Private Parts Unknown: Sex & Love Around the World

For the 22nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome Keio University subcultures researcher Joe McReynolds & sex worker/model/columnist Yuki for the 1st episode from our Tokyo, Japan series.We explore the different levels of sex and intimacy work in Japan (most of it legal), how common cheating is in Japan, the Mad Men culture at old-school Japanese companies, the jaw-dropping amount of money made by Roland the most popular male host in Japan, why young Japanese women aren’t getting married, the economic triangle of sex work in Japan that keeps most of the money in-house, how cheap liquor licenses have allowed intimate businesses in micro-spaces to flourish, swingers clubs (aka happening bars), soaplands, the international image of Japan as the home of weird sex & weird technology, how common it is to seek a father figure in a sexual partner… even if you had a good dad & more.Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: 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.  You can join mygirlfund.com for free, and for a limited time you can become a lifetime premium member for less than $5 with discounted credits and bonus interaction features for life when you go to mygirlfund.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! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 21st episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome Nova Scotia-based married couple & co-hosts of the Turn Me On podcast – Jeremie Saunders & Bryde MacLean – for a really interesting episode about their journey opening up their relationship & becoming polyamorous.We also dig into how living with a life-shortening illness has impacted their trajectory, how they forged the relationship dynamic they truly wanted without having a model, relationship contracts, how their new partners fit into their daily lives, having different money values, separating finances, how their parents feel about the lifestyle, poly jealousies not being what you’d think & more.For more Jeremie Saunders & Bryde MacLean: Listen to the Turn Me On podcast  Follow Turn Me On on Instagram @turnmeonpodcast Follow Jeremie on Instagram @jeremiesaunders Follow Bryde on Instagram @brydemaclean Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for you or your partner? We-Vibe creates some of our favorite sex toys & they are known for their couples vibrators, including their brand new couple’s vibrator: Chorus! Get 5% off any product with code PRIVATE at we-vibe.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.  If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 20th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome one-name wonder Smoove, co-owner of a very special queer bar called The Back Door, for the 2nd installment in a 2-part series from Bloomington, Indiana.We get into the origin story of The Back Door, its impact on the local LGBTIA community, how they fostered an impressive drag & burlesque scene, former governor Pence, the rollback of gay rights, the incredible “Periods for Pence” campaign, online dating in a small city like Bloomington & so much more.For more from Smoove: Visit The Back Door website bckdoor.com Follow The Back Door on Instagram @bckdoor Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: LOLA is a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, liners and all-natural cleansing wipes. For 30% off your first month’s subscription, visit mylola.com and enter private when you subscribe! 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.  If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 19th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite keeper of sexual artifacts, Kinsey Institute curator Rebecca Fasman, for the 1st installment in a 2-part series from Bloomington, Indiana.We go deep into the archives to talk about George Platt Lynes & his little-known collection of male nudes, the Comstock law, community standards for erotic material, struggling with the a male gaze as a feminist curator, the state of the union for contemporary queer artists, WWII slut-shaming drops, the legacy of Alfred Kinsey, idealistic differences in the mediums of painting vs. photography & homemade sex toys.For more Rebecca Fasman: Visit the Kinsey Institute website kinseyinstitute.org Follow Rebecca on Instagram @rfasman Follow Rebecca on Twitter @rfasman Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: Simple Health is the simplest way to get birth control, with online prescriptions and free home delivery. Our listeners can try Simple Health for free. Just go to simplehealth.com/private and use code PRIVATE at checkout. 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. If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 18th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite mother-son duo, Karen Lee & Cameron Poter, co-hosts of the Sex Talk With My Mom podcast for a holiday how-to about coping with loss.We go deep into grieving process, how losing a partner & father respectively impacted them romantically & otherwise, recreating traditions in order to move on, reframing tragedy as a springboard for personal growth, superstition, spiritual messages & communicating with the dead — plus, Karen gives tips for cougars trying to get back out there & Cam explores his new mime-based sexuality.For more Karen Lee & Cam Poter: Listen to the Sex Talk With My Mom podcast sextalkwithmymom.com Follow the show on Instagram @sextalkwithmymom Follow Karen Lee on Instagram @karenleepoter Follow Cam on Instagram @singlecamcomedy Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by:Simple Health is the simplest way to get birth control, with online prescriptions and free home delivery. Our listeners can try Simple Health for free. Just go to simplehealth.com/private and use code PRIVATE at checkout.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 17th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you on a quick trip to Mexico City for the 2nd installment in a 2-part series about romance, sexuality, gender & life in general in the largest city in North America. In this episode, we interviewed two Mexican artists — Alma Garcia Gil, a lesbian performance artist & Evelyn Excess, a trans/gender non-binary collage artist — who give us an inside look into their radical artwork & what it’s like to be unapologetically queer in Mexico City.  Find out more about these talented babes & follow them on social media: Alma Garcia Gil almagarciagil.com; twitter.com/gardeaamador Evelyn Excess evelynexcess.blogspot.com; instagram.com/evelyn_excess Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: BlueChew offers men a performance enhancement confidence boost for the bedroom. If you like sex, you’ll love BlueChew. Get your first order — just pay $5 shipping — when you use promo code PRIVATE at bluechew.com. 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. If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 16th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you on a quick trip to Mexico City for the 1st installment in a 2-part series about Mexican romance, sexuality, gender & life in general in the largest city in North America. On the 1st day of Día de Los Muertos, we delve into our experiences on a food tour through La Merced Market & a bike tour to the Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul, the Blue House). While in CDMX, we interviewed three local gentlemen who generously lent us their voices & taught us about their culture. Follow these fellas on Instagram & GO ON THEIR TOURS: Gevany Castillo was our fearless leader on the bike tour, giving us historical context & sweet, sweet patter in equal parts. Ubish Yaren (instagram.com/ubishyaren) gives AMAZING food tours through his company Mexico Undergound & hosts the Culinaria Nacional podcast. Alejandro Ruano (instagram.com/alteregoderuano) is a photographer, aspiring filmmaker & gift from the universe conjured in our Frida Kahlo wet dream.  Gevany & Alejandro both give super fun bike tours for Pedalea Mexico (www.instagram.com/pedaleamexico). Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: BlueChew offers men a performance enhancement confidence boost for the bedroom. If you like sex, you’ll love BlueChew. Get your first order — just pay $5 shipping — when you use promo code PRIVATE at bluechew.com. If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 15th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you inside Raising Hell, a super sexy & informative event thrown by Soldiers of Pole, the California exotic dancers union that we featured in our very 1st episode!We get into the passage of California labor bill AB5, why strippers need the same protections & workers’ rights as other physically demanding jobs, the fact that sex work is work, how to undo the industry’s long-time stigma, the dope community these dancers have created for themselves & the isolation a lot of strippers experience when they 1st start out — plus, Jacq the Stripper tells a hilarious story about auditioning for strip club owners & so much more!All hail the following queens for lending us their voices & stories: Jacq the Stripper jacqthestripper.com Antonia Crane antoniacrane.com AM Davies instagram.com/thequeenofsexy Selena the Stripper instagram.com/prettyboygirl (& check out her podcast Heaux in the Kneaux)  Megan Therese Rippey (aka Reagan) instagram.com/meganrippey Coco Ono instagram.com/coco.ono Onyx Black instagram.com/onyxblackdance Valerie Stunning valeriestunning.com Here are some links to help educate yourself further: Of course, make sure you follow Soldiers of Pole on Instagram @soldiers_of_pole_ and check out their website soldiersofpole.com. This is the radio story Courtney did on AB5 for KCRW, featuring Antonia Crane of Soldiers of Pole. And a more recent update on the status of AB5, as of September 2019. Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: BlueChew offers men a performance enhancement confidence boost for the bedroom. If you like sex, you’ll love BlueChew. Get your first order — just pay $5 shipping — when you use promo code PRIVATE at bluechew.com. 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.  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. If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For the 14th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your host Courtney Kocak is flying solo to honor International Sex Abortion Day with a special episode featuring seven advocates & women who’ve had personal experiences with abortion & gone on to speak publicly about it.We cover the current legal lay of the land for reproductive rights in the U.S., how close Roe v. Wade is to being overturned, what a post-Roe America would actually look like, the fact that we’re already there in some states, the prevalent shame & stigma, how we change societal views & so much more. Thanks to the following women for lending us their voices & stories: Lizz Winstead, Abortion Access Front founder & chief creative officer & The Daily Show co-creator aafront.org Amelia Bonow, co-founder of the #ShoutYourAbortion movement & co-editor of Shout Your Abortion shoutyourabortion.com Robin Marty, author of Handbook for a Post-Roe America  Danielle Perez, comedian thedanielleperez.com Kelly Fitzgerald-Junco, writer sobersenorita.com Molly Gaebe, comedian mollygaebe.net Jenny Zigrino, comedian & actress jennyzigrino.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.If you love this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating & sexy review! xo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices