Transgender and consent news, Valentine shopping dos and don'ts, first a seal and penguin -now a monkey and a deer...scientists are baffled. We're baffled about a possible George Michael memorial, and there was some Franken fun on Capitol Hill.

Time-wasting, deadbeat Johns in Exeter, UK beware - there's a shaming site, another dude has sex with (not in) a vehicle and Colleen and Kel debate the pleasure/risk factors, the Japanese escalate germophobia, transgender Chinese get a win and "Teledildonics" is now a thing. Really. There's an international conference....

Ducky Doolittle, sex educator and representative for Blush (and native Minnesotan - so she "gets the north thing") joined us with her unique take, perspective and wealth of knowledge. Everybody wants more powerful orgasms, but Ducky tells you how to get there and the story behind her method will surprise you.

Dr. Twist - Associate Professor Sex Therapy Certificate Program at UW Stout joins the sexcast and WOW! What a journey from a small town in Alaska to "SexSpeak Town Halls" where the public can come and get answers. Fun, knowledgable and with lots of letters after her name, Dr. Twist also discusses her book "Technology Framework: Intimate Relationships in a Digital Age." Finder her on Twitter @markie_louise and her work on academia.edu.

The Great Northern Sexcast has been going strong for two years! Christmas roundup of naughty, nice and otherwise quirky and hilarious holiday-related romps along lists of things to do - or not - you decide. Also - learn Colleen's "Cupcake Theory" and never feel "less than" again....

Colleen & Kel mull over the difficulty colleges face when sex allegations are brought and not resolved during a sports season, a new OMG site posts tales of pre-marital naughtiness, a robot GF who texts. Screenshots: Be afraid, be VERY afraid! WHY do researchers continue to study how many sex partners it's acceptable to have and SO MUCH MORE....

Pony Up Daddy" isn't what you think, Tex Sex, Porn for Xmas, scientific boob study (not done by a pervy uncle), dealing with a"sexual distancer," Agatha Christie was hipper than we ever knew and what sex can do for your hippocampus.

Fantasy Gifts gears up for holidays. Coffee + Blow Jobs + Robots - in LONDON? Worst cover story ever, an alternative to overinflated sex drugs, sex and porn addictions are under scrutiny by therapists. A Minneapolis couple rewrites a holiday classic to "de-creepify" it....

MN AIDS Project Community Educators Zack & Chelsea join Colleen, Kel & Michael for a look at the state of HIV and AIDS in 2016 and a discussion about gender, labels and discrepancies in health/sex education. The whole group ponders GN Sexcast news - including but not limited to nude aerobics

We talked everything from a "Shit In" sex history with fruits and veggies sprinkled in. Who breaks into a pizza joint, gets naked and doesn't snag sausage? Tricky Dick ushered porn into the mainstream - who knew? The Supreme Court's 1973 definition of obscenity left a wide berth - !