It's 2015 and we're FINALLY back with a new conversation with Monika and a surprise guest…her husband, Jeff.

Monika is a chef, wife, writer, innkeeper, teacher, anthropologist, furrbaby mother and former ballerina.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Monika-Sudakov-Women-Body-Image-Empowerment/1419209461703525

https://monikasudakov.wordpress.com/

Have you ever had two completely different sex talks from the same parent? Adriana did. The first was pure Southern Baptist - brimstone and fire. Sex was something to be feared! Then after some self-exploration, mom came back with the second talk where sex was liberating. Can you relate? I think you'll enjoy this conversation with a married 28-year-old woman who is just about to graduate from law school in Oklahoma. There is a whole lot to talk about.

Has dating declined because we expect so little of one another? This is just one of the topics that Katrina and I cover on the podcast this week. We talk about what she dislikes about online dating as well as her thoughts on the "hook-up culture."

"In the hook-up culture, which is where I live, we're less about human relationships and more about instant gratification."

My guest this week is Rose Caraway. She's a writer, editor, blogger, narrator, audio book producer and podcaster for the hit show “The Kiss Me Quick’s” Erotica Podcast. She tells us about her strict and over protective upbringing and how her imagination and dreams led her to writing erotica at a very young age. Rose is the editor of a new book called "The Sexy Librarian's Big Book of Erotica" and it's available right now on amazon.com. Her story "The Mating Chamber" is also the last story in the book and it is great!

http://www.thekissmequicks.com/

http://www.rosecarawaythesexylibrarian.blogspot.com/

In my conversation with Tampa Bay Times writer and Catholic Blogger, Arleen Spenceley, we talk about the reasons behind her decision to stay a virgin until marriage. Arleen emailed me after she stumbled across my podcast back on June 3, 2014, when I talked about the article, "10 Good Reasons To Save Sex Until Marriage". She has been talking and writing about her choices for the last 5 years or so and has a book coming out on November 28th called, "Chastity is for Lovers - Single, Happy, and (Still) a Virgin"

http://arleenspenceley.com/

http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/why-im-still-a-virgin-at-age-26/1236657

October 11 was National Coming Out Day, so in honor of that I was able to interview Kristin Russo, the co-author of "This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids." It is a fabulous book and I truly recommend it to all parents - especially new parents. It offers straightforward and practical advice on how to communicate and better parent gay children.

http://www.everyoneisgay.com/

http://theparentsproject.com/

http://www.aliforneycenter.org/

http://www.hmi.org/ (The Hetrick-Martin Institute)

http://fortytonone.org/ (Cyndi Lauper's project)

This week we talk about street harassment. It's a problem that seems to be getting worse and worse. I had a conversation with my friend, Rachel and we talk about her new campaign, "Respect The Walk" which is looking to confront the issue.

“I’m trying to find something that has an action behind it and a way for women to feel empowered, because a big part of the change that has to happen is women have to stop ignoring it. We have to stop ignoring it. We have to start confronting it and we have to start telling them, ‘it’s not okay.’”

I also asked a couple of friends of mine to share their street harassment stories. If you want to get involved, check out the links below.

Thanks for listening.

@respectthewalk

http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/

http://www.ihollaback.org/

Maggie and I met on Twitter when I saw the #rightsnotrescue picture campaign that she helped start with @mistressmatisse. So, part 2 of our conversation is all about Maggie being an activist for sex workers. It's a great conversation. Please enjoy and let me know what you think.

Maggie McNeill is a former sex worker who blogs as The Honest Courtesan.

http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/

Maggie tells me about her decision to become a stripper and how her mother refused to speak to her afterward. We also talk about the term "casual prostitution", how she never even saw a condom until she became a stripper, and how “sex was always transactional for (her).”

Link to the documentary called Scarlet Road

http://www.scarletroad.com.au/trailer/

Link to the Touching Base charity

http://www.touchingbase.org/

Both of my scheduled conversations got postponed this week. So, instead, I talk about a book of erotica I read called "Never Say Never" by Alison Tyler. It offers "tips, tricks and erotic inspirations for couples."

I love this book and I think you will too! Alison offers thoughts on 16 different sexual kinks from exhibitionism to soft swapping (and more) and then gives you 16 short stories of erotica – one for each kink. She has a very flirtatious way of writing and drawing you into her imagination. I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to having her as a guest on the podcast very soon.

http://www.alisontyler.com/

http://www.cleispress.com/index.php