D Is For Desire

To say that Mark S. King has been busy during the 59 years he’s been on this planet would be an understatement. Not only has he spent much of his life working as an award-winning HIV/AIDS activist and journalist, but he’s also slept with close to 10,000 men.On this episode, Mark walks us through his journey from sexual neophyte coming of age in the South during the 1960s to connoisseur of all that New Orleans' bathhouses had to offer in the ’70s to, finally, his current life as a happy husband in a monogamous relationship. He also tells how contracting HIV in the ’80s and watching his community be ravished by the disease affected his sex life ― but maybe not in the way you might expect.

CannaSexual: [adjective/noun] describing one who mindfully combines cannabis and sex. That’s according to Ashley Manta, the sex educator who coined the term. But dive into her dank work and you’ll find it’s a sensual, stoned choose-your-own-adventure. here’s no one way to bring weed into the bedroom.On this episode, host Noah Michelson talks with Ashley about why combining cannabis and sex can be so revolutionary, what folks can expect if they sign up for one of her workshops and a few do’s and don’ts for experiencing the ultimate sex high. He also speaks with Dr. Becky Lynn, an OBGYN, who is doing groundbreaking research into the ways cannabis may affect women’s bodies and sexuality.

In and out of her online chatroom, Lindsay Dye makes a big sexy mess ... by sitting on cakes. She calls them “temporary sculptures.” Cakesitting, like any performance of kink, is an art. On this episode host Noah Michelson dives deep with the artist herself to learn exactly what goes on during one of her cakesitting sessions, what happens when she takes her show out of the cam room and into the real world and some of the occupational hazards of rolling around in all of that sugar and butter.