Rachel Feltman: Sex historian, award-winning science journalist, podcaster extraordinaire

Rachel Feltman is a blogging pioneer, having founded the Washington Post's "Speaking of Science" blog, home to such headlines as Uranus Might Be Full of Surprises. She was also the Executive Editor at Popular Science, a run that spanned multiple National Magazine Awards and the tumultuous COVID-19 outbreak. Rachel also authored the book Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex, and hosts and produces the popular podcast The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, which was recently nominated for its first Webby Award. Vote for it here! Rachel joined LOG OFF to discuss her Internet journey, including how she became such a prolific typer, and play along with our usual stupid Internet questions. Buy Rachel's book Subscribe to Weirdest Thing Follow Rachel on Instagram Follow Rachel on Twitter/X LOG OFF⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ explores the convergence of real lives and the Internet - and how to navigate the complicated web we've tangled ourselves in. Everyone has an Internet story to tell, and host Ryan Perry wants to hear all of them. New episodes premiere every Friday. For more LOG OFF, follow on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. LOG OFF is recorded, edited, produced, and promoted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pennant Digital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The LOG OFF theme was recorded and produced by friend of the pod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Teen Daze.