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Radio Curious » Sex
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Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org
Episodes
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Mary Roach— “Human Sexuality: A Conversation”
Click here to begin listening. Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among humans. In this discussion with science journalist, Mary Roach, author of, “Bonk, The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex,” we have a direct and frank...
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Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman – “Brothels of Calcutta, India”
Click here to begin listening. Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Born Into Brothels “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, “Born into Brothels” is a portrait of several...
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Holly Hollenbeck- “Sex Lives of Wives”
Click here to begin listening. Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting...
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Abha Dawesar– “Babyji, A Story of Physics, Sex and Caste Politics in India”
Click here to begin listening. Anamika Sharma, the lead character in the novel Babyji, by Abha Dewasar grows up in Delhi, India, studying quantum physics at school and sex out of school. The story follows the life of a girl who sets her own rules in a culture that historically demands the…
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Dr. Abraham Morgantaler – “Viagra: Is it for You?”
Click here to begin listening. The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships Viagra, a drug with infinite name recognition and touted benefits, is, as we know, pervasively advertised on television and the Internet. But what is the truth and what is the fiction about this drug....
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Eve Ensler– “Meet the Author of the Vagina Monologues”
Click here to begin listening. The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, we spoke with Eve Ensler about the origin of the the Vagina...
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Robert Benton- “The Human Stain”
Click here to begin listening. Director of, The Human Stain Robert Benton is the director of “The Human Stain,” which is based on the third novel of Philip Roth’s trilogy describing the turmoil of post-WWII America. It exposes the life of Coleman Silk, a Professor of Classics at a small New…
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Steve Jones- “Tracing The Y Chromosome”
This program was originally broadcasted on August 12, 2003. Click here to begin listening. Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness, discusses biological aspects of maleness...
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Janna Malamud Smith – “Why Mothers Worry About Their Children”
Click here to begin listening. A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job? Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child? Is this different from the fear that fathers have about the...
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Dr. Harvey Simon– “Healthy Men”
Click here to begin listening. The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health Dr. Harvey B. Simon is the author of “The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health” and the founding editor of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch newsletter. His book discusses a multitude of health issues that are...
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Joelle Fraser – Growing up Hippy
Click here to begin listening. The Territory of Men “The Territory of Men” is an intimate self-expose written by Joelle Fraser, a former Mendocino Community College English teacher. Written as a series of short episodes and adventures, Joelle shares the life of a woman who was raised in the…
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Gurian, Michael: Let Boys Be Boys Part Two
Click here to begin listening The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, often without recognizing the special and different needs of boys....
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Gurian, Michael: Let Boys Be Boys
Click here to begin listening The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, often without recognizing the special and different needs of boys....
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Grealy, Lucy: What is Ugly
Click here to begin listening The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Rather it brought about many intense and emotional...
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Livingston, Gordon M.D.: How To Love?
Click here to begin listening Everybody thinks about love and many people say “I love you”, but how is love defined? The book “How To Love” written by psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Livingston grapples with these and many other questions about love, and how to find a compatible and pleasurable...
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Hollenbeck, Holly: Sex Lives of Wives
Click here to begin listening How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and…
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Caleen Sisk-Franco & Christina Aanestad: Puberty Rights of the Winnemem Wintu
Click here to begin listening In this edition of Radio Curious, our assistant producer Christina Aanestad is the guest host in a conversation about puberty rights for young women within the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Northern California. This visit with Caleen Sisk-Franco, the Spiritual Leader and...
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Basta, Michael: Relationship Warning Signs
Click here to begin listening Why some couples get along and others don’t, sometimes to the extent of terminating their relationship, is a curious question, the answer to which is likely to bring both pleasure and unhappiness to each of us. Michael Basta has been a licensed clinical social worker...
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Sorel, Edward: An Actress, Her Lovers, and a Daft Caricaturist
Click here to begin listening Edward Sorel, a satirical caricaturist, and cartoonist, whose first book is Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936, is our guest in this edition Radio Curious. Claiming to be daft about Mary Astor for about a half a century, Sorel describes...
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Clancy, Dr. Susan: Sexual Abuse of Children and the Catholic Church
Click here to begin listening This conversation discusses the myth of when and how trauma from child sexual abuse occurs. Our guest, Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D., and author of “The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath” discusses how childhood sexual abuse abuse...
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Ley, David: The Myth of Sex Addiction Part Two
Click here to begin listening Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition […]
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Ley, David: The Myth of Sex Addiction Part One
Click here to begin listening Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition […]
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Ebershoff, David — How Many Wives are Enough?
Polygamy used to be a central aspect in Mormon beliefs. However, it has not been for over 100 years now, due partly to considerable effort by Ann Eliza Young, one of Brigham Young’s many wives. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David Ebershoff, author of “The 19th Wife,” the story of...
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Reese, Father Tom — Pope Francis & the Catholic Church: A Discussion with a Priest, Part Two
Marriage, divorce and the role of women in the Catholic church are some of the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, the second of two visits with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus. In the first visit, we discussed his view of Pope Francis, the role of prayer, and the...
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Samson, Don — The Creative Imagination of Playwright Don Samson
The creative imagination of playwright Don Samson is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. In May 2015, I had the good fortune of seeing a ten minute play entitled “Blind Date,” written by my long time friend, who lives in nearby Willits, California. For many years prior to becoming a...
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Nawa, Fariba — Child Brides & Drug Lords
Imagine Darya, a twelve year old girl in a remote village of Afghanistan. Her father forces her to marry a drug lord as part payment for an opium drug trade. Her father is not home and she is about to be taken from her family. Desperately, her hands trembling, she implores you, a complete…
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Hollenbeck, Holly — Sex Lives of Wives
How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.”...
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Hong Fincher, Leta Ph.D. — Gender Inequality in China: Part One Leftover Women
The erosion of gender equality in China is the topic of this two part series with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.” This book is based in part on her research for the Ph.D. in sociology she received in 2014 from Tsinghua University in...
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Erlick, Eli & Longchamp, Dr. Carla — Transgender Youth: One Family’s Experience Part One
This edition of Radio Curious is the first of two conversations with Eli Erlick, a woman, who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp. Eli Erlick is the Founder and Executive Director of Trans Student Equality Resource, based in San Francisco, California and a student at Pitzer…
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Freed, Lynn — Reflections on a Life
The personal journal is often not meant for the eyes of anyone but the writer. When a stranger’s journal is read, the reader often becomes a voyeur to the innermost secrets of another. And whether it is a true journal or one of fiction, who cares? Often, it remains a good story. Lynn Freed,...
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Freedman, Estelle B. — The History of Feminism
The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past. Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. Our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious is Estelle B. Freedman, a professor of…
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Berkowitz, Eric — Sex and Punishment Part Two
We continue our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, author, journalist and lawyer. His book, “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is...
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Berkowitz, Eric — Sex and Punishment Part One
“Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is substantially different in us than in other mammals. In our million years of evolution, physically and…
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Ebershoff, David — How Many Wives are Enough?
Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation with David Ebershoff, author of “The 19th Wife,” a book about the life of Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, a critic of polygamy, and early leader in the struggle for women’s rights. Click here to visit and listen to our archived...
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Ley, Dr. David — The Myth of Sex Addiction Part Two
Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit […]
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Ley, Dr. David — The Myth of Sex Addiction Part One
Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit […]
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Dole, Professor Robert — Homosexuality and Schizophrenia
One man’s personal experience in recognizing his homosexuality, is the subject of this program. Until the mid 1970s homosexuality was considered by many people to be a mental disorder and/or a crime, as it still is in some personal and political belief systems. Homosexual people sometimes…
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Brizendine, Dr. Louann — The Male Brain, the Female Brain-There is a Difference
Have you ever been curious about the difference between the male brain and the female brain? Well I have, for a long time. This week Radio Curious speaks with neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Louann Brizendine, founder of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California at San Francisco....
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Fox, Matthew — Creating a New Spirituality
In 1988, rather than comply with an ecclesiastical summons issued by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, to move to Chicago and give up his work on Creation Spirituality in Oakland California, Matthew Fox, a Dominican Priest, left the Dominican Order, remained in Oakland, and...
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Dakin-Sadgopal, Dr. Mira — Midwifery in Rural India-Part 2
Join us for part two of an interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable to...
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Dakin Sadgopal, Dr. Mira — Midwifery in Rural India-Part 1
Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal is an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable to breathe. In a two part series we discuss...
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Clancy, Susan A., Ph.D. — Sexual Abuse of Children (and the Catholic Church)
If you have been sexually abused as a child, or know someone who was, listen to this edition of Radio Curious with host Barry Vogel and Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D, author of “The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath.” This conversation discuss’s the myth of…
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Dow, Katie — How Do We Feel About Surrogacy?
For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if the complication was on the females parts. And, these matters still are not much discussed even among the couples themselves. However in the past…
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Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman – Brothels of Calcutta, India
Born Into Brothels “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, “Born into Brothels” is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta,...
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Eve Ensler – Meet the Author of the Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, we spoke with Eve Ensler about the origin of the the Vagina Monologues and the film, “Until the...
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Janna Malamud Smith – Why Mothers Worry About Their Children
A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job? Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child? Is this different from the fear that fathers have about the safety of their children? “A…
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Lerner, Dr. Gerda – The Foremother of Women’s History
Fireweed: A Political Autobiography The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received academic attention. Our guest, Professor Gerda Lerner is a pioneer of the study of women’s history and a founder of the...
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Shari Holman – Not Even the Clothes on Her Back
The Dress Lodger In England, in the 1830s, at the time of a major cholera epidemic, a young girl, the orphaned daughter of a prostitute, finds that working in a pottery factory does not earn her enough money for herself and her child. She must work at night like her mother, as a prostitute.…
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Amy Bloom – Love as Creator
Love Invents Us Amy Bloom is a Connecticut-based author and psychotherapist and the author of a novel entitled “Love Invents Us.” This book, the enactment of psychological theory about human behavior, also traces the intimate details in the life of Elizabeth Howe from her childhood to middle age.…
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Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org
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