Pretty Woman with Savannah Hankinson: Rom-Com Vom
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Release Date: 01/22/2025
Pleasure as Resistance with Ericka Hart
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Welcome to Season 14! We're kicking it off with an incredible conversation with Ericka Hart, author of the new book Nasty Work: Resist Systems, Explore Desire, and Liberate Yourself! DB talks to Ericka about colonization, pleasure, shame, joy, and working in sex ed. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Ericka Hart (pronouns: she/they) is a black queer femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master’s of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. IN THIS EPISODE: (this is an affiliate link, which really helps out our show!), Ericka's course ,...
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Start Here: Pleasure, Orgasms, Kink, & Better Sex | Sex Ed with DB
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
We are coming back with Season 14 on May 20th, 2026! Join us in this new pleasure season of conversations with sex ed experts, answering anonymous questions from real listeners, and takes on the sexual wellness news and media happening right now. Want to have your question answered by DB on an episode? There's still time! ASK AN ANONYMOUS SEX ED QUESTION TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure. Take the quiz here: ABOUT SEASON...
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Late Bloomer Lesbianism with YouTuber Alayna Joy (Re-Release)
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
This week, we're re-releasing a favorite episode from the archives. In 2023, DB talked with creator Alayna Joy all about coming out as a lesbian later in life. Let's talk about why it can take people a while to figure out their queerness, how those realizations come about, and what they mean for us. If you like this episode, be sure to listen to our episode from earlier in season 13!: GUEST DETAILS is an outdoor-loving, vegan eating, who brings her frank and funny perspective to a wide range of topics, such as mental health and sexuality, with a focus on the queer community....
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Ask a Sex Educator: Unfiltered Answers On Performance Anxiety, Body Odor and Toys w/ Danielle Bezalel (from Dating Intentionally)
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
If you like Sex Ed with DB, you're going to love Dating Intentionally! Talia Koren chats with Danielle to explore common misconceptions about sex and why it’s time to rethink what counts as sex. We also dive into using sex toys on your own, plus how to bring them up in a relationship. And at the end, Danielle answers all the questions you might be too embarrassed to ask anywhere else about things like body odor, performance anxiety, being on top, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this educational and judgment-free convo! Subscribe to Dating Intentionally wherever you get your podcasts!: ...
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Give Mindblowing Blowjobs with Shameless Sex Hosts Amy Baldwin and April Lampert (Re-Release)
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Today, we're releasing one of our favorite episodes all about blowjobs (or blobbies?) with Amy and April of ! Be sure to subscribe to their podcast -- if you love Sex Ed with DB, you'll love Shameless Sex too. Content warning This episode discusses coersion around oral sex -- both oral sex that has been coerced, and oral sex as a tool to coerce. To avoid this conversation, skip from minute 14 to minute 20. Take care of yourselves! Guest Details is a Sex and Relationship Coach, Certified Sex Educator, lead educator for Uberlube, and was voted both 2022’s and 2024's Sexpert of...
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Viagra for Cramps? (from CRAMPED)
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
If you like Sex Ed with DB, you're going to love CRAMPED! We know Viagra (sildenafil citrate) as a treatment for...one specific male problem. But a 2013 study showed it could potentially be SHOCKINGLY effective for dysmenorrhea. So what happened in that study? Why would a boner pill work for period pain? and why didn't it go anywhere? CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. Subscribe to CRAMPED wherever you get your podcasts! TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions,...
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BEST OF: TRANS SEX
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In this Best Of episode, we've compiled some of our favorite conversations all about trans sex. What's different about having sex as a trans person, with a trans person, or as a trans person with another trans person (we see you and love you, t4t folks). With a lot of laughs and a lot of heart, let's dive into the world of trans sex. And check out Elle and Ezra's hilarious viral video, TRANS CREATORS WE'RE LOVING Kat Blaque on and Liam Lazore on Alok on Flint Del Sol on Anania on most platforms -- see her Parker Molloy at Murphy on Mercury Stardust on most platforms -- see her Have...
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The Staircase (from The Longest Shortest Time)
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
This week, we're bringing you an episode from one of our favorite podcasts -- The Longest Shortest Time! From TLST: We’re back after a 5-year hiatus! Hillary kicks us off with a story about her anxiety over her daughter’s first experience with unwanted male attention — and her subsequent misadventures in trying to get the girl’s school to teach consent. Artwork for this episode by Lindsay Stripling. TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No...
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BEST OF: BDSM
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Rihanna voice: S S S & M M M! In this Best Of, we're bringing you the Best of BDSM from our archive. If you're curious about getting kinda kinky, this episode might just give you the motivation to start -- and make sure you're being safe and asking the right questions. FULL EPISODES FROM THIS BEST OF TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure. Take the quiz here: ABOUT SEASON 13 Season 13 of Sex Ed with DB is ALL ABOUT...
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BEST OF: DESIRE
Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
We're rounding out the end of Season 13 with some best of episodes mixing together some of our favorite clips from our archive! This week, we've got the best of DESIRE, from biology to psychology to culture! FULL EPISODES FROM THIS BEST OF -- and you can find the article from this clip ! TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure. Take the quiz here: ABOUT SEASON 13 Season 13 of Sex Ed with DB is ALL ABOUT PLEASURE! Solo...
info_outlineThere’s plenty to love about the 1990s classic Pretty Woman… but just as much to cringe at. Savannah Hankinson, former assistant to rom-com royalty like Nancy Meyers and Rob Marshall, joins DB to unpack the good, the bad, and the downright creepy. From a disturbingly predatory George Costanza to the strange class politics bubbling under the surface, we break down whether this beloved rom-com classic still shines or if it’s better left on the streets!
GUEST DEETS:
Savannah Hankinson is the Head of Development at Meet Cute. She previously worked as an assistant to Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give), Rob Marshall (The Little Mermaid), and Justin Paul (La La Land).
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