The Sex Episode: A Podcast Collision with Sex for Smart People* (*that means you)

Sex and poop. Both are natural parts of having a body. Both can be intensely pleasurable. And both are rich boiling pots of shame and cultural baggage. Which is why The Puru has teamed up with S. Ryan Johnstone and Dave McGee of Sex for Smart People* (*that means you) to bring you this very special episode tackling the mother of all modern taboos. Join us for a thoughtful, compassionate, super-honest and often hilarious hour addressing anal sex, safe scat play, and how looking at your toilet paper might just make you a better lover. Did I mention there’s a whale choir? Oh yeah. There’s a whale choir. Plus even more Sex for Smart People* at sexforsmartpeople.com

Also mentioned in this episode: Victorian taboos, empowerment, grotesque body, civilizing process, normalizing culture, gender, sexuality, advice, gay, heteronormative culture, queer, frottage, Roman pederasty, cunnilingus, labels, sexual scripts, analingus, rimming, douching, health, risk assessment, stigma, therapy, fisting, Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas, sociology, dirt, status, “different kind of delicious,” polyurethane sheets, prude vs slut, dungeon, Chashama, Anatomy of Disgust by William Ian Miller , Marquis de Sade, matter out of place, Argonauts by Maggie Nelson, vulnerability, body odor, Josephus, Essenes, sanitary revolution, Thinx, menstruation, Tushy bidet, Dreck Apotheke by Christian Paullini, Buddha, fecal transplants, microbiome, North Carolina, transgender bathroom, social barriers, LaGuardia airport, House of Representatives, feminism, potty parity, giardia, diaper play, Anal Pleasure and Health by Jack Morin, shadow, iTunes, humpback whales, the bends, composer, Shawn Shafner