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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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Sep 16, 2019
This week's episode is a personal
one. We talk to Sunny's 91-year-old Uncle George. He tells us what
it was like growing up as a gay man in Chicago in the 1940s. This
was when being ‘homosexual’ was illegal and frequenting gay bars
and meeting places could result in jail time. George traveled to
dozens of countries throughout the mid 20th century, some more
accepting than the US and others downright dangerous for gay
travelers. An incident in South Africa almost landed him in prison
for murder! George recounts living through the AIDS crisis and
losing dear friends, how acting conservative with those he was out
to ensured his security, the pain of having to hide his lifestyle &
partners from family, the very first pride parades, his opinion on
LGBTQ+ issues today, the struggles gay elderly people face, brushes
with gay celebrities in the golden age of Hollywood, and more. Oh,
and he has some choice words for our president
too.
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Episode 103 Links
- Uncle George does not have social media accounts so comments can be directed to @SunnyMegatron & will be passed on to him (unless you’re a jerk, he doesn’t want to hear that)
- My tweet delivering Uncle George’s tweet to Trump https://twitter.com/SunnyMegatron/status/1100070958583304192
- Stonewall Riots http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html
- The AIDS crisis of the 1980s https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-history-month-early-days-america-s-aids-crisis-n919701#targetText=The%20first%20official%20government%20report,hospitals%20in%20Los%20Angeles%2C%20California..
- IML/International Mister Leather https://www.imrl.com/
- Swasarnt Nerf’s Gay Guides for 1949, View online: https://books.google.com/books?id=pK0ZAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA119&ots=_-Qyao6VqW&dq=%22shoreline%20seven%22%20chicago%20gay%20bar&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q=%22shoreline%20seven%22%20chicago%20gay%20bar&f=false Buy: https://www.amazon.com/Swasarnt-Nerfs-Gay-Guides-1949/dp/0615360246
- LGBTQ+ & Aging Resources https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/areamore.cfm
- Chicago Gay History https://www.chicagogayhistory.com/
- This 90-year-old man talks about being gay and cruising in the 1940s https://www.queerty.com/90-year-old-man-talks-gay-cruising-1940s-20190517
- Cassandra Perry’s Accountability Resource master spreadsheet bit.ly/AccountabilityResourceIndex (You can find them at http://cassandrajperry.com, https://twitter.com/cazkilljoy or https://www.instagram.com/cazkilljoy/
- People doing accountability work + additional resources (list
curated by Nick Fu Entes of https://www.modernpath.net/ & https://www.facebook.com/modernpathcounseling/)
- Victor Salmon https://www.patreon.com/victorsalmon/overview
- Aida Manduley http://aidamanduley.com/
- Andy Izenson https://dianaadamslaw.net/andy-izenson%2C-associate
- Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective https://batjc.wordpress.com/
- Samantha Manewitz https://www.beyondsafewords.com/sample-page/
- Zach Budd https://www.consentwarrior.com/
- Justice Moving https://justicemoving.vpweb.com/?fbclid=IwAR2S0u8pIgp-ZRmJ58G08eq3cowMVc7EDj_g7V5NYtNYfvkFa0c_MSVP2jA
- Diminuendo Movie https://www.amazon.com/Diminuendo-Dykstra-Robinson-Rebecca-Calvert/dp/B07XFQWHNZ/
- Sex Educator Skill Share Conference http://sextoyradio.com/sex-educator-skill-share-conference
- Fire Woman Retreat http://firewomanretreat.com/sunny
- American Sex Podcast subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/americansexpodcast
Episode 103 Sponsor, Affiliate & Giveaway Info
- 1 free month of Audible Escape http://audible.com/sunny – Access the entire library of 18,000+ love stories and romance audiobooks!
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- At least 25% off BDSM gear & sex toys with Stockroom’s daily deal (there’s a new product each day!) https://www.stockroom.com/dailydeal/?acc=7c590f01490190db0ed02a5070e20f01