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An Introduction
This is the introductory episode for the Naturist Living Show.It is a brief introduction to the show and its purpose and objectives.Naturism is more than just taking your clothes off. It is a life...
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Nudist Films
Episode IIA discussion with Mark Storey the author of "Cinema au naturel, a history of nudist film." (We apologize for the poor sound quality of Mark's voice. Due to a technical problem, the recording...
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Naturist or Nudist?
Episode IIINaturist or Nudist? What is the difference? The answer appears to depend on who you are and where you live. We get the history of the terms from Mark Storey. Then Michel Vaïs gives us the...
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Nude Volleyball
Episode IVNude Volleyball — it's become a cliché of naturism. In this episode we talk with Peter Allison a long time player and the organizer of the Greater Toronto Naturist Volleyball Tournament at...
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A tribute to Lee Baxandall
Episode VOn November 27, 2008, the naturist world lost a leader when the founder of The Naturist Society, Lee Baxandall, passed away at the age of 73. This episode is dedicated to Lee’s legacy in the...
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Naturist/Nudist Fiction
Episode VIIn this episode, we discuss naturist fiction with Tom (T.H.) Pine who has authored many short stories and novels. In fact, he was an author before he became a naturist. Discovering naturism...
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Naturist Cartoons
Episode VIIWe interview Stephen Crowley author of Loxie & Zoot and The Bare Pit cartoons. The first story, Loxie & Zoot, was published as a book. He has since published 12 more stories (nearly...
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Why Clothing-Optional Does Not Work
Episode VIIIWe discuss the many reasons why clothing-optional policies do not work in naturist clubs. Naturism wasn't always so tolerant. In the beginning of the 20th century when naturism started,...
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Non-landed Clubs
This episode features reader feedback on the previous show about clothing-optional policies, another song by the Naked Drummer & the Baileys Road Band, and a discussion on non-landed clubs: what...
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France Guillain
An interview from July 2008 with France Guillain, the author of Le Bonheur d'être nu. Le Naturisme, un art de vivre. (The pleasure of being nude. Naturism, an art of living.) France has written many...
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Old clubs and a young woman in an old trailer
A discussion of the reasons for the failure and closure of Glen Echo Family Nudist Park north of Toronto, Ontario and an interview with Stan Wortner of Sunny Glades which, because of the closure of...
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Clothing-Optional/Nude/Free Beaches
In this episode we discuss naturist beaches with Judy Williams. For the last few decades, she has been the leading force behind Vancouver's Wreck Beach, one of the most famous nude beaches in the...
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Nudity and the Human Body
Part 1 of 3 on nudity and the human body. In this first show, we discuss society's attitude towards the human body and how we deal with being nude. How mass media deals with people who are naked is...
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Gymnophobia
Part 2 of 3 on nudity and the human body. In the second part, we discuss Gymnophobia, the fear of nudity and how it impacts our view of the human body. As in part 1, we look at society's view of nudity...
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Nudity on British TV
Part 3 of 3 on nudity and the human body. In this last part, we continue look at society's view of nudity through the lens of mass media. We review three televisions shows from the U.K.Links to items...
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Lessons from Naturist History
As the American philosopher George Santayana said, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Through an interview with Doug Beckett, founder of the Federation of Canadian...
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Women and naturism
Of the two genders, women get the most pressure from society to meet to unrealistic expectations of physical beauty. That is one of the reason that women benefit most from being a naturist but it is...
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Sunshine and Vitamin D
An overwhelming number of studies have recently come out that show that there are many health-giving benefits from sun exposure. Just a few years ago, the consistent message from the medical and...
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Minorities in Naturism
It is plainly obvious that visible minorities are under-represented in naturism. In this episode, we try to understand why and ascertain what can be done to change the situation.Our two guests are both...
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How not to be creepy
Some individuals have more trouble than others getting people to accept them. While that is true in our society as a whole, it can become even more pronounced in a naturist environment. This is likely...
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