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Secular Sexuality
by Atheist Community of Austin
Secular Sexuality is a weekly call-in show live from Austin, Texas every Thursday at 7pm CT. Call us at 1-512-686-0279. We talk about sex from a secular perspective. Sex and sexuality are natural to all living creatures but religion takes this and twists it into something awful and to be ashamed of. Acceptance, education, and fun is what we strive for. We lay the intersection of sex and religion (and occasionally ourselves) bare, openly and honestly. We discuss a wide range of topics each week, removing the shame and reclaiming what has been natural to us all along. Secular Sexuality is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin. Watch us on youtube.com/secularsexuality
Episodes
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Secular Sexuality 10.08 02-23-2023 with Christy Powell and the rest of the hosts of SecX
All good things must come to a pause and so as we make space for our staff to refresh their minds and heal their chafing we say a short bon voyage to one another. In this SecX Sign-Off Spectacular featuring hosts old and new our time together comes to a definitive middle while we look back on our...
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Secular Sexuality 10.07 02-16-2023 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin, and David Teachout
Mindfulness is one of those wibbly wobbly timey wimey words that seems to mean everything and nothing all at once which… honestly is a little on brand for the American idea of Buddhist psychology. But like, what actually is any of this? And what, if anything at all, can 2,500 years of what we can...
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Secular Sexuality 10.05 02-02-2023 with Kara Griffin, ExXtian Erin, and Phoebe Rose
Kinda telling that we only have one or two nicknames for noses, objectively the most hilarious looking of all body parts, and about 10,000 for vulvas. Besides the obvious purity culture madness, why are we so uncomfortable talking about our vajayjay-kitty-vagines? Bring your body positivity all…
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Secular Sexuality 10.04 1-26-2023 with Christy Powell, Miss O Kissed and Daddie Danger
The gender revolution is here, and since we can’t go over and can’t go under it, we’re going on a bear hunt. There are nearly eight billion people on this planet and whether that means there are eight billion different genders or not SecX is proud to introduce to you Ms. World Bear 2022. Daddie...
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Secular Sexuality 10.03 1-19-2023 with Christy Powell, Phoebe Rose, and Lily Bacon
American equality has always been a little more equal for some and nowhere is that more clear than the recent Respect for Marriage Act which failed to fully codify rights granted by the courts in Obergefell v Hodges and Loving v Virginia. Even as those important precedents stand, marriage…
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Secular Sexuality 10.02 01-12-2023 with Christy Powell, Phoebe Rose, Miss O Kissed, and Ashley Hogan
Reality Dating may not be the most accurate mirror to hold up to society but it does shine a light on where we’re at as a culture- a biphobic, mate guarding, co-dependent culture. Is there more to trashy tv than meets the eye or is the toxicity catching? Kara Griffin corrals a conversation with…
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Secular Sexuality 10.01 01-05-2023 with Christy Powell, ExXtian Erin, and Kara Griffin
Show notes will be posted upon receipt.
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The Secular Sexuality 2022 Midshow Megaclip Episode
The Midshow Promo clips. You like them! You love them! You want more of them! Well, consider your prayers answered, because we present some of the best moments from our past season. The video elves have been working overtime to bring you this collection of some of the funniest, most intense, and...
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Secular Sexuality 09.51 12_22_2022 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin, Phoebe Rose and Miss O Kissed
Welcome back all you sexy mother addition know, shut my mouth. We're taking some time out of the holidays to reflect on the year that has been 2022. We look at the good, the bad and the ugly, and even look forward a bit to 2023. Christy Powell is joined by the always thoughtful Kara Griffin, the...
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Secular Sexuality 09.50 12-15-2022 with Christy Powell and Jamie Boone
SecX has been graced with some true experts, M.D.s, J.D.s and more LPCS and Ph.D.s then you can shake a stick at, and has had the opportunity to pose some of the weirdest questions to some of the most incredible minds around. And diversity being the spice of life, this week we invited back Jamie...
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Secular Sexuality 09.49 12-08-2022 with Christy Powell and Forrest Valkai
It’s generally true that yeah, size doesn’t matter, at least not for that thing that matters most. And, quite frankly, it’s never a good look to get into some sort of measuring contest in a misguided effort to prove your masculinity. But standing next to the rest of the animal kingdom, what can…
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Secular Sexuality 09.48 12-01-2022 with Christy Powell and Shannon Q
Middle ground is in short supply these days- bipartisan legislation, mid budget movies and peaceful protests all seem to have gone the way of the easy listening radio station. As ‘nones’ take the majority and organized religion finds itself in retreat, how much space is there for tolerance? How...
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Secular Sexuality 09.46 11-17-2022 with Christy Powell and JP Cardenas
Should you ever have the chance to join us here at the Atheist Community of Austin’s Free Thought Library in Central Texas you’ll likely hear one of our favorite bits of local slang- ya’ll know the one I mean. And, as we like to say, ya’ll means all ya’ll. Joining Christy this week live IN STUDIO...
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Secular Sexuality 09.45 11-10-2022 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin, and Emma Thorne
The internet can be dark, and full of terrors, but many of us rely on it to learn not just about the world but each other and ourselves. It’s no surprise then that the same tools that have endangered our health and threatened our elections in recent years are being used to divide us, not just…
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Secular Sexuality 09.44 11-03-2022 with Christy Powell and Ashley Hogan
You remember recess at school- dressing up like a firefighter or cops and robbers, playing house, pulling hair… maybe not all that different from playtime for adults. Turns out, play and imagination weren’t exactly things we meant to outgrow and 10,000 ads about how to ‘spice up our relationship’...
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Secular Sexuality 09.43 10-27-2022 with Christy Powell and Chloe Manson
It’s been two and a half years, most of the life of the show in fact, since we’ve been able to lay bare the intersection of sex and religion (and ourselves) here in person at the Freethought Library in Austin! Join Christy and special guest dominatrix Chloe Manson live in the studio as we dive...
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Secular Sexuality 09.42 10-20-2022 with Laura Magee, Sinn Sage, and Courtney Trouble
Join Laura Magee, Sinn Sage and Courtney Trouble for a frank and fun conversation about sex and body positivity in the porn industry! In this episode of Secular Sexuality, we're diving deep into the terminology that shapes our understanding of bodies. Together, they tackle the widely used term…
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Secular Sexuality 09.41 10-13-2022 with Christy Powell and ExXtian Erin
How exactly does one “love the sinner” and “hate the sin” when the sin in question is fundamental to who we are as people? We’ve come to see religion as one of the most powerfully dividing forces of the modern world so it begs the question- does it matter if our families see themselves as loving...
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Secular Sexuality 09.39 09-29-2022 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin, and Ricky Adames
Westworld, Spencer Gifts and possibly even the secret ‘robot brothel’ down the street all evidence the same thing- humans are lowkey obsessed with putting their dicks into things. Plastic, silicone and rubber may be some of our favorites for obvious reasons, but why does it need a face? While...
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Secular Sexuality 09.38 09-22-2022 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin, and Sinn Sage
There’s a lot of literature in the world about how to come out to your parents, but what about your barista? Is it important that your bus driver truly understand your gender identity or that the coat check recognize that you’re not husband and wife but owner and pet? How do we know how, when or...
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Secular Sexuality 09.37 09-15-2022 with Christy Powell, Alice Greczyn, and Seth Andrews
Whether you’re a thinking atheist or a wayward christian daring to doubt you’ve unquestionably been impacted by purity culture. Even if you managed to never wear a promise ring or join the moral majority your rights and relationships have no doubt been damaged by the rule of the religious right....
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Secular Sexuality 09.36 09-08-2022 with Christy Powell, Nate Smith, and Jason Friedman
Do you remember that summer, at least a couple of years, maybe even decades ago, when your body was full of hormones and you couldn’t help but want to fall in love with, kiss or even just rub up against every beautiful person and/or inanimate object you came upon? Just me? How about more…
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Secular Sexuality 09.35 09-01-2022 with Christy Powell, Nate Smith, and Student Doctor Ben
If you’re anything like us you’ve probably been avoiding learning about monkeypox as best you can, I mean who needs another potential pandemic? In this economy? But, as we’ve all learned the hard way these past few years, global health crises aren’t the type of thing you should let fester.…
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Secular Sexuality 09.34 08-25-2022 with Christy Powell and Sinn Sage
After so much discussion on bodily autonomy, personal liberty and social responsibility drowning out our political discourse we thought it might be time to ask a simple question- what do we owe one another? And more close to home, what do we owe to the people we love, or them to us? Take a…
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Secular Sexuality 09.33 08-18-2022 with Christy Powell and Eve Was Framed
Sex education seems like one of those fields where it’s all fun and games until you have to explain to someone why their favorite TV show is actually sexist AF. And yes, we like to have a good time, I swear we don’t do this on purpose, but unfortunately, a lot of things in life really are…
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Secular Sexuality 09.32 08-11-2022 with Kara Griffin, Nate Smith, and Janice Selbie
Show notes will be posted upon receipt.
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Secular Sexuality 09.31 08-04-2022 with Christy Powell and Forrest Valkai
For more than 500,000 years homosapiens lived, loved and f**ked their way across Africa among pansexual chimps, sex changing frogs and three gendered bees, all without a single pink hammer or blue balloon to let them know who was who. People say that we’ve gone and made things a little too...
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Secular Sexuality 09.30 07-28-2022 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin and Phoebe Rose
So, you’ve been curious. You haven’t quite felt comfortable asking. These are probably good instincts but why did Al Gore invent the internet if it wasn’t to have a better understanding of other people’s genitals, am I right? Phoebe Rose returns to the show for a bit of show and tell and a...
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Secular Sexuality 09.29 07-21-2022 with Christy Powell, Laura Magee, Kara Griffin
If the best things in life are free then talking about the birds and bees with the hosts of SecX is what we all want. And since SecX gives you such a thrill, why not join us on a mission (away) from god? As new host Kara Griffin joins the show they meet Nate and Christy for a conversation about...
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Secular Sexuality 09.28 07-14-2022 with Nate Smith, Helen Greene, and Jason Friedman
Oh, the masks we wear. Sometimes because we want to, sometimes for safety from the Governor of Florida, and occasionally because we’re attending a Victorian-era ball. Tonight, these three Muskequeers will be talking about our experiences as queer folk who don’t present as such, our journey to…
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Secular Sexuality 09.27 07-07-2022 with Christy Powell, Kara Griffin, and Shannon Burton
Each and every week we encourage people to take a quiet moment for themselves and… well you’ve seen it. You know we’ve talked about everything from porn addiction (myth) to gooning (surprisingly real) and still somehow forgot to talk about the benefits of masturbation- turns out the perks of...
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Secular Sexuality 09.26 06-30-2022 with Christy Powell, Nate Smith, and Josh Entner
Zombies rising from the dead, whole armies of injured peasants and well dressed super assassins all have plenty of screen time in our culture- but what about female pleasure? How is it that John Wick can kill 84 people in a little over two hours, usually without breaking his stride, but Blue Is…
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Secular Sexuality 09.25 06-23-2022 with Christy Powell, Nate Smith and ExXtian Erin
Show notes will be posted when available.
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Secular Sexuality 09.24 06-16-2022 with Christy Powell, Sinn Sage, and Summer Hart
A painted fingernail, a tattered pair of overalls or a genderswaping nickname- we all participate in a little gender f**kery from time to time. And a little role play, gender play or just play with gender roles might be exactly what we need to unleash, unlock or understand ourselves. But can we…
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Secular Sexuality 09.23 06-09-2022 with Christy Powell, Nate Smith, and ObjectivelyDan
Peanut butter and jelly, apples and bananas, condoms and non-oil based lube; some things feel like they're just built to go together. If you’re a fan of Secular Sexuality however you may not like PB&J- we suspect there are more peanut butter and banana people out there then Kinsey’s classical...
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Secular Sexuality 09.22 06-02-2022 with Christy Powell and Drew Bekius
When you sincerely believe that god has a perfect plan for your life and a Proverbs 31 wife all lined up for you, the dating scene can be a little bit different. When you lose all of that through divorce and the deconstruction of your faith, night clubs can suddenly seem irrationally…
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Secular Sexuality 09.20 05-19-2022 with Christy Powell, Laura Magee and Sinn Sage
Porn, huh? What is it good for? This supposedly “new drug” arguably dates back to prehistory and yet our access to and relationship with it have dramatically shifted in the last decade, and not always for the better. Join us as Christy, Laura and Sinn explore the messy and often sticky world of...
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Secular Sexuality 09.18 05-05-2022 with Christy Powell and Marie LePage
Perhaps as many as a third of us are neurodiverse- equipped out of the box with a brain that doesn’t neatly fit into our world because of ADHD, ASC, dyslexia, sensory processing and a handful of other considerations. Marie LePage, everyone’s favorite deconstructive and spiritual atheist, friend…
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Secular Sexuality 09.17 04-28-2022 with Christy Powell and Sinn Sage
We know you’ve been wondering. We know you’ve been working up the courage. So just go ahead and ask already, we don’t bite. For free. Whether you’re brave enough to call or just calling for a friend, join Christy and our audience of voyeurs as our favorite sinner and adult performer Sinn Sage...
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Secular Sexuality 09.16 04-21-2022 with Christy Powell and Kenneth Leonard
If modern media is to be believed our forefathers were serious people with simple demands- the freedom to bear arms, buy cheap gas and believe in whatever alternative facts they choose. In a post Truth/ post Trump world it’s starting to feel like the message has gotten a little messy. The ACA’s…
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Secular Sexuality 09.15 04-14-2022 with Christy Powell and Dr Renee
The old joke goes something like this- A man and a woman sit down with a therapist complaining about their sex life. “He wants it all the time, we never stop having sex/ she’s never in the mood, we practically never make love” they explain. “How often do you actually have sex?” the therapist…
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Secular Sexuality 09.14 04-07-2022 with Christy Powell and MD Aware
For the optimist, half full; the pessimist, half empty. To MD Aware it’s just another urine sample but whether you are a doctor, or a lawyer or a business executive how we think about trans bodies matters. Whether we understand gender as a social construct, a biological imperative or an economic...
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Secular Sexuality 09.13 03-31-2022 with Christy Powell and Chrissy Stroop
When you don’t believe in god or hell or eternal damnation and think that sex and body positivity are important values, it can be really hard to find exactly the right words to describe what is going on in state legislatures all across the country. If these queer targeted and religiously minded...
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Secular Sexuality 09.12 03-24-2022 with Christy Powell and Shannon Q
For months now we’ve made a very special point of telling you just exactly what is turning us on but never quite got around to defining what that actually means. Turns out, a lot of people have a lot of assumptions about arousal, desire…tumescence, so it may be time to set the record straight.…
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Secular Sexuality 09.11 03-17-2022 with Puck, Arden Hart, and Justine Guzman
If the message of SecX is anything, it’s find the life and love that fits you irregardless of whomst is declaring the supposed commands of god. Drawing your own map and exploring your own boundaries and those of your partner(s) can raise a lot of scary questions- “Friends with ex’s? Pornography?...
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Secular Sexuality is a weekly call-in show live from Austin, Texas every Thursday at 7pm CT. Call us at 1-512-686-0279. We talk about sex from a secular perspective. Sex and sexuality are natural to all living creatures but religion takes this and twists it into something awful and to be ashamed of.
Acceptance, education, and fun is what we strive for. We lay the intersection of sex and religion (and occasionally ourselves) bare, openly and honestly. We discuss a wide range of topics each week, removing the shame and reclaiming what has been natural to us all along. Secular Sexuality is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.
Watch us on youtube.com/secularsexuality
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