Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Podcast

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction What if the thing holding you back in your career isn’t a lack of skill, experience, or opportunity, but the way your brain is trying to keep you safe? As intimacy professionals, we spend so much of our time advocating for other people. We protect boundaries. We speak up when something isn’t right. We navigate complicated power dynamics. But what happens when we...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction You can know the definition of consent. You can understand the process. You can check every box on the checklist. But does that mean you’re ready to do the job? In this episode, Marie Percy and Claire Warden explore the difference between knowing how to do something and actually having the skills integrated enough to do it under pressure. They break down the stag...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction Thinking about becoming a certified intimacy professional, but stuck in the questions? You’re not alone. We’re re-releasing this episode because these questions are just as relevant today, and because IDC’s certification program is officially opening its doors today! If you’ve been wondering what certification actually means, whether intimacy work can become a su...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction What if changing a toxic industry culture doesn’t require a movement to start with thousands of people? What if it starts with one person willing to say something? In this episode, we explore what it really means to speak up when something feels wrong at work. They unpack why people so often stay silent when they witness microaggressions, harmful behavior, or uns...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction The fastest way to lose trust on a production is not by making a mistake, it's by forgetting where your role begins and ends. In this episode, Jessica Steinrock and Claire Warden share honest stories from their own careers about the times they overstepped, why it happened, and what those experiences taught them. Together, they explore the pressure many new i...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction What kind of community are we building as intimacy professionals? As our field continues to grow, so do the conversations, disagreements, and differing approaches to the work. In this episode, Jessica Steinrock and Marie Percy take an honest look at the social dynamics shaping the intimacy profession today. They explore why good intentions can sometimes lead to j...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction You want to do a great job. You want to support the actors, protect the process, and make the work better. But somewhere along the way, that instinct can tip into something else. Overstepping. In this episode, Alicia Rodis and Amanda Pulcini unpack one of the most common mistakes intimacy professionals make in the field. Not because they are untrained or careless...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction Have you ever been told that making it in the entertainment industry is nearly impossible? That even if you do succeed, you'll spend your life overworked, underpaid, and burned out? In this episode, Jessica Steinrock and Marie Percy challenge one of the most persistent myths in the arts and entertainment world. Together, they unpack what it really means to &...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction What if the biggest thing standing between you and becoming a more effective intimacy professional is not another certification, protocol, or tool, but your own personal growth? In this episode, Marie Percy and Claire Warden tackle one of the most important and least discussed aspects of intimacy work: the internal work required to do this role ethically and effe...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction If I just get better… I’ll get more work. That belief is everywhere in this industry.  And it’s quietly exhausting a lot of really talented people. In this episode, we’re breaking down one of the most persistent myths in intimacy work, and honestly, across the arts as a whole. Because yes… your craft matters.  But it’s not the whole picture. We talk about what ac...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction Something has shifted in this industry and if you’ve been paying attention, you’ve felt it. The resistance that once defined intimacy work? It’s fading. In its place, something far more exciting is emerging: better storytelling . In this episode, we unpack what happens when intimacy professionals are no longer fighting to justify their role and they can finally f...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction You got the call. They need you tomorrow. Just come in, make sure everyone feels comfortable, and then we shoot. Simple, right? Not even close. In this episode, Alicia Rodis and Amanda Pulcini break down one of the most common myths in intimacy coordination: that this work can happen overnight. They pull back the curtain on what actually makes a set run smoothly,...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction Thinking about becoming a certified intimacy professional, but stuck in the questions? You’re not alone. This field has grown fast. Really fast. And with that growth comes confusion. What training actually matters? Do you need certification? Is there even enough work to build a real career? In this episode, we break it all down with real, grounded insight from in...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction This is the moment our industry has been building toward. Intimacy Coordinators are now officially unionized with SAG-AFTRA and this changes EVERYTHING. In this episode, we break down what this milestone really means, beyond the headlines you've been seeing in the media. From the early days of explaining the role on every set to securing protections, pay sta...

🎙️ Podcast Show Notes Introduction What does it actually feel like to be an intimacy professional right now? Not the polished version. The real version. In this inaugural episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on what it’s like to do this work in an industry that’s still catching up. From being a “department of one” on set to realizing you’re part of something much bigger. Because here’s the trut...