Podcasts by Hot Mic with Dan Savage
Outspoken advice columnist Dan Savage showcases the best true stories about sex and relationships from live storytelling shows across the country. Many episodes feature special guests, who share their stories, songs, and thoughts on relationships. Dan provides hilarious commentary…and occasionally a story of his own.
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I Love You, Featuring Kevin Allison from 2018-03-06T08:00
Love is patient, love is kind, love is giving up your rent controlled apartment, screaming alone on a beach, and everything in-between. This episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage features two stori...
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Truth Be Told from 2018-02-27T08:00
Secret identities don't just cause problems for superheroes - they make trouble for normal people too. In this episode of Hot Mic, two storytellers - one of them is Dan Savage himself - describ...
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Put Yourself Out There Featuring Marina Franklin from 2018-02-20T08:00
“Don’t hesitate! Take the plunge! Put yourself out there!” Well…what’s out there? You may find an open minded sexual unicorn capable of pleasuring you beyond humankind’s feeble imagination, or l...
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Crush, Featuring Samm Levine from 2018-02-13T08:00
The most hopeless of crushes are often the most powerful. On this episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage we'll hear a studio story from Samm Levine, the actor whose breakout role was in the cult TV ...
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Shameful, Featuring Jessica Kirson from 2018-02-06T08:00
When applied appropriately, a little shame can be hot. But all too often when shame enters a sexy situation, it's not the fun kind. On this episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage we'll hear two stor...
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Goodbye Sex Toy from 2018-01-30T08:00
When love ends and your lover leaves, they also leave things behind—that t-shirt that smells like them, or that mix CD they made you, or...their sex toys. In this episode of Hot Mic with Dan Sav...
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The Crookup, Featuring Guy Branum from 2018-01-23T08:00
Online dating is the grandest gamble - the reward might be a great time, but the opportunity for disappointment and deception is no joke. On this episode of Hot Mic, Dan Savage features two hila...
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Full Disclosure from 2018-01-16T08:00
When it comes to sex, nothing is harder than talking about sexually transmitted infections. Get it?! And STIs are even more difficult to make funny - look how hard we just tried! But on this epi...
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Gay Area, Featuring Joel Kim Booster from 2018-01-09T08:00
As a tiny minority of America's population, most members of the LGBT community spend most of their time in heterosexual spaces. But the "Gay Area" episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage is...well, j...
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Creep, Featuring Sean Patton from 2018-01-02T08:00
Everyone loves a good creepy story, and this episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage features two particularly great ones - including a creeper story with a twist by Janelle James from RISK!, and a s...
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Comfort Rezoning from 2017-12-26T08:00
Having a comfort zone to retreat to is important. But just like a city gets rezoned in order to accommodate development, we have to rezone what we're comfortable with in order to grow. Especiall...
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Hard Times Featuring Rachel Lark from 2017-12-19T08:00
On this episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage, singer and songwriter Rachel Lark joins Dan to talk (and sing) about heartbreak, love lost, hope found. Featured stories include "Searching for the Ra...
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Commit-Moment from 2017-12-12T08:00
Every romance begins differently, but for the ones that last, there's always a moment when you decide to commit - we call it your commit-moment. In this episode, two storytellers share the tale ...
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Show Your Work Featuring Conner Habib from 2017-12-05T08:00
Prostitution, phone sex, porn, stripping, pro-domination. Sex work is a diverse range of professions united by sex, money, and stigma. And as a consequence of the stigma, we hear a lot about sex...
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Show You the Way from 2017-11-21T08:00
Let's get it on, with a little help from our friends. In these two stories, middle school friends clue each other in to the world of sex and romance—from new uses for internet connections to fir...
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Escaping The Nest from 2017-11-14T08:00
Sometimes you have to escape the nest in order to learn how to flap your wings, if you know what I mean. In this episode, Margot Leitman escapes her parents' gaze—they'd rather focus on each oth...
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Good For You Featuring Derrick Brown from 2017-11-07T08:00
When it comes to live storytelling shows, stories that end in bad sex are much more common than those that end well. Which makes sense—it's hard to come off looking good with a story about how g...
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Pretty Femme, Featuring Jessi Klein from 2017-10-31T07:00
How does dressing up in drag help you disappear? Why is being feminine like being a poodle...and what does that mean for the wolves? These and other questions are explored on this Halloween epis...
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Babies! Featuring Chad Daniels from 2017-10-17T07:00
Since Hot Mic with Dan Savage is a show about sex and relationships, we figured maybe in at least one episode we’d talk about the part that involves baby making. We'll also talk about what happe...
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Not Just Any Body from 2017-10-10T07:00
Two storytellers with very intense but very different body issues take some action, get some action, and discover the unexpected powers and pleasures of their own bodies. This episode of Hot Mic...
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Kissin' Don't Last, Featuring Jen Kirkman from 2017-10-03T07:00
Comedian Jen Kirkman's mother had a sign in her kitchen that said "Kissin' don't last, cookin' do." Hear how that sign and all it represented affected Jen's romantic life, in a funny and touchin...
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The Blast Zone from 2017-09-26T07:00
What happens when the utterly unexpected goes down while you’re trying to get it on? In these two live stories, brave heroes—one at a base in Iraq, one...well, in a car—face unimaginable interru...
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Fantasy Check, Featuring Rachel Bloom from 2017-09-19T07:00
Fantasy can be so powerful that sometimes we forget reality is headed in a totally different direction. In this special episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage, comedian and actress Rachel Bloom chat...
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The Shaky Shaky Bridge from 2017-09-12T07:00
Your heart is racing, your knees are wobbly, and you’re suddenly feeling light-headed. Are you head over heels in love, or is fear creeping down your spine…or both? In this spooky show, two stor...
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Point Break from 2017-09-04T00:32:09
In the effort to find a perfect partner, we end up falling for people who fall short. Some of these shortcomings are, of course, inevitable, but on this episode of Hot Mic, your host Dan Savage ...
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Beauty Does, Featuring Michael Yo from 2017-08-29T07:00
The saying, "Beauty is as beauty does" is misleading. It's supposed to mean that one's beauty is defined by their actions, not their appearance. But as anyone who's ever consumed any type of vis...
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Best Laid Plans from 2017-08-22T07:00
Losing your virginity is usually just as terrifying as it is exciting - which is why most of the time, would-be virginity losers make a plan. Who? Where? What to wear (or take off)? Whether the ...
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Boys in the Band, Featuring Dan Bucatinsky from 2017-08-15T07:00
High school sucks for a lot of people, especially young queer kids trying to survive the blinding storm of pubescent hormones while getting bullied or beat up for things they’re just learning to...
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Indecent Proposal Featuring Greg Behrendt from 2017-08-08T07:00
Who doesn’t love an unexpected wedding proposal? Let's be honest - especially one that careens suddenly off the rails? On this episode of Hot Mic we're talking about times the question gets popp...
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Ghost Story, Featuring Reformed Whores from 2017-08-08T07:00
Ghost stories aren't just for campfires and sleepovers anymore. They're also for those of us still doing the dating slog, especially those of us who think everything is going great with a new pa...
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