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F*ck Yeah
by Sarah Tomchesson and Robin Jennings
F*ck Yeah is hosted by seasoned sex educators, fed up feminists, and queer moms, Sarah Tomchesson and Robin Jennings. We are on a mission to disrupt traditional ideas about sexuality, patriarchal gender roles, intimate relationships, parenthood, and queer identity. Each week we explore topics with irreverence, nuance, compassion and curiosity. With the help of experts (and all-around interesting people), we unpack how to parent in a sex-positive way, what somatic self-care looks like, the ABCs of Kink, and how erotic embodiment is essentially queer. Join us every Thursday in our search for radical (self) acceptance as we explore taboos and the beautifully messy parts of this human experience.
Episodes
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F*ck Yeah to Lived Experience with Elliot Musgrave
Former Mr. LA Leather, current co-host of Cruise LA and recent post-graduate MFT in training, Elliot Musgrave, joins us to get into the weeds with us on thriving strategies for 2025, working as a mental health clinician supporting trans and queer clients, their own gender expansion journey, the...
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F*ck Yeah to Transgressive Auto-Fiction with Christopher Zeischegg
Author Chris Zeischegg joins us to talk about his newest book, Creation: On Art and Becoming. Chris' work is semi-autobiographical and heavily influenced by his years working in the sex industry. Longtime collaborator, Luka Fisher, serves as a muse and a thread that weaves Chris' newest…
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F*ck Yeah to De-Centering Men
Happy Holidays! To celebrate, Sarah and Robin sit down for a feminist check in. We dive into the feminist (and not-so-feminist) highlights of the season from Kylie Kelce's new number 1 podcast, to the ways the 4B movement has lit up the internet. Join us for this jovial feminist rant. To support...
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F*ck Yeah to Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice with Chanelle Gallant
December 17th is recognized as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers and this week author and advocate, Chanelle Gallant, joins us to break down how violence is amplified through criminalization and how migrant sex workers are most at risk. We cover the moral panic surrounding...
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F*ck Yeah to Gifting Sex Toys
Join in our love for sex toys as we offer fun advice on what naughty gifts are best for your loved ones this holiday season. From which toys are best for newbies, when it's appropriate to gift a toy to a friend and even what your kinky bestie needs in their kit, we are covering the gamut of...
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F*ck Yeah to Multi-Dimensional Practices
Edgar Fabián Frías' multi-dimensional work bridges art, magic and storytelling. Edgar shares how both animism and other worldly portals influence their creative practices. The episode explores the effects of AI on artists and Edgar introduces Sarah and Robin to the idea that the digital spaces…
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Re-Release: F*ck Yeah to Queer Cuisine with Chef Kat Mciver
What better week to talk about food and the significance of shared communal meals to queer community than the last week of November. We're taking a pause this week and sharing this food episode from earlier this year! No, "Queer Cuisine" is not a euphemism. Chef Kat Mciver joins us and we...
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F*ck Yeah to Resistance
It's been a wild and heartbreaking couple of weeks for those of us in the fight for queer and trans rights, choice over our reproductive decisions, regulation of corporate greed, dismantling white supremacism, and peace across the world. Sarah and Robin process their grief and rage over the...
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F*ck Yeah to Queer Smut
Art is a form of resistance. Creative expression is a political act in a system built on your unwavering productivity. This week we invite Antone Martinez of Failed Films Fest to the pod to talk about how he interweaves the erotic and the biographical in his films and how Failed Film Festival,...
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F*ck Yeah to Communal Living with Lizanne Deliz
On this election day, we bring you a vision of a world where live together in supportive communities, with communal kitchens and shared outdoor spaces. A world where systems are set up to support us living comfortably within our means and surrounded by our chosen family. We also serve up a good...
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F*ck Yeah to Getting Resourced (and F*ck No to Fascism!)
Election season vibes are full on. Today's episode we have compiled resources for our listeners to support peace of mind and body as we all navigate the coming weeks. Sarah offers a visualization for locating safety in the body and sinking into a feeling of safety. Dr. Lucie Fielding shares tools...
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F*ck Yeah to Sex Worker Activism, Queer Liberation and Circa Queer Histories Festival
This week we bring you our live panel featuring Vanessa Carlisle, PhD and Sydney Rogers, aka Miss Barbie Q, exploring the intersections of sex work, activism and queer liberation from Circa Queer Histories Festival. Our discussion explores the longstanding alliance between sex worker activists…
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F*ck Yeah Shorts: Horror with Tina Horn
We're sharing our favorite horror film genres, films and moments with the illustrious Tina Horn (Why are People Into That) in honor of all that is spooky and fabulous about October! Why do we watch horror? (Unsurprisingly, Elvira has the answer for us). Which horror films left the biggest...
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Re-Release: F*ck Yeah to Sex Magix with Witch Wilde
Tis the season to get witchy with a throwback to season 1 when we had our minds blown by Witch Wilde who introduces us to Sex Magix theories. They shares how to direct sexual energy towards manifesting your desires, increasing your vitality and connecting with the cosmos. They also guide us in an...
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F*ck Yeah to Eclipse Season
Spooky season is here and we are here for it! We are also in the middle of a series of eclipses that may stir up all the shadows and the "work" you are here to do. Sarah and Robin get it into the culture that's helping them embrace the season of the shadow - Circa Festival, Alanis Morissette, The...
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F*ck Yeah to Queer Style with Sparrow Fox
Queer hair stylist and fierce femme Sparrow Fox joins us to talk queer hair, aging with grace, and the magic of being seen in the salon (and the streets). We get into the pressures of our culture to look beautiful on the outside while suppressing inner turmoil, how fashion can affirm your…
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F*ck Yeah Shorts: Reclaiming Celibacy & Abstinence
This week we're reclaiming celibacy, abstinence, and virginity with Daviel Shy! What if we approach abstinence as a container for introspection, longing and personal growth? When Daviel joined us on the pod two weeks ago we inquired about her Virgo season musings - the virgin experiment - which…
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F*ck Yeah to Cultural Investigations of Kink with Tina Horn
Punk rock educatrix, Tina Horn joins us to talk all things kink - cash fetishes, financial domination, spanking, bimbofication, cannibalism, feet, domming, oh my! Tina applies her signature curiosity, flirtatious wit, hyper intelligence and dirty mind, which you may be familiar with from her hit...
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F*ck Yeah to Erotic Cinema with Daviel Shy
Filmmaker Daviel Shy joins us to share about her upcoming project, The Lovers, which serves eroticism and queerness in equal parts. Daviel's creative mindset is akin to an arousal state. In creative flow, she takes in her experiences with heightened awareness and incorporates them into her work....
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F*ck Yeah Shorts: Human Giver Syndrome
As promised, we are following up this week's episode with a segment dedicated to the human giver syndrome as defined in Emily and Amelia Nagoski's book Burnout: Unlocking the Secret to the Stress Cycle. Human giver syndrome offers insight into the unique stressors that come with caregiving or…
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F*ck Yeah to Subverting Feminine Tropes
Sarah and Robin explore the feminine tropes that shape cultures expectations of women - the damsel in distress, the vamp, the mother/good wife and more recently the trope that they are both loving - the childless cat lady. Robin shares the history of the vamp, which was initiated by silent film...
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F*ck Yeah Shorts: Sexy Containers
This week we're mashing up past segments about a common thread that comes up in our conversations - containers! What is the benefit of creating a safe container for sex, kink or intimacy? We answer this question in compiled segments from Season 2 Episode 14 F*ck Yeah to Shameless Sex with Amy...
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F*ck Yeah to Kink with Friends
Sarah and Robin catch about seeing RuPaul's Drag Race All Star's live show for Robin's birthday - the amazing performances, the hostess with the most Shanell, the unbelievable costumes, the political nature of the show, and the cringe commercials woven into the spectacle. Sarah gets curious about...
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F*ck Yeah to Empowered Choice
Robin and Sarah's hot mom summer antics continue this week as they steer away from politics to the personal. Robin shares about her kinky escapades with friends and how nourishing the kink container has been as her life is going through massive changes. Sarah has been immersed in an embodied...
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F*ck Yeah to Hot Mom Summer
We have returned from hiatus to bring you season 4. We kick off with a catch up about the state of the world - Olympics, politics and summer vibes are dominating our world right now. Get our hot takes on women's sports, Kamala's rise to brat status and which white man we took bets on becoming her...
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F*ck Yeah to Art for Social Change with Cassils
We close out Season 3 with longtime friend of the pod and iconic artist, Cassils. We talk about the trajectory of Cassils's art career starting with early childhood paintings on genitals, to putting their body through peril as a means of waking up viewers to the struggles of the queer and trans...
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F*ck Yeah to Fantasies
Sarah and Robin are exploring fantasies in this penultimate episode of season 3. They break down what constitutes a fantasy with help from the classic guide The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin, deconstruct some of their own fantasies, answer the question "does Sarah even fantasize?" and talk through…
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F*ck Yeah to Raising Kids Beyond the Binary with Jamie Bruesehoff
Today we're talking about building a network of loving support around non-binary and transgender youth with LGBTQ advocate and mother, Jamie Bruesehoff, author of Raising Kids Beyond the Binary: Celebrating God’s Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children. Jamie shares her experience of raising her...
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F*ck Yeah to Being Unapologetically Iconic with Jet Setting Jasmine
Jet Setting Jasmine is an icon and owns it. As a multihyphenate adult performer, director, mental health professional, and parent Jasmine brings her full personhood to each of her roles and identities. We talk about what it takes to openly and unapologetically embrace your unique greatness, how…
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Re-Release: F*ck Yeah to Queer Femmes with Sarah Tomchesson
We're celebrating Pisces Season with our favorite, resident Pisces - Sarah! Enjoy this throwback to Season 1, Episode 2 when we were just baby podcasters. In this episode, we say “fuck, yeah!” to queer femmes! We learn how Sarah came into her queer identity and how intimately connected her...
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F*ck Yeah to Embodied Self-Care with Anne Hodder-Shipp
Anne Hodder-Shipp of sex ed internet fame joins us again to demystify the misunderstood "P" word - pleasure. Anne and Sarah co-facilitate a course, Pleasure Attitudes, that focuses on re-establishing a joyful connection to pleasure in all of its forms. Robin interviews them and the three break…
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F*ck Yeah to the Walk of Shame(less) with Rena Martine
We are joined today by author and women's intimacy coach, Rena Martine, talking about the ways shame holds us back from the sex, relationships, and lives we want to live and what to do about it. As a former sex crimes Deputy District Attorney, Rena comes at her work as an intimacy coach from a...
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F*ck Yeah to Letting the Love In with Handy Ma'am Andrea Campos
In honor of Valentine's Day and our love of love, Sarah's beloved Andrea joins us on the pod! Andrea shares how she approaches a gendered profession (handy work and carpentry) by offering her clients comfort, safety, and the joy of being heard. We break down how Andrea came into her signature...
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F*ck Yeah to Gender Euphoria with Beck Gee
Beck Gee joins FYP to talk about trans joy and struggle. Beck breaks down the ways the DSM-5’s (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) framework and “gender dysphoria” diagnosis creates a restrictive container for gender expansive folks, which compounds the lived experience of...
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F*ck Yeah to Sex Toys
This week Robin reports back from the Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo (ANME). Join us to learn all about the latest and greatest sex toys to hit the market recently, the classics that we can't live without, and the wonderfully unique people behind the toys that make the sex toy industry such a...
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F*ck Yeah to Queer Cuisine with Chef Kat Mciver
This week we're talking about food! No, "Queer Cuisine" is not a euphemism. Chef Kat Mciver of seasonal farm-to-table cafe Wide Eyes Open Palms in Long Beach joins us and we get to ask an expert about our personal (and very different) struggles with food. Kat shares about how the punk scene...
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F*ck Yeah to 50 Episodes
F*ck Yeah is 50 (episodes)! To celebrate we reflect on some of our favorite and most influential moments on the pod. What do we feel about our discussions from Season 1? What were the key lessons from Season 2? What are the most fun moments we've had on the pod? If you're a new listener, this is…
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F*ck Yeah to Queer Parties with Vanessa Craig
Party promoter extraordinaire, Celesbian, and friend of the pod, Vanessa Craig, joins us to talk queer parties. What makes for a memorable party? How does queer night life make us feel seen and give us a sense of belonging? Why are parties especially needed with all that’s going on in the world?...
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F*ck Yeah to Reclaiming Your Roots with She/Her/Sir
The creator of F*ck Yeah's theme song, She/Her/Sir, joins the pod to break down her songwriting process and journey back to her southern, Cajun roots. Recently She/Her/Sir released a new music video, Howling, which is influenced in equal parts by her queer and Louisiana heritage - parts of…
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F*ck Yeah to Erotic Stewardship with Ro Rose
Ro Rose, aka Queerly Fluid, shares their touch work and sacred intimacy practices on today's Solstice episode. Ro is a queer and erotic steward who works with clients to unlock their erotic selves and access to pleasure through somatic gendering work, scar care, pleasure mapping and more. We…
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F*ck Yeah to Sex Ed with Christine Soyong Harley
Powerhouse Christine Soyong Harley, President of SIECUS - Sex Ed for Social Change, joins us this week to talk all things sex ed. Sex ed sits at the nexus of multiple social justice issues including public health equity, gender disparities, sexual diversity, racial justice, abortion access and...
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F*ck Yeah to Gender Doulas with Eli Lawliet, Ph.D.
This week we're in conversation with Eli Lawliet, Ph.D., a practicing gender doula, who is also helping to develop the field of doulas with a specialization in supporting clients who are transitioning or exploring their gender. Eli is also a witch with a toolkit of spiritual service and tools...
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F*ck Yeah to Queer and Trans Wealth with Leo Aquino
Leo Aquino, of Queer and Trans Wealth, joins us to rethink personal finances, debt and wealth creation through an anti-capitalist lens. Leo, who got their start as a sex and pleasure writer, began writing about the trauma of credit card and student loan debt. Since Leo has become a financial…
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F*ck Yeah to Our Flag Means Death
Sarah and Robin revel in their shared love for the queer phenomenon, Our Flag Means Death. Proceed with caution if you do not want spoilers! We spill all of the beans. To kick the episode off Robin shares the punk history of pirates which includes disrupting the trans Atlantic slave trade…
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F*ck Yeah to Sadomasochism with Sheree Rose
The legendary Sheree Rose, also know to listeners as Robin's kink root, joins us for an enlightening conversation about her Kink legacy. We discuss her Sadomasochistic musings that intertwine art, power dynamics, and pain. From her monogamous marriage, to her partnership with Bob Flanagan…
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F*ck Yeah to Pleasure Astrology with Santos
We are so excited to be back (and curious as ever) with Season 3! We're kicking off this new season with a deep dive into our Astrological birth charts. Sarah and Robin have different relationships to astrology - Sarah is a true believer and Robin is a skeptic. Santos, the integrative healer…
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Re-Release: F*ck Yeah to Healthy Pelvic Floors with Sex Nerd Sandra
This is our last week on break and we're bringing you the very moving and informative re-release of our interview with Sex Nerd Sandra. Like do many, we are deeply troubled by the horrific conflict in Gaza. This episode starts with an acknowledgment of what is happening in Gaza. If you're unsure…
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Re-Release: F*ck Yeah to Throuples with Mike Squillacioti
Enjoy this oldie but goodie from Season 1. We'll be back with fresh episodes in just a few weeks!An old friend, Mike Squillacioti, joins us to share the juicy details of how his marriage evolved into a throuple. We learn about his go-go dancing days at the iconic West Hollywood club, Mickeys, his...
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Bonus: F*ck Yeah x Shameless Sex
Enjoy this fun cross over bonus episode with our friends Amy Baldwin and April Lampert of Shameless Sex. We shamelessly discuss everything from what we've learned from past relationships, moving on after breakups and divorce (and cheating/affairs), our latest and hottest sexual revelations,...
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Re-Release: F*ck Yeah to Embracing Our Shadow Side with Midori
Re-Release from November 10, 2022. Season 1 Episode 7: This week Midori, the Fairy God-Auntie of Kink, joins Sarah and Robin for a conversation that challenges conventions. Midori shares about reconciling the shadow side of our desires, the impact of misogyny on shaping sexuality, power and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
F*ck Yeah is hosted by seasoned sex educators, fed up feminists, and queer moms, Sarah Tomchesson and Robin Jennings. We are on a mission to disrupt traditional ideas about sexuality, patriarchal gender roles, intimate relationships, parenthood, and queer identity. Each week we explore topics with irreverence, nuance, compassion and curiosity. With the help of experts (and all-around interesting people), we unpack how to parent in a sex-positive way, what somatic self-care looks like, the ABCs of Kink, and how erotic embodiment is essentially queer. Join us every Thursday in our search for radical (self) acceptance as we explore taboos and the beautifully messy parts of this human experience.
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