Can a single woman in the Black Church get some and also get to Heaven? That's the question Dr. Brittney Cooper set out to answer for herself a few years ago. What she found -- and what she wrote about it -- has sparked a national conversation at the intersection of sex, shame and Sunday sermons. (Originally aired 5/24/16)

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Jaclyn peeps back in from hiatus for a quickiesode to help out some listeners with questions about cross dressing, coming out inside a marriage, and how to build a better orgasm.

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Pleasure isn't optional - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Encore)

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Listener advice for a woman who feels unfuckable, a call to action to save health care, the most optimistic take you've heard yet about the 2016 US election, and OMG JACLYN'S NEW BOOK.

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What would the United States be like if our policies, laws and institutions were built to encourage women's happiness? That's the provocative premise of Jill Filipovic's new book, The H-Spot, and she joins Jaclyn to talk about remaking marriage, embracing sexual risks, and how women's pleasure can change the world.

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A quickiesode on Mayim Bialik's bad advice, making fun of cis white guys, and the resurgence of abstinence-only ed under a shiny new name.

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We've talked a lot recently about the politics of porn -- now Jaclyn catches up with producer/director Shine Louise Houston to hear what it's like to make it.

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What's the difference between making fun of Trump's hands and mocking his hair? Could a casual hookup be healing after trauma? How do you talk with your partner about body hair expectations? Jaclyn tackles a trifecta of listener questions on this week's quickiesode!

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Ever have a conversation that you think is one thing, but turns out to be another? That's this week's episode. What started out as an exploration on masculinity in the age of Trump became a meditation on gender dynamics in Black Lives Matter, emotional labor in service of change, and the nature of movements. Come along for the ride.

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An urgent call to action, a porn recommendation, and a listener advice question about partnered sex that's secretly about masturbation: it's all here in this week's quickiesode.

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