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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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Oct 9, 2017
Sex positive mental health professionals are hard to find. Enter marriage & family therapist, Kate Loree. In this episode she tells us: how to deal with family you have opposing political views with, finding a kink-friendly therapist, what corrective experiences are & why you should seek them out, how to tell a partner you’re kinky, what to do if you & your partner have mismatched libido, why we tend to eroticise our fears when it comes to sexual fantasies, what the deal is with sex addiction, and more.
Guest Bio
Kate Loree, LMFT is a
sex-positive licensed marriage and family therapist with a
specialty in kink, non-monogamous, LGBTQ, and sex worker
communities. In addition to her Masters in Marriage and Family
Therapy, she is also a registered art therapist (ATR) and has a
second Masters in Business Administration (MBA). She has been
practicing psychotherapy for fourteen years and has additional
training in EMDR and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) for the
treatment of trauma including sexual, physical, and emotional
abuse. She has been featured in Buzzfeed videos, has frequently
been a guest on Playboy Radio and The Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast, and
has written for Good Vibrations and Hollywood Magazine. She is
currently writing her first book. Privately, she has been connected
to poly, swing and kink communities since 2003 and understands the
hurdles, massive emotional growth, and amazing joy these worlds can
provide. Her private practice resides in Encino, CA.
Episode 10 Topics Avoiding toxic family, Amber Rose Slutwalk, depression and the Trump administration, monitoring your emotional gas tank, sexless marriages, glass dildos, Sex Nerd Sandra Daugherty, mass hypnosis, sexual compulsive behaviors, how to find a sex-positive therapist, slut shaming, suicidal ideation, parasympathetic nervous system, how to initiate sex if you’re shy, rape culture, Tristan Taormino's Open List, consent violations in the BDSM community, Aquaman Fetish, sex educators as sex coaches, corrective experiences, mismatched libido, therapeutic kink, Getting The Love You Want by Harville Hendrix, cuckold fantasy, Dan Savage on dealing with adult temper tantrums, sex addiction, sex classes at sex toy stores, the “Orange Depression”, attachment injuries, using BDSM to overcome your fears
Episode 10 Links
Recommended Resources
Other Mentions
- Chicago BDSM Class: http://bit.ly/bdsmclasssunny
- Kinkly Sex Blogger 2017 voting: http://bit.ly/votesunny
Episode 10 Sponsor & Giveaway Info
- Sex Toy Spotlight item of the week: Harness Compatible Glass Dildos (get them, or almost anything else at Castle Megastore for 20% off with Code SUNNY)
- Angela White Fleshlight Contest: Win an Angela White Fleshlight and a copy of Angela Loves Women 3 which signed by both Angela White and Abella Danger, Contest extended-- runs from 10/1-10/31/17. No purchase necessary. Enter online at Castle Megastore
- Wonder O Wand Giveaway at sunnymegatron.com: Provided by Castle Megastore. Entrants must be be over 18, US resident, no purchase necessary. Visit the giveaway page for details and to enter: http://sunnymegatron.com/wandgiveaway/