over?

1088
00:46:48,159 --> 00:46:49,849
Yeah, we start, I think, Wednesday.

1089
00:46:49,859 --> 00:46:54,359
The, the night it opens also opens the
registration for the following year.

1090
00:46:54,369 --> 00:46:54,429
Perfect.

1091
00:46:54,429 --> 00:46:59,999
Last year, we had 160-plus
reservations before Sunday.

1092
00:47:00,579 --> 00:47:02,449
We'll have probably more
than that this year.

1093
00:47:03,009 --> 00:47:09,189
We also do, probably the biggest discount
of the year just during that week, and,

1094
00:47:09,189 --> 00:47:13,159
that's one of the reasons a lot of the
loyal people all sign up that week.

1095
00:47:13,169 --> 00:47:13,279
Uh-huh.

1096
00:47:13,299 --> 00:47:15,119
'Cause they know they're coming
the next year, and they want

1097
00:47:15,129 --> 00:47:16,929
to get the biggest savings.

1098
00:47:17,559 --> 00:47:22,249
But yeah, I, every year we sell out a
little bit earlier, and, we're negotiating

1099
00:47:22,249 --> 00:47:24,969
with some bigger hotels at this point.

1100
00:47:25,329 --> 00:47:25,399
Okay.

1101
00:47:25,479 --> 00:47:28,869
So we'll see what happens in
the future, but for now, we only

1102
00:47:28,869 --> 00:47:30,369
have so many tickets we can sell.

1103
00:47:30,669 --> 00:47:30,909
And-

1104
00:47:30,909 --> 00:47:31,329
Yeah.

1105
00:47:31,829 --> 00:47:31,879
That's a

1106
00:47:32,009 --> 00:47:34,549
lot of people … we, we, we
sold out pretty early this year.

1107
00:47:34,549 --> 00:47:39,969
In February, we had no more, so
we'll see how it goes next year.

1108
00:47:40,456 --> 00:47:42,756
Well, this was an awesome
conversation, Bob.

1109
00:47:42,756 --> 00:47:44,776
This has been an absolute blast.

1110
00:47:44,786 --> 00:47:47,676
Thank you so much for pulling
back the curtain on everything

1111
00:47:47,676 --> 00:47:49,026
that goes into Naughty N'Awlins.

1112
00:47:49,556 --> 00:47:53,516
If our listeners aren't
already sold, I genuinely don't

1113
00:47:53,536 --> 00:47:54,836
know what to tell you guys.

1114
00:47:55,236 --> 00:47:57,146
Seriously, it's incredible
what you've built.

1115
00:47:57,646 --> 00:47:58,026
All right.

1116
00:47:58,036 --> 00:48:02,856
Now, before we let you go, we just
want everybody to know where you can

1117
00:48:02,866 --> 00:48:05,906
find, the Naughty N'Awlins information.

1118
00:48:05,916 --> 00:48:08,556
It's the wait list, and for
everybody out there, you can find

1119
00:48:08,556 --> 00:48:11,006
this information on our show notes.

1120
00:48:11,046 --> 00:48:13,056
It's naughtyevents.com.

1121
00:48:13,386 --> 00:48:16,426
We will have it posted all you gotta
do is just click the little link.

1122
00:48:16,926 --> 00:48:22,206
Now, Naughty N'Awlins 2026, July 8th
through the 12th in New Orleans, already

1123
00:48:22,206 --> 00:48:25,056
sold out, which honestly tells you
everything that you need to know about

1124
00:48:25,056 --> 00:48:27,096
the kind of event that Bob has built.

1125
00:48:27,746 --> 00:48:31,587
Two host hotels, 3,000 plus
of your new best friends.

1126
00:48:31,657 --> 00:48:32,437
Mm-hmm.

1127
00:48:32,707 --> 00:48:35,457
30-plus private parties, foam.

1128
00:48:35,667 --> 00:48:36,457
A foam.

1129
00:48:36,527 --> 00:48:37,617
A foam party.

1130
00:48:37,647 --> 00:48:37,677
Foam

1131
00:48:37,677 --> 00:48:38,147
party.

1132
00:48:38,247 --> 00:48:38,557
Yeah.

1133
00:48:38,557 --> 00:48:43,457
A massive 10,000 square foot
dungeon, themed nights, and Bob's

1134
00:48:43,457 --> 00:48:46,797
legendary blue hair, which is
somewhere in the middle of it all.

1135
00:48:47,577 --> 00:48:51,967
So if you missed it this year, get on that
wait list and start planning for 2027.

1136
00:48:52,327 --> 00:48:53,977
Go to naughtyevents.com.

1137
00:48:54,207 --> 00:48:58,877
And Pris and I will be there, so if you
do get in or if you get a day pass, come

1138
00:48:58,877 --> 00:49:01,277
find us at the Beyond Monogamy booth.

1139
00:49:01,417 --> 00:49:01,877
That's right.

1140
00:49:01,877 --> 00:49:04,767
They said they might have some day
passes, so keep your eyes out, guys.

1141
00:49:05,167 --> 00:49:06,617
And yes, please come say hi to us.

1142
00:49:06,637 --> 00:49:07,127
Yeah.

1143
00:49:07,127 --> 00:49:11,177
And you know, if you guys are
already going and you are fans

1144
00:49:11,177 --> 00:49:12,827
of the show, please come by.

1145
00:49:13,037 --> 00:49:15,017
We love talking to our listeners.

1146
00:49:15,037 --> 00:49:17,112
You guys are very, very important to us.

1147
00:49:17,112 --> 00:49:17,357
Mm-hmm.

1148
00:49:17,857 --> 00:49:20,927
If you wanna connect with us before
then, everything we do lives at

1149
00:49:20,937 --> 00:49:26,847
beyond-monogamy.com, new episodes every
week, show notes, all of it, even a blog.

1150
00:49:27,017 --> 00:49:27,857
Go check it out.

1151
00:49:28,617 --> 00:49:32,587
We also wanna shout out to our
friends at fullswapradio.com,

1152
00:49:32,607 --> 00:49:36,327
live lifestyle talk every Thursday
at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM Central.

1153
00:49:36,697 --> 00:49:39,897
Find them at fullswapradio.com.

1154
00:49:40,427 --> 00:49:43,457
And if you are near San Antonio,
Beyond Monogamy will be live

1155
00:49:43,457 --> 00:49:45,417
at Club Eden on June 20th.

1156
00:49:45,867 --> 00:49:47,807
Come hang out with us in person.

1157
00:49:47,807 --> 00:49:52,147
All the details are at
beyond-monogamy.com.

1158
00:49:52,687 --> 00:49:54,177
Oh, I like that dramatic.

1159
00:49:54,207 --> 00:49:54,737
You like it?

1160
00:49:54,807 --> 00:49:55,707
Yeah, that was good.

1161
00:49:56,047 --> 00:50:00,037
And for those of you already looking
ahead, Crazy Winter Nights in Kansas City,

1162
00:50:00,047 --> 00:50:03,087
February 19th through the 21st, 2027.

1163
00:50:03,347 --> 00:50:08,197
Just go over to fullswapradio.com,
look it up, and use our code BEOMONO

1164
00:50:08,197 --> 00:50:11,887
at crazycasba.com for your tickets.

1165
00:50:12,377 --> 00:50:15,897
And with that, we thank you all
for joining us for another episode,

1166
00:50:15,917 --> 00:50:18,257
and we will see you guys next week.

1167
00:50:18,337 --> 00:50:18,357
Bye.