Sex Gets Real 145: Erotic filmmaking and pornography with visionary Erika Lust

This episode is sponsored by HotelsByDay. Save 5% with code SGR5off. I made a Patreon for the show! YAY. If you want to support the show, check it out. There’s even a $1 option. This week there are two listener confessions – one at the beginning of the episode and another at the end after the interview. And who am I …

Sex Gets Real 144: Virginity and first time sex with Amber Keyser

Looking for the details on submitting a listener confession? I created a guidelines page for you. As you know, January’s theme this year for confessions is FIRSTS. It felt wonderful to be able to have Amber Keyser, author of The V-Word, join in the fun this week as her book is an anthology of 17 stories all about first time sexual experiences. …

Sex Gets Real 143: Sarah Pappalardo from Reductress on satire, media, & feminism

Hey you! If you’re looking for the details on submitting a listener confession, I created a guidelines page for you. This week, we have our first listener confession from CK all about the first time she ended a relationship. Heads’ up that it contains themes of abuse within BDSM. Then, Sarah Pappalardo from Reductress is here! If you haven’t seen …

Sex Gets Real 142: A new year with first kisses, anal, & relationship problems

It’s New Year’s Day, 2017. It seems appropriate to start the year off with an intimate show between you and me, including a diary entry of my very first kiss. If you’d like to share your own confession on January’s theme of FIRSTS, then scroll to the bottom of this page for the guidelines and steps to make that happen. …

Sex Gets Real 141: Losing your virginity, starting with anal, & empathy

This episode is sponsored by HotelsByDay. Save 5% with code SGR5off. It’s Christmas Day! What better way to celebrate a holiday than with a sexy, fun chat with not one but TWO fellow sex educators. And from New Zealand, no less. Kate McCombs and Louise Bourchier are here to help me answer questions from you about getting started with anal sex …

Sex Gets Real 140: Rain DeGrey & her love of edges, BDSM, and porn

This episode is sponsored by HotelsByDay. Save 5% with code SGR5off. Did you hear the announcement about listener confessions being part of the show? Scroll to the bottom of this page to check out details, examples, suggestions, and how to get them to me. It’s time to make you part of the show! Rain DeGrey and I have been trying to …

Sex Gets Real 139: Pubic hair, cheap sex toys, & YOUR confessions

This episode is sponsored by HotelsByDay. Save 5% with code SGR5off. Did you hear the announcement about listener confessions being part of the show? Scroll to the bottom of this page to check out details, examples, suggestions, and how to get them to me. It’s time to make you part of the show! I am so so so excited about hearing …

Sex Gets Real 138: Kitty Stryker on sex work, polyamory, & what makes a community

This episode is sponsored by HotelsByDay. Save 5% with code SGR5off. Content note: talk of suicide. I always love when I get to have nuanced conversations about topics like sex work, porn, consent, and polyamory. So, when Kitty Stryker said she’d come on the show, I knew the discussion would be a gritty one. Kitty is currently working on an anthology …

Sex Gets Real 137: Erika Moen from Oh Joy Sex Toy is here!

This episode is sponsored by HotelsByDay. Save 5% with code SGR5off. Alex was the first person to ever share an Oh Joy Sex Toy comic with me. I was immediately enamored. Erika Moen’s weekly sex education comic is full of so many wonderful topics, reviews, and done with such an approachable spirit. I’ve shared TONS of her stuff on social media because …

Sex Gets Real 136: Gay man having straight sex & embarrassing vulva lips

Hello, from Salt Lake City! Thanks for all of the feedback on last week’s episode, post-election. So many of you had so many thoughtful and kind things to say. I appreciate it more than you know. This week, I field questions about sissification and being a masculine dude who loves feminine things, a gay guy who is having his first …