Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss culturally responsive sex education with Menny Bezalel and Haylin Belay. Menny was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in the late 1950's and is one of eight siblings. At age 12 Menny and his family immigrated to Israel to escape religious persecution. Haylin Belay is a sex educator, holistic health professional, and witch living and working in New York City.

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Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team:

Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB)

Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran

Content Editor: Cathren Cohen

Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman

Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz

Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida

Website: Alex Morton

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FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health

In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss not assuming motherhood with Kristen Mancinelli and Ivy Chen. Kristen Mancinelli, MPH is director of education and partnerships at Extend Fertility. She educates women about fertility and egg freezing, partners with organizations supporting women's reproductive health, and advocates for putting an end to the taboo surrounding the subject of female fertility. Ivy is back for another season! Ivy Chen, MPH is a sexuality health educator, and has been working with Bay Area communities for 21 years. She teaches students ranging from the 4th grade through college age, as well as parent groups, community based organizations, teachers, and other health professionals.

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Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team:

Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB)

Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran

Content Editor: Cathren Cohen

Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman

Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz

Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida

Website: Alex Morton

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, motherhood, mother, parenting, parent, fertility, pregnancy, pregnant, reproductive health, reproductive rights

In this first episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss sex toys and masturbation with Polly Rodriguez and Andy Duran. Polly Rodriguez is the CEO and Founder of Unbound, a sexual wellness company that sells sex toys and accessories. Andy Duran is the Education Outreach Manager at Good Vibrations, the Bay Area's sex toy oasis.

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Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team:

Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB)

Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran

Content Editor: Cathren Cohen

Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman

Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz

Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida

Website: Alex Morton

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Sex Ed with DB is Sponsored by:

O.school, Extend Fertility, and SF Pole and Dance

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Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season.

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About the podcast:

Sex Ed with DB is an intersectional, feminist, Bay Area based podcast for folks who want to hear real stories from underrepresented voices as we try to revolutionize the way we talk about sex! We discuss topics such as sex toys and masturbation, not assuming motherhood, periods and menstruation, abortion, body image, and more.

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In this second bonus episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 1, we hear the launch party that got it going. We hear from voices: Ivy, Pristine, Aaron, Ella, and later, Ingrid, and listen to all the behind the scenes action of the podcast. We understand what they think was challenging about the production of it, what needs to be reformed in sex ed in schools, and some dirty details of embarrassing (and funny) sexy stories!

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Featured Voices:

Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender).

Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine).

Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State.

Ella Zalon: An OSU graduate who identifies as a queer, Jewish woman and RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) Alum.

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OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health

In this first bonus episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 1, we feature brilliant, articulate, and brave Oakland School of the Arts graduates, Ella and Imani. We ask them about every single one of the topics we covered in Season 1 of Sex Ed with DB and learn what sex ed looks like in high schools these days.

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Featured Voices:

Ella Zalon: An OSU graduate who identifies as a queer, Jewish woman and RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) Alum.

Imani Wilson: An OSU graduate who identifies as a queer, mixed race woman and RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) Alum.

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, school, high school

In this sixth and FINAL episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 1, we explore the two very different concepts of kink/BDSM as well as flirting in every day life. When is flirting consensual? What is the difference between a kink and a fetish? What is a BDSM community in the San Francisco Bay Area like? We answer all of these questions and more in this fun and racy final episode of the season!

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Featured Voices:

Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender).

Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine).

Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State.

Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg).

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, flirt, flirts, flirting, kink, kinks, bdsm, kink scene, bondage, dominance, submission, sadism, masochism, fetish, fetishes

In this fifth episode of Sex Ed with DB, we explore the idea of the spectrum: of gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, expression, and identity. The binary says that we're either male or female, boy or girl. But what about everyone in between? What about trans folks, intersex people, genderqueer people, asexual folks, etc? There are so many ways to live and breathe on the spectrum and all of Sex Ed with DB's featured voices do it in their own way.

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Featured Voices:

Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender).

Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine).

Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State.

Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg).

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, lgbt, lgbtqia, queer, queerness, gender, sexual orientation, orientation, gender spectrum, nonbinary, trans, binary, asexual, intersex, genderqueer

In this fourth episode of Sex Ed with DB, we hear about consent and rape culture. We learn that 1 in 4 women will be impacted by domestic violence in her lifetime and about the 4 Cs of "consent": clear, continuous, conscious, and free from coercion. How do you shut down rape culture in your daily life?

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Featured Voices:

Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender).

Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine).

Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State.

Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg).

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, consent, consensual, ask, rape, rape culture, coersion, coerce

In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB, we listen to the nuances of polyamory, monogamy, nonmonogamy, open relationships, and everything in between. We hear how our society thinks of love as a cup of sugar in a scarce economy but the reality is, you can have many loves! Relationships look different for everyone -- what kind of relationship works best for you?

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Featured Voices:

Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who taught youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender).

Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine).

Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State.

Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg).

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, polyamory, poly, polyam, monogamy, nonmonogamy, relationship orientation, relationship anarchy, kitchen table, open relationship, open relationships, opening relationship, opening relationships

In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, the 5 voices discuss the topic of: STIs, safe sex, and feeling good. They talk about how the clitoris has over 8,000 nerve endings and how there is a pill called PrEP one can take every day at the same time to prevent HIV. They discuss the difference between a bacterial STI and a viral STI and the fact that having STIs is SUPES common. Listen to hear all 5 voices on these unique topics!

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Featured Voices:

Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender).

Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine).

Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State.

Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg).

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CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB

OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here!

GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions!

FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand"

ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted.

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Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, STI, STD, sexually transmitted infection, sexually transmitted disease, STIs, STDs, clit, clitoris, clitoral orgasm, clitoral pleasure, orgasm, pleasure