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A Little DeathA Little Death10: Junk ThoughtsA meditation on junk and a pep talk on being nice to yourself. Recorded with love from the desert 🌵2021-03-2615 minA Little DeathA Little Death09: The NumberWhat happens when a pandemic puts a pause on your Number? (That is, the number of people you’ve had sex with). It’s a bummer. But listen on for some takes.2021-02-2716 minA Little DeathA Little Death08: The ProwlYou know The Prowl: it’s when you’re searching for sex for the very near-term future. Since we’re about to be let back out into the world, we’re about to prowl—hard. Take a minute to make some rules for yourself before you go wild out there. 😎2020-06-1414 minA Little DeathA Little Death07: Send NudesLove and lust during a 21st century plague, and the value of an abundance of nudes.2020-05-1705 minA Little DeathA Little Death06: Sex Hacking with Kenneth PlayThis episode is a conversation with my forever crush, Kenneth Play. His new online sex education series—The Sex Hacker Courses—is available now, and the project is extraordinary. Listen on to hear about how and why he made these videos that cover a range of topics, from the psychology of foreplay to the mechanics of squirting. Should you be interested in more, check out the piece I wrote about Kenneth for GQ, called “Pleasure Lessons from the World’s Greatest Sex Hacker.” ✌️2019-12-3136 minA Little DeathA Little Death05: Dirty TalkLet’s talk dirty talk, shall we? Listen on for formulas of language in the sack. 😏2019-10-0314 minA Little DeathA Little Death04: Vacation Dating & Playing HouseGo ahead, go on vacation with a random. Borrowing the good parts of long term relationships can build a great, short-term fantasy from single people.2019-04-2111 minA Little DeathA Little Death03: Polyamory vs. Low Key DatingA review of Sophie Lucio Johnson’s memoir, “Many Love,” and how polyamory fits in with Low Key Dating.2019-01-2013 minA Little DeathA Little Death02: The (Sex) Year in ReviewTake time to think about your 2018 sex life, and build your own Sex Roadmap for 2019. Because reflecting on and making resolutions about sex is much more fun than doing it about your bank account.2019-01-0107 minA Little DeathA Little Death01: We’re back, babies.It’s Season 2 of A Little Death. New episodes coming soon 😎2018-12-2901 minA Little DeathA Little Death10: Slutever, Easy, and “Good” BadKarley Sciortino’s “Slutever” empire and Joe Swanberg’s Netflix show, “Easy,” remind us that not all bad sex encounters are existentially and forever bad or damaging. There’s a “good” kind of bad that we tolerate in so many parts of our lives, but we don’t always extend that trial-and-error tolerance to our sex lives. Sciortino, Swanberg, and I (lol presumptuous) are here to tell you that there’s “good” bad sex that’s important and necessary.2018-03-1405 minA Little DeathA Little Death09: Maintaining Your Koi PondThere’s an art to having a regular rotation of non-partner partners that you aren’t in a committed relationship with. Enter the Koi Pond metaphor—instead of thinking about “plenty of fish in the sea” that you wade through to find your one perfect person, the Koi Pond is all about catching and releasing babes in non-exclusive setups. If you don’t want a committed partner and you don’t want a series of No-Term Relationships (which I talk about in earlier episodes), but you *do* want to be having sex, then you’re kind of in a Koi Pond situation b...2018-02-1904 minA Little DeathA Little Death08: I’m a Walking Sex ParadoxOk, real talk: do you ever get confused and maybe a little bit concerned about what turns you on? Let’s talk about it.2018-02-1204 minA Little DeathA Little Death07: Aziz Ansari, Consent & AgencyThis week’s story about Aziz Ansari brings up issues about consent and agency: how to establish consent and increase your own sexual agency. To do that, we can learn a lot from sex parties. Listen on.2018-01-2104 minA Little DeathA Little Death06: Meet the Queen: Esther PerelMeet my personal sex and relationships hero: Esther Perel. Her work is globally influential and the conversations she drives can help give you a framework for exploring your own sexuality and desires.2018-01-1504 minA Little DeathA Little Death05: The Art of No-Term Relationships, Pt. 2No-Term Relationships are casual, one-time encounters conducted with kindness and self-awareness in a way that integrates the act into your everyday lifestyle. Part 1 describes what these relationships can be and why they’re valuable. In Part 2, we talk about how to make it happen. Listen to learn how to find and have No-Term Relationships like a pro.2018-01-0304 minA Little DeathA Little Death04: The Art of No-Term Relationships Pt. 1Let’s talk about casual encounters. “No Strings Attached” sex might work for some, but there are other options. I call them “No-Term Relationships.” In Part 1 of this episode, let’s get into the difference between the two and talk about how even one hour sexual encounters can be acted out with care.2017-12-3104 minA Little DeathA Little Death03: The Permission SlipGive yourself a permission slip to think, fantasize, explore, and try something new. It’s not easy, but sweet babes: it’s worth it.2017-12-2803 minA Little DeathA Little Death02: Love in the Time of TrashWhen the zeitgeist is trash and you can hardly take off someone’s pants without thinking of the patriarchy, how can women enjoy sex? I suggest a FMM threesome, but you do you, babes. 💜2017-12-2204 minA Little DeathA Little Death01: Welcome to A Little Death 👋A Little Death, Ep. 01 (👋)2017-12-2103 minhorizontal with lilahorizontal with lilaunicorning: quickie with a woman who fucks couplesThe intro for this episode was recorded in Burlington, Vermont, because, for the entire month of October, horizontal does america. Lila is circling the country on a big podcasty solo road trip which began in New York and heads up to Maine, down to Baltimore, across the northern states, down through California, back across the South, up the East Coast … and you can be a part of happening it. Patreon.com is a platform for crowdsourcing patronage. Whereas in the olden days, an artist survived on the support of one patron, our global web allows ev...2017-10-0319 minThis Is WhyThis Is WhyYou Got Benched ft. unicorn Alana Heiss, relationship coach Jillian Turecki, & drag queen Sherry VineWe find out pornhub.com's biggest trends of the last 10 years and we help a listener who isn't sure how to tell her date she's riding the crimson tide (a.k.a. she's on her period). We're joined by a power trio of three former guests this week: unicorn Alana Heiss, relationship coach Jillian Turecki and drag queen Sherry Vine.This episode is sponsored by Adam and Eve, Le Tote and Care Of.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.See omnystudio.com/listener for...2017-07-2658 minThis Is WhyThis Is WhyWhat It's Like to Date a Couple ft. unicorn Alana HeissAlana Heiss teaches us that a unicorn is not a mythical creature and is, in fact, a girl that dates couples! After that we chat about vagina decorations for your Xmas tree and what you should do when a guy with a girlfriend starts flirting with you.This week's episode is brought to you by Squarespace, MVMT Watches, Blue ApronSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2016-12-0748 min