Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

This year the Leather Archives & Museum is celebrating 25 years of compiling leather history and memorabilia for historical, educational and research purposes. Executive Director Rick Storer joins the show to talk about the work of the museum, the history of BDSM, and the importance of preserving sexual culture and memorabilia.

Tina Horn spends an hour live in Tristan's studio talking dirty: learn the modern etiquette of swiping, Skyping ,and selfies with the digital dirty talk expert whose new book is called Sexting: The Grownups' Little Book Of Sex Tips for Getting Dirty Digitally. She'll teach how to assert what you want, and listen to what your partners want so you can make each other happy and fulfilled.

Tristan finally talks about a favorite subject: enemas! Her guest Ben Pattee has worked for decades on the manufacturing side of enema products and has recently written a book called The Bottom Line, Adventures in Erotic Enema Play: Book 1 The Basics. Tristan will also play SOL Hotline messages and discuss your questions. The SOL Hotline is 323-SEX-8266

Author and educator Lauren Marie Fleming talks about her new book: Bawdy Love: 10 Steps to Profoundly Loving Your Body. She'll talk about the Bawdy Love Manifesto, combating negative messages, and taking the guilty out of pleasure. Fleming invites us to join her revolution, where every body is worthy, no body is shameful, and we can proudly declare that we deserve decadence, joy, and fun in our lives.

We know you love The Pleasure Chest and this week we welcome Sarah Tomchesson, Head of Business Operations, who will pull back the curtain to share 45 years of history from Pleasure Chest, behind-the-scenes of selling sex toys. Sarah talks about how she found her calling in sex ed, what free workshops are happening at their stores around the country, and she also helps Tristan answer listener questions on pegging and what happens when you don't like the way your butthole looks.

I am so thrilled to have the amazing Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the show this week. Sycamore is author of the memoir, The End of San Francisco, winner of a 2014 Lambda Literary Award, and has edited numerous provocative anthologies including Nobody Passes, That's Revolting and the more recent, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? We talk radical queer culture, resisting assimilation and binary, survival strategies, sex work, and rejecting the rules of conformity. Find out why The Stranger calls her 'a gender-fucking tower of pure pulsing purple fabulous.'

Tune in for an hour with Sandra Daugherty aka Sex Nerd Sandra from the popular Nerdist podcast, live in the studio with Tristan Taormino. They're talking oral sex advice, funny sex stories, sexual and gender fluidity, and how to do a sexual act for the first time while setting yourself up for success. Questions from listeners will also be taken.

This Friday, Tristan Taormino welcomes Jaclyn Friedman to Sex Out Loud – they will be together in our LA studio LIVE, so call in and join the conversation! 866-472-5788

Ignacio Rivera – activist, writer, educator, filmmaker, performance artist and mother – returns to Sex Out Loud after being one of our first guests in 2012. Ignacio has spoken publicly about being a survivor and sex worker, and how the elimination of sex/sex education coupled with patriarchy, capitalism and homophobia have had a damaging effect on society. They are a 2016 Just Beginnings Collaborative Fellow and currently working on The Heal Project, a campaign to help create dialogue and encourage intentional, proactive sex positivity for survivors of sexual abuse.

This episode celebrates the book Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy. Hailed as one of the "Best Sex Books of 2015" by Reason Magazine, this pivotal book is the largest published collection of essays written by porn professionals about their industry. Three contributors - Lorelei Lee, James Darling, and Milcah Halili Orbacedo - join us to read from their essays and talk about the book's release.