{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6543e01cc9f8f800117189dc/67bcb72386a56284d0404cf6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"BONUS: The rent is killing my sex life","description":"<p><em>What a dominatrix taught me about universal basic income</em></p><p><br></p><p>This is an audio version of an <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/freesex/p/the-rent-is-killing-my-sex-life?r=b8lo5&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">essay from the Free Sex Substack</a> - subscribe now to receive my writing into your inbox, and to support my work.</p><p><br></p><p>Would you join me in a thought experiment? We all have basic needs, such as food and shelter. And most of us have to cover these ourselves. Even though governments promise to provide our basic needs, people are starving and sleeping rough. We fudge through life trying to make sure we have somewhere nice to rest, and that we can go to bed on a full stomach. I’m thinking through the different freedoms that we each have due to the meeting of our basic needs. If I didn’t pay rent, would I have free sex?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted, produced and edited by Adam Zmith</p><p>Music: Translife by <a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/othonmusic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Othon</a></p><p>Artwork: photo of Borneo mealworm by @DamasterCarabus / design by Adam Zmith and Rebecka Öberg</p><p>Executive Producer: Tash Walker</p><p>An <a href=\"http://auntnell.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aunt Nell</a> Production</p>","author_name":"Adam Zmith | Aunt Nell"}