Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

This week features an interview with Julie Stewart, CEO of Sportsheets, recorded live as part of the CatalystCon West series. Stewart talks about what brought her to Sportsheets and what she's learned from her 19 years in the industry. Then we'll feature a special segment with Epiphora, sex toy reviewer extraordinaire, who will give you the lowdown on all the best sex toys (to help you start planning holiday gift buying). You'll love her honest, smart, and BS-free recommendations for what products give the best orgasms.

Recorded live in front of a studio audience at CatalystCon West, this week's featured guest is award-winning writer and director, Jacky St. James. We'll discuss how she got into the adult entertainment business, why she's an advocate of couple's-oriented pornography, and how she achieves her goals to provide the highest quality content in the adult marketplace while also creating a greater sense of sexual freedom and openness through her work. Jacky St. James will also talk about the role of a good girl....and why good girls like it bad.

Tristan Taormino welcomes Dr. Joycelyn Elders and Jackie Strano to Sex Out Loud. Taormino interviewed Dr. Elders in person at CatalystCon West and discussed abstinence-only sex education, the current state of HIV/AIDS, and how we can empower young people around their sexuality. The second half of the show will feature Jackie Strano, Executive Vice President of Good Vibrations.

They talk about the state of sex education in America, why sex-positive retail stores are so important, and how Good Vibrations has paired with various non-profit sex-positive organizations to raise money and awareness.

Recorded live at Catalyst Con West 2013, this week's episode features relationship coach, writer, and sex educator Marcia Baczynski. Tristan talks with Marcia about her journey to becoming a relationship coach and sex educator, including specializing in helping people articulate their desires in relationships and ask for what they want. She'll also share info from her latest book, "Four Mistakes Couples Make When Opening Up Their Relationship (and How To Avoid Them)" and discuss her latest project, The Good Girl Recovery Program.

The first interview in our CatalystCon West 2013 series of episodes recorded in front of a live studio audience, Tristan welcomes back to the show Danny Wylde. You may also recognize Danny from several of Tristan's films and he's recently opened Future Sex Shock, his own porn studio. Wylde also just released Come To My Brother, his first novel, which combines the enduring horror of vampires with an honest and authentic exploration of life in Northern California, working in porn, and growing up. Wylde discusses sex, performing, and what inspires his creative work.

The prolific erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is back on Sex Out Loud! Bussel has edited some of the best-selling erotica books in the business and she also edits New York Magazine's Sex Diaries columns. She'll discuss her two latest collections, Baby Got Back: Anal Erotica and The Big Book of Orgasms:

69 Sexy Stories. Tristan will also chat with Matie Fricker, co-owner of Self Serve Sexuality Resource and Self Serve Toys in New Mexico, about the recent successful legal ruling in favor of the community run porn festival, Pornotopia.

Mismatched libidos, also known as desire discrepancy, is the most common cause of distress in a sexual relationship. Libido is much more than how often a person wants sex:

it encompasses many elements, including what triggers arousal and what dampens it, the importance of sex compared to other parts of a relationship, the meaning of sex for each individual, what is pleasurable during sexual activity, and so on. This week on Sex Out Loud we welcome expert Sandra Pertot, author of When Your Sex Drives Don't Match, to discuss the biology and psychology of this issue which affects most every sexual relationship at some point in time.

Bawdy Storytelling – dubbed “The Moth for Pervs”

by the LA Weekly - is the Nation’s Original Sex+Storytelling series.

Founded, Emcee’ed and Curated by Dixie De La Tour, Bawdy features Real people & Rockstars sharing their Bona Fide Sexual Exploits in 10 minutes or less. For the past (almost) 7 years, Bawdy Storytelling’s one-of-a-kind approach to sexpositive personal narrative has coaxed liberating tales out of everyday people, creating unforgettable experiences for performers and audiences alike. We'll talk to Dixie about how the event came into being and hear exclusive excerpts from a live show.

This week we feature an entire hour with Candida Royalle, author and expert on issues of relationships, sexuality, and women’s self-empowerment. Tristan will talk to her about her legacy as a feminist porn pioneer, her recent trip to Amsterdam for the 2013 Porna Awards, what she thinks of the current feminist porn movement, and her successful sex toy line, Natural Contours.

This week Tristan interviews educator, ritualist, and founder of the Academy of S/M Arts, Cleo Dubois. Dubois enjoys guiding both newcomers and experts on sophisticated techniques related to kink and BDSM and she'll discuss how consensual powerplay is a valid path to self-discovery, intimacy and healing. We'll get a peak inside her popular intensive weekends for dominants taught at the San Francisco Citadel and hear highlights from her blog, In Kink With Heart, true stories of her 30 years in the scene.