Do you suffering from Witzelsucht (an obsession with groan-worthy puns and jokes)? Preschool teacher Mosa Maxwell-Smith tingles with glee when people roll their eyes at her puns, wondering how she might extend that thrill to the bedroom. Driven by loneliness, she bravely attends a live /Augmented reality sex party and meets Van, a thoughtful, compassionate person who helps her explore new territory: flogging, their shared organizational kink, paronomasia-related memes and Mosa’s burgeoning boundaries. #SelfCareIsSoxy #VirtualWorld #Kinkshamed #Brattiness #BestFriendsDay   Song: ‘Fever Dream’ (mxmtoon) About the Storyteller:   When Mosa Maxwell-Smith first discovered storytelling she craved it so much that she started hosting story parties with friends in her living room.  That was 2011, before the Moth was even in the Bay Area. She is elated by the explosion of storytelling as an art form and connector of humans over the last decade, and has been privileged to perform regularly at a variety of venues, including Story Slam Oakland, the Mill Valley Library, and (always a favorite) Bawdy. She also tells stories on a daily basis in her role as a preschool teacher (though the content is usually slightly different and the audiences smaller). Mosa is a devotee of connection and serendipity and is grateful to Dixie De La Tour for bringing more of both to her life through the gift of Bawdy. She is always delighted to be out past bedtime on a school night, telling stories to someone other than her cats.     Episode links:   https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pun: The pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of wordplay that involves exploiting the ambiguous meanings of words, typically of homophonic (similar sounding), homographic (identically spelled), metonymic (same meaning) or otherwise figurative nature, for humorous or rhetorical effect.   Are you interested in helping me build a Bawdy Book Club? If so, Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com   Here are the books I talked about in this episode:   • Bittersweet: How sorry and longing make us whole - Susan Cain  https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/   • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience - Brené Brown https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/   Uberlube: Uberlube is a luxurious, high-grade silicone lubricant made from clean, body-friendly ingredients; it’s just silicone with a little Vitamin E. Uberlube is Dixie’s favorite lube, and they’re offering Bawdy Storytelling listeners a special offer – 10% off and free shipping when you use my code “Dixie” at UberLube.com. That’s 10% off and free shipping!   Quit Naturally with Füm: Whether you are a smoker or ex-smoker who still struggles with cravings or you have someone in your life that you wish would quit, Füm is the perfect tool for you. Füm is the natural inhaler designed for a better, safer, and natural way to quit cigarettes. It’s a no smoke, no vape, and no nicotine replacement for the hand-to-mouth habit of smoking. Head to https://www.breathefum.com/Dixie or use promo code Dixie at checkout to save 10% off your entire order.   What’s the opposite of Shame? PRIDE! Come to Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Y’all means All’ after the San Francisco Pride Parade! Our next Bawdy happens on Sunday June 26th, and we’ll have new storytellers and a brand new music act. Wanna watch the stories live and in person in San Francisco, or on the Livestream?    Get tickets to Bawdy’s ‘Y’all Means All’ now at https://bit.ly/BawdyYallMeansAllSF   EARLY BIRD ends this week! My Storytelling Workshop ‘How to be Fascinating: Dixie’s Secret System for Brilliant Storytelling’ is close to selling out. Why are Bawdy’s Stories so very different? Because I have a System, and it makes it easy to get to the heart of your story. The next workshop starts on Wednesday, July 13th, with added weekly office hours, all-you-can-eat custom story coaching & Q&A’s, and a final storytelling performance for you and your friend