Stay ConnectedA show that seeks to re-define the way we talk about love and sex by examining it from an anthropological perspective. Hosts Noah Michelson and Carina Kolodny begin each episode with a single question. Questions like: How will Artificial Intelligence change the future of sex? Or, what is going to a sex party really like? To find answers, they look to experts and listeners like you.
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Dossie Easton, Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, Dr. Stephen Snyder and a couple who are in an open relationship join hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson to address this question.The couple, Ruth and Alejandro wrote to Carina and Noah and their email inspired this episode. Ruth and Alejandro share their questions and feelings about being open and Carina and Noah loop in experts to examine the relationship and find out if it's possible to make an open relationship work.
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Dossie Easton, Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, Dr. Stephen Snyder and a couple who are in an open relationship join hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson to address this question.The couple, Ruth and Alejandro wrote to Carina and Noah and their email inspired this episode. Ruth and Alejandro share their questions and feelings about being open and Carina and Noah loop in experts to examine the relationship and find out if it's possible to make an open relationship work.
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The Internet has made it easier than ever for young women (sugar babies) to make arrangements with older, wealthier men (sugar daddies. Why is this arrangement on the rise and what’s the line between escort and sugar baby?To find out, hosts Noah Michelson and Carina Kolodny speak with Christian Grov, a sociologist; Karley Sciortino and Parinda Wanitwat who are documenting the sugar dating lifestyle; Brandon Wade, the founder and ceo of multiple websites that cater to sugar babies and daddies and Tess Wood, who's an actual sugar baby.
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In an article for Good Magazine, writer Mark Hay gave readers a rich glimpse into The Other World Kingdom: a femdom -- or female dominant -- micronation formally situated in The Czech Republic where dominatrixes and their slaves created a thriving community.Inspired by Hay's piece, co-hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson explore the topic and speak with a femdom couple, Lady Femina and her husband Tony, who traveled to The Other World Kingdom and then returned home with more than a few stories to show for it.
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If you're lucky enough to get to that "certain age," do you retire from your sex life at the same time you retire from your career?Probably (hopefully!) not -- but popular culture doesn't give us much of an indication otherwise. Sure, there are subtle hints of things that might go wrong with our bodies as we age, but seniors having awesome sex is rarely something we see or talk about.So what's the real deal when it comes to getting it on in the golden years?In an attempt to answer this question, co-hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson spoke to sex and aging experts and real seniors who were willing to open up and get candid about their sex lives, including: Joan Price, author of The Ultimate Guide To Sex After Fifty; author and activist Angus Whyte; Dr. Madeline Castellano AKA 'The Sex MD' and a New Orleans grandma named Prissy.
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From the emergence of the professional pick-up artist to the resurgence of old school matchmakers, an entire industry has developed to handle something human beings used to be able to navigate on their own: the dating scene.Has the rise of the Internet and the dominance of online dating changed -- and challenged -- our ability to meet people and find love in real life?In this week's episode of The HuffPost Love+Sex Podcast, hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson search for the answer.To do that, they spoke to self-proclaimed seduction siren and pick-up artist Arden Leigh, LoveSystems President and dating coach Nick Savoy, matchmaker and founder of The Modern Love Club, Amy Van Doran, and founder of The Matchmatching Institute, Lisa Clampitt.So come discover some of the struggles and secrets to locating love wherever you might (or might not) be looking.
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This episode takes place at a sex party called Chemistry in New York. During the podcast, hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson chat with Chemistry's co-founder, Kenny Blunt, and then go behind Chemistry's velvet rope to meet the people who attend this sex party and find out why they do and what it means for their relationships. They also chat with Diana Adams, an attorney and family mediator supporting nontraditional family structures including many polyamorous families, and who is currently working on a film, Monogamish, to learn about the potential legal concerns of producing and attending a party like Chemistry.Find out what happens at a sex party without having to leave your own home!
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This episode is all about the most powerful and least talked about sex organ: The clitoris. Hosts Noah Michelson and Carina Kolodny are joined by Sophia Wallace who's the creator of the Cliteracy art project; Jenny Block, the author of Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage; and Ian Kerner, Sex Therapist and the author of She Comes First. Together, the group discusses why the clitoris has been shunned by popular culture and what can be done to unleash its power.
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Fifty Shades of Grey, the book and movie about Christian and Anastasia is not exactly an accurate portrayal of the world of bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism and masochism (or BDSM for short). With the film adaptation out in theaters this week, HuffPost's Love+Sex team wanted to know: what do BDSM relationships and dalliances look like in the real world? How does kink play out in the land of non-fiction? And how much of what goes on in the best-selling book and much talked-about film is actually true?To find out, Love+Sex hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson talked to two dominatrixes, Mona Rogers and Nina Payne of Domi DollZ, Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, a sex researcher and professor of human sexuality, and even descended into New York City's only public BDSM dungeon, which is owned by Michael Aulito.
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What is the future of sex? Will sex get better? Will we have sex with robots? Hosts Noah Michelson and Carina Kolodny explore the future of sex toys, what sex with robots will be like and all of the implications of forging relationships with AIs. This episode features Jincy Lumpkin, the CEO of Juicy Pink Box; Suki and Brian Dunham, the creators of OhMiBod, Claire Cavanah, the owner of Babeland; and George Zarkadakis, an AI professor and author.
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