Gregory Barnes
Celestial Sex
Welcome back to Celestial Sex! Wow, its been a while and everything has changed. We missed you! Our guest this week is the director of the short film "The Touch of the Master's Hand" premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Mr. Gregory Barnes. In this episode we discuss his upbringing as the son of a Mormon bishop, his friendship with Colin when they were teenagers, the sex talk with his parents, masturbation and pornography, Greg's Mormon mission, BYU film school, divorce, and Greg's queer identity. You can buy tickets to Sundance 2021 at Select the Explorer Pass, and reserve a ticket...
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Barak Hardley
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have frank conversations about sex and religion. This week we speak with Barak Hardley, an actor and comedian who has appeared on shows like Community and The Office and currently stars in the movie "Spell". He is also the co-host of "We're Starting a Cult" with Alexis Novack. We talk to Barak about going to Bible college and his experience church planting in Utah. We also discuss his exit from the ministry, embracing sexuality, and becoming an atheist. You can follow Barak's podcast on Instagram...
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Kim Reed
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have open conversations about sex and religion. This week we sit down with Kim Reed to discuss her Mormon upbringing, physically developing early and dealing with negative attention from people. Kim talks about her breast reduction and the events that led to making that decision. We also discuss the important differences between LDS doctrine, the gospel, and LDS culture. We need your help! Send us your favorite thing you know about sex- you can record it into your voice memo app and email it to us or leave us...
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Sara Hanks
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have frank conversations about sex in the context of a religious upbringing. In this episode we talk with Sara Hanks about her experience growing up Mormon, puberty, dealing with pain during sex, and her perspective on the law of chastity. If you'd like to get in touch with us, you can email or call us at (YES) 6969-LDS
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Rachel Favero
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have frank and open discussions about sex and religion! On this episode, we speak with Rachel Favero about her relationship to and history with Mormonism, being a mother, and her perspective on sex positivity, masturbation, body image, and more. Lots to look forward to in her episode! If you'd like to follow her on social media you can find her at @momishness on Instagram. If you'd like to reach out to us, you can at or on Twitter and Instagram @celestialsexpod, or call us at YES-6969-LDS
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Conor Hilton
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have frank and open conversations about sex. This week we speak with Conor Hilton about being ace- or asexual- and an active Mormon. What is it like for someone who doesn't experience sexual attraction? How do they make sense of that in a religion that emphasizes procreation as a step toward Godhood? We cover all of that, and we catch up with Conor one year after we recorded the first part of his interview to find out how he's doing now. Our thanks to Conor for speaking with us! Conor's writing can be...
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Kaisha Medford and the Freedom Festival 2018
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce, where we have frank conversations about sex and religion. In this episode, we speak with Kaisha Medford, the current president of Provo Pride- an LGBTQIA organization that hosts the annual Provo Pride parade as well as other LGBTQIA activities in Provo, UT and the surrounding area. We discuss the recent Freedom Festival in Provo and the attempted exclusion of queer organizations in their parade on the 4th of July. Discrimination against queer folks is unfortunately alive and well in Provo, and we wanted to shine a light on how they are overcoming...
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Cameron and KarenLee Poter
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have frank and open conversations about sex. This week we have the hosts of the podcast Sex Talk With My Mom on the show, and we discuss their dynamic as a mother and son who talk about sex together every week as a job. We talk about their Jewish faith and the reformed movement that has changed the sexual landscape of Judaism. Their podcast is fascinating and you can listen to it here- We have t-shirts available for one more day here- If you'd like to support the show you can become a monthly patron!...
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Ally Beardsley
Celestial Sex
Welcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce and produced by Colin Hatch, where we have open conversations about sex with people who grew up religious. This week we speak with Ally Beardsley. Ally is a comedian and actor and is currently a cast member on College Humor. Go watch their videos! We talk to Ally about growing up gay as an evangelical Christian, going to bible college in the closet, and now freely exploring their sexuality and gender. Ally is the best and we had an excellent conversation. Go follow Ally on Instagram @allybeardsley and on Twitter @lilbeardsley and on College Humor...
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Derrick Clements and #MormonMeToo
Celestial Sex
Welcome back to Celestial Sex! This week we have the pleasure of speaking with Derrick Clements. He's the former host of The Pixar Podcast, currently the host of the podcast Mosaic, and recently released an episode titled #MormonMeToo Part 1: The First Law of Heaven which we discuss in depth on this week's episode. Specifically, we tackle the overarching theme of his episode which is obedience- to church leaders, commandments like the law of chastity, and men in general- and how that relates to instances of sexual assault, like in the case of McKenna Denson by Joseph Bishop, her former MTC...
info_outlineWelcome to Celestial Sex, hosted by Chris Duce produced by Colin Hatch, where we have frank and open conversations about sex through lens of a Mormon upbringing and work to normalize talking about sex. In this episode we play some of our favorite voicemails from our listeners where we hear the best advice they ever got about sex from parents and church leaders. We also asked a few people to read an email they've sent us- its nice putting a voice to a letter. At the end we hear one of our listener's powerful final testimony that he gave to his congregation.
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