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Private Parts Unknown: Sex & Love Around the World

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Nov 29, 2017 • 1h 9min

Kasey Koop on Happy Strippers, Sex Addiction, Sobriety & How Social Media is Straight Up Drugs

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 11th episode of season 3, the pair sit down with very funny comedian, former Playboy columnist, current Cheetahs dancer & host of the Kasey's Freek Show podcast Kasey Koop to chat about stripping as her favorite job everrrrr, hipster bitches being annoying up in da club, alcoholism, sex addiction, suicidal thoughts, sobriety, the fact that social media is a drug, managing our mental health demons, mommy issues, co-dependence, doing the hard work of making healthy relationships work & changing cultural tides on sex work – plus Courtney & Steve talk Thanksgiving & escape fantasies. Angelenos, you are formally invited to our live show tomorrow Thursday 11/30 at 8pm with very special guest Jaclyn Friedman, author of Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power, and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All, at the Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 22, 2017 • 1h 11min

Sexual Harassment & Assault Round Table with Barbara Gray & Alana Hope Levinson on Weinstein, Franken & Louis C.K.'s "I Love You, Daddy" Mea Culpa

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 10th episode of season 3, the duo welcome Barbara Gray (very funny comedian & Lady to Lady co-host) & Alana Hope Levinson (deputy editor of MEL Magazine) to unpack the long-time sexual harassment & assault epidemic that has been sweeping the headlines lately – as well as discuss dating in the BDSM community, courtship in NY v. LA, toxic attraction v. compatibility & share some good old-fashioned dating horror stories.    Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 15, 2017 • 1h 14min

Jamie Loftus on Losing Her Virginity, Potential Surrogacy & Her Feminist Movie Podcast "The Bechdel Cast"

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 9th episode of season 3, the pair chat with comedian, animator & Bechdel Cast co-host Jamie Loftus about wanting to be a surrogate, body issues, dating apps, the bliss in establishing clear romantic v. platonic intentions, her quest to lose her virginity before turning 18 (& go on to create a hit show about it), the struggle to correctly identify & treat mental illness & "I want to kill myself" as a sort of safeword in the ER. This episode is brought to you by Casper (get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com/BYTES & using BYTES at checkout). Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 8, 2017 • 45min

Natalia Hailes & Ashley Spivak of Cycles + Sex on the Interconnectedness of Our Sexual, Menstrual, Hormonal & Reproductive Health

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 8th episode of season 3, the duo welcome birth doulas & reproductive health educators Natalia Hailes & Ashley Spivak of Cycles + Sex on male PMS, why the word mucus needs rebranding, benefits of a vaginal birth & how to make the best use of the signals your body is sending you – plus Steve confronts Courtney about being a texting nerd. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 1, 2017 • 1h 35min

Sara Schaefer on Confronting Her Internet Troll, Going Through the Stages of Divorce & LTR Touch-Ups

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 7th episode of season 3, the pair welcome standup comedian & writer Sara Schaefer on identifying & confronting her internet troll, going through the stages of divorce, long-term relationship touch-ups & her recent series Woman Online – plus Courtney tells on herself, Steve reviews Dan Gill's wedding (congrats GillCon!!!) & we all solve the sexual harassment epidemic. This episode is brought to you by BarkBox (visit barkbox.com/reality for a FREE EXTRA MONTH when you subscribe to a 6 or 12-month plan). Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 25, 2017 • 1h 27min

Eli Olsberg on Being Poly, Physical v. Emotional Jealousy, Compersion, Sex Parties & His Monthly Show at the Pleasure Chest

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 6th episode of season 3, the dynamic duo welcome very funny stand up comedian Eli Olsberg to wax polyamorous about physical v emotional jealousy, whether people are born poly or made poly, compersion, classifying polyamory as an identity or a lifestyle, SEX PARTIES, the surprisingly safe sex of swingers, queerness, biphobia & his monthly show at the Pleasure Chest aptly named Performance Anxiety – plus Courtney tells a story about double dating with a old couple & Steve shares the hype about his dope new career accomplishment (hint: Sarah Silverman). Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 18, 2017 • 1h 13min

Atsuko Okatsuka on Her New Marriage & Why Her Husband Didn't Take Her Last Name

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 5th episode of season 3, the pair welcome stand up comedian, actress & filmmaker Atsuko Okatsuka on her new marriage, why her husband didn't take her last name, the long-time Weinstein rumors, couple voices, love languages, limerence, emotionally abusive relationship dynamics & how her parents met on a Japanese game show – plus rave reviews for Whitney Bell's I Didn't Ask For This: A Lifetime of Dick Pics show. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 11, 2017 • 51min

Dan Gill on How He Proposed & Wedding Planning Tips from a Modern Groomzilla

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 4th episode of season 3, the duo welcome standup comedian, actor & co-host of the Groomzillas podcast Dan Gill on asking his soon-to-be father-in-law for his fiancée's hand in marriage, how he proposed to his long-time girlfriend, wedding planning tips from the groomzilla's POV, modern day mate expectations & what it's like to be getting married in 16 days! Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 4, 2017 • 1h 4min

Andy Haynes on Breaking Bad Relationship Patterns, Post-Divorce Adulting & the Entitlement of Modern Sexuality

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. For the 3rd episode of season 3, the pair welcome guest Andy Haynes - a standup comedian, TV writer & actor who happens to be a single, sober serial monogamist - for a wax sesh on skipping town as means of breaking up, bad relationship patterns, being open to dating against type, entering into an open relationship without really talking about it, post-divorce adulting, the entitlement of modern sexuality & so much more. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 27, 2017 • 50min

Maggie West & Whitney Bell (aka Kidd Bell) on the Intersection of Gender, Sexuality & Art, Why Street Hollering Sucks & Becoming Fast BFFs

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez, produced in partnership with JASH. The duo are back for episode 2 of the 3rd season with best friends & return guests Amber Rose Slutwalk photographer/installation artist Maggie West & The Dick Pic Show founder Whitney Bell (aka Kidd Bell) on their upcoming shows & the feminist statements behind them, why street hollering sucks, the strain of ambivalent friendships, how to make friends as an adult & what it's like to live in a deluge of unsolicited dick pics. This episode is brought to you by Astroglide O (try a free sample at astroglide.com/purepleasure) & Audible (get a free audiobook with a 30-day trial at audible.com/REALITY). For tickets to the Amber Rose Slutwalk on Sunday, October 1st in DTLA visit amberroseslutwalk.com & use promo code ThankYouReebok to waive the fee. For more information on how to attend I Didn't Ask For This: A Lifetime of Dick Pics on October 6th & 7th, check out thatdickpicshow.com.  Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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