Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education
Danielle Bezalel, MPH: Sex Educator | Pleasure Expert
How do I stay in the moment and truly enjoy sex? What’s stopping me from orgasming with my partner? I’m ready to explore my kinks and fantasies in the bedroom; where do I start? You and your fantasies aren’t broken -- but your sex ed probably was.
I’m DB, sex educator with a Masters of Public Health and host of Sex Ed with DB -- your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education, featuring trusted insights from conversations with top experts about everything you’ve been too scared to ask about sex. And this season? We're going ALL IN ON PLEASURE.
Solo pleasure. Partnered pleasure. Orgasms. Porn. Queer joy. Kinks, sex toys, fantasies—you name it.
We’re here to help you feel more informed, more empowered, and a whole lot more turned on to help YOU have the best sex.
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Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it’s the sex ed you’ve always wanted.
ABOUT SEX ED WITH DB: Take a second and think back to the sex education you had in school. Did it prepare you to have a healthy and happy relationship with sex and identity? If it was anything like DB’s, it was stigmatizing, judgmental, and totally unhelpful. But not to worry, the experts are here to offer the sex ed you wish you had.
We cover an array of sex education topics like orgasms, abortion, pornography, fetishes and kinks, pleasure, consent and boundaries, healthy relationships, LGBTQIA+ mental health and sexual health, LGBTQIA+ relationships, coming out, sexual dysfunction and pain during sex, birth control, sex in the media, Queer stories, and so much more. We believe that everyone deserves comprehensive, inclusive, pleasure-centered, feminist, medically-accurate sex education. On the show, DB and sexual health expert guests break down your most curious sex questions like “Am I pregnant?” or “How can I have a stronger orgasm?” or “How do I keep the spark alive in a long-term relationship?” or “How often should I be having sex?” or “What are common sexual fetishes?” or “What are the benefits of masturbation?” Tune in for expert insights and candid conversations redefining sexual health and empowerment!
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ABOUT DB: Danielle Bezalel (she/her), aka DB, has a Master of Public Health from Columbia University with expertise in sexuality, sexual, and reproductive health. DB is a leading voice in inclusive and medically accurate sex education. She tackles taboo topics with humor and expertise because no question is TMI when it comes to learning more about your body and pleasure. With 10 years of sex ed experience and features in Netflix, Mashable, Bustle, SELF, and more, DB empowers listeners to challenge taboos, rethink outdated narratives, and embrace sexual health and pleasure with confidence.
Learn more at www.sexedwithdb.com and email DB at sexedwithdb@gmail.com.
I’m DB, sex educator with a Masters of Public Health and host of Sex Ed with DB -- your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education, featuring trusted insights from conversations with top experts about everything you’ve been too scared to ask about sex. And this season? We're going ALL IN ON PLEASURE.
Solo pleasure. Partnered pleasure. Orgasms. Porn. Queer joy. Kinks, sex toys, fantasies—you name it.
We’re here to help you feel more informed, more empowered, and a whole lot more turned on to help YOU have the best sex.
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Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it’s the sex ed you’ve always wanted.
ABOUT SEX ED WITH DB: Take a second and think back to the sex education you had in school. Did it prepare you to have a healthy and happy relationship with sex and identity? If it was anything like DB’s, it was stigmatizing, judgmental, and totally unhelpful. But not to worry, the experts are here to offer the sex ed you wish you had.
We cover an array of sex education topics like orgasms, abortion, pornography, fetishes and kinks, pleasure, consent and boundaries, healthy relationships, LGBTQIA+ mental health and sexual health, LGBTQIA+ relationships, coming out, sexual dysfunction and pain during sex, birth control, sex in the media, Queer stories, and so much more. We believe that everyone deserves comprehensive, inclusive, pleasure-centered, feminist, medically-accurate sex education. On the show, DB and sexual health expert guests break down your most curious sex questions like “Am I pregnant?” or “How can I have a stronger orgasm?” or “How do I keep the spark alive in a long-term relationship?” or “How often should I be having sex?” or “What are common sexual fetishes?” or “What are the benefits of masturbation?” Tune in for expert insights and candid conversations redefining sexual health and empowerment!
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ABOUT DB: Danielle Bezalel (she/her), aka DB, has a Master of Public Health from Columbia University with expertise in sexuality, sexual, and reproductive health. DB is a leading voice in inclusive and medically accurate sex education. She tackles taboo topics with humor and expertise because no question is TMI when it comes to learning more about your body and pleasure. With 10 years of sex ed experience and features in Netflix, Mashable, Bustle, SELF, and more, DB empowers listeners to challenge taboos, rethink outdated narratives, and embrace sexual health and pleasure with confidence.
Learn more at www.sexedwithdb.com and email DB at sexedwithdb@gmail.com.
Episodes
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Oct 11, 2017 • 43min
Consent: Ask First
In this fourth episode of Sex Ed with DB, we hear about consent and rape culture. We learn that 1 in 4 women will be impacted by domestic violence in her lifetime and about the 4 Cs of "consent": clear, continuous, conscious, and free from coercion. How do you shut down rape culture in your daily life? --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: sexedwithdb@gmail.com Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it’s the sex ed you’ve always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, consent, consensual, ask, rape, rape culture, coersion, coerce
Oct 4, 2017 • 37min
Polyamory: Poly Means Many; Amor Means Love
In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB, we listen to the nuances of polyamory, monogamy, nonmonogamy, open relationships, and everything in between. We hear how our society thinks of love as a cup of sugar in a scarce economy but the reality is, you can have many loves! Relationships look different for everyone -- what kind of relationship works best for you? --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who taught youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: sexedwithdb@gmail.com Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it’s the sex ed you’ve always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, polyamory, poly, polyam, monogamy, nonmonogamy, relationship orientation, relationship anarchy, kitchen table, open relationship, open relationships, opening relationship, opening relationships
Sep 27, 2017 • 48min
Acknowledging the Clitoris
In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, the 5 voices discuss the topic of: STIs, safe sex, and feeling good. They talk about how the clitoris has over 8,000 nerve endings and how there is a pill called PrEP one can take every day at the same time to prevent HIV. They discuss the difference between a bacterial STI and a viral STI and the fact that having STIs is SUPES common. Listen to hear all 5 voices on these unique topics! --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: sexedwithdb@gmail.com Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it’s the sex ed you’ve always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, STI, STD, sexually transmitted infection, sexually transmitted disease, STIs, STDs, clit, clitoris, clitoral orgasm, clitoral pleasure, orgasm, pleasure
Sep 18, 2017 • 49min
This is Sex ED, OK Everybody Giggle
In this VERY first episode of Sex Ed with DB, we find out who DB is, why she wanted to create this sex ed podcast, and who our five featured voices are (who will be featured in some capacity in every episode this season). In this episode, the voices discuss the topic of: sex education and how we talk about sex. --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who taught youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORSLion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB’s favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: sexedwithdb@gmail.com Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it’s the sex ed you’ve always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health
