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Naked Age – Lora of Lupin

Introducing Naked Age, a historical audio series exploring uncommon stories and profiling unique people who have gone to extraordinary lengths to live a nude life. In this episode we meet the extraordinary Lora Boswell, a lifelong nudist and one time owner of California’s Lupin Lodge with a distinct point of view on nudity.

Naked Age is produced by Naturist Vintage

Episode CXXXI (episode 1 of Naked Age)

Link to items mentioned in the show:

Lupin Lodge

Photos provided by Lora Boswell; used with permission.

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Music Credits:

Song: Brain Instrumental Retro (ID 1271)
Artist: Lobo Loco
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Not_my_Brain/Brain_-_Instrumental_Retro_ID_1271
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Song: The Gaby Glide
Artist: Billy Murray
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_Various_Artists/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_04282015/The_Gaby_Glide_-_Billy_Murray
License: Public Domain / Sound Recording Common Law Protection License

Song: Driving to the Delta (ID 923)
Artist: Lobo Loco
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Welcome/Driving_to_the_Delta_ID_923_1563
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Song: Over the Water, Humans Gather
Artist: Dr. Turtle
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/5f91e09024ca8/over-the-water-humans-gather

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Song: Go Down Moses Reprise
Artist: Dee Yan-Key
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/go-down-moses/go-down-moses-reprise

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Song: Hoh Harph (ID 924)
Artist: Lobo Loco
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Welcome/Hoh_Harph_ID_924_1956

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Song: Traveling to Lousiana – Soft Delay (ID 1174)
Artist: Lobo Loco
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Adventure/traveling-to-louisiana-soft-delay-id-1174

License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Song: Driving to the Delta (ID 923)
Artist: Lobo Loco
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Welcome/Driving_to_the_Delta_ID_923_1563

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Song: Way to the Lite (ID 1019)
Artist: Lobo Loco
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Good_Old_Organ_Ice/Way_to_the_Lite_ID_1019

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Song: Kerchingless Wonder
Artist: Dr. Turtle
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/5f91e09024ca8/kerchingless-wonder

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Song: The Age Of Wood
Artist: Savfk
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Family Nudist History

What if you grew up hearing that your great, great, grandfather was known as Rudy The Nudie? That is exactly the experience of Evan Nix who was intrigued enough to start doing some research. He tells us the story of Rudolph Johnson who was a prominent nudist and president of the American Sunbathing Association (ASA and today known as AANR) in 1950-51. You will hear how his research took him from mere curiosity to active naturist participation for his whole family.

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Photo: Rudolph Johnson and his great, great, grandson, Evan Nix

Episode CXXVII

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Architecture of Nudism and Naturism

An interview with Sarah Schrank, associate professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, about her article on the architecture of nudism. Her article is as much a history of the nudist/naturist movement and the way its ideas and how it is practiced have changed over time.

Links to items mentioned in the show:

- Schrank, Sarah. “Naked Houses: The Architecture of Nudism and the Rethinking of the American Suburbs.” Journal of Urban History (2012): 0096144211434988.

Photo: The Mason Family’s backyard from “The Private Life of a Nudist Family” in Nude Living Magazine #2, 1961.

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Episode LXXXIII

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Fifty Years at the Ponderosa Nature Resort

On the 50th anniversary year of the Ponderosa Nature Resort (in Ontario, Canada – not the notorious Ponderosa Sun Club in Indiana, USA) Hans and Lisa Stein talk about starting the club and subsequently the Four Seasons Nudist Resort. Plus Felicity talks about people who steal nude photos.

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Photo: Postcard of the Ponderosa Naturist Park from the 1970’s

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Episode LXXII

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A Brief History of Nakedness

A bit of history and spirituality in naturism by way of an interview with Philip Carr-Gomm, author of A Brief History of Nakedness as well as a psychologist and the leader of the Order of Bards Ovates & Druids for over twenty years.