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What Is American Sex?This award-winning podcast is dedicated to changing America’s dysfunctional relationship with sex. Our sex lives are influenced by everything that makes us US--from our mental health to our relationships, politics, identity, and the shame our culture instills in us and relies on for control. Understanding how these things seep into our bedrooms makes all the kinky, pervy, weird stuff we’re secretly into seem not so weird after all. Hosts, Sunny Megatron & Ken Melvoin-Berg, are acclaimed Sex & BDSM Educators. They also co-created the groundbreaking Showtime Original Series, Sex with Sunny Megatron. Equal parts hilarious and informative, Sunny, Ken & their guests serve up real-talk about kink, polyamory, sexual ethics, and LGBTQIA+ subjects. From practical BDSM & sex tips to discussions about systematic repression of pleasure & sexual empowerment, each topic is approached with a lightheartedness that’s second to none. We believe Kink is Cutomizable™, education is the new punk rock, the personal is political, tinkle-your-pants laughter is an anecdote to sexual shame, and that collectively we can subvert this backward-ass system by finding power in our pleasure. Visit americansexpodcast.com & sunnymegatron.com for more. New Episodes every Monday. Stream all episodes below! |
About the HostsSuperheroes of sex ed, Ken Melvoin-Berg & Sunny Megatron are partners in every sense of the word. In addition to co-producing Showtime’s “Sex with Sunny Megatron,” they initially gained recognition writing and teaching about everyone’s favorite subject, SEX. In their sell-out workshops, their unique brand of “edutainment” plus combined 30+ years of sexuality teaching experience puts students at ease. They host the AASECT Award winning American Sex Podcast and Sunny’s first book, Customizable Kink: A Strategic Guide to Erotic Play will be released in 2022. A Certified Sex Educator and Relationship Coach, Sunny was also awarded XBIZ 2021 Sexpert of the Year. On a more personal note, this dynamic duo are married, parents, ethically non-monogamous, and lifestyle BDSM enthusiasts. |
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May 23, 2022
Kink isn’t a replacement for
therapy, but it can be therapeutic. On Ep 189 Andrea Glik, LMSW
explains the impact of trauma on our nervous system, depression as
a survival response, the stress response cycle, the difference
between glimmers and triggers, how BDSM can be used to heal trauma
for both doms and subs, how...
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Being a part of community isn't
required to practice BDSM, although it may seem like it due to
visibility. What is important is knowing the positive and negative
ways community influences the kink subculture. Yes, mainstream
myths and stereotypes contribute to BDSM stigma, however,
misleading info from the community...
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All relationships are susceptible
to hurdles & conflict--resentment, attachment injuries,
navigating mental health, unhealthy coping strategies, overcoming
societal conditioning, trauma, and more. It’s hard enough between 2
people; in polyamory, we have multiple partners to factor in plus
unique issues like jealousy...
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The kink community has a reputation
for being accepting & inclusive. When it comes to race,
however, we have some work to do. Recent research published in the
Archives of Sexual Behavior found at BDSM events people of color
were 16x more likely to feel discriminated against & 17x more
likely to feel fetishized than...
Mar 28, 2022
U.S. law interprets consensual kink
activities as harmful, criminal acts. This makes prosecuting sexual
assault cases within the context of BDSM difficult. How can you
prove non-consensual sex occurred if kink isn’t considered sex in
the eyes of the law, it’s assault? The National Coalition for
Sexual Freedom/NCSF...