Podcasts & Readings
BACK FENCE UNHINGED: EPISODE 21
Lean back, kick your legs up and laugh at actor and writer Nicole Hardy’s bad choices that lead to very unintended hilarity wherein she narrowly escapes deadly consequences. That’s right, she discloses a triptych of true stories from the diary of a self-inflicted accidental poisoner.Nicole is a Seattle-based writer and teaching artist who’s working on a memoir about the year she spent sailing the world. She’s the author of the memoir Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin, and is best known for her Modern Love essay “Single, Female, Mormon, Alone.”
How To Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43: Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, on leaning into curiosity and pleasure.
For most of her life, Elizabeth was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which forbids having sex outside of marriage. But she recently left the Mormon faith, and now she’s ready to have sex for the first time—at age 43. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin brings on Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin to offer Elizabeth advice that’s relevant to anyone who’s ready to tap into their sexuality later in life—but unsure how (or where! or with whom!) to start.
Embodied WUNC: Building a Life Outside Your Religious Community
Nicole Hardy, author of the memoir “Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin,”speaks about Mormonism’s law of chastity and the crisis of faith that ultimately led her to resign from the Mormon church. Dr. Jon Paul Higgins, who holds a doctorate in education and educational justice and is the creator, executive producer and co-host of the “Black Fat Femme Podcast,” speaks about their experience of growing up as a queer Jehovah’s Witness and the surveillance that ultimately pushed them to leave that community.
The Modern Love Podcast: Justina Machado Reads ‘Single, Female, Mormon, Alone’
Actress Justina Machado reads Nicole Hardy’s essay “Single, Female, Mormon, Alone,” about a Mormon woman whose life is changed by a trip to, of all places, Planned Parenthood. You may know Ms. Machado from the Netflix sitcom “One Day at a Time,” or the HBO drama “Six Feet Under.”
Stay tuned for an interview with Nicole and Modern Love editor Daniel Jones.
Readings
Lit Series: In November 2012, I was commissioned, along to write and perform new work on the theme "While You Were Sleeping."
Filmed at Richard Hugo House by Samudre Media
Rosemont College, Philadelphia PA. A short excerpt from Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin, during my 2013 book tour.
Back Fence PDX is a live storytelling series in Portland, OR. Filmed live at the Mission Theater. September 28, 2013 Theme: Losing My Religion. For more information about live shows, visit backfencepdx.com. Check out the podcast on backfencepdxradio.com, also available on Stitcher and iTunes.