Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

In this ninth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB speaks with Jessica Diggs. Jessica is an LA-based midwife, doula, and educator for Doula Trainings International (DTI). She began her journey as a birth worker in 2012. The trainings, her mentors, and ultimately, her first birth as a doula honed her interest in reproductive justice through doula trainings, childbirth education and holistic practices. Jessica is honored to be a Black midwife and to join other reproductive health advocates with a common goal: to provide a safe, satisfying, and autonomous experiences for all people. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb TikTok: @sexedwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this eighth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB talks with Tanya Turner. Tanya is an artist, organizer, and creator of the Appalachian sexual health project, Sexy Sex Ed. As co-host of political podcast, Trillbilly Workers Party, she reaches 50,000 listeners a month and is creating an animated comedy series about rural leftist organizing with MeansTV and Appalshop. You can connect with her on Twitter and Instagram. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb TikTok: @sexedwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this seventh episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB is in conversation with Anne Louise Burdett. Anne is a certified Western Constitutional Herbalist with 15+ years of training and 9 years of experience as a Primary Care Clinician with a dual focus on sexual health and trauma. She is also a certified Sexual Health Educator and medicinal herb farmer. As CEO of TOCA, her newest project, she is creating pleasure products and educational materials combining botanical extracts with high potency CBD. You can find more information at tocatocatoca.com. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb TikTok: @sexedwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this sixth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB is super lucky to be speaking with Kimberly Huggins and Brittany Brathwaite, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Kimbritive: an organization that offers real, empowering conversations and sexual wellness workshops for Black women and girls. Kimberly is a sexual wellness educator and Social Worker who is passionate about reproductive health and the emotional well-being for people living with HIV and other stigmatized health conditions. Brittany is a reproductive justice activist, youth worker and community accountable scholar with a deep commitment to supporting the leadership, organizing, and healing of girls of color. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb TikTok: @sexedwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this fifth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB has Sam Brinton on to talk about conversion therapy. Sam is one of the world's leading advocates for LGBTQ youth. They are the founder of the 50 Bills 50 States campaign at The Trevor Project to end the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy, first in the United States and then around the globe. As a survivor of conversion therapy, Sam has spearheaded efforts to submit legislation and promote public education in the hopes of ending the practice on minors. They have co-chaired the National Center for Lesbian Rights #BornPerfect Advisory Committee on conversion therapy and have spoken before the United Nations and Congress as well as testified on legislation to protect LGBTQ youth across the country. Sam uses they, them, or theirs as their pronouns as a genderfluid person. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Social Media Intern: Leslie Lopez Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb TikTok: @sexedwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this bonus episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB speaks with Da'Shaun Harrison of Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative (SNaP Co). Da'Shaun is a nonbinary abolitionist and community organizer based out of Atlanta, GA. They work as the Lead Organizer of Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative aka SNaP Co. SNaP Co is a Black trans and queer-led collaborative that builds the power of Black trans and queer people to wage and win campaigns that force systematic divestment from the prison industrial complex and investment in the services that support them. Their mission is grounded in their commitment toward ending mass crisis of passive genocide, incarceration, and criminalization of Black trans women, other Black trans and queer people, and the larger Black community. Da'Shaun is now working to complete their forthcoming book, tentatively titled Belly of the Beast, which is set to be published next year. If you want to support Da'Shaun Harrison their patreon is patreon.com/dashaunlharrison, their cashapp is cash.me/$DaShaunLHarrison, venmo is @DaShaun-Harrison and paypal is paypal.me/dashaunharrison. You can find more about them and their portfolio on their website, dashaunharrison.com. FIND DA'SHAUN HARRISON'S BOOK HERE Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness (This is an affiliate link to our Bookshop.org shop! We'll receive a percentage back if you buy with our link -- and we hope you will!) --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this fourth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB chats with Daniela Gilsanz. Daniela is a designer, activist, and co-creator of The Period Game - a board game designed to teach menstruation in a fun, engaging way (with spinning ovaries)! She uses her design skills to advocate for comprehensive sex ed, menstrual equity, and ending toxic masculinity through her personal work and her work on campaigns for brands including Trojan Condoms, Axe and Seventh Generation. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ folks and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB has a convo with Hans Lindahl, Sean Saifa Wall, and Pidgeon Pagonis about intersex rights. Hans is an artist, writer, and YouTuber. They currently serve as Communications Director for interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth. Saifa is an intersex activist and public health researcher. He is co-founder of the Intersex Justice Project (IJP), a project whose mission is to end intersex surgery. Pidgeon has slowly, oftentimes not so quietly risen to visibility in Chicago as not only an activist on behalf of intersex people, but also as a fighter for the recognition of marginalized others in general, regardless of race, sex or gender identity, class or creed. Whether advancing youth advocacy with interACT or appearing on the cover of National Geographic "Gender Revolution" special issue, Pidgeon has staked out a place at the fore of debates on intersexuality and otherness. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ voices and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, DB has a convo with Eva Sweeney about sex and disability. Eva (she/her) is a 37-year-old genderqueer disabled female who works primarily as a sex educator and freelance writer. Eva wrote the book "Queers on Wheels" and has traveled the country giving workshops about sex and disability. She continues to give workshops online and in-person through "Cripping Up Sex with Eva." --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ voices and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this first episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 4, we chat about Ovee, a hub for folks with vaginas, with Maddy Siriouthay. Maddy (she/her) is a writer, designer and creative technologist dedicated to social good, education and community. She is the CCO and Co-founder of Ovee, a sexual and reproductive health hub for women (and people with vaginas), which is committed to the re-education and the destigmatization of the body. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the Lao/tian American National Alliance (LANA), a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing, uplifting, and uniting the Lao/tian American community, with recent efforts being addressing recent deportation orders and the 2020 Census. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 Team: Creator, Co-Producer, Sound Engineer and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Co-Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Andrea Forgacs Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 4 is Sponsored by: Clone-A-Willy, Aisle, FemmeFunn, Sweet Vibrations, ioba.toys, and Smile Makers Collection --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ voices and people of color. We discuss topics such as intersex rights, abortion, dominatrixes, sex toys, queer sex ed, sex and disabilities, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. ---

In this tenth episode (part 2) of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we chat about sex ed on stage with the wonderful Una Aya Osato. Una aka exHOTic other aka Norms is a performer, writer and educator from NYC, who dynamically merges her art and politics. She is a co-founder of the renowned troupe brASS: Brown RadicalAss Burlesque, who have a queer POC monthly show called "Compost Bin!" in Brooklyn. Una and her sister Michi Ilona Osato's written work can be found in adrienne maree brown's NY Times Bestseller book "Pleasure Activism" in their chapter: Burlesque and Liberation. Check her out at www.UnaOsato.com. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq

In this tenth episode (part 1) of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we chat about sex ed in the media with distinguished pun queen, Alix Fox. Alix is a multi award-winning broadcaster / journalist / sex educator. She's a script consultant on hit Netflix series Sex Education; co-host of BBC Radio 1's comedy podcast Unexpected Fluids; and has answered listeners' most intimate questions as an X-rated Agony Aunt on The Modern Mann show for almost half a decade. She's funny, goofy, and an all around wonderful human being. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, alix fox, tv, movies, entertainment, sex education, sex education show, sex education tv show, unexpected fluids, unexpected fluids podcast

In this ninth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we chat about sex toys in New York City with the incredible Sid Azmi and Janet Lieberman-Lu. Sid is the owner of and the head educator at the beloved Brooklyn-based educated pleasure shop Please. Please is the epicenter of Sid's mission to change the way people think and talk about sex, and bring it to the mainstream as a daily indulgence for everyone, and anyone, at various stages of life. Janet is Chief Technology and Product Officer at Dame Products (@DameProducts). After graduating from MIT with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2007, Lieberman-Lu designed everything from dustpans to 3D printers before deciding to start her own company - to be the change she wanted to see in the world. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, NYC, new york, city, cities, manhattan

In this eighth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we discuss all things HIV and PrEP with three amazing guests: Ashwini Hardikar, Less McCullars, and Thandi Harris. Ashwini is Director of Grants Administration at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. She is an advocate for relevant sexual health education and access to resources across the lifespan. Less is an HIV case manager at The LGBTQ Center in Manhattan. His work is centered around HIV prevention as well as advocating for people living with HIV. Thandi is an avid and passionate HIV activist and spokeswoman of Positive Women's Network.Currently, she does community outreach at W.O.R.L.D (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases), the only organization in the bay area that supports women living with HIV and their families. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, HIV, AIDS, PReP

In this seventh episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we talk about the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. First up, we have Tracy MacNeal. Tracy is an engineer, a healthcare innovator, a mother, and a champion for women's health. Fueled by two decades in medical innovation, as CEO of Materna Medical, she maintains a focus that is both personal and universal. We then have One Love's Engagement Coordinator, Sam Hanson, and Executive Director of the New York Tri-State Region, Ellen Blais. One Love educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, love, relationships, relationship advice, abuse, communication, boundaries

In this sixth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we address how to be inclusive of queer identities and experiences in sex ed curriculum. First up we have the amazing Andy Duran. Andy is a Bay Area native sexual health educator and the Education Director for Good Vibrations. As a trainer for over 15 years, this California bear cub and proud blue collar dandy loves providing accurate and accessible sex information with hopes to arouse curiosity and spread truth. We then have the wonderfully wise Fatmata Bah. Fatmata is a Peer Health Educator at The Door - A Center of Alternatives. In a space dedicated to approaching youth development in a holistic sense, they relish in the chance to broaden young people's ideas around sexuality. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, queer, queer inclusive, lgbtqia, lgbt rights, queer rights

In this fifth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we talk about consent and what it could and should look like in different environments. First on the podcast we have Jaclyn Freidman. Jaclyn is a writer, educator and activist, and creator of four books including Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape and her latest, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. We also have on Daniel Saynt. Daniel is the Chief Conspirator of the movement brand New Society for Wellness aka NSFW, a members-only club and a creative agency for sexual wellness and cannabis brands. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, consent, communication, respect, boundaries

In this fourth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we chat about the intersections of sex and mental health (and trust us, there are quite a few). First, we have on the lovely Mia Davis. Mia is the Founder & CEO of tabú, a revitalized approach to sexual and mental health care. We then talk unintentional celibacy and other dating stories with the hilarious Olive Persimmon, author of The Coitus Chronicles and Unintentionally Celibate. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, mental health, mental wellness

In this bonus episode of Sex Ed with DB (Vote For Pleasure: Part 2), Season 3, I get shwasty with my bestie Safeena Mecklai, NYU second year Law Student and all around genius/role model/real model. We talk politics, why voting matters, and who out of the dem candidates actually cares about sex ed. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, policy, legislation, law, politics

In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB (Part 1), Season 3, we discuss the intersection of sex ed and politics with Senti Sojwal, Julie Ae Kim, and Zoe Ridolfi-Starr. Senti and Julie are two of the co-founders of the Asian American Feminist Collective. The AAFC engages in intersectional feminist politics grounded within their communities. Through public events and resources, they seek to provide spaces for identity exploration, political education, community building, and advocacy in NYC. Zoe is an activist and advocate whose work focuses on sex, gender, family, and the law. As Policy Chair of the Sex Education Alliance of NYC and a coordinator of the statewide #SexEdNowNY campaign, she advocates for better sex education policy. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, policy, legislation, law, politics

In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we talk about abortion laws, abortion access, and how people can self-manage their own abortions in the US. First up we have Robin Marty. Robin is a freelance reporter and the author of the new book "Handbook for a Post-Roe America," a guide for what to do if and when Roe is overturned and states make abortion illegal. We also have on Yveka Pierre. Yveka is the litigation counsel for If/When/How where she litigates civil and criminal defense cases. She is a former public defender, who has been involved in justice driven work for a decade. Finally, we have Amelia Bonow. Amelia is the Founding Director of Shout Your Abortion, a movement dedicated to broadening the discourse surrounding abortion through art, media, and real life events all over the country. Websites to check out after you've listened: 1) https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/ 2) https://plancpills.org/ 3) https://shoutyourabortion.com/ —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, abortion, abortion rights, reproducvtive rights, reproductive justice, abortion law, law, legislation

In this first episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we discuss the importance of being pro-birth control while still highlighting the side effects we don't really talk about. Returning for the third time on the podcast, we have DB's mom, Dr. Rebecca Levy-Gantt (the ultimate badass). Dr. Levy-Gantt is an OBGYN and a certified menopause practitioner who has been practicing for the last 10 years in Napa, California. We also have on the awesome Alice Pelton. Alice created The Lowdown after she realized that she couldn't find user based data on women's experiences and side effects from contraception at scale anywhere. For years, she struggled to find a form of contraception that didn't impact her mood. So, she decided to do something to help women like her and create the "Trip Advisor for contraceptives." —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, adult, relationships, lgbtq, birth control, the pill, contraception, reproductive rights, reproductive justice

In this tenth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss porn as well as its impact on young people with Era Steinfeld and legend Cindy Gallop. Era Steinfeld is a queer and trans facilitator and student, passionately studying and practicing ways of talking to young people about healthy sexuality. Cindy Gallop is the founder of Make Love Not Porn, launched at TED 2009 – 'Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference' - and in 2013 launched social sex video sharing platform https://www.makelovenotporn.tv/ -- The Social Sex Revolution (the revolutionary part isn't the sex, but the social) for which she has just raised $2million to scale. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, porn, pornography, porno, sex positive, pro porn, pro sex, sex work, sex worker, sex workers

In this ninth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we talk all about sex and disability with Dr. Rafe Biggs and Ligia Zuniga, leaders at Sexability. Dr. Rafe Biggs is the founder of Sexability, an organization committed to transforming sexuality and disability. He is a sexual health educator working with people with disabilities and healthcare professionals who support them. Ligia Andrade Zuniga is a Director at Sexability and passionate Disability Advocate and Leader. She has been a change maker working in the area of sexuality and disability since 2009 advocating for the transformation of sexual freedom, reproductive rights and services for women of color and other marginalized underrepresented individuals in the area of sexuality and disability rights. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, disability, differently abled, disability rights, disability activism, body, bodies, body differences

In this eighth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss pain and dysfunction during sex with Dr. Rachel Gelman and Dr. Rebecca Levy-Gantt. Dr. Gelman is a pelvic floor physical therapist and practices as a clinical specialist at Pelvic Wellness & Physical Therapy. She specializes in the physical therapy management of numerous pelvic pain disorders, including sexual dysfunction. DB's amazing mom, Dr. Rebecca Levy-Gantt, has been a practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist for 20 years, now pretty much specializing in the 40+ crowd which includes PMS, perimenopause, hormones, sexuality later in life and menopausal issues. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, pelvic floor, pelvic health, pelvic therapy, pelvic floor therapy, physical therapy, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction

In this seventh episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we talk about body image with our guests Connie Sobczak, Q Wilson, and Caleb Luna. Connie Sobczak is the co-founder of the Body Positive and the author of "Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)." Q Wilson is a self-identified queer, gender independent, polyamorous leather boi, and social justice activist. Caleb Luna is a writer, activist, teacher, performer, fat babe and Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, where their work broadly explores the intersections of fatness, desire, white supremacy and colonialism from a queer of color lens. FIND CONNIE SOBCZAK'S BOOK HERE Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and Quiet That Critical Voice!) (This is an affiliate link to our Bookshop.org shop! We'll receive a percentage back if you buy with our link -- and we hope you will!) —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, body, bodies, body image, fat, fatness, white supremacy, colonization, colonialism, race

In this sixth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we talk about abortion with our guests Toni Guy and Dr. Karen Scott. Toni Guy has spoken on issues of sexuality and reproductive health for over 30 years. During her years with Planned Parenthood she rose from Community Educator to Vice President of Education. Dr. Karen Scott is a clinician scientist and feminist intersectional scholar and activist with board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, believe women, trust women, planned parenthood, abortion, abortion access

In this fifth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we talk about periods and menstruation with our guests Nadya Okamoto, Luna Matatas, and Sarah D'Andrea. Nadya is the Founder and Executive Director of PERIOD (period.org). Luna Matatas is a sex and pleasure educator based in Toronto Canada; she teaches online workshops with O.school. Sarah is a sex educator with The Flex Company. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, period, periods, menstruation, menstruating, blood, cramps, pms, pmdd

In this fourth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we chat about sex workers' experiences with our guests Mia Little and Andre Shakti. Mia Little is an adult film performer and sex worker leading sex education workshops at universities and online. Andre Shakti is a journalist, educator, performer, activist, and professional slut living in the San Francisco Bay Area. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, sex work, work, slut, sex trafficking, trafficking, human trafficking, sex work myths

In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss culturally responsive sex education with Menny Bezalel and Haylin Belay. Menny was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in the late 1950's and is one of eight siblings. At age 12 Menny and his family immigrated to Israel to escape religious persecution. Haylin Belay is a sex educator, holistic health professional, and witch living and working in New York City. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health

In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss not assuming motherhood with Kristen Mancinelli and Ivy Chen. Kristen Mancinelli, MPH is director of education and partnerships at Extend Fertility. She educates women about fertility and egg freezing, partners with organizations supporting women's reproductive health, and advocates for putting an end to the taboo surrounding the subject of female fertility. Ivy is back for another season! Ivy Chen, MPH is a sexuality health educator, and has been working with Bay Area communities for 21 years. She teaches students ranging from the 4th grade through college age, as well as parent groups, community based organizations, teachers, and other health professionals. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, motherhood, mother, parenting, parent, fertility, pregnancy, pregnant, reproductive health, reproductive rights

In this first episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 2, we discuss sex toys and masturbation with Polly Rodriguez and Andy Duran. Polly Rodriguez is the CEO and Founder of Unbound, a sexual wellness company that sells sex toys and accessories. Andy Duran is the Education Outreach Manager at Good Vibrations, the Bay Area's sex toy oasis. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 2 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Audio Engineer: Katie McMurran Content Editor: Cathren Cohen Social Media Lead: Lisa Feierman Graphic Illustrator: Carissa Diaz Fundraising Coordinator: Carly Yoshida Website: Alex Morton --- Sex Ed with DB is Sponsored by: O.school, Extend Fertility, and SF Pole and Dance --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at [email protected] for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is an intersectional, feminist, Bay Area based podcast for folks who want to hear real stories from underrepresented voices as we try to revolutionize the way we talk about sex! We discuss topics such as sex toys and masturbation, not assuming motherhood, periods and menstruation, abortion, body image, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sex-Ed-with-DB-316195465500341/ Tumblr: http://sexedwithdb.tumblr.com ---

In this second bonus episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 1, we hear the launch party that got it going. We hear from voices: Ivy, Pristine, Aaron, Ella, and later, Ingrid, and listen to all the behind the scenes action of the podcast. We understand what they think was challenging about the production of it, what needs to be reformed in sex ed in schools, and some dirty details of embarrassing (and funny) sexy stories! —— Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Ella Zalon: An OSU graduate who identifies as a queer, Jewish woman and RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) Alum. —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health

In this first bonus episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 1, we feature brilliant, articulate, and brave Oakland School of the Arts graduates, Ella and Imani. We ask them about every single one of the topics we covered in Season 1 of Sex Ed with DB and learn what sex ed looks like in high schools these days. —— Featured Voices: Ella Zalon: An OSU graduate who identifies as a queer, Jewish woman and RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) Alum. Imani Wilson: An OSU graduate who identifies as a queer, mixed race woman and RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) Alum. —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, school, high school

In this sixth and FINAL episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 1, we explore the two very different concepts of kink/BDSM as well as flirting in every day life. When is flirting consensual? What is the difference between a kink and a fetish? What is a BDSM community in the San Francisco Bay Area like? We answer all of these questions and more in this fun and racy final episode of the season! —— Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, flirt, flirts, flirting, kink, kinks, bdsm, kink scene, bondage, dominance, submission, sadism, masochism, fetish, fetishes

In this fifth episode of Sex Ed with DB, we explore the idea of the spectrum: of gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, expression, and identity. The binary says that we're either male or female, boy or girl. But what about everyone in between? What about trans folks, intersex people, genderqueer people, asexual folks, etc? There are so many ways to live and breathe on the spectrum and all of Sex Ed with DB's featured voices do it in their own way. —— Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, lgbt, lgbtqia, queer, queerness, gender, sexual orientation, orientation, gender spectrum, nonbinary, trans, binary, asexual, intersex, genderqueer

In this fourth episode of Sex Ed with DB, we hear about consent and rape culture. We learn that 1 in 4 women will be impacted by domestic violence in her lifetime and about the 4 Cs of "consent": clear, continuous, conscious, and free from coercion. How do you shut down rape culture in your daily life? --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Aaron Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, consent, consensual, ask, rape, rape culture, coersion, coerce

In this third episode of Sex Ed with DB, we listen to the nuances of polyamory, monogamy, nonmonogamy, open relationships, and everything in between. We hear how our society thinks of love as a cup of sugar in a scarce economy but the reality is, you can have many loves! Relationships look different for everyone -- what kind of relationship works best for you? --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who taught youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, polyamory, poly, polyam, monogamy, nonmonogamy, relationship orientation, relationship anarchy, kitchen table, open relationship, open relationships, opening relationship, opening relationships

In this second episode of Sex Ed with DB, the 5 voices discuss the topic of: STIs, safe sex, and feeling good. They talk about how the clitoris has over 8,000 nerve endings and how there is a pill called PrEP one can take every day at the same time to prevent HIV. They discuss the difference between a bacterial STI and a viral STI and the fact that having STIs is SUPES common. Listen to hear all 5 voices on these unique topics! --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who teaches youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). —— CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORS Lion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health, STI, STD, sexually transmitted infection, sexually transmitted disease, STIs, STDs, clit, clitoris, clitoral orgasm, clitoral pleasure, orgasm, pleasure

In this VERY first episode of Sex Ed with DB, we find out who DB is, why she wanted to create this sex ed podcast, and who our five featured voices are (who will be featured in some capacity in every episode this season). In this episode, the voices discuss the topic of: sex education and how we talk about sex. --- Featured Voices: Ivy Chen: A Sexuality Professor at SF State who has been teaching sex ed in the Bay Area for over 20 years. Era Steinfeld: An educator and activist who taught youth in Oakland about healthy relationships and how to prevent abusive ones (@gay_for_gender). Pristine Shin: An educator and activist living in Oakland (@pristine). Ingrid Ochoa: An Undergraduate Coordinator and Health Education Lecturer at SF State. Rebecca Levy: An OBGYN and a mother of 3 who runs her own private practice in Napa with over 2,000 patients (@rlbobg). CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdb Twitter: @sexedwithdb Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB OUR SPONSORSLion's Den, Uberlube, & Magic Wand. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! GET IN TOUCH Email: [email protected] Subscribe to our newsletter for behind-the-scenes content and answers to your sexual health questions! FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" ABOUT THE SHOW Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. —— Keywords: sex ed, sex, education, sexual wellness, sexual education, wellness, sexual health, health