Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

This week Tristan is live with Cooper Beckett host of the popular podcast "Life on the Swingset" (and who you also know as the voice announcer of Sex Out Loud). Cooper will give us an update on what happened at CatalystCon West last week. We'll also discuss progressive swinging and swingers, orgy etiquette, and answer listener questions about polyamory and non-monogamy.

This Friday features Thomas Maier, award-winning journalist, author, and TV producer. His book "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love" is the basis for the hit Showtime series currently filming its second season. Learn why Tristan calls the book a thorough, fascinating, juicy biography and a great read. If you're a fan of the show, you'll learn so much more about the lives of sexologists Masters & Johnson.

This week features Melissa Gira Grant, writer and freelance journalist whose latest book is Playing The Whore: The Work of Sex Work. Based on ten years of writing and reporting on the sex trade, and grounded in her experience as an organizer, advocate, and former sex worker, Grant dismantles pervasive myths about sex work, criticizes both conditions within the sex industry and its criminalization, and argues that separating sex work from the "legitimate" economy only harms those who perform sexual labor. The interview was recorded live at CatalystCon East 2014.

This week's show will be live with Tristan Taormino and Susie Bright, friends and colleagues together in the studio! Author, editor, professor, screenwriter, and audio book maven, Susie Bright is the go-to expert on all things sexual politics. For the first time in Sex Out Loud history, the show will be airing live with Tristan and her guest together in the same room and this intimate, raucous, informative conversation is not one you will want to miss. They'll be taking questions from the audience, so call in to have a chance to talk with both Tristan and "Susie Sexpert" about any topic related to sex and relationships.

This week on Sex Out Loud spend an hour with writer, activist, and New York Times-bestselling author, Janet Mock.

Since stepping out into the public eye in 2011, Mock has founded #GirlsLikeUs, a media visibility campaign for trans women, and spoken about issues of identity, safety, health, and community all over the country, including appearances on Melissa Harris-Perry, HBO's The Out List, and MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts. Her memoir Redefining

Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More was released in early February and is currently on the New York Times bestseller list. We'll be talking about her journey to becoming a public activist, the power of writing and storytelling, plus taking live questions from you!

Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson return to the show this week to discuss their new book, Partners In Passion: A Guide to Great Sex, Emotional Intimacy, and Long-Term Love. We'll talk about non-monogamy, communication, passionate long-term relationships, and the controversy around their recent article on Alternet, "Life-Long Sexual Monogamy Just Isn't Natural". They'll also join in answering listener questions.

A producer and consultant with over twenty years of experience in film and television, Lisa Vandever seized the unique opportunity to combine two of her overriding fixations, film and sexuality. Founded in 2003, CineKink recognizes and encourages the positive depiction of sexuality and kink in film and television, most visibly through its annual film festival, CineKink NYC. We'll discuss media representations of alternative sexuality, visual depictions of kink, and the intersections of film and sexuality.

This week's show features TWO of today's hottest performers in the adult industry. You know James Deen from the 4,000 scenes he's performed in, his appearance in the mainstream film "The Canyons" or perhaps his internet series "James Deen Loves Food." I talk with Deen about his popularity and why he's so good at his job. Then, Kelly Shibari is on live talking about her recent Penthouse Forum cover shoot, her appearance on Margaret Cho'd podcast, and what's next for the stereotype-breaking tour-de-force.

This Friday we welcome back author, visionary, and entrepreneur Candida Royalle. Candida will discuss her newest project with award-winning Canadian filmmaker Sheona McDonald, “While You Were Gone: the Untold Story of Candida Royalle“, as well as the unprecedented longevity of the sales of her Femme film line; the three new products from her sex toy line, Natural Contours, coming out in a few months; and how she’s helping release and distribute the work of other women, beginning with filmmaker Petra Joy. Jane Hamilton (aka Veronica Hart) will also join the conversation with Royalle to discuss how they both recently received a Doctorate in Human Sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality for their life’s work. After a long and distinguished career in adult movies, working on both sides of the camera, Jane Hamilton now uses her expertise to educate women in the U.S. and China on issues of pleasure, aging and self-esteem.

This week Tristan is live with sex educator, writer, and coach Elle Chase aka Lady Cheeky. In addition to running her popular kinky sex blog and hot tumblr site, Chase coordinates sex ed programming at the newly formed Los Angeles Academy of Sex Education and teaches workshops on her own, including her popular “Big, Beautiful Sex: Sex & Body Image” which examines fat-shaming all around us and how it gets in the way of everyone’s sexual confidence and pleasure, no matter what size clothes you wear. We’ll talk sexual communication as well as recommending toys, techniques, and positions.