For the 36th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you back to Helsinki for a previously unreleased episode about the legalization of gay marriage in Finland & how that's impacted the lives of queer residents.We cover the overwhelming response to the initial petition, the recent history of how the law passed, a classically Finnish wedding proposal, coming out later in life, what it was like to be the 1st same-sex couple to get married in Finland, the legislation's impact on LGBT+ acceptance & more!Thanks to the following people for lending us their voices & teaching us about their culture. Follow them on Instagram to learn more about them & their work: Aino Pursiainen – @ainopr Hannu Virtanen – @lifeof2men Caroline Suinner – @carolinesuinner (Also, go back and listen to the 1st three episodes in our Helsinki series if you haven’t already!) Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Trivia Star is a FREE mobile quiz game that’s entertaining and challenging. Trivia Star is offering 2,500 coins and 500 gems when you download and play. Just go to the Apple or Google store and search for Trivia Star. Pour Moi is offering our listeners an additional $25 off of Intensity when you go to PourMoi.com and enter code Private at checkout. You can use this code along with any code on their website. https://www.pourmoi.com/ref/Private/ #MyHelsinkiResidence creator residence program hosted our stay in Helsinki. Check out myhelsinki.fi to plan your visit & follow @myhelsinki for beautiful pics of local hot spots! Let’s be friends on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun. Connect with hosts Courtney Kocak @courtneykocak & Sofiya @thesofiya on Instagram & Twitter.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 35th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra share our favorite sex toys & pleasure products for this holiday season to either get yourself off, give the gift of pleasure, OR BOTH!  Curvy 1+, Curvy 2+, Curvy 3+, Double Joy, Love Triangle, and Royal One: Satisyfer is offering our lucky listeners 40% off (THEY INCREASED THE DISCOUNT!) & free shipping for all app-enabled devices when you go to Satisfyer.com & enter code Private40 at checkout. Ultra Bullet and Booster Rabbit: You can get 20% off of our favorite FemmeFunn products when you go to FemmeFunn.com/Private AND enter code Private at checkout. Naughty or Nice Box: Like A Kitten is offering our listeners 20% off AND free shipping when you go to LikeAKitten.com/Private OR enter code Private at checkout. Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode was brought to you by our sponsors, but we tested the products & the endorsements we gave were our honest opinions. Let’s be friends on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun. Connect with hosts Courtney Kocak @courtneykocak & Sofiya @thesofiya on Instagram & Twitter.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 34th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome comedy writer Georgia Shenk for a special COVID-19 breakup story.Georgia shares her experience consciously uncoupling with her ex-boyfriend while living together during the 'rona lockdown... plus, reconnecting with someone from her past. This touching & hilarious pandemic tale has it all!For more Georgia Shenk: Follow Georgia on Twitter @GeorgiaShenk Follow Georgia on Instagram @georgiashenk Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Trivia Star is a FREE mobile quiz game that’s entertaining and challenging. Trivia Star is offering 2,500 coins and 500 gems when you download and play. Just go to the Apple or Google store and search for Trivia Star. Pour Moi is offering our listeners an additional $25 off of Intensity when you go to PourMoi.com and enter code Private at checkout. You can use this code along with any code on their website. https://www.pourmoi.com/ref/Private/ We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 33rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra speak to an Ashley Madison member going by the alias of "Nikki" & do a deep dive into why women cheat.We also chat with Ashley Madison's Chief Strategy Officer Paul Keable, as well as their Communications Director Isabella Mise, who coauthored "The Good Wife Study" on female infidelity. You're gonna want to check your presumptions at the door for this one!Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Intensity by Pour Moi is an intimate health and stimulation device. Pour Moi is offering our listeners an additional $25 off of Intensity when you go to PourMoi.com and enter code Private at checkout. You can use this code along with any code on their website.  Dipsea is an audio erotica app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions designed to turn you on. Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/private. We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 32nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome standup comedian & artist Greg Edwards for an interesting look at his redline art series.We dig into the inspiration for his series & the conversations that have come from it, the reality of racist lending practices, if you eat pussy you're on the right side of history, interracial dating & how you can scar little kids with grownup prejudice, why listening is the key to being a better ally & more.For more Greg Edwards: Check out Greg's art website gregedwardsart.com Follow Greg on Twitter @GregtheGrouch Follow Greg on Instagram @gregcomedy Check out Greg's comedy website gregcomedy.com Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Dipsea is an audio erotica app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions designed to turn you on. Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/private. Trivia Star is a FREE mobile quiz game that’s entertaining and challenging. Trivia Star is offering 2,500 coins and 500 gems when you download and play. Just go to the Apple or Google store and search for Trivia Star. We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 31st episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome writer/podcaster/activist/sex worker extraordinaire Selena the Stripper for a primer on how racism operates at your local strip club.We explore the nuances of discrimination within sex work (i.e. how racism works at strip clubs vs. racism in escorting), the complexities of labor organizing within the sex industry, being a sex worker & also a sex client, the coded search terms women seeking happy ending massages need to know (pelvic work, yoni massage, tantric work, etc.), a hot tip for screening your happy ending masseuse, erotic massage as a way to heal sexual trauma, how powerful it is for femmes to command their own sexual pleasure, Selena's experience with interracial dating, how to be a better ally & more.For more Selena the Stripper: Follow Selena on Instagram @prettyboygirl Listen to the Heaux in the Kneaux podcast Subscribe to Selena's Patreon /therealprettyboygirl Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Dipsea is an audio erotica app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions designed to turn you on. Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/private. Trivia Star is a FREE mobile quiz game that’s entertaining and challenging. Trivia Star is offering 2,500 coins and 500 gems when you download and play. Just go to the Apple or Google store and search for Trivia Star. We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 30th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome podcaster Miles Gray for a funny & empowering conversation about how you can participate in the anti-racist movement of liberation in small ways that actually have a big impact.We dig into the power of language & word choice, if you see or hear something racist, say something, leveraging your privilege for good, the definition of white privilege: choosing comfort over conflict at the expense of others, the problematic Michael Scott mentality, The Office as a metaphor for how white supremacy works, the harrowing story of J Dilla making his Donuts album, sampling as a Black art form & what makes sample-based music so dope, what Miles has learned from dating white women, the importance of empathy in dismantling systemic racism & more.For more Miles Gray: Listen to The Daily Zeitgeist podcast Listen to 420 Day Fiance Follow Miles on Twitter @milesofgray Follow Miles on Instagram @milesofgray Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Dipsea is an audio erotica app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions designed to turn you on. Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/private. Trivia Star is a FREE mobile quiz game that’s entertaining and challenging. Trivia Star is offering 2,500 coins and 500 gems when you download and play. Just go to the Apple or Google store and search for Trivia Star. We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 29th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome actor, comedian & podcaster Jacquis Neal for a briefing on the way racism works at your favorite improv theater, probably.We explore the systemic racism built into even well-intentioned institutions like UCB, the extra hurdles you have to clear as a Black improviser, the reality that a good artist doesn't necessarily make for a good business person (or coach), the brilliance of the TV show Martin, roasting as an important part of Black culture, the complicated perceptions of interracial relationships, why someone needs to make a "Google is free" t-shirt & more.For more Jacquis Neal: Listen to the Culture Kings podcast Follow Jacquis on Twitter @jacquisneal Follow Jacquis on Instagram @jacquisneal Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by:Dipsea is an audio erotica app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions designed to turn you on. Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/private.We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 28th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome comedian & writer Ashley Ray for some lowkey Seven Mountains/Life Goals University CHURCH about why you shouldn't give your money to Shaun King — plus, what to do instead!We also discuss scammers more broadly, OG pegging (pre-Broad City), leading her school's GSA, Big Lesbian Organizer Energy, her mom coming out in her 60s, founding the FB group Hoe Summer, the genius of Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You, Beyoncé's Lemonade as a love letter to Black women & so much more.For more Ashley Ray: Subscribe to Ashley's Patreon for the full Shaun King PowerPoint patreon.com/theashleyray Read Ashley's "I'm Not Going To Let You Cancel Jessica Kirson" ashleyray.substack.com Follow Ashley on Twitter @theashleyray Follow Ashley on Instagram @theashleyray Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Dipsea is an audio erotica app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions designed to turn you on. Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/private. Manscaped, #1 in men’s below the belt grooming. Manscaped offers precision-engineered tools for you or your man’s family jewels. Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code PRIVATE at Manscaped.com.  We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 27th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome poet & professor Bridgette Bianca for a celebration of Black art & endurance.We dig into her process as a poet, the power of repetition, the going beyond the inspiration of Langston Hughes, the importance of having intraracial conversations (as well as interracial conversations), the sad hilarity of Confederate statues, the pathetic bullshit of "allyship fatigue," what Black people mean when they say "I've been angry" & more.For more Bridgette Bianca: Buy her new book be/trouble Follow Bridgette on Instagram @bridgettebianca Follow Bridgette on Twitter @thebridgebianca Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Manscaped, #1 in men’s below the belt grooming. Manscaped offers precision-engineered tools for you or your man’s family jewels. Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code PRIVATE at Manscaped.com.  Uberlube is a luxurious, high-grade silicone lubricant made from clean, body-friendly ingredients. Our listeners get 10% off and free shipping when you use my code PRIVATE at UberLube.com.  We want to connect with you on social media! Follow the show on Instagram @privatepartsunknown & Twitter @privatepartsun.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! —> ratethispodcast.com/private  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices