This week I sit down to chat with Bawdy Storytelling host and creator Dixie De La Tour. Bawdy is a fantastic sex-positive variety show based in San Francisco that now has legs in Chicago, Seattle, and L.A.

Before my interview with Dixie, I talk about my time in San Francisco and how something as simple as getting a hotel room can change your entire demeanor (and not necessarily for the better).

Dixie and I start off by talking about her upbringing, and the conservative nature of the south that pushed her to San Francisco. She began her career working in printing, and eventually made her way into selling personal ads in the back of SF Weekly. While dealing with clients over the phone, she realized she had a knack for coaching people on how to get laid, and eventually took out her own personal ad.

This led her to the alternative sex and dating scene in San Francisco, where events like Kinky Salon opened up the door to not only sexual experiences for Dixie, but coaching others on how to fulfill their own desires. She started hosting her own events, and soon decided that she could share the experiences of others to a larger audience with a storytelling platform.

Bawdy launched in 2006 at a small underground venue in SF and has skyrocketed since its initial inception. Dixie shares one of her favorite stories, and how Bawdy has changed her personal life, and where she hopes to take the show next.

Checkout Bawdy Storytelling's website and come out to the next Chicago show on Thursday, February 25 at Martyr's.