Become a “horizontal with lila” Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/horizontalwithlila Dear Ones, In my podcast horizontal with lila, it’s as though you’re eavesdropping on private pillow talk, as we have intimate conversations about sex, love, and relationships of all kinds.
Dear Ones,
My podcast horizontal with lila feels like consensual eavesdropping — on private conversations about sex, love, and intimacy of all kinds. My guests are sex educators, pro dommes, professional cuddlers, YouTube stars, meditation teachers, tantra practitioners, and all sorts of other fascinating humans, including my housemates at Hacienda Villa — the intentional community where I live. The Villa is a nexus for sex, intimacy, and pleasure education. (The kind of sex ed we all deserve, but most of us didn’t get!)
Thus far, the whole podcast has been bootstrapped by a little bit of internet learning and a whole lot of favors. For the entire first season, I borrowed my recording equipment from my housemate. My badass intro music was created by a musician friend during a brief break between tours. I edited the podcast myself (which took me 12-18 hours per episode, due to inexperience and my meticulous nature). After editing, I handed my episodes over to an audiophile friend who volunteered countless hours, mixing and mastering for me, to help me get my project out into the world.
Just before I went on my “horizontal does america” road trip, during which I circumnavigated the country to record with folks in their homes in their cities, I bought a recording kit out of pocket. Upon my return, I hired the fabulous podcast editor Chad Michael Snavely (who edits one of my favorite podcasts, “Future of Sex.” It’s delightful to have someone on my team!) I’m working my way towards to covering that investment and the editing fees with Patreon funds!
I plan to curate another cross-country tour, this time to host the “horizontal storytelling” live show across the U.S.! Then the next step will be a global recording tour! Horizontal does The Globe!
For these projects, I’ll be renting spaces, booking lodging, and acquiring the proper equipment to make sensuous, intimate recordings in environments as varied as beaches, mountaintops, jungles, big echo-y bedrooms, and the cab of a truck.
Become a Patron!
My patrons will get access to exclusive content (quickie episodes, extended cuts, videos, writing) and behind-the-scenes access (tickets to live recordings, saucy photos, special shoots, on-the-road videos). There are physical goodies too! horizontal stickers are already in existence, pillowcases are on the way, followed by mugs, and robes! For my most generous patrons, I’ll create themed episodes around topics that particularly fascinate you, and select charismatic, fascinating, and knowledgeable guests to discuss these important matters.
Many of you have read my weekly missives for years (for those who weren’t connected to me yet, these were essays I emailed once a week to my mailing list, about anything I was genuinely pondering, struggling with, celebrating, or mourning at the time— sign up on the home page to receive the current horizontal iteration of my missives).
Thank you so much for your attention, and especially for the stories you shared with me in return. I hope you will join me — and continue to tell me things! — as I deepen what I share with the world into more intimate, raw, revealing, vulnerable territory.
Big Love,
Lila