A Fine Human

AFH: Season 1, Episode 6 Featuring Kate McAndrew ( @Kate_McAndrew ) Al sits down with Kate McAndrew, Venture Capitalist, General Partner and Fine Human. About the Guest: Kate Preston McAndrew is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Baukunst , a $100M pre-seed venture fund backing companies at the frontiers of technology and design from inception. With more than a decade of experience investing in...

AFH: Season 1, Episode 5 Featuring Charlie Ann Max ( instagram.com/charlieannmax ) Al sits down with Charlie Ann Max of the Fude Experience, and speaks on feminine rage, nudity and Fude. About the Guest: Charlie Ann Max is a multidisciplinary artist, chef, and founder of Füde. With training from the Joffrey Ballet and a health-supportive culinary degree from the Institute of Culinary Education, he...

AFH: Season 1, Episode 3 Featuring Olivia Marie Plath( @OliviaMarieplath ) Al sits down with Olivia Marie Plath, and speaks on faith, growth, and transformation. About the Guest: Olivia Marie Plath is a reality tv star ( Welcome to Plathville, TLC ) who uses her platform to talk about her upbringing in Christian fundamentalism and how travel, education and politics have opened her worldv...

AFH: Season 1, Episode 3 Featuring Ericka Hart ( @ErickaHart ) Al sits down with Ericka Hart, the Black queer femme activist and award-winning sexuality educator redefining liberation, pleasure and power. About the Guest: Ericka Hart (pronouns: she/they) is a black queer femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master’s of Education in Human Sexu...

AFH: Season 1, Episode 2 Featuring Mal Wright ( @Igobymal ) In this episode, Al Fine and Mal Wright explore identity, the straights, and the power of presence. From reality TV fame to real-life reflection, Mal brings her signature blend of humor, honesty, and grounded insight to a conversation that feels both expansive and deeply personal. About the Guest: Mal Wright (she/her/they if you’re feelin...

Al Fine and Latham Thomas discuss parenting and the power of presence. Guest Info: Website: Peaceful Parenting Instagram @mamaglow @glowmaven Follow Me: Instagram: @afinehuman   Shop Dame: dame.com   This podcast was produced by aurielle sayeh , filmed by @thetellychannel , and powered by @ dameproducts .

Dr. Ian Kerner, bestselling author of “She Comes First” and licensed sex therapist, shares insights from his 20+ years helping couples create more fulfilling sexual connections. From his own journey of overcoming sexual challenges to becoming a leading voice in sex therapy, Dr. Kerner discusses how traditional scripts around sex often limit pleasure and intimacy. He emphasizes moving beyond the “i...

The challenges of being a woman in medicine and a woman treated by the medical system are real. Dr. Somi Javaid shares her experience working in gynecology and sexual health, opening HerMD, and the dire need for better education, representation, and resources for women’s health. Dr. Somi shares the challenges of balancing motherhood, working at a medical practice, and being a part of a broken heal...

Matthew Stefanko shares his journey from struggling with mental health and substance abuse to founding the company Manual. Manual helps young men aged 15-25 with mental health, sexual health, career planning, personal finance, and more. For Matthew, it's the organization he wishes he had had when he was that age.  We talk about avoiding burnout, being a leader with anxiety, and recognizing on...

Ready to deepen your healing capacity? Sarah Seely, a somatic bodyworker, and I discuss interconnectedness, the power of touch, and the wisdom of grief.  Sarah explains the importance of somatic work. We discuss ways to honor the interconnectedness of mind and body, including her primary offering, Thai massage. She shares her journey through trauma and realizing what she didn’t want from her...

How in touch are you with your period? Nadya Okamoto, the co-founder of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful, has dedicated her life to ending period poverty and improving period care for all women.  Our society has many important issues, and one of them is that the world is not designed for vulva-body people. Alchemizing this frustration into a passion...

Have you ever been to couples therapy? Dr. Alexandra Soloman, a licensed clinical psychologist, and I discuss what it’s like to be on the other side of the couch, toxic relationship patterns, and how to balance self-development work with reality.  Most people have heard of couples therapy, could benefit from it at some point in their relationship, yet likely have never been to a session. Betw...

My very special guest today is my grandmother, Rochelle Dreeben. Her experience surviving and escaping Poland after World War II has been immensely informative. She has taught me so much about pleasure and peace, and I’m very happy to introduce you to her. A few years after Rochelle was born, the Nazis bombed the Warsaw Ghetto where she lived. She recalls how the Nazis took away the rights of Jews...

Talking about gender can get very serious very quickly, but my guest, Rae McDaniel, squashes that. They are all about reinfusing gender with play, possibility, and pleasure. They show us how in their amazing book, Gender Magic , and share some of their gender wisdom with me today.  For Rae, gender magic asks how each of us can discover who we are and express our magic to the world in a way th...

Let’s talk about sex as we age! I am so excited to share this conversation with Maryjane Fahey, creator of Glorious Broads and all-around bad b*tch.  Maryjane is 74 and has never felt more alive. The revolution of openly curious women is on the rise, and I’m living for it! Curious about sexuality, open marriage, sobriety, both having kids and not having kids… it’s all about opening up communi...

In this episode, I’m joined by the effervescent Solonje Burnett, who exists at the intersection of community, wellness, and weed. Solonje uses her platforms to speak to weed education and interconnectedness in a genuinely inspiring and joyous way. There are many parallels between how our society indiscriminately labels sexual pleasure and weed as a sin or something to be ashamed of when actually b...

How weird can we get? I speak with the super groovy and wise head witch in charge at Holisticism, Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz, about staying true to our art and magic in this big, strange capitalist world.   Michelle’s approach to business merges magic, whimsy, art, and an anthropological curiosity about existence. Past experiences of seizures, hearing voices, and trying to “fix” what see...

Excited/intimidated/thrilled by the idea of an orgasmic birth? Me too. I spoke with orgasmic birth doula Debra Pascali-Bonaro about the dire need to put joy, love, and ecstasy back into the birth experience.  Debra’s journey centers around transgressing the medical system’s authority on what birth should look like and instead encouraging women to let their own bodies and babies be the guide....

Welcome to Horny for Life! I’m Al. I live at the intersection of business, taboo and wellness. I’m a trained psychologist, sex toy inventor, mom, running a multi-million dollar sexual wellness company. On this podcast, I’m joined by dynamic humans who approach life with curiosity and courage, people who embrace the idea of paving their own path. The stories we share might challenge your beliefs or...