One-Night Stand with Simon Taylor
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Release Date: 03/03/2021
Initiating Sex with Confidence with Whitni Miller
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Initiating sex can feel vulnerable, awkward, or even downright scary—especially if you were socialized to anticipate everyone else's needs before your own. This week, DB is joined by the one and only Whitni Miller (aka ), queer couples intimacy coach, to break down what gets in the way, how to build confidence, and why getting turned down doesn’t have to be a bad thing. We’re talking perfectionism, eroticism, pleasure, and how to get out of your head and into your body. Let's get into it! GUEST DETAILS is a queer couples intimacy coach helping people build deeper connection, playful...
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How do I talk to my partner about using sex toys together?
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
DB breaks down how to talk to your partner about bringing sex toys into the bedroom to get more pleasure. She shares stats on who’s using sex toys, why queer couples are ahead of the game, and easy ways to start the convo with your partner. Plus: top sex toy recs and a playful challenge to try at home. Studies mentioned in this episode: Toys for couples mentioned in this episode: : Great for external stimulation during all kinds of play. Works well in both solo and partner contexts. And, yes, our study backs up its pleasure-boosting stats! : A wearable toy designed for couples to...
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1,000 people masturbated for science with Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Season 12 is all about PLEASURE and we're kicking things off with a juicy one! This week, DB is joined by Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons—licensed psychologist, sex researcher, and pleasure activist—to talk about what happened when 1,000 people masturbate for science! The Magic Wand Wellness Study is the first study of its kind to look at how daily masturbation impacts things like sleep, stress, focus, confidence, and body image, and the results were amazing. We talk about why solo pleasure is so often ignored in wellness culture, what DB learned from doing the study herself,...
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What Are the On-The-Ground Impacts of the Cuts to Foreign Assistance? (from rePROs Fight Back)
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Within hours of the new administration’s return-to-office, disorder took over. A foreign aid freeze, a stop-work order, and the dismantling of key foreign aid institutions commenced almost immediately. Gayatri Patel, Senior Fellow with rePROs Fight Back, sits down to talk with us about glimmers of hope for protecting this foreign assistance funding and relevant agencies, as well as how we can prepare for the realistic, long-term impacts of these attacks. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: TikTok: Twitter: Threads: YouTube: SEX ED WITH DB SEASON 12 SPONSORS , ,...
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Sex Ed with DB Season 12 is Cumming: ALL ABOUT PLEASURE!
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Ready to have better sex? Start here. This season on Sex Ed with DB, we’re diving into what your high school health class definitely didn’t teach you: how to get more pleasure. Whether you’re trying to orgasm with a partner, explore your kinks, or just feel more confident in your body—this is the season for you. Hit play to hear what we’re covering: solo pleasure, partnered sex, sex toys, porn, fantasies, queer joy, and so much more. Got questions about sex you’ve been too nervous to ask? We’ve got real answers from top experts in the field. Subscribe now so you never miss an...
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Death Cramps: Is This Normal? (from CRAMPED)
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
One nerd’s quest to find out why we know next to nothing about period pain. Tired of suffering from "death cramps" with no diagnosis for 20 years, Kate Downey has to look for her own answers. What she finds will change how you think about your own body and the medical system. Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: TikTok: Twitter: Threads: YouTube: SEX ED WITH DB SEASON 12 SPONSORS , , & . Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things ! GET IN TOUCH Email: for hot goss, expert advice, and *the* most salacious stories. FOR...
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What 25 Rom-Coms Taught Me About Sex, Love, and Relationships: Rom-Com Vom Recap
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
That’s a wrap on Rom-Com Vom! We made it through a whole season of dissecting the cringiest lessons the rom-coms that raised us tried to teach. In this final episode, DB reflects on what she’s learned through making the show—and what these movies still reveal about love, culture, and ourselves. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: TikTok: Twitter: Threads: YouTube: ROM-COM VOM SEASON 11 SPONSORS: , , & Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things ! GET IN TOUCH Email: for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health...
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No Strings Attached with Kate Helen Downey: Rom-Com Vom
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
It’s the final Rom-Com Vom—and we’re going out with a true vom. DB is joined by the brilliant Kate from to dissect No Strings Attached, a film so bafflingly bad it makes you double-check that yes, it really did come out in 2011. They unpack the film’s deeply weird messages about women, work, and love, from its rare-but-still-weird period scene to its tired idea that ambitious women just need to be “fixed” by emotionally unavailable men. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: TikTok: Twitter: Threads: YouTube: ROM-COM VOM SEASON 11 SPONSORS: , , & Get...
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DB's TV Review: Dying For Sex
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
In this week’s bonus ep: DB reviews Dying for Sex, a show about what happens when a terminal diagnosis blows your whole life open, and catalyzes a chaotic late-stage sexual awakening. She breaks down what the show gets right about trauma and autonomy, and how it captures the weird and tender reality of female friendship. Mentioned in this episode: Sign up now: CONNECT WITH US Instagram: TikTok: Twitter: Threads: YouTube: ROM-COM VOM SEASON 11 SPONSORS: , , , & . Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things ! GET IN TOUCH...
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13 Going on 30 with Paul Caiola: Rom-Com Vom
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
This week, we are thrilled (wink wink) to review 13 Going on 30! DB and Paul talk about the ethics of age-gap romance when time travel is involved, and why 2000s films were so obsessed with pitting women against each other. Plus: dollhouses, dream jobs, and whether Matty is actually too good for Jenna. GUEST DETAILS Since 2019, Paul has been one-half of the creative team behind , a podcast devoted to movies, nostalgia, friendship, and inappropriate jokes. Paul spends a great deal of time singing along to musicals and reading X-Men comics. There are multiple videos of him performing...
info_outlineIn this seventeenth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 5, DB laughs with Simon Taylor, Melbourne-born comedian and author of the brand new novel “One-Night Stand” -- a story about a young man who is told he is going to be a father after a one night stand with some twists and turns along the way. By the age of 24, Simon became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles. His one-hour comedy special was filmed at the famous Enmore Theatre in Sydney and went on to air on ABC and CBS Australia. Simon has also been featured on shows such as Comedy Up Late and Just for Laughs. Learn more about the novel here.
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Sex Ed with DB, Season 5 Team:
Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB)
Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen
Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs
Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez
Website: Alex Morton
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Clone-A-Willy, Pandia Health, Uberlube, and Emojibator.
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Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and BIPOC. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more.
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