Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

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Sex talk with politics in the room.

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Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino brings candid conversations to sex education and sexual politics. Recent episodes move between dating anxiety, body acceptance, polyamory, sex worker rights, trans sex, and the history of feminist conflict over sexuality.

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About Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino

Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino is built around the idea that sexuality deserves clear public language. It is candid without being careless. Recent episodes place personal pleasure, relationship structure, law, identity, and political history inside the same editorial frame. One conversation with Dr. Megan Stubbs centers single dating, happiness, and the slow work of body acceptance. Another, with Cam Poter, turns dating anxiety and kissing into a frank look at expectation, awkwardness, curiosity, and getting out of one’s own head. The show can be playful. It is also willing to get exact. Lorna Bracewell’s appearance brings in the sex wars, the Barnard Conference, feminist conflict, and the problem of women of color being left outside sexual politics debates. Barb and Ron’s episode focuses on sex worker rights and the difference between consensual adult sex work and trafficking, with attention to how law and public campaigns can blur that distinction. Polyamory is not treated as a novelty. Marie Thouin’s conversation gives compersion language and emotional shape, while Sagan Morrow’s episode brings polyamorous romance into fiction and popular storytelling. The show also makes space for literary sexuality through Michael Lowenthal, including a reading from Overboy and talk around books. Lucie Fielding’s episode on trans sex questions the assumptions attached to bodies, toys, diagrams, and sexual scripts. Across these conversations, Sex Out Loud keeps returning to vocabulary: what words make possible, what assumptions hide, and what happens when people are asked to describe desire more carefully. The tone is adult, direct, politically alert, and sometimes funny. It suits listeners who can handle explicit subject matter and want more than generic intimacy advice. What stands out is the show’s refusal to split sexual pleasure from social context. Dating, porn, abortion, sex work, racism, disability, trans bodies, and non-monogamy are treated as connected parts of how people live, argue, desire, and make meaning.

Made for: Suits a listener who wants candid sex education tied to relationships, identity, law, and culture. Best for adults comfortable with direct discussion of sexual topics and social conflict.

What sets it apart: Its strength is the range: dating advice, polyamory language, feminist history, sex worker rights, trans sex, and fiction all share one editorial space. The show treats pleasure as practical and political at once.

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Join award winning author, speaker, sex educator and media maker Tristan Taormino as she explores the world of sexuality from every angle. Tristan interviews leading authors, educators, artists and icons about sexual pleasure, sexual wellness, identity, relationships, community, and social justice. Get an inside look at alternative sexual practices, communities, and relationships—like LGBTQIA folx, BDSM, polyamory, sex work, and disability—from both leading and underrepresented voices. Tristan also shares her twenty years of experience with honest, sex-positive sex advice for listeners. Excited by sexual pleasure and sexual politics? You've come to the right place. This program contains expl…

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  1. 1

    A Single's Guide to Sx, Dating, and Happiness with Dr. Megan Stubbs

    On Sex Out Loud, Tristan Taramino and Dr.

    Jul 27, 2021·51m·4 clips
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    Kissing, Dating and The Relationship Escalator with Cam Poter

    Hidden gem

    ["Cam Poder says the relationship escalator is the default march from exclusivity to moving in, marriage, and babies, and he says his relationships now unfold without those milestones.", "Tristan Taramino and Cam also talk through COVID-19, public health, vaccines, and a Chicago trip where Cam visited a couple he dates after 18 months.", "Cam contrasts endless dating-app swiping with a Mexico City story about a woman walking a cat on a leash, a next-night date, and a kiss.", "The episode also covers boxing, his six-year Sex Talk With My Mom podcast, and the routines he uses to manage workaholism, school, dogs, and baking."]

    Jul 20, 2021·1h 11m·5 clips
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    Why We Lost the S-x Wars with Lorna Bracewell

    Hidden gem

    Tristan Taormino interviews political theorist Lorna Bracewell about Why We Lost the Sex Wars and the feminist debates over pornography, sex work, BDSM, and butch-femme identity.

    Jul 6, 2021·1h 4m·5 clips
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    Compersion in Polyamory with Marie Thouin

    Hidden gem

    ["Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino devotes a full conversation to compersion in polyamory and ethical non-monogamy.", "Tristan's guest, Dr.

    Jun 25, 2021·55m·4 clips
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    Scientists for Sex Worker Rights with Barb and Ron

    Hidden gem

    Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino turns into a policy interview about sex-work decriminalization, legalization, and why the distinction matters for workers and regulators.

    Jun 14, 2021·1h 9m·5 clips
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    Sex with Strangers with Michael Lowenthal

    Hidden gem

    Michael Lowenthal says he wants readers to "eavesdrop on a world that's not mine," and Tristan Taormino uses Sex Out Loud to test that idea against queer publishing history.

    Jun 8, 2021·1h 7m·4 clips
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    Polyamorous Rom Coms with Sagan Morrow

    Hidden gem

    ["Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino features Sagan Morrow, who writes the Polyamorous Passion series and discusses book six, Out of Control, as a polyamorous rom-com.", "Morrow says she started teaching productivity because she needed a system that could free up time and energy for novels, freelance writing, and the 10-plus hours a week she helps clients save.", "She says she wrote polyamorous romantic comedies because contemporary romance kept offering polyamory only in erotica, sci-fi, fantasy, or darker storylines.", "Taormino and Morrow also talk about opening a marriage in 2017, the tension between control and feelings, and readers who have recognized themselves as polyamorous after reading the books."]

    May 31, 2021·50m·3 clips
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    Trans Sex with Lucie Fielding

    Hidden gem

    Sex Out Loud centers Tristan Taormino and Lucy Fielding's Trans Sex, Clinical Approaches to Transsexualities and Erotic Embodiments, with Lucy positioned as a queer, kinky, polyamorous, non-binary trans femme and counseling resident in Charlottesville, Virginia.

    May 24, 2021·1h 4m·4 clips
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    Threesomes with Stella Harris

    Hidden gem

    Tristan Taormino opens Sex Out Loud with Stella Harris and says threesomes are one of her favorite subjects, while Harris is introduced as a certified intimacy educator, sex coach, and author of The Ultimate Guide to Threesomes.

    May 17, 2021·56m·5 clips
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    Torrey Peters on Detransition, Baby

    Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino talks with Torrey Peters about Detransition, Baby and why the novel refuses to "handhold" readers.

    May 10, 2021·1h 1m·4 clips
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    Masturbation for All with Vic Liu

    May 3, 2021·56m
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    Polyamory Memes with the founder of Poly Philia

    Apr 26, 2021·50m
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    Dr. Ina Park on the Science, History and State of STDs

    Apr 19, 2021·1h
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    Polyamory, Submission & Filthy Poetry with Arielle Greenberg

    Apr 12, 2021·57m
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    Dr. Heather Berg on P*rn As Work

    Apr 5, 2021·1h 14m
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    Beatrice Dixon on Creating Natural Products for Women

    Mar 29, 2021·48m
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    Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg on People's Sex Stories

    Mar 22, 2021·57m
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    What to Eat for Great Sex with Christine DeLozier

    Mar 15, 2021·1h 3m
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    Joanna Angel on Her New Erotic Novel

    Mar 8, 2021·1h 33m
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    Leslie Lehr on Her Obsession with Boobs

    Mar 1, 2021·56m
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    Sex Writer's Journey in Desire and Pleasure with Tracy Clark-Flory

    Feb 22, 2021·55m
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    We Too: Sex Work and Survival Part 2

    Feb 15, 2021·1h 16m
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    Natalie West on We Too: Sex Work and Survival

    Feb 8, 2021·51m
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    Children in Polyamorous Families with Dr. Eli Sheff

    Tristan Taormino interviews Dr.

    Feb 1, 2021·52m
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    Sex, Monogamy, Fear and Technology with Romantic Chorus

    Tristan Taormino discusses various aspects of sexuality, including gender, polyamory, sex work, and body autonomy, with a focus on social justice.

    Jan 25, 2021·1h 7m
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    Masculinity and Vulnerability with Shana James

    Jan 18, 2021·55m
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    Sex and Sobriety with Stacie Ysidro

    Jan 11, 2021·54m
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    The History of Sex Work with Kaytlin Bailey

    Tristan Taormino interviews Caitlin Bailey about the hidden history of sex work in America.

    Jan 4, 2021·57m
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    Lesbian Avengers Activist History with Kelly Cogswell

    Dec 28, 2020·53m
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    Intimacy, Embodiment and The Nervous System with Dr. Alison Ash

    Dec 21, 2020·54m
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    Solo Polyamory, Relationship Anarchy & Sex Positivity with the hosts of the Multiamory Podcast

    Dec 13, 2020·1h 47m
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    Holiday Gift and Survival Guide with Kate Loree

    Tristan Taormino discusses sexual pleasure, politics, and identity, with a gift guide and stress coping strategies for the holidays.

    Dec 6, 2020·1h 12m
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    Melanie Vesey is a Wild Animal

    Nov 30, 2020·1h 1m
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    Cannabis, Sexual Health, and Pleasure

    Nov 23, 2020·1h 6m
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    Foreskin and Circumcision with Georganne Chapin

    Nov 16, 2020·1h 3m
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    Disability Justice and Sex with Lydia X. Z. Brown, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Katie Tastrom

    Nov 9, 2020·1h 33m
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    Jessica Fern on Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Polyamory and Nonmonogamy

    Nov 2, 2020·1h 1m
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    Justin Lehmiller on America's Most Common Sexual Fantasies, Groups, Nonmonogamy, Public, Taboo, and BDSM

    Oct 26, 2020·51m
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    Jen Manion on Female Husbands: A Trans History

    Oct 19, 2020·50m
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    Farzana Doctor: Speaking Out Against Female Genital Mutilation

    Oct 12, 2020·46m
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    Amanda Blumenthal on Being an Intimacy Coordinator for TV and Film

    Oct 5, 2020·51m
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    Erin C. Law and Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza on Orienting Toward Resilience: Taking a Somatic Approach to Anti-Racist Work

    Sep 28, 2020·1h 4m
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    Sinnamon Love & Jet Setting Jasmine on Racism, Inequity, and Resistance in the P*rn Industry

    Sep 21, 2020·1h 33m
  44. 44

    Zachary Zane on How Bisexual Men Are Stigmatized by Gay and Straight People

    Sep 14, 2020·49m
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    Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan on Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus

    Sep 7, 2020·57m
  46. 46

    Baron Vaughn on Sexual Hang Ups, Polyamory, Trauma and Mental Health

    Aug 31, 2020·1h 29m
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    Kai Werder on Skin Hunger During COVID-19 and Desire Discrepancies Between Partners

    Aug 24, 2020·51m
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    Jordan Flaherty on Grassroots Responses to Savior Mentality

    Aug 17, 2020·49m
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    Allison Behringer on Sexual Shame and its Effect on Sexual Health, Medical Mysteries, Women Taking Control of Their Bodies and Their Lives

    Aug 10, 2020·54m
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    Stacyann Chin on Love, Sex, Survival and Revolution

    Aug 3, 2020·1h 9m