The Purple Pawedcast

Finding Peace in Not Knowing with Paul Cram

The Purple Pawedcast

Show Notes

Today's episode features some funny (and poignant) stories from Paul Cram. Paul is an actor, book lover, and multimedia designer who catalogs and celebrates Queer experiences everywhere. Paul and I consider topics as far afield as growing up knowing we don't matter, how acting can be identity therapy, and how we should discover who our children are, not dictate who they are. REFERENCES: Paul Cram’s Website: https://iampaulcram.com Follow Paul on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iampaulcram Follow Paul on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iampaulcram Follow Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iampaulcram/

(00:00) - Opening credits

(00:37) - Show opening

(01:30) - Introducing Paul Cram

(05:00) - My story did not matter

(10:36) - How dare you...?

(15:27) - Accepting we can't understand the Bible

(18:47) - Peace in not knowing everything

(24:50) - In the name of love...

(28:18) - When we discovered who we are

(31:40) - Acting can be therapy...

(37:20) - ...but acting should not be therapy

(40:01) - Femininity and masculinity in romance

(46:41) - Toxic social scripts

(52:38) - Feeling good by smelling good

(58:12) - Dissonance in fragrance can be sexy

(01:04:38) - How to find Paul Cram on the internet

(01:06:58) - Paul is hilarious - for real

(01:08:58) - Show closing

(01:09:52) - Closing credits

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