Why Pleasure Is Revolutionary

What if fun is not a distraction from meaningful work, but part of the medicine?In this episode of The Fun & Bliss Podcast, Monick sits down with singer, songwriter, music and podcast producer, music supervisor, and “overall cosmic troublemaker” Kathleen Smith for a joyful, honest conversation about pleasure, creativity, music, and the deeply subversive power of having fun.Kathleen believes that fun is medicine—and that the revolution will be rooted in pleasure, creativity, and feminine energy. Her music has been featured across MTV, VH1, NBC, KCRW, radio stations around the country, and award-winning independent films. As a music supervisor, she has managed and placed millions of dollars’ worth of music and intellectual property for organizations and clients including The Kennedy Center, the National Endowment for the Arts, Hulu, Netflix, ESPN, Showtime, Amazon, and many more.Her work has been described as emotionally charged, fearlessly vulnerable, and powered by a “voice made of sunshine.”In this conversation, Kathleen shares how pleasure and play shaped the making of her record Medicine, why fun can be a form of resistance, and what becomes possible when we stop treating joy as something we have to earn.Together, Monick and Kathleen explore creativity without performance, the courage to follow what feels alive, and why becoming a disruptive force of nature might simply mean refusing to live disconnected from your own delight.