Welcome to Season Eight, Unscrewed Nation! We're kicking it off with a season-long theme -- Edge Case -- and a deep dive with the genius mind of Sady Doyle, whose new book Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers is all about the women we write off as monsters, and the surprising lessons these ultimate edge cases can teach us about fear, power, rage, and patriarchy.

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Last month, Jaclyn chatted with the guys of Bad Christian about sex ed, protesting ICE, voting, when kids are ready for sex, and so much more. Check it out, and subscribe to the Bad Christian podcast wherever you get your shows. Unscrewed will be back soon with a new season!

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It's time for our annual reminder that 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. (Rewind)

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Another episode of one of my fave shows to share with you, this time with me on it! While I'm still on summer hiatus, enjoy me talking butt sex (and many other things) along with Myisha Battle on the legendary Call Your Girlfriend. If you dig the episode, subscribe to their entire media empire at callyourgirlfriend.com!

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While Unscrewed is on summer hiatus, Jaclyn is bringing you the most Unscrewy episodes of other people's podcasts! Today: an episode of Rewire.News' Boom! Lawyered, bringing you some great news from the courts that you may have missed last week.

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Last episode of the season! Including a bunch of updates from listeners, an advice question from a woman in a dry spell, new ways to get involved with Unscrewed Nation, a political pep talk - and because I forgot to say it on the show, HAPPY PRIDE TO MY QUEER FAM!!!

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Right-wing extremists are infiltrating public schools under the guise of "sex education" -- even in liberal school districts. But in Eugene, OR, high school girls are fighting back.

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What to do about draconian abortion laws (hint: it doesn't involve whether or not you fuck), a call for podcast suggestions, and advice for an aspiring sex educator, all in one quickiesode.

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What should the future of anti-rape work look like? Activists Lorena Kourousias and Kalima Young of the Monument Quilt project join Jaclyn to talk art, orgasms, Afrofuturism, and living your future vision now.

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Can people who support sexual freedom become a political force to be reckoned with? Fiona Patten, founder of Australia's Reason Party, is proving it.

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