Indecent with Kiki Andersen

Now that you're done staring directly into the solar eclipse, it's time for your to process the infinite cosmic wisdom you've absorbed along with your severely burned retinas. Luckily data scientist Dr. Alexander Boxer is here to talk about why people have a hard time accepting their horoscopes.

Alexander Boxer has a doctorate in physics from MIT, a master's degree in the History of Science from Oxford and a bachelors in Classical Language from Yale. His research has been published in the journal Nature Physics. And he's the author of "A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology & the Birth of Science."

Follow our astrologer, comedian Camirin Farmer, on Instagram at @camirinfarmer!

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/06/13/astrology-millennials-gen-z-science/

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/big-zodiac-rise-of-astrology-1.6794571

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/nearly-7-in-10-u-s-adults-believe-in-angels-ap-norc-poll-finds

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

They say: "Never let 'em know your next move." So instead of your normal bonus content, this week we've got our old friend from season one, tech journalist Samantha Cole, springing back into action to talk about her brand new, four-part series from CBC Podcasts called "The Pornhub Empire: Understood," that pulls back the curtain on the scrappy, Montreal-based startup that revolutionized sex online.

Samantha Cole is a technology journalist based in NYC who has worked in journalism for over ten years. She's also the author of “How Sex Changed the Internet, and the Internet Changed Sex”

Follow her at @samleecole on Instagram and Twitter!

If you missed it, go back and listen to our original interview with Sam back in season 1.

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

The amount of people out there who secretly (or not so secretly) drink their own urine or wear cooch-juice cologne would probably shock you. But no matter what kind of weird stuff people do to their bodies, writer Brigid Delaney wants them to know they're gonna die anyways. So why worry?

Brigid Delaney is a speechwriter, former author of popular weekly Guardian column ‘Brigid Delaney’s Diary,’ and co-founder of the anti-death penalty advocacy group The Mercy Campaign. Her book about her own journey from hot mess to health consciousness was made into the Netflix comedy series Wellmania. Her latest book Reasons Not to Worry is "an accessible introduction to Stoic principles of virtue, moderation and self-discipline, adapting this ancient knowledge to inspire practical advice for everyday life."

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/magazine/18FOB-onlanguage-t.html

https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/39/5/957/13664/What-Is-Wellness-Now

https://daily.jstor.org/the-false-promises-of-wellness-culture/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/corporate-wellness-market-size-expected-150500440.html

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/17/eva-wiseman-conspirituality-the-dark-side-of-wellness-how-it-all-got-so-toxic

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/01/wellness-hype-superfoods-yoga-price

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

It's hard to stay focused on the positive and not lose it as a 21st century human with at least a single working brain cell. So to help you battle the blues, here's a little more from writer Rebecca Fishbein and mental health influencer Therapy Jeff.

Jeff Guenther, a.k.a. "Therapy Jeff," holds master's degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor's degree in child and family development from San Diego State University. His TikTok account featuring videos on mental health awareness has nearly 3 million followers. And he is the host of the Big Dating Energy and Problem Solved podcasts. Pre-prder his book Big Dating Energy here!

Rebecca Fishbein is the author of Good Things Happen to People You Hate and a freelance writer in Brooklyn. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Jezebel, the Cut, Curbed and Hell Gate, to name a few, and was previously a staffer at Gothamist. She has very strong opinions about bagels.

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

Are we all weak little babies who hide behind new age gibberish to avoid confrontation? Or is emotional intelligence our last line of defense in a soul-crushing, post-modern hellworld? Licensed therapist and mental health influencer Jeff Guenther & writer Rebecca Fishbein are here to answer those questions and maybe also talk us down off a ledge

Jeff Guenther, a.k.a. "Therapy Jeff," holds master's degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor's degree in child and family development from San Diego State University. His TikTok account featuring videos on mental health awareness has nearly 3 million followers. And he is the host of the Big Dating Energy and Problem Solved podcasts. Pre-prder his book Big Dating Energy here!

Rebecca Fishbein is the author of Good Things Happen to People You Hate and a freelance writer in Brooklyn. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Jezebel, the Cut, Curbed and Hell Gate, to name a few, and was previously a staffer at Gothamist. She has very strong opinions about bagels.

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/03/ftc-says-online-counseling-service-betterhelp-pushed-people-handing-over-health-information-broke

https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/mental-health-statistics/

https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/04/depression-costs-global-economy-1-trillion-dollars-per-year-us-surgeon-general/

https://paw.princeton.edu/node/173501

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/22/archives/freuds-disaster-with-cocaine.html

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-behavioral-health-care-affordability-problem/

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

Okay, okay okay. We know it's been a few weeks now since Indecent with your old pal Kiki Andersen, has had a new episode. But you know what they say: Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right? So while we get ready to come back swinging next week, how about we share something from someone else we love and respect: tech journalist Samantha Cole (who appeared in out first season!

With about 100 million visits per day, Pornhub is one of the biggest websites on the planet. The Pornhub Empire: Understood is a new four-part podcast series that pulls back the curtain on the scrappy, Montreal-based startup that revolutionized sex on the internet — and the massive scandal that exposed its dark side. Hosted by journalist and author Samanatha Cole. Episode 1 of CBC's The Pornhub Empire: Understood drops March 11. Follow the podcast here: https://link.chtbl.com/aWbuwi-L

Waaaiiit a minute, what the heck? There's no new episode of Indecent with Kiki Andersen this week? We're not lazy, we're just crazy busy! So while we take another week to get our shit together, we thought you should have a little something to tide you over. And as it happens, our sister pod "Beef with Bridget Todd" just launched its second season and it is a banger.

Hosted by Bridget Todd

Written by James "Sam" Levine

Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto

Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo

Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle

Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com!

If love is a battlefield, how about we call in some reinforcements? Advice columnist Dan Savage is back for one more tour of active duty to help you arm yourself for the fight, before another year passes and you find yourself ducking for cover once again in the face of the greeting card industry's annual onslaught

Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist, a podcaster, an author, and has appeared on numerous television shows. “Savage Love,” Dan’s sex-advice column, first appeared in The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative weekly, in 1991. The column is now syndicated worldwide. Dan has published seven books. He created and curates the HUMP! Film Festival, a sex-positive showcase of dirty short films, now in its 18th year. HUMP! has become a national phenomenon selling tens of thousands of tickets, screening in over 50 cities across the United States and Canada and streaming worldwide. In 2010 Dan and his husband Terry Miller founded the It Gets Better Project. The IGBP has gathered tens of thousands of videos from people all over the world offering hope to LGBT kids. The book—It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living—was a New York Times best seller.

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

Lonely, horny, angry, desperate, jaded and hopelessly romantic. If you haven't felt one you've probably felt them all, and it turns out you're not alone. So to figure out why you're stuck having to get yourself off this Valentine's Day, why not listen to an expert like advice column icon Dan Savage?

Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist, a podcaster, an author, and has appeared on numerous television shows. “Savage Love,” Dan’s sex-advice column, first appeared in The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative weekly, in 1991. The column is now syndicated worldwide. Dan has published seven books. He created and curates the HUMP! Film Festival, a sex-positive showcase of dirty short films, now in its 18th year. HUMP! has become a national phenomenon selling tens of thousands of tickets, screening in over 50 cities across the United States and Canada and streaming worldwide. In 2010 Dan and his husband Terry Miller founded the It Gets Better Project. The IGBP has gathered tens of thousands of videos from people all over the world offering hope to LGBT kids. The book—It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living—was a New York Times best seller.

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/512618/almost-quarter-world-feels-lonely.aspx

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-03/young-adults-less-sex-gen-z-millennials-generations-parents-grandparents

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173418268/loneliness-connection-mental-health-dementia-surgeon-general

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/divorce/divorce-statistics/

https://www.ipsos.com/en/global-happiness-six-points-last-year-73-now-say-they-are-happy

https://www.thefire.org/news/fursona-non-grata-oklahoma-lawmaker-moves-ban-furryism-public-schools

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]

Y'all may think you know how to get turnt. But you're probably not "travel across the globe to end up puking your guts out after taking some research chemical you've only read about on weird internet forums" levels of party monsters. That's exclusively the vibe of dudes like seasoned psychonaut Dominic Milton Trott, who has so many stories of being ripped to the tits we just had to share more.

Dominic Milton Trott is a writer and explorer who has traveled the world to investigate psychoactive botanicals and indigenous cultures. He is the author of The Drug Users Bible and The Honest Drug Book: A Chemical and Botanical Journey. And by his own count he has ingested nearly 200 types of drug. His "Ten Commandments of Safer Drug Use" can be found as a FREE PDF here.

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at [email protected]