Private Parts Unknown: Sex & Love Around the World

Courtney Kocak
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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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Sep 20, 2017 • 50min

Jac Cron & Penny O'Brien on Their Love Story from Summer Camp Strangers to Grown-up Sweethearts

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & Steve Hernandez (they made it official!!), produced in partnership with JASH. The duo debut the show's 3rd season with couple Jac Cron & Penny O'Brien on their love story from summer camp thespians to #RelationshipGoals lesbians & the winding road in between, how Facebook helped bring them together, conflict styles between couples & a primer for how to fight with your partner - plus Courtney & Steve talk moving in with their boos. This episode is brought to you by Casper (get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com/bytes & using offer code BYTES). Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 5, 2017 • 1h 3min

Alana Hope Levinson on Cuckbois, Dating Multiple People, #RelationshipGoals & How to Sext Better

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & produced in partnership with JASH. Standup comedians & guest co-hosts Sofiya Alexandra & Steve Hernandez help Courtney close out the 2nd season with this 27th episode featuring men's mag writer Alana Hope Levinson (@alanalevinson) on her insidious, newly dubbed subsect of fuckbois called cuckbois, mansplaining, dating multiple people at the same time, #RelationshipGoals, how to sext better & social media best practices for couples. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 29, 2017 • 47min

Paulina Lopez Velazquez & Bricia Lopez-Maytorena of the Supermamas Podcast on Falling in Love with Their Husbands & Keeping the Romance Alive

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & produced in partnership with JASH. The 26th episode of season 2 features sisters Paulina Lopez Velazquez & Bricia Lopez-Maytorena of the Supermamas podcast & La Guelaguetza restaurant (buy their delicious, award-winning mole at ilovemole.com!) on their Oaxacan roots, Planned Parenthood pseudonyms, falling in love with their husbands, the importance of trust in sexual exploration, sex tips/picks, the often under-acknowledged strength in female energy & the inside scoop on Tony Robbins' Date with Destiny. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 22, 2017 • 56min

Jenny Yang on OkCupid, Political Compatibility & What Our Internet Search Results Reveal About Us

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & produced in partnership with JASH. Andrew Ti, the hilarious host of Yo, Is This Racist?, is back to guest co-host this 25th episode of season 2 featuring the super funny/super feminist political comedian & actor Jenny Yang on her favorite dating app, Cyrano-ing her friends’ OkCupid profiles, the mystique of availability & flirting as occupational currency, sexual work-arounds of the pious, hugging & consent culture, queer-adjacent politics & the fascinating premise of the book Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men.     Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 15, 2017 • 1h 2min

Ian Harvie on Representation, His "Everyone Is Trans" TED Talk & His Winning Cock

REALITY BYTES is a show about sex, love, relationships & dating in the digital age, hosted by Courtney Kocak & produced in partnership with JASH. Comedian/regular co-host Steve Hernandez is back for the 24th episode of season 2 with standup comic & Transparent actor Ian Harvie on the 1st time he met a trans man, the transcendent hotness of Buck Angel, the 'queer adjacent' identity, his amazing partner Sarah, the spectrum of gender, the fact that some dudes have pussies & his #1 illegally downloaded standup special May The Best Cock Win. This episode is brought to you by Audible's new Hot Mic podcast with Dan Savage, starting August 8th. Please rate & review to tell us what you love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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