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WE TOO: Yin Q on Kink Out and Forgiveness from 2021-03-15T20:06:11

Yin Q, writer of the piece "We All Deserve To Heal" from We Too, discusses Spike Lee, Body of Workers, Kink Out Spaces at MOMA PS1, disassociation, complicity, power play, control, and forgivene...

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WE TOO: Selena the Stripper from 2021-02-22T08:00

“They have no stakes. We have all of the stakes.”

In the latest episode of my special series on WE TOO: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, I interviewed Selena the Stripper, who wro...

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WE TOO: Natalie West from 2021-02-09T08:00

For the first episode of a special series celebrating the release of We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, I chatted with the book's editor Natalie West. (I associate edited and cont...

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Juno Mac: Interrobang?! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“Kink is an arena where I find tidiness.” // In Part 2 of my talk with Juno Mac, co-author of Revolting Prostitutes, we discuss: great books about sex work, rational thoughts in an irrational world...

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Live! Eroticizing COVID-19 w Empress Wu from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“There’s a part of me that’s going to enact a sadism on you from the inside.” // It’s YAPIT: COVID-19 Lightning Round Edition, recorded live on Instagram May 2nd 2020. // In which I really try my ...

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Andrea Glik: Consensual Non-consent from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“We are made to feel powerless non-consensually all the time. This is an opportunity to take the power back.” / Content warning: This is conversation between two queer women about erotic fantasies ...

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Interrobang: Ashley Paige on HoTeling while Black from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

"I was called a ho long before I became an actual sex worker.” / The brilliant and deviant Ashley Paige joins me again to discuss the Marriott hotel’s classist sex worker profiling, the racial...

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Margaret Cho on Mercy Mistress from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“Kinky people have the upper hand!" Queer icon Margaret Cho is now executive producing Yin Q’s webseries Mercy Mistress, so I got the honor of interviewing her when I was in Los Angeles. We chatted...

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Barbara Carrellas: Tantra, Pt 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“The AIDS crisis was taking away our sexual freedom as well as our lives. I wanted to have sex in a way that was safe from HIV, but ecstatic as gay men in the all night disco palaces of your dreams...

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Interrobang: Mickey Mod on porn stigma & love from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“What I love the most about being a porn performer is the vulnerability." This summer while Tina was visiting Austin Texas, she had an extremely personal and poignant conversation on with her old f...

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Interrobang: Ev'Yan Whitney on Crystals & Demisexuality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sex coach Ev’yan Whitney joins Tina on the phone from Portland Oregon to discuss the sex appeal of crystals, polyamory, demisexuality, masturbation, self care, and more. Ev’Yan Whitney is a writer...

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Pleasure Chest: Masturbation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

“I deserve to dance in the fields of Dionysus!” In the first edition of a new bonus segment sponsored by the Pleasure Chest, I speak with Pleasure Chest educators about the subjects the store is c...

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Interrobang: AORTA Films Pt2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In Part Two, Tina dares to ask the AORTA queer experimental filmmakers: Why Are People Into Porn?! Does anyone actually jerk off to high-concept porn? Can porn be rehearsed? What if you have an ex...

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36: Maxwell Lander: Blood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Is blood just another sexual fluid? Or is it dangerous paint? Canadian photographer Maxwell Lander (whose unparalleled new book, Carnal Anomaly, is out now!) is prepared to open veins and find out....

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YAPIT Update from 2020-12-14T23:44:03

Hey YAPIT fans! I'm focusing my energy on SfSx Volume 2, the hustle, and work/life balance in these turbulent times. Listen for a few words on my hiatus, and what to expect in 2021. xoxoxo TH Listen

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Annie Rose Malamet: Vampires from 2020-10-21T22:15:25

“No amount of assimilation or pride has shaken this sense of myself as an inverted dark predatory lesbian.” //

Certified lesbian vampire Annie Rose Malamet joins me to explain the appeal o...

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SX Noir on Black Sex Worker Liberation + more from 2020-09-14T07:00

"How can brands do more for social justice movements? Give people pleasure! Give people a reason to have a wet a$s p#ssy! Uplifting difficult conversations about Black Lives Matter: that’s what ...

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Juno Mac: Revolting Prostitutes Pt 1 from 2020-08-10T07:00

“Is it ok for 'Juno Mac' to be an anxious hooker and an advocate for sex worker rights? Am I allowed to be a messy, complicated person?” //

The co-author of the indispensable book...

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SfSx: Jen Hickman Interrobang?! from 2020-07-20T22:43:23

“The push and pull between clarity and imagination is something I think about a lot in visual storytelling.” //

I called up SfSx series artist Jen Hickman to celebrate the release of our S...

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Shine Louise Houston: Voyeurism from 2020-07-06T07:00

“The funny thing about Crash Pad is: you know that I know that you know that I know that there’s cameras in there." //

In Part 2 of my interview with Shine, we focus in on Why Are People I...

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Shine Louise Houston: BLM + 15 yrs of Crash Pad Series from 2020-06-25T23:16:24

On May 11th, I recorded an episode remotely with Shine, about 15 years of Crash Pad Series, and a second part about voyeurism. On June 24th, I called her back to get her perspective on the Movem...

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Whorearchy lecture 10.26.17 Catland Books Stigma Unbound from 2020-05-31T07:00

What is the Whorearchy? How can understanding it help us to combat whorephobia? This portmanteau meaning Whore-Hierarchy is a term originating from and used within the sex worker rights mov...

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JB Brager:Fascism pt2 from 2020-04-26T05:25:28

"That’s the sex appeal of fascism: the desire to be violated. To be cut through like butter and spread... Fascism is sexy because it’s dangerous, confident, and... leather! It’s scary and comfor...

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JB Brager:Fascism pt1 from 2020-04-13T21:37:37

“What does our desire endorse?” //

Content Warning: This episode features two Jewish leftist queers in Brooklyn talking about the history, aesthetics, and complicated erotic allegories of...

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Fancy Feast: Burlesque pt2 from 2020-03-23T04:00

“I really like people to cry at my titty show!” //


In part 2, Fancy and I get to the bottom of that age old debate: is burlesque stripping? Fancy recounts the plastic bag routine that ...

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Fancy Feast : Burlesque pt1 from 2020-03-11T10:14:43

“I don’t experience my naked body as inherently erotic. It’s my body, and I like it. It has so much more to do for me with the glamour and the transgression. That’s the part where I’m comfortabl...

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Live! Fetish Aesthetics w Lanee Bird from 2020-02-24T05:00

“All subcultures use aesthetics to establish community." // Fetish artist and aesthete Lanee Bird joined me the day after her film Laboratory was screened as part of Kink Out: Spaces at MOMA PS1...

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Empress Wu: Cannibalism pt2 from 2020-02-10T05:00

"Riding someone while biting them is like consuming them from both ends.” /

“The esophagus is the thinking man’s rectum.” /

Worship, biting, vampirism, feeding frenzies, body farms...

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Empress Wu: Cannibalism pt1 from 2020-01-27T05:00

“While my mouth is open, he gets lost among my teeth, sliding down my throat, not being able to escape my mouth.” //

In truly one of the most deranged episodes in the history of this podca...

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Live! Blackmail w Amazon Maddox aka BrujaPxssy from 2020-01-13T05:00

“I’ll chain you to the bed and put a pretty bow on you” //

This live show, recorded at the NYC Pleasure Chest in December 2019, is all about balance: silk ties and heavy metal shackles, ...

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Getting Clean to Get Dirty Live WeHo Pleasure Chest 1.16.19 from 2019-12-24T22:55:38

The last pod of the year is footage from my first class of the year: Getting Clean to Get Dirty: Anal Prep, Health, and Pleasure at the West Hollywood Pleasure Chest from January 2019!

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Live! Ritual w Yin Q & Iona Pearl from 2019-12-09T05:11:01

“It’s a strengthening of the will. It’s letting them surrender into their purpose of service."


Yin Q is a BDSM ritualist/educator, mother to two fierce children and two calm animals, a...

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DaemonumX: Catholicism pt2 from 2019-11-25T05:00

 In Part 2, Christine graces us with some explicit Catholic play stories. We discuss cilices, bloody bibles, corruption, possession, places to store a rosary, lesbian nuns, demon dildos, an...

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DaemonumX: Catholicism pt1 from 2019-11-11T05:00

DaemonumX aka Christine talks about her leather dyke zine FIST, her polyamory zine LINKED, and what it even means to be a zine maker in 2019. We also chat about her notorious rope suspension per...

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Laura Westengard: Gothic Queer Culture pt2 from 2019-10-28T04:00

In Part 2 of my conversation with Gothic Queer Culture writer Laura Westengard, we get into BDSM as both haunting and time travel, and take a close look at the contemporary queer performance art...

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Laura Westengard: Gothic Queer Culture pt1 from 2019-10-10T04:00

Just in time for the nights to get longer, CUNY professor and author of the new book Gothic Queer Culture Laura Westengard discusses insidious trauma: from Castle of Otranto to True Blo...

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Joe Osmundson: Enemas from 2019-09-18T04:00

Molecular biophysicist and queer lit slut Joe Osmundson gets into it with Tina on the great debate of our time: saline vs water enemas. You'll be surprised by their, um, artisanal isotonic douch...

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Lindsay Dye: Cake Sitting, pt2 from 2019-09-11T04:00

“I birth what I destroy.” /

In Part 2 of our talk about sploshing, crushing, sugar, and fetish labor, Lindsay discusses her very first on cam sit, the many meanings of consumptio...

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Lindsay Dye: Cake Sitting, pt1 from 2019-08-26T04:00

"The fetish itself is anti-consumption.” Lindsay Dye is a cam model, performance artist, and sculptor who specializes in the fetish known as cake sitting. In this episode, she explains the inter...

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Live! Cannabis w Sophie Saint Thomas & Carly from 2019-08-20T22:51:52

Decriminalized & destigmatized cannabis use is entering a new American era, and that means there's more ways than ever to incorporate this classic aphrodisiac into our love lives. For anothe...

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Rocket: Puppies from 2019-07-24T21:08:52

Whether it’s been a few years since you heard it or you’re getting slobbered on by it for the first time, please enjoy this rerun of Why Are People Into Puppy Play! with Rocket/Yandy.

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Stoya: Books, pt2 from 2019-07-17T04:00

In Part Two, Stoya and I discuss:

The Reunion by Laura Antoniou (and psychological erotica), Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski (and arousal non-concordance), The Guid...

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Stoya: Books, pt1 from 2019-06-24T04:00

Porn legend, writer, and avowed sapiosexual Stoya joins me for a talk about musty-smelling paperbacks, big fat library shelves, and randomly also necrophilia?! We ask: Is it classist to only wan...

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Live! Ashley Paige & Corey More: Families from 2019-06-13T17:29:13

“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it!” /

In this hilarious and boundary-pushing live episode, recorded in March 2019 at the 2nd Ave Pleasure Chest in NYC,...

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Katie Skelly: Comics, pt2 from 2019-05-13T04:00

“Every time she’s stimulated it’s utter chaos!” /

In Part2 of my conversation with Katie Skelly we discuss whether erotic comics benefit from stories, Italian class dynamics in Milo Manar...

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Katie Skelly: Comics, Pt1 from 2019-05-03T19:40:24

“I get away with a lot!” /

Katie Skelly and I discuss puffy bulging vulvas, the “dark whimsy” of her psychedelic erotic comic books, why people think her phantasmagoria is a personal ad, h...

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Interrobang: Andrea Glik LMSW on BDSM Healing from 2019-04-10T13:20:45

"Trauma and shame show up in the body in the same ways.” /

In this Interrobang, Andrea Glik, LMSW discusses her therapy practice, how BDSM can help us to heal from trauma, what depression ...

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Ashley Paige: Daddies from 2019-03-04T05:01

"He called me Daddy and I've never felt my lips quiver so hard in my life." /

I figured since we started the year off talking about Leather Mommies, it would only be fair to give some spac...

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Live! Arielle Egozi: Menses from 2019-02-20T14:20:05

A storytelling heavy flow celebrating some under-appreciated things many people find mystifying and/or disgusting: menstruation, the full internal structure of the clitoris, body scents, and hai...

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@TheGayChingy: Mommies from 2019-01-21T05:00

"Why be ashamed of my fetishes when I can fetishize my shame?" /

My conversation w Chingy continues with this deeply personal dive into kinky Mommy lust. Leather Mommies are the new Leathe...

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Chingy Fucks the Whole Damn House from 2019-01-14T09:00

Chingy is one of my favorite queer meme makers, so when I was out in LA I got together with her to discuss comic book fetish art, what makes her the bottom supreme, and why she wants to devote h...

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Dr Justin Lehmiller on the Science of Desire from 2018-12-17T05:00

"People who share their fantasies are the happiest and most sexually satisfied in their relationships." //

What’s the different between a fetish and a fantasy? What are the benefits of com...

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Miki Agrawal on Bidets & Anal Health from 2018-12-03T14:00

Miki is an entrepreneur whose work focuses on the taboo bodily fluids we’re usually too ashamed to even discuss. In this Interrobang, Miki discusses the personal and environmental effect of toil...

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Maxine Holloway: Pregnancy from 2018-11-19T14:00

“I'm a very successful hu-cow!” At six months pregnant, sex work activist Maxine Holloway has never felt hotter. She opened up to Tina about the connection between her bovine breeding fetish and...

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Pleasure Chest: Luxury Sex Toys w Carly from 2018-11-06T19:57:28

Carly from the NYC Pleasure Chest joins us again to discuss why it can be worth investing in luxury sex toys. Thin...

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C'etait Bontemps: Drag, Pt2 from 2018-10-22T13:00

“You can desire me as C'etait all you want, but sex for me does not include C'etait. That is fully Mathieu." / In Part 2 of Why Are People Into Drag?! Anteus Mathieu, aka drag and burlesque perf...

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C'etait Bontemps: Drag, Pt1 from 2018-10-08T13:00

“Drag is how you perform gender for people to see and understand. If you’ve confused them, that’s even better!” /

In Part 1 of this episode on gender bending performance art, Anteus Mathie...

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Interrobang: Cam & KarenLee Poter of Sex Talk w My Mom from 2018-09-17T13:00

So this episode is a little unusual for a few reasons. First, it was recorded over a year ago and somehow just kept getting pushed back. Second, it's definitely a first for YAPIT: an interview w...

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Live! Erykah Ohms: Leather from 2018-09-04T13:00

"The more you clean leather, the more it smells like itself." For YAPIT Live at the 2nd Ave NYC Pleasure Chest in July '18 with my guests Erykah Ohms and Santos, we discussed leather as a sensua...

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Live! Allijin & Wildflower: Piercing from 2018-08-20T13:00

“Any pain can be transformative” / July '18. Euridice Gallery in Brooklyn. At a live kink event curated by Amy Boyajian of Wildflower, Tina hosted a panel featuring Amy as well as kink pros Jin ...

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Sex Work & Feminism Lecture Skidmore College 3.17 from 2018-08-06T13:00

In March 2017, Tina gave a lecture at Skidmore College in update New York, based on an article she wrote for Refinery 29. The lecture and the article were called “Why Sex Work Decriminalization ...

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Dia Dynasty: Clowns from 2018-07-23T13:00

“I can make anybody into a clown!” Dear listeners, you may know by now that Tina is and always has been unnerved by clowns, and has even avoided requests for a YAPIT episode on that topic. Until...

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Live! Siouxsie Q: Gaping from 2018-07-02T13:00

“As someone who has done sex work activism full time for years, I’ve found that in order to not burn out in this fight, I have to be having gross pervy sex, just living the ho life. Otherwise WT...

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Live! Aya de Leon, Akynos, Jacq the Stripper: Writing about Sex Work from 2018-06-18T13:00

“The second you make someone laugh, it’s so much easier to get money out of 'em!” / Live from McNally Jackson NYC in January 2018!We discussed colorism at strip clubs, #MeToo issues, Spread Maga...

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Live! MacKenzie Peck: Porno from 2018-06-04T16:00

“If the thing you love to do is only seen in 'shame' porn, you may think that’s the only slot you fit into as a desirable person. That’s not cool, and that’s what I’m trying to fix.” / From ASMR...

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Arabelle Raphael: Nails from 2018-05-21T16:00

“When I’m editing my porn I love admiring the way my nails look wrapped around a dick.” / CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes frank, informed discussions of consensual non-consent fantasies, ...

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Interrobang: Yin & Poppy of Mercy Mistress from 2018-05-07T16:00

“I didn’t how to kiss gently. It was always about grabbing the person, putting my hand around their throat, biting. Leaving as many bruises on a body as possible. I confused a lot of people!” Listen

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Live at Camp Ravish from 2018-04-18T00:00:55

“The ultimate fantasy is love.” Live from Camp Ravish, a sexy outdoor event in rural Texas, comes this atmospheric YAPIT Live! My special guest was world renowned rope bondage expert JD from 2 K...

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Bear Bergman: Chivalry from 2018-04-09T14:47:05

“Chivalry is the kind of ritualized flirting that goes on and on and on." In this episode, iconic writer S. Bear Bergman makes a case for chivalry; a modern, bespoke, very queer kind. He compare...

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Barbara Carrellas: Tantra, Pt2 from 2018-03-19T13:00

“Back in the 90s, I touched so many pussies and so many penises while doing erotic awakening massage that eventually I noticed there was no fucking difference: People were responding as erotic b...

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Live! Tantra Edition: Barbara Carrellas & Sloan: Pleasure Chest NYC December from 2018-02-26T14:00

“The part of sex that most people love is the letting go, the freedom of connection with themselves or another person, the expansion, literally the OMG of it. Most people feel that want more of ...

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Melissa Dessereau: Polyamory, Pt2 from 2018-02-19T14:00

Part Two of my conversation with Melissa Dessereau, MFT, in which we discuss attachment theory, and why queers are especially well equipped for non-monogamy.

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Pleasure Chest: Self Love & Solo Sex on Valentine's Day w Tania from 2018-02-09T14:00

This February, let's rethink our idea about romance by focusing on self love and solo sex!


Tania has been with the Pleasure Chest for 2 years managing the Lincoln Avenue location in Ch...

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Melissa Dessereau: Polyamory, Pt1 from 2018-02-07T14:00

“You can’t really control whether you’re having an emotional connection with someone." By popular demand, here is an entire episode on the topic of open relationships, with a licensed Marriage a...

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Interrobang: Mistress Blunt on Dasya Yoga from 2018-01-22T14:00

“In summary, life is pain; submit to me!” Mistress Blunt’s professional practice incorporates devotional principles of yoga with classic BDSM training. In this highly intellectual and eroti...

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Live! Lucy Sweetkill: Dominatrix from 2018-01-15T14:00

A freezer filled with vacuum-sealed dirty panties. Breeder gloves for fisting. How to turn a vibrator into a bondage toy. Putting feet in assholes. A mutual love of ruined orgasms. 


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Interrobang: Jolie Kerr on clean people w dirty minds from 2018-01-09T14:00

Cleaning things up so you can get extra dirty. That’s the philosophy of Ask A Clean Person columnist and podcaster Jolie Kerr. Tina had the misconception that a cleaning expert probably wouldn’t...

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Pleasure Chest: Body Positive NY Resolutions w Carly from 2018-01-01T14:00

NYC-based Sex educator Carly is sick and tired of shame-y New Years' Resolutions. So we decided to brainstorm body positive ways to start 2018! From watching yourself masturbate to treating your...

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Pleasure Chest: Tracy: Gift Guide from 2017-12-15T14:00

In this special holiday guide from the Pleasure Chest, LA sex specialist Tracy walks us through all sort of stocking stuffer ideas from vibrators that double as jewelry, to porn, books, bondage ...

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Rose Eveleth: Sex Robots from 2017-12-13T14:00

“Theres a tendency for men in tech to trust machines more than they trust women.” For the first time ever, Tina tackles a speculative YAPIT: or as guest Rose Eveleth calls it: why WOULD...

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Live! Katie Skelly & Kristen Sollee: Monsters from 2017-12-06T14:00

Lesbian vampires. Face-hugging aliens. Blue collar werewolves. Shitty boyfriend robots. Abject zombies. Mermaids with strap-ons. The devil’s ice-cold dick. These are just some of the hilarious w...

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Interrobang: Stephanie Berman of Pop! Dildo from 2017-11-29T14:00

“I’m imagining a sperm-soaked pulsating os right now.”

Tina hopped on the phone with Stephanie Berman, creator of the Pop! ejaculating dildo. They discussed the reproductive origin story o...

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Pleasure Chest: Decolonizing Domination & Submission w Mary from 2017-11-22T14:00

For the latest in my special series from the Pleasure Chest, Mary joins me to chat about Domination and Submission. 

Mary has worked in various aspects of the adult industry for nearl...

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Live! Jaclyn Friedman: Unscrewed crossover! from 2017-11-14T14:00

Happy Pub Day Jaclyn Friedman! Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power, and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All is now available everywhere! To celebrate, enjoy this recording from ou...

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Live! Myisha Battle: Virgos from 2017-11-11T15:03:50

G spots, 69’ing, custom porn, crystal massage oil: It’s YAPT Live at the Pleasure Chest with Misha Battle and Carly! Recorded on Sept 7th in NYC, this panel also covered NURU, pegging, magic wan...

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Kristen Sollee: Witches from 2017-10-05T11:00

Oct 5th NYC! Sexy Monsters at the Pleasure Chest! Kristen Korvette (Witches Sluts Feminists) & Katie Skelly (My Pretty Vampire) join me to discuss why witches, vampires, werewolves, and othe...

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Pleasure Chest: Koko: Costumes from 2017-10-02T13:00

Halloween is the one time of year you can wear fetish gear or lingerie in public, and the Pleasure Chest is the perfect place to shop for those dark and sexy accessories. But what about when you fi...

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Lorelei Lee: Cash, Pt2 from 2017-09-20T13:00

Picking up cash with your pussy. Pulling bills out of your butt. Torturing men until they reveal where they've hidden your money around the room. Tina and Lorelei have witnessed some wild inters...

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Lorelei Lee: Cash, Pt1 from 2017-09-14T04:00

Money makes the world go round, or so it's been sung. So what about when cash makes your pussy wet and your dick hard? Pornographer, writer, and activist Lorelei Lee understands both sides of th...

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Interrobang: Myisha Battle on Nuru + Dino Play from 2017-09-07T15:29:03

NYC! Come out TONIGHT to see sex coach Myisha Battle and Tina Horn in conversation at the East side Pleasure Chest (TinaHorn.net/Live). If you're not in New York, then enjoy this Interrobang interv...

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Pleasure Chest: Sarah Tomchesson: Sex Shops from 2017-09-01T13:00

Pleasure Chest is a Virgo just like Tina Horn! To celebrate the 46th anniversary of this legendary sex toy retailer, Tina interviewed National Head of Business Operations Sarah Tomchesson about why...

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Interrobang: Antonia Crane on Sex Worker Writers from 2017-08-23T13:00

“I’m really interested in stories where the sex worker doesn’t die and end up in a garbage bag.” Antonia Crane was one of the women working at the Lusty Lady when they made their historical unio...

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Interrobang: Lidia Bonilla, Chief Provocateur, House of Plume from 2017-08-18T18:30

Tired of storing your vibrator in a sticky drawer? Entrepreneur Lidia Bonilla certainly was! That’s why in 2013 she left a career in banking to found the House of Plume, creating beautiful storage ...

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50B: Midori: Female Dominance Pt2 from 2017-08-15T13:15

In Part 2 of Why Are People Into Female Dominance?!, Midori explains the appeal of compassionate sadism and details the unusual ways that graduates from her ForteFemme women’s dominance intensive u...

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50: Midori: Female Dominance Pt1 from 2017-08-07T04:09

“I like a long flirtation stroking the crevices of the mind and the back alleys of the imagination.” Midori certainly knows from femme seduction. This sex ed legend joins Tina for the 50th episode ...

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Pleasure Chest: Brandon: Butt Toys from 2017-08-01T13:05

August is Anal Month at the Pleasure Chest! Tina was stoked to sit down with Brandon B, manager of the flagship West Village Pleasure Chest store (yup, the one from the rabbit vibe episode of Sex a...

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Interrobang: Jenny Zhang on Whore Economies from 2017-07-24T13:05

“In the whore economy, you’re constantly aware if you’re common or you’re rare.” If you enjoyed Tina's talk with Jenny Zhang in the Why Are People Into Fluids?! episode a few months back, then y...

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49: Why Are People Into Shame: Antonia Crane from 2017-07-18T22:29:40

"The freaks were at the Lusty. They wanted to be seen. They were shoving zucchinis up their asses and tying themselves into pretzels They were wearing santa hats and coming in as a gang of clowns a...

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Pleasure Chest: Vibrators from 2017-07-14T19:09:54

When you think Sex Toy, chances are you’re thinking of a vibrator. But with so many different sizes and styles and gizmos, it can be overwhelming to find the vibrator that’s right for you… or to kn...

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Interrobang: Witches Sluts Feminists author Kristen Sollee from 2017-07-01T17:33:09

“I'm attracted to dark misunderstood women. There's no moral valence to darkness.” Slutist editrix Kristen Sollee is the author of Witches Sluts Feminists, the new book everyone needs (creative dir...

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48B: Madeline Marlowe & Will Havoc: Gang Bangs Pt2 from 2017-06-15T15:53:27

"I like to rub their dicks together in my mouth a little extra." In Part Two of our Gang Bang episode, kinky porn power couple Maitresse Madeline Marlowe and Will Havoc further discuss the technica...

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Pleasure Chest: Queering Sex w Ryan from 2017-06-08T14:06:46

“Sex that takes up a lot of time doesn’t contribute to capitalist production. Anyone who comes into the Pleasure Chest is already saying; I’m taking back time for myself." In this special Pride ...

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48: Madeline Marlowe & Will Havoc: Gang Bangs from 2017-06-02T03:33:24

"I want the feeling of being forced but still be in control. You gave that to me, and it was the best day of my life." CW: This episode contains audio footage from a porno set and is even more exp...

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Interrobang: Food 4 Thot on poppers & piss from 2017-05-22T15:58:44

“Intimacy gets my rocks off.” My friends Joe, Fran, and Dennis (along w Tommy who couldn’t make this taping) host my fave new podcast Food 4 Thot, which is about queer literary sluts. Sound like an...

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47B: Dirty Lola: Masochism Pt2 from 2017-05-15T13:00

Hair pulling, face slapping, tit torture, parasympathetic nervous responses, Lola’s kidnapping fantasies, trauma processing, and the surprising shapes that bruises can take. Part Two is an episode ...

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47: Dirty Lola: Masochism from 2017-05-02T13:00

Biting. Flogging. Tickling. What is the relationship between erotic pain and sensuality? What’s to love about enduring pain to please someone else? What happens when a masochist stubs her toe? What...

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Lorelei Lee: Sploshing from 2017-04-24T13:00

Should you pie a Nazi in the face? What's the best JELL-O for wrestling? What are the class implications of bringing food into your sex life? These are the kinds of questions Tina and Lorelei ha...

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46B: Jenny Zhang: Fluids Pt2 from 2017-04-17T20:24:58

Jenny Zhang’s poetry is disgusting; and, if you know me, you know that nothing makes me wetter than obscenity.Jenny Zhang is the author of Dear Jenny, We Are All Find (Octopus Books), Hags (Guillot...

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46: Jenny Zhang: Fluids Pt1 from 2017-04-03T13:00

"I feel exposed by how wet I can be." Jenny Zhang's poetry is delightfully obscene, so it's no surprise she describes herself as "a very goopy person." In this episode, Tina and Jenny (the brillian...

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Interrobang: Andrew Gurza on Queer Crip Life from 2017-03-28T18:39:55

Andrew Gurza is a writer and podcaster who specializes in queerness and disability. In this episode of Interrobang, he reveals what pisses him off about dating, gives advice on how to talk (and ...

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Interrobang: Chelsea Poe Pt2: Trans Porn from 2017-03-02T17:55:39

Queer porn star Chelsea Poe explains how her sexuality is like an everything bagel, how making trans BDSM porn is like being in a blasphemous metal band, and what really turns her on

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45: Ellen Stagg: Nude Photography from 2017-03-01T14:00

The shot of me in my underwear on top of a guitar amp? You know the one on the YAPIT logo? Yeah, Ellen Stagg took that. She also took the ones of me in blue protector light smoking a cigar, and the...

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45B: Ellen Stagg: Photographs Part2 from 2017-02-15T16:00

In which Ellen Stagg tells the art school tale of somewhat unintentionally exposing her asshole...

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Interrobang: AORTA Films Pt1 from 2017-01-23T14:05

Does anyone actually jerk off to high-concept porn? Can porn be rehearsed? What if you have an experimental dance background and a radical queer political agenda? AORTA Films wants to explore these...

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43B: Tamara Santibañez : Tattoos Pt2 from 2017-01-17T14:00

Tattoo artist Tamara Santibañez reveals her body mod fetish fantasy in Part Two of Why Are People Into Tattoos?! with Tina Horn

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43: Tamara Santibañez : Tattoos from 2017-01-06T13:00

The intimidatingly tough babe covered in symbols. The buzz of a vibrating machine. The endorphin rush of welcome, purposeful pain. These are just some of the ways that tattoo culture intersects wit...

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43B: Jacq the Stripper: Strippers PT2 from 2016-12-15T12:00

PART TWO: Ever since Jacq the Stripper invited me to an all-sex-worker drinking game screening of Showgirls, I knew I had to have her on the podcast to explore the appeal of strip clubs: the lap da...

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43: Jacq the Stripper: Strippers from 2016-12-01T12:00

THIS EPISODE DOESN'T SUCK! Ever since Jacq the Stripper invited me to an all-sex-worker drinking game screening of Showgirls, I knew I had to have her on the podcast to explore the appeal of strip ...

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42B: Troy Orleans: Bondage PT2 from 2016-11-15T10:00

Part Two: Struggle as much as you want: this episode has got you right where it wants you! Bondage is often used as short hand for kink, but that doesn’t make it any less profound. Troy Orlean’s pr...

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42: Troy Orleans: Bondage from 2016-11-02T01:26:46

Struggle as much as you want: this episode has got you right where it wants you! Bondage is often used as short hand for kink, but that doesn't make it any less profound. Troy Orlean's professional...

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41: Abigail Greydanus: Latex from 2016-09-20T17:39:53

The sleek smooth feel. The synthetic smell. The snap of rubber. The containment. The pretty colors! Tina has never had much of a taste for latex outfits, but in this episode, kinky queer designer A...

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Interrobang: Jacq the Stripper's Striptastic Sex Advice! from 2016-09-05T14:26:59

“You’re still a Madonna to everyone else but maybe you’re a little bit of a whore for him sometimes” In this special episode of Interrobang, my guest is Jacq the Stripper, a writer, comedian, st...

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Interrobang: Chelsea Poe: Butt Selfies from 2016-08-25T04:00

In this preview of my longer interview with queer pornographer Chelsea Poe, we discuss butt selfies, sexting fails, and the future of trans porn. Subscribe to YAPIT on ACast Plus to hear this an...

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40: Lamalani Siverts: Fire from 2016-08-15T12:12:50

Fire! Fire! It’s not just a toy for teenage dirtbags anymore! It’s also a primal element that can be harnesses for kinky sex. Lamalani sat down with Tina to explain the erotic appeal of a flame to ...

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39: Merritt K: Cocksucking from 2016-07-19T02:41:29

This is a raunchy one, folks. We talk about a whole lot of out-there fetishes on this show. Every so often we like to switch it up and talk about something conventional, familiar, and even vanilla....

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Interrobang: DIY Fire Play w Lamalani Siverts from 2016-07-08T04:00

It's kinky craft day on Interrobang?! with my guest, International Ms Leather 2009 Lamalani Siverts! Find out how to make a torch for fire play using simple hardware store materials -- and discover...

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38: Ela Darling: Virtual Reality from 2016-06-19T18:16:32

It's all well and good to play a video game or go on a tour of the ocean floor with a virtual reality headset: but if you're jerking off, you need that shit to seem really, really real! Ela Darling...

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Interrobang: Pregnancy & Omegaverse w Merritt Kopas from 2016-05-23T17:00

This is Interrobang! Available exclusively to Acast+ subscribers! Sign up now to get access to this and other bonus content from Tina Horn and Why Are People Into That?! An interrobang is when a...

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37: Alana Massey: Sexting from 2016-05-14T23:02:16

Privacy! Boners! Feelings!THIS is a very special episode of YAPIT, in which we investigate the subject of Tina’s new book: Sexting: The grown-ups Guide of Sex Tips to Getting Dirty Digitally. Tina ...

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35: Princess Kali: Humiliation from 2016-03-14T00:24:57

"Kink is about exploring the uncontrollable in a controlled way. It's about feeling unsafe in a situation that is actually safe. That's the art of it." Erotic humiliation can be about so many diffe...

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Obscenesters: Sexting Advice w Johnny Blazes from 2016-03-05T22:30:03

In this special bonus episode of YAPIT, notorious genderqueer performance artist Johnny Blazes answers sexting advice submitted by Tina's Patreon patrons. Tina may have written the book on sexting,...

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33: Milcah Halili Orbacedo: Stories from 2016-01-15T22:31:39

“Making porn informed how I wanted to have sex for the rest of my life. I just want to have sex with my friends who understand craft and narrative and know how to empathize through art.” Tina wa...

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2015 Year in Sex, Part Two! from 2016-01-13T15:32:31

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2015 Year in Sex w The Whorecast! from 2016-01-09T19:21

Happy New Queer! Welcome to a very special crossover episode of Why Are People Into That?! with Siouxsie Q of the Whorecast and Sam Solo of the On Your Face podcast! Tina spent New Year...

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31: Arielle Greenberg: Hedonism from 2015-11-18T18:38:49

This month's episode is, if we may say so, the kind of conversation you'll only find on Why Are People Into That?!. Poet Arielle Greenberg tells Tina Horn all about her fetish ...

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30: Cooper Beckett: Swinging from 2015-10-13T22:39:34

Cooper Beckett has a media empire devoted to swinging – a form of non-monogamy in which couples play with other couples – and has devoted extensive blogging, podcasting, and now a book to the su...

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29: Kevin Allison: Cruising from 2015-09-11T18:34:40

Tina was pretty over the moon to talk to legendary comedian/storyteller/perv Kevin Allison about cruising. What do anonymous semi-public BJs have to do with gay male cultural heritage, and – mor...

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28: Poppy Cox: Bicycles from 2015-08-10T04:58:31

When Tina Horn thinks of bicycles, you know she thinks about sweaty, greasy sex. Luckily, she’s not the only bikesexual around. For this episode, Poppy Cox, the creative director of the Bike Smu...

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27: Tristan Taormino: Butt Plugs from 2015-07-12T17:09:50

Pop quiz: What did Tristan and Tina discover they both love while recording this episode?

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2. Using butt plugs to be lazy tops

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26: Rachel Kramer Bussel: Erotica from 2015-06-01T03:37:14

How is being an editor like being a voyeur? What advantages does erotic fiction have over visual porn? How can erotica be a tool for richer fantasies and hotter sex? Why do we associate written ...

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25: Allison Moon: Pegging from 2015-05-01T23:05:11

Tina Horn and Girl Sex 101 Allison Moon both love to put their strap-ons in the butts of lucky gentlemen. What is it about this specific gender configuration (a cis-woman fucking a cis-...

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24: Morgana Maye: Cross-Dressing from 2015-04-09T23:55:17

You'll recall the meme featuring the great Iggy Pop wearing an evening gown alongside his quote: “I'm not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman' because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman....

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23: T.Pantherella: Size Queens from 2015-03-13T17:14:44

Can a size queen ever be satisfied? Maybe not, but why should she? This episode is a tribute to big cocks, giant hands, oversized vibrators, voluminous screams, zaftig bodies, and insatiable app...

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22: Nikki Silver: Hair from 2015-02-05T04:06:25

Tina wrote an essay for Nikki Silver's upcoming book of photography, Unshavenwhich collects erot...

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21: Reid Mihalko: Sluts from 2015-01-12T18:10:09

S-L-U-T: she may be a slut but she looks good to me! That classic Todd Rundgren song may be stuck in your head after listening to Tina and Reid slosh around in a bathtub in Oakland Cali...

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20: Melissa Gira Grant: Cam Girls from 2014-12-26T22:46:56

Sex drives technology, no doubt about it. In this week’s episode, journalist Melissa Gira Grant gives Tina a history lesson in cam girls: how they’ve gone from surveillance performance art to so...

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19: Mickey Mod: Fear from 2014-12-04T18:22:53

Why do we get off on the things that scare us? That's the question Tina posed to her old friend Mickey Mod, along with very special guest co-host Quinn Cassidy. As a long-time veteran in front o...

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18: Jillian Keenan: Spanking from 2014-11-14T20:10:02

Pain, discipline, rosy-red butts – there's a lot to love about spanking, and a lot of loaded questions to ask about it, too. One of the most prominent mainstream journalists to tackle thos...

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16: Anna Breslaw: Porn from 2014-10-20T18:52:20

What’s your fantasy? Crack your knuckles and do your carpal tunnel exercises: it’s time to talk about porn! Journalist Anna Breslaw just might be changing women’s magazines from the inside, and ...

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15 : kd diamond: Bootblacking from 2014-10-01T21:32:35

International Ms Bootblack 2011 kd diamond is an accomplished artist: and she's also a card-carrying leather fetishist. In this episode, kd opens up her boot care kit and lets us peek inside. We...

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14: Conner Habib: The Occult from 2014-09-12T21:58:50

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13 : Mitra Kaboli: Teasing from 2014-09-02T00:24:27

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12: Nayland: Chastity from 2014-08-16T17:57:19

Dicks! Dicks! Dicks! Episode 12 has more cock talk than any YAPIT episode yet! My guest is Nayland, an interdisciplinary artist who knows a whole lot about the sexual fetish of chastity devices ...

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11-B : Sarah Patterson: Sex Work from 2014-07-31T19:17:01

In Side B of Episode 11, Sarah Patterson and I discussed the myriad motivations of people in the sex trades. Whether you work on the street or in a dungeon, on camera or in a private room, with ...

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11-A : Sarah Patteron: Sex Work from 2014-07-11T22:27:41

Last October, I was sharing a modest office studio space in Bushwick with one of my favorite organizations, the Persist Health Project. One day, the Executive Director of Persist, Sarah Patterso...

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10: Ignacio Rivera: Squirting from 2014-06-25T19:05:06

It's our 10th Episode! There are a hell of a lot of sexual desires that Igancio could explain to us, and we'd eat our hats if they didn't have a story to tell about it that made us weak in the k...

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9: Siouxsie Q: Age Play from 2014-06-13T15:11:52

I am a blithering fangirl for Siouxsie Q's podcast The Whorecast – in many ways, it continues to inspire me to make YAPIT. When Siouxsie and I met at Catalyst Con, we tum...

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8: James Darling: High Heels from 2014-06-04T16:59:34

OMG SHOES!!

When James Darling stopped by my New York City apartment, he immediately spotted one of my prized possessions: a pair of black leather Jimmy Choo 4 inch stiletto high heels. Bo...

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7: Kelly Shibari: Plus Size from 2014-05-13T19:05:24

Opinionated “intelligent hedonist”. Savvy business-woman. Frat boy trapped in a the body of a gorgeous lady. Kelly Shibari can come sit on my couch and tweet all about it any day. Sometimes it s...

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6: Carol Queen: Exhibitionism from 2014-04-30T23:14:27

In our continued commitment to post-modernity, Episode 6, “Why Are People Into Exhibitionism?!” with very special guest Carol Queen was recorded live in front of an audience at Catalyst Con East...

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5: Zil Goldstein: Naughty Nurses from 2014-04-22T17:27:46

Helloooooooooooo Nurse!

For Episode 5, Tina spoke to her friend Zil Goldstein, a badass medical professional and health advocate, about the phenomenon of Naughty Nurses. Why are nurses suc...

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4: Aislinn Emirzian: Prostate Pleasure from 2014-03-31T17:24:50

In Episode Four, we're joined by Tina's old friend from San Francisco, Aislinn Emirzian. Badass sex educator Aislinn is the co-author (with the equa...

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3: Laura Antoniou: Service from 2014-03-13T22:10:54

In Episode Three, Tina Horn talks with prolific kinky author Laura Antoniou about erotic service and sex slaves. Why would someone want to be sexually enslaved to another? Why would someone want...

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2:B: Mollena Williams: Role Play from 2014-02-28T23:15:05

Tina has been dreaming of chatting with legendary pervert Mollena Williams about role play for a long time, and she finally got her wish! In Part Two of this episode, Tina and Mollena get to the...

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2:A : Mollena Williams: Role Play from 2014-02-17T23:50:34

Tina has been dreaming of chatting with legendary pervert Mollena Williams about Role Play for a long time, and she finally got her wish! In this episode (Part One of Two!), Tina and Mollena dig...

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1: Sinclair Sexsmith: Power from 2014-02-17T22:38:44

In the first episode, old friends Tina & Sinclair Sexsmith snuggle up in bed...

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