Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

This week on Sex Out Loud we have two guests who help people fulfill their sexual potential. First we have author, educator, and coach Amy Jo Goddard who thrives on creating environments that foster growth and assisting people in having the delicious sex and relationships they desire. She believes that healthy, non-violent, fulfilling relationships are a key to changing the world. Then we have Robert Page, creator of the The Lover's Guide, an explicit adult sex education video series and the only non-fiction film to top the UK video charts that has since been translated into 13 languages and 22 territories. He'll discuss how he came to produce the movies that The Independent calls "sexy, sensual, moral and responsible”.

This week we're live with two guests: Magdalene St. Michaels will talk about her success that came with starting a new career in adult film at the age of 49. She'll talk about how she came into the business, her website Magdalene St. Michaels, and her work that has earned her three nominations for AVNs prestigious MILF/Cougar award – in 2008, 2009, and most recently 2013. Author T Cooper will discuss his latest book, Real Man Adventures, a brash, wildly inventive, and comic exploration of the paradoxes and pleasures of masculinity that will forever change what you think it means to be a man.

This week's episode is our first in the CatalystCon Series, interviews recorded live in front of a studio audience at Washington DC during the weekend of CatalystCon. We kick off the series with Dr. Carol Queen, a cultural sexologist and staff member of Good Vibrations, as well as founding director of the Center for Sex & Culture. We talk about her long and storied career in the Bay Area sex-positive scene, favorite exhibits at her Antique Vibrator Museum, and the re-release of Leather Daddy and the Femme. We'll also discuss the Feminist Porn Conference and Fem Porn Awards happening in Toronto this weekend.

This Friday on Sex Out Loud, Tristan will be live with internationally famed author Janet W. Hardy. You may know Hardy as one of the authors of bestselling book, The Ethical Slut, and her most recent book was just nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Girlfag: A Life Told Through Sex and Musicals is a memoir that weaves personal stories of gender and orientation with showtunes and floodlights. Hardy will explain what exactly a 'girlfag' is, how gender and relationships are shifting to more nuanced categories, and what makes Sondheim sexy. We'll be taking questions from the audience live, so call in or post your questions online.

Author, Urban Tantra creator, sacred sexuality expert Barbara Carrellas comes to Sex Out Loud to talk ecstasy - what it is and why it's not just important, but necessary. Her latest book, Ecstasy Is Necessary is a masterful, engaging work of art that combines profound and expansive ideas about sexuality with really practical, useful exercises that everyone can do. Carrellas will also discuss the creation of Urban Tantra and how you can integrate it into your own life.

This Friday on Sex Out Loud we have a very special all erotica show. The entire hour will be devoted to the celebration of erotica literature and featuring authors and editors:

Kristina Wright, Shanna Germain, Sacchi Green, Alison Tyler, and Delilah Devlin. We won't just talking about erotica, you'll also be treated to hearing some of the steamiest passages from these authors'

best books and best stories. Tune in for an intimate and sexy hour with five amazing rock stars from Cleis Press.

This week's show has two guests talking about their groundbreaking work giving voices to those often marginalized. First we have Nan Kinney, who founded Fatale Media in 1985 when there was no porn made by and for women. Fatale produces authentic lesbian movies, including the famous Bend Over Boyfriend series and the classic (and personal favorite of Tristan's), Suburban Dykes. Then, Dr. Eli Sheff will talk about her new book based on her groundbreaking work with Polyamorous Family Study, a 16 year project whose mission is to provide high-quality, research-based information about poly families with kids using sound research methods based in years of sociological study.

This Friday I talk with Joan Price, author, editor, and ageless sexuality advocate. Joan will discuss her book Better Than I Ever Expected which first got her named "the senior sexpert" and her latest book, Naked At Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex. We'll get a sneak preview of her presentation at Catalyst Con in Washington DC in a couple weeks, as well the scoop on the latest anthology she edited, Ageless Erotica, a collection of hot stories where age is no limitation to getting busy.

This Friday I’m live with Christopher Ryan, the renegade researcher behind the New York Times bestseller, Sex At Dawn, a controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you know about sex, marriage, family, and society. We’ll discuss the ideas behind the book including monogamy, sexual orientation, and family dynamics, as well as his latest project, KoTango.com. Kotango is an ethical non-monogamy site, a global community dedicated to modern relationships, and the culture that surrounds them.

The Feminist Porn Book brings together for the first time writings by feminists in the adult industry and research by feminist porn scholars, and this week on Sex Out Loud I'll be talking to my co-editors - Celine Parreñas-Shimizu, Constance Penley, and Mireille Miller-Young - about our 5 year journey to get the collection published. This book investigates not only how feminists understand pornography, but also how feminists do porn—that is, direct, act in, produce, and consume one of the world’s most lucrative and growing industries. Then I'll talk to Claire Potter about REACT: THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE AT 50, an upcoming two-day symposium and exhibition on Betty Friedan's groundbreaking book.