The Ace Couple

Asexual married couple Courtney and Royce talk about all things Asexuality. By discussing queer culture and history, we’ll explore the topics of life, love, and sex through an Ace lens. Full transcripts and show notes on theacecouple.com.

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253 episodes
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March 11 · 59 min
What's happening in Kansas right now...
Kansas, you are our home...and we are SO disappointed in you right now.
March 4 · 55 min
Asexuality in Manga 5: Aromantic (love) story & And Another Lovely Day
The last manga & webcomic episode in Royce's latest little reading kick! Let us know what else we should cover and maybe we'll get to it in another couple of years...
February 25 · 48 min
The Date of the Union 2026: The Great Dating Recession
Nobody wants to date anymore!
February 18 · 1 hr
Asexuality in Manga 4: My Astilbe, Shades of A, & She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat
We're back for another round of Ace Rep in manga and web comics! Today we talk about My Astilbe, Shades of A, and we revisit She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat.
February 11 · 40 min
The Rise of Platonic Co-Parenting
More people should be aware that is possibility. Aces & Aros have historically already been finding family structures to accommodate this desire, but now? There's an app for that.
February 4 · 51 min
Asexuality in Manga 3: I Married My Best Friend to Shut my Parents Up, Dom & Mor, and More!
Today we talk Ace Rep in manga and web comics! For the first time we discuss She Love to Cook and She Loves to Eat, I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up, Dom & Mor, and Clinic of Horrors. Plus we also give an update on one of Royce's favorites, I Want to be a Wall.
January 28 · 1 hr 5 min
Saving America by Saving the Family (Part 2)
Wouldn't it be great if this were the last time we ever had to pay any attention to the Heritage Foundation?
January 21 · 53 min
The Heritage Foundation's latest horrifying report: Saving America by Saving the Family (Part 1)
Who remembers back in 2022 when 83 religious, right-wing organizations condemned the Respect for Marriage Act while warning about the dangers of "platonic marriages"? WE DO. Well, coming off of their Project 2025 successes, here is the natural conclusion of that rhetoric.
January 14 · 1 hr 10 min
Alastor in Hazbin Hotel Season 2: The REAL reason he's problematic Ace Rep
Alastor is problematic asexual representation, not solely because he's evil. He's partially a problem because the rep is not obvious enough in the show itself for viewers who are not already entrenched in the fandom... But the biggest issue of all lies in the historically racist stereotyping that undertones his character.
January 7 · 50 min
Alastor in Hazbin Hotel Season 2: Are the TV show and fandom entirely different artistic mediums?
Watching season 2 after a year of reflection following season 1, we have some more thoughts about how to interpret Alastor in terms of Asexual and/or Aromantic representation. But we've got even more points to make next week, so stay tuned!
Dec 31, 2025 · 16 min
The MarketplAce for Aro and Ace-owned small businesses
Just a little light housekeeping to close out the year! What is the MarketplAce? And what isn't it? Should you visit it and shop there? (Hint: YES you should!)
Dec 24, 2025 · 41 min
r/BestofRedditorUpdates: Asexuality Edition #2
We have an UPDATE on one of our favorite stories from r/AmITheAsshole Asexuality Edition. Plus, several new "best of" stories.
Dec 17, 2025 · 34 min
Straight Women are Embarrassed by their Boyfriends.
Are straight women concealing their boyfriends out of embarrassment on social media? According to a Vogue article, it's apparently either do that or feature them heavily in order to go viral and gain social clout, so...pick your poison.
Dec 10, 2025 · 33 min
Aromantic & Asexual Representation in Children's Books
Is Aro rep beating out Ace rep in picture books?? Today we talk about the flag-forward type of representation in children's books Under One Rainbow and Grandad's Pride.
Dec 3, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
"But what if they stop wanting sex!?" The alarmist media coverage of teens taking antidepressants.
Today we discuss a recent article about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) from the New York Times. This is simply one recent example within an increasing wave of backlash against often life-saving medical care that reinforces its point by medicalizing sexuality and demonizing queer people.
Nov 26, 2025 · 54 min
Scott Galloway needs to keep the word Asexual out of his mouth
The man who once said that Asexual men are the most dangerous people in the world and claimed that college protests are a result of students not having enough sex is on a press tour, hitting all of the major news outlets and podcasts, calling Asexual males "a new species". But in using this dehumanizing language against our community, he's ignoring one of the three pillars that make up his own framework for masculinity and failing to be a Protector.
Nov 19, 2025 · 43 min
GLAAD's 2025 media report ignores the precious few Asexual characters
GLAAD released their 2024-2025 "Where we are on TV" report. They cite only 2 asexual characters on TV this year (a decrease from last), but unfortunately ignore key details about them, making this report underdeveloped and poorly edited at best and inaccurate and dismissive at worst.
Nov 12, 2025 · 59 min
Ableist Language (Part 4)
The final installment...for now.
Nov 5, 2025 · 1 hr
Ableist Language (Part 3)
OK. Phobia story time...
Oct 29, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Ableist Language (Part 2)
Royce is trying very hard to keep episodes around or under an hour, so here is episode 2 of...4? Maybe?

The Ace Couple

What's happening in Kansas right now...

Asexuality in Manga 5: Aromantic (love) story & And Another Lovely Day

The Date of the Union 2026: The Great Dating Recession

Asexuality in Manga 4: My Astilbe, Shades of A, & She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat

The Rise of Platonic Co-Parenting

Asexuality in Manga 3: I Married My Best Friend to Shut my Parents Up, Dom & Mor, and More!

Saving America by Saving the Family (Part 2)

The Heritage Foundation's latest horrifying report: Saving America by Saving the Family (Part 1)

Alastor in Hazbin Hotel Season 2: The REAL reason he's problematic Ace Rep

Alastor in Hazbin Hotel Season 2: Are the TV show and fandom entirely different artistic mediums?

The MarketplAce for Aro and Ace-owned small businesses

r/BestofRedditorUpdates: Asexuality Edition #2

Straight Women are Embarrassed by their Boyfriends.

Aromantic & Asexual Representation in Children's Books

"But what if they stop wanting sex!?" The alarmist media coverage of teens taking antidepressants.

Scott Galloway needs to keep the word Asexual out of his mouth

GLAAD's 2025 media report ignores the precious few Asexual characters

Ableist Language (Part 4)

Ableist Language (Part 3)

Ableist Language (Part 2)