Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

Dr. Debby Herbenick is a sex researcher, sex educator, and author whose latest book is The Coregasm Workout: The Revolutionary Method For Better Sex Through Exercise. We discuss exercise-induced arousal and exercise-induced orgasms and her research on this area, plus she'll share some ideas on how you can increase your own sexual desire with specific physical exercises.

This week listen to Tristan Taormino interview a true Renaissance woman: writer, performer, activist, musician, and biologist Julia Serano. In 2007 Serano released Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and Scapegoating of Femininity, a collection of personal essays that reveal how misogyny frames popular assumptions about femininity, and shapes many of the myths and misconceptions people have about trans women. Her second book, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, was released in 2013. We talk about both books, how her work as a biological scientist has informed her writing, and what we can do to make queer feminist spaces more inclusive.

Tristan talks in person with singer and comedienne Bridget Everett about growing up in Kansas, writing and singing original dirty songs (on everything from boobs to anal sex), her bawdy onstage shenanigans, performing with Adam Horowitz and her band The Tender Moments, opening for Amy Schumer, singing with Patti Lupone, her brand of sex-positive and body-positive feminist performance, and her new Comedy Central special Gynecological Wonder. Plus, hear samples of her band's new album Pound It!

This week features an interview with scholar, writer & performer Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, author of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, a collection of life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the southern United States. Traveling to every southern state, Johnson conducted interviews with more than seventy black gay men between the ages 19 and 93. He adapted his book into a hit one-person show, including a recent run in Chicago presented by Project&. "Sweet Tea is not a show fixed in history," says Jane M. Saks, Project& President and Artistic Director, "it is a production of this moment, lending its voice to the necessary global conversations around race, sexuality and identity."

This week we're featuring several guests who will tell you about amazing sex ed and play events happening across the country this summer that you'll want to attend. From polymory in Dallas to passionate dialogue in Burbank, plus a camping retreat for queers, get out your calendar and start planning your best summer out loud.

Every Tuesday the internet is treated to a new comic from Oh Joy Sex Toy (OJST), bringing reviews of everything that relates to sex, sexuality and the sex industry. "From toys to workshops to birth control and much more, no stone will be left unturned, no vibrator left unused, no nipple left unpinched." [OhJoySexToy.com] Join us this week as Erika Moen joins the show to discuss her career as an artist, the origin of OJST, the book released this year, and what's coming up next for the site.

This week we're live with award-winning sex educator, writer, scholar, and activist, Bianca Laureano who is the co-founder of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN); co-founder of The LatiNegr@s Project, and co-director of the film BLACK PERVERT. We talk about her journey to field of sexual education, coalition building among educators, the creation of WOCSHN, and her upcoming documentary project on race, kink, and community. We'll also discuss negative and harmful stereotypes about community, culture, and sexuality and how she works to challenge them.

For five years, Cooper S. Beckett has written for the website Life on the Swingset. Now he has collected personal essays, stories, erotica, and prescriptive “how-tos” into this memoir of his life on The Swingset. Beckett may be biased when it comes to swinging, polyamory, and other forms of ethical non-monogamy, but he doesn’t sugar-coat it. He speaks honestly and earnestly about a unique way to live life, one that allows for sexual and loving growth and experimentation and a strong sense of community. We'll talk social anxiety and shyness, recognizing the importance of touch in life, evolving feelings about love and expectations, having threesomes, orgies, and prostate orgasms, going through a divorce, and leveling up in life and sexuality.

Siouxsie Q talks to Tristan about growing up, her family, how she became a sex worker, and her experiences in the industry. They explore sex work labor issues and how sex work is often exceptionalized and set apart from other work; the tackle the thorny issues around authenticity in feminist porn. They discuss sex worker rights and activism and discuss her popular podcast The Whorecast, which showcases the stories, art, and voices of American sex workers. They also talk about the intersections between sex work and BDSM. Recorded live at International Ms. Leather 2015 in San Jose, CA.

This week we're live with educator, radio host, author and porn creator, Sophie Delancey. Tristan will talk with her about her award-winning TheArtOfTheBlowjob.com, a site devoted to beautiful videos and photos focused on sensual oral sex skills as well as a new educational video series. We'll also get a preview of what's to come on her new site, TheArtofCunnilingus.com. If you've ever had questions about oral sex, this is the show for you! The show will be live and taking audience questions.