<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title><![CDATA[Trash Talk ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Connie Chen and Lex Franklin are highly experienced in being treated like trash and are here for folks with the same fate. Send us questions you are scared to ask and we will explore them. Let's talk some trash.  <br/><br/><a href="https://conniechen.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">conniechen.substack.com</a>]]></description><link>https://conniechen.substack.com/podcast</link><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:15:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/6858082.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Connie Chen and Lex Franklin]]></author><copyright><![CDATA[Connie Chen]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[conniechen@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:new-feed-url>https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/6858082.rss</itunes:new-feed-url><itunes:author>Connie Chen and Lex Franklin</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Theology witch reading the history of the future, the scripture of the flesh.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Connie Chen and Lex Franklin</itunes:name><itunes:email>conniechen@substack.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Relationships"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Philosophy"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/6858082/baae721b68fd55f77e936573095d07dd.jpg"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trash Talk EP 1: Porn]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Is watching porn cheating? How do you talk to your partner about porn? How do you figure out your own relationship with porn? </p><p>Thank you <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/79291496-prism-by-mariah">PRISM by Mariah</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/118590014-eric-liu">Eric Liu</a>, and many others for tuning into my live video with <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/521957275-lex-franklin">Lex Franklin</a>! </p><p>Send us the questions you are scared to ask and let’s talk some trash.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Holy S**t by Connie Chen at <a href="https://conniechen.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">conniechen.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://conniechen.substack.com/p/trash-talk-ep-1-porn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:202995546</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Chen and Lex Franklin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:07:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202995546/b84f47b2ef0723b9091f538d3b5177e5.mp3" length="162407382" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Connie Chen and Lex Franklin</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>10150</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/6858082/post/202995546/880035721da36c6080d1f00d1c5137d8.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["This is the One."]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>She is standing in front of a mirror. The ivory satin is heavy. The price tag has a few too many zeros. But she’s never seen her silhouette quite like this, like she caught a glimpse of herself growing into the barbies she was handed. She cries a little. Her mother cries too.</p><p>He is at a screen in another room. The site had 62 million views this month alone. the forum loads. He has found a brotherhood, a community.</p><p>She walks through a venue—garden light, trimmed bushes, floor to ceiling windows. She imagines the aisle. She imagines his face.</p><p>He is taking notes. He is learning what amount. What to mix it with. how to not accidentally end her life. He bookmarks a thread.</p><p>She is on Excel organizing the guest list to send to the calligrapher. Is this uncle still talking to that uncle? Is two tables enough to separate them? Does that divorced aunt go by her maiden name now? This laid finish linen paper or this cheaper off white matte one? She wants people to feel even before they open it, that she’s thought about them, that something sacred is beginning.</p><p>He is on telegram. He has found a man who ships. Tasteless. Odorless sleeping liquids. He paid $20 to watch another video. The woman in it is surely sleeping. “This is the one,” he wipes his semen, the paper towel misses the trash can. he pays the $175.</p><p>She takes a bite of the stuffed mushroom and the stuffed peppers. “this is the one,” she laughs.</p><p>In the entryway staircase at epstein’s mansion, there is a bronze sculpture in a wedding dress that can’t feel anything, and can’t remember anything. Unable to speak. unable to leave.</p><p>She is wearing ivory satin. </p><p>He has everything he needs.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Holy S**t by Connie Chen at <a href="https://conniechen.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">conniechen.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://conniechen.substack.com/p/this-is-the-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:194562668</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Chen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:43:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194562668/19f185cd5b942f4d376eda736021c7c0.mp3" length="1914062" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Connie Chen</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>120</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/6858082/post/194562668/880035721da36c6080d1f00d1c5137d8.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>