Sex Nerd Sandra

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Edge Play with Mollena Lee Williams-Haas: Part 1! Mar 12, 2016

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PLAYING WITH FEAR! Recorded live at NYC's Union Hall, "writer, actress, BDSM Educator, Storyteller & Award-Winning Executive Pervert" Mollena Lee Williams-Haas shares a fun kinky guessing game, taboos and empowering ways to explore your boundaries.

Woman on Fire with Amy Jo Goddard! Mar 05, 2016

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FEMALE EJACULATION! Amy Jo Goddard, sex coach and author of "Woman on Fire: 9 Elements to Wake Up Your Erotic Energy, Personal Power and Sexual Intelligence" is back on the show sharing how each of us can regain our voice, stand in our power and come home to ourselves! TOPICS: Feelings, approaching the Big Round Ball, sexual empowerment, regaining your voice, reframing stories, sexual epiphanies, coming home to yourself, agency, consciously single, people-pleasing tendencies, leaving yourself, core sexual creative energy, asexuality, archetypes, anatomy geek-out on female ejaculation, "New View of a Woman's Body," lousy g-spot research, fantasizing, truck stop train, orgasm, and what it means to be a Woman on Fire!

Sex and Racial Justice with Aida Manduley, Anaîn Bjorkquist and Cindy Lee Alves! Feb 24, 2016

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WHITE GUILT! Three all-star members of WOCSHN (Women of Color Sexual Health Network) break down what racial justice is and what the heck race has to do with sex. TOPICS: Diverse sex educators, community, black men in swinging, stereotypes, objectification, assumptions based on what people think you are, micro aggressions, sexualization and academia, defining racial justice, invalidating Grace Jones, all lives matter vs black lives matter, not seeing color, "embedded, systematic white supremacy," light skinned privilege, invisible lab coat, fetishization, home ownership, intersections of privilege, anti-racist storytelling, shame & guilt, the spicy Latina, lingerie and toy colors, interracial dating, Pokemon, learning your history, messed up medical studies, internalized self hate and how we step into the world.

Butt Stuff: A Retrospective with Tristan Taormino and Andy Wood! Feb 21, 2016

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ORGY DOME! Anal sex innovator, author and director Tristan Taormino shares hilarious stories and mishaps of over a decade of teaching butt stuff to America. BUT FIRST: Comedian Andy Wood talks their shared observations at the sexy ATTOL Burning Man camp. TOPICS: Acid, panic attack, sex machine doula, The Tristan, man bag of sex toys, how "The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women" came to be, research, prostates & g-spots, Halcyon pink camp, kayak sex, early anal adopter, 2nd edition, butt bondage, secret plugs, a fisting love story, one finger oracle, double-layer lubing, position show-and-tell and an audience Q & A!

Sex Nerd, Death Nerd and Dying with Megan Andelloux! Nov 02, 2015

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ASMR WHISPER BONUS! Sexologist, founder of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health and aspiring death doula Megan Andelloux's brain has a problem and now this sex & death nerd is turning her interests inward. TOPICS: Lipstick for blowjobs, brain damage, primary progressive aphasia vs early Alzheimers vs dementia vs mild cognitive impairment vs frontal temporal lobe disorder (FTD), telling someone bad news, orgasms, sex at end of life, anticipatory grief, anger, confusion, bitterness, floods of emotion, stepping away from work, changes in brain and behavior, overactive sex drive research, inhibition, spasms, masturbation, sex with a partner, support group sex talk, hyper sexual vs absent filters, sadness, Death Salon, Art of Dying, hope, boredom vs loneliness, invisible disability, cancer vs dementia, loved ones changing, loss of who you are, how to be supportive, mindfulness, sending short loving emails, staying connected, consent & dementia, PTSD, calming blanket, restraints.

Sexual Harassment Double Standards with Kyle Hill! Oct 19, 2015

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SEX SCIENCE! CON DRAMA! Sandra checks in with Nerdist Sciene Editor Kyle Hill about some bizarre behavior she witnessed at Wonder Con. TOPICS: Sex research, coercion, speaking up for yourself, depression, anal sex, feminism, equality, sex parties and introvert tendencies! Kyle Hill is a science writer and communicator based in Los Angeles, California. He received his bachelors of science in civil and environmental engineering from Marquette University, and his masters of arts in communication from the same university in 2013. In 2013, he started writing for Scientific American, finding a niche in the intersection of science and pop culture. Since then, his nerdy work has been published in WIRED, Popular Science, Slate, The Boston Globe, Nautilus, io9, and BuzzFeed. He has appeared as an expert on Fox News, Al Jazeera America, and Huffington Post Live, held writing positions at Nature Education and Discover Magazine, and has worked as a TV science correspondent for Al Jazeera America. In 2013, he was named one of the 20 science communicators to follow by WIRED magazine. His goal as a science communicator is to use pop culture to teach science in a fun and digestible way. Kyle is currently the Science Editor of Nerdist Industries.

Give Me Sex Jesus with Matt Barber and Brittany Machado! Oct 10, 2015

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FUN WITH GUILT & SHAME! Dishing their discoveries from folks from Evangelical America, documentary producers Matt Barber and Brittany Machado share how a culture of purity might effect marriage, orientation, virginity and our concepts of self. Watch the film Give Me Sex Jesus! So good!

Sex Outside the Lines with Chris Donaghue! Oct 03, 2015

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IS MY SEX NORMAL?! Sandra explores the mind of therapist and thought leader Dr. Chris Donaghue as they flip through his new book, Sex Outside the Lines where he challenges norms in psychology and the media. TOPICS: Wounded diversity, Non-conformity, health on the outside, asymmetrical hair, passing, expected cheating, ignoring your desires, denial, waiting till marriage, watching partner have sex, Jada Pinkett Smith, jealousy, sex as a tool for learning, sexual fascists, cis gender disorder, sexism, flirting, asking for kisses, honoring your turn-ons, expanding arousal, systemic and institutional racism, valuing sex, orientation and more!!!

Gender Queer Part 2 with Rhys Nicholson and Xavier Moustache! Sep 24, 2015

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Live in Sydney, Australia, Sandra enlists fascinating comic Rhys Nicholson and trans activist and educator Xavier Moustache to help her figure out her gender. BUT FIRST! Elle Chase and Sandra discuss the sexy of Magic Mike XXL, Scandal, Sense8, TOPICS: body image, eating disorders, Australian slang, gay marriage, lisps, anxiety, masculinity, trans identity, defining "gender queer," pronouns, Sydney sex store shopping and so much more!

Gender Queer Part 1 with Rhys Nicholson and Xavier Moustache! Sep 16, 2015

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Live in Sydney, Australia, Sandra enlists fascinating comic Rhys Nicholson and trans activist and educator Xavier Moustache to help her figure out her gender. TOPICS: body image, eating disorders, Australian slang, gay marriage, lisps, anxiety, masculinity, trans identity, defining "gender queer," pronouns, Sydney sex store shopping and so much more!

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