This episode is a different format than we've done before. Although both my guest and I did read Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild, we barely spoke about the story itself. Not for any lack of merit on the side of the story--far from it. Empire of Wild is a thrilling story of werewolves and love, evangelicalism and colonial greed, community and ancestral support and indigenous medicine. However, the guest, who happens to be my grandmother, thought it would be most interesting to focus on the part of the story she knew something about: the sexuality of elderly people. So what follows is exactly that: a conversation on sex after 80 and the challenges and pleasures therein. Trigger warning: we do talk about sexual assault and rape within this conversation, so be warned.

"A Métis Woman's Husband Disappeared--Or Did He?" by Tobias Carroll

"A Native Woman Battles Neocolonialism and Werewolves in 'Empire of Wild'" by Melissa Michal

"'Empire of Wild' Tells a Small Story--But Not a Slight One" by Jason Sheehan

Cherie Dimaline's website

Media Mentioned: 

Albert Schweitzer

Taylor Caldwell

"Soulsex with John & Annie" by Erika Lust Films