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Women’s Officer

In just a few years, Helen Berriman went from struggling with body dysmorphia and feeling disturbed by her husband’s participation in naturism to one of the most active promoters of the naturist movement. As British Naturism’s Women’s Officer, she unabashedly talks about her newfound passion in television interviews and defends it tirelessly on social media. In this episode, she shares the story of her journey.

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Photo: Helen Berriman on ITV’s Good Morning Britain TV show

Episode CLXIV

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The Sunburnt Game

A few years ago, we ran across this card game called “Sunburnt” that featured amazing illustrations of the greatest diversity of bodies that we had ever encountered. We suspected that the creators had some sort of naturist influence. So we contacted them to find out more

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Photo: The Sunburnt game cards

Episode CLII

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New Nudity Research

Naturists know instinctively that our movement is good for our health. But without science to confirm and quantify the effect we are only expressing opinion. Research by Professor Keon West in the last few years has produced some amazing results that confirm our experience. Dr. West tells us more about his work and how he came to do this research; which may surprise you.

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Photo: Prof. Keon West at British Naturism’s 2017 AGM and Vision Day – used with permission from both British Naturism and Prof. West.

Episode CXLVIII

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NAK-ED Documentary

Many people are under the impression that those who live in Scandinavian countries are very comfortable with nudity. Yet Jan Dalchow, a Norwegian film director, felt enough body shame that he created a documentary about it. In this episode he shares with us how his investigation into why he is ashamed of his own naked body resulted in a film. His journey took him through Europe and the west coast of North America where he learned a lot about both the meaning of nudity and society’s need to censor it.

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Photo: Promotional images provided by the NAK-ED Documentary

Episode CXXVI

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Textile Nudist Podcast

Bethany Denton tells us how she came to create an episode of “Here Be Monsters” titled “The Evangelists of Nudism” where she recounts the story of her first, and rather unusual, experience as a nudist.