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After months of closures and shifting timelines, access to Blind Creek Beach is finally restored. The reopening of the main parking area brings a sense of normalcy back to one of Florida’s few officially recognized clothing-optional beaches—but it also follows a year where disrupted access led to confusion, arrests, and national headlines. This episode traces how something as simple as a parking lot became a pressure point, and why its return matters for stability, safety, and the future of the beach.More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

Court protections that had shielded naturists from arrest at Praia do Pinho have collapsed following the adoption of a new city master plan and a separate court decision upholding the municipal ban. The developments mark a sharp reversal after earlier rulings had temporarily allowed nonsexual nudity to continue. As legal challenges move forward, the situation highlights the shifting and often contradictory landscape facing naturist beaches in Brazil. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

Sandy Bay, long regarded as Cape Town’s unofficial nudist beach, is now under formal review by South African National Parks, which says the site has never been officially designated for naturist use. A new petition calling for recognition and regulation has quickly gained support, highlighting ongoing concerns about safety, enforcement, and the beach’s uncertain legal status. The outcome of the review may determine whether the site remains an informal space or becomes something more clearly defined. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

A petition is gaining momentum to stop the planned closure of the naturist camping section at Hooksiel on Germany’s North Sea coast. Organized by a regional naturist association and supported by national and international groups, the effort highlights growing concern over the loss of dedicated FKK spaces. The proposed change reflects broader pressures facing naturist infrastructure, as specialized areas are increasingly replaced by general tourism development. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

Cape Town’s World Naked Bike Ride has been canceled for 2026 after organizers say authorities required participants to be fully clothed, effectively ending the event. The ride, held annually since 2008, had long operated through informal agreements despite legal ambiguity around public nudity. Its cancellation marks a significant shift, raising questions about how the city will approach protest, expression, and clothing-optional spaces moving forward. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

An Arizona bill targeting revenge porn and AI-generated sexual imagery is drawing scrutiny from naturists and free speech advocates concerned about its scope. House Bill 2133 would impose consent verification and long-term recordkeeping requirements on certain visual content, raising questions about how the law might be interpreted in relation to nonsexual nudity. While the legislation does not explicitly target naturism, its broad compliance requirements could create new challenges for publishers and organizations navigating the line between protection and expression. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

More than 900 naturists weighed in on a simple question: what matters most right now? The answers span resorts, non-landed clubs, favorite places to be nude, and the platforms shaping the conversation. But beneath the rankings, a clearer picture emerges—one built around belonging, flexibility, privacy, and connection. This episode listens past the winners to the patterns, offering a snapshot of how people are experiencing naturism today and where the movement may be heading next. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

A Brazilian court has ruled that people visiting Praia da Galheta cannot be arrested or detained solely for practicing naturism, finding that nonsexual nudity does not constitute an “obscene act” under the country’s Penal Code. The decision offers legal protection for beachgoers while leaving broader regulation unresolved, as local authorities continue to debate how the site should be formally governed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

Signs warning visitors about nude sunbathing at Playalinda Beach have been swept into a broader federal review of interpretive materials across the U.S. National Park Service. The signs, intended to alert beachgoers that naturists frequent the northern stretches of the shoreline, appeared in a leaked database of materials flagged for internal review by the Department of the Interior. The unexpected inclusion highlights how even routine visitor guidance can become entangled in larger debates over public lands, cultural interpretation, and the visibility of nude recreation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

For generations, nudists have dealt with unwanted spectators lurking at the edges of beaches and resorts. The tools have changed, but the problem has not disappeared. As smart glasses equipped with cameras, artificial intelligence, and soon facial recognition begin to spread, new questions are emerging about privacy, safety, and consent. A technology built for convenience may quietly transform the risks of being naked in public, raising urgent concerns for naturists and anyone who values anonymity in shared spaces. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

On International Women’s Day in Paris, a small group of activists staged a protest designed to travel far beyond the street where it began. Wearing pig masks and painted slogans, members of Femen used their familiar tactic of topless demonstration to condemn powerful figures tied to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. This episode looks at the group’s long-running strategy of political nudity and the debate it continues to spark about spectacle, autonomy, and the power of images in modern protest movements. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

The former home of Goodland Country Club, a historic nudist resort in New Jersey with roots stretching back to the early 1930s, has been listed for sale. The 35-acre property includes a Victorian main house, cabins, campsites, and recreational facilities that once supported a thriving naturist community. Its closure in 2024 ended nearly nine decades of activity on the site, leaving the future of the estate—and its place in nudist history—uncertain. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

Inside a dim Estonian smoke sauna, a circle of women gather to sweat, wash, and speak with unusual honesty. Stories of family, illness, sexuality, violence, and survival rise slowly through the steam, carried by a tradition that has endured for generations. This episode lingers inside that intimate space, where bodies are present but never objectified, and where vulnerability becomes a shared ritual. What unfolds is less a documentary about nudity than a portrait of trust, memory, and the quiet power of communal exposure. 🪐Read the article at www (dot) planetnude (dot) co This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

What happens when a mass nude installation moves from city to city, culture to culture, continent to continent? This episode follows Spencer Tunick beyond the familiar story of arrests and controversy and into a global tour shaped by cooperation, resistance, vulnerability, and quiet moments of connection. As bodies gather in public spaces from Montreal to Melbourne to Antarctica, the focus shifts from spectacle to participation—and to what nudity reveals about power, politics, and belonging when it crosses borders. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

There is a particular kind of love that does not insist on joining you in the sun. It waits at home, half dressed, cheering you on. In this reflection on marriage, autonomy, and social nudity, Dustin Cox traces what eleven years with a nudity-neutral husband have taught him about acceptance. The story moves through resorts and private balconies, through queer identity and the quiet negotiations of long partnerships, toward a simple truth: support can be more intimate than participation. As an audio piece, it lingers on gratitude, on the rhythm of separate passions, and on the rare freedom of being fully yourself while someone else stands beside you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

A platform built on openness now faces a test of its own boundaries. As investigations reveal how extremist publications are monetized and amplified, creators are left to weigh something few independent publishers ever planned for: the reputational cost of the infrastructure beneath them. This is a story about speech, responsibility, and the fragile scaffolding that holds digital communities together. It unfolds as both warning and reckoning, asking what happens when neutrality becomes an active choice. 🪐 This episode is an audio reading of the Planet Nude article “An open letter to Substack.” More at www.planetnude.co This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

For decades, Vermont has stood apart for its unusually permissive approach to public nudity. A new bill in the state legislature would end that era. This episode tracks the introduction of House Bill H.683, which proposes a statewide criminal ban on public nudity, including on private property visible from public spaces. As local restrictions give way to a broader legal shift, the measure raises questions about civil liberties, local control, and how quickly long-standing norms can be rewritten through statutory language. 🪐 More at www.planetnude.co This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

A long-running conflict at one of Southern California’s oldest nudist communities has taken a sharper turn. As residents of Olive Dell Ranch report electricity shutoffs affecting homes, medical devices, and basic utilities, a legal battle over clothing rules and tenant rights moves into more dangerous territory. This episode documents the latest developments in a dispute that blends housing law, disability access, and the slow unraveling of a historic naturist space—now headed toward a critical court date. 🪐 More at www.planetnude.co This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

Naturist spaces promise relief from judgment—but that promise can fray when unspoken standards creep in. This episode listens closely to how body positivity, despite its good intentions, can quietly reproduce pressure and exclusion, especially around weight and health. By centering body neutrality instead, the essay reframes nudity as an experiential practice rather than a visual one, asking what it really means to share space without appraisal when every body is visible. 🪐 Read the original article at www(dot)planetnude(dot)co This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

A forgotten Virgil Tibbs novel drops the famously restrained detective into an unlikely setting: a Southern California nudist camp at the height of America’s mid-century nudist boom. In this episode of the Planet Nude podcast, we revisit The Cool Cottontail as both pulp mystery and cultural time capsule, following Tibbs through sun-bleached pools, polite prejudices, and a world imagined by an author who knew organized nudism from the inside. The result is a relaxed but revealing listen about race, respectability, and the strange places nudism has quietly surfaced in American popular fiction. 🪐Read the original article at www(dot)planetnude(dot)co This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe