Heart Centerfold, A Steamy Podcast About Memoirs, Tarot & Love

In this episode our host April Hirschman is interviewed by Indigo Jackson about April’s new memoir Desire Makes Me Brave: A Bisexual Journey from California to the World (Heliotrope 2024) We go deep and steamy about bisexual sex, how to turn your lovers into characters, and what it means to lose your erotic virginity. There is also talk of hanging out with Armistead Maupin and John Cameron Mitchel...

In this episode, our host April Hirschman chats with Kate Evans author of Call It Wonder: An odyssey of love, sex, spirit, and travel. Kate has lived a life of academic achievement in writing and of epic travel all over the globe. We discuss what it's like to be the middle child of three sisters, bisexuality, and how sometimes fear is really just excitement dressed in a bad outfit. What could that...

In this episode, our host April Hirschman chats with Robin Rinaldi, author of The Wild Oats Project : One Woman’s Midlife Quest For Passion At Any Cost . We talk about her going from a cautious monogamous life to a tornado of a midlife crisis. She opened up her marriage and along the way experienced orgasmic meditation (by massaging the clit!). We also talk about lying and rule-breaking. Then we h...

In this episode, our host April Hirschman chats with Carol Queen, PhD , sexologist and author of Real Live Nude Girl. We talk about her mother's sexual liberation, sacred sex priestesses, leather daddies, and what it would be like if people went to packed stadiums to watch feminists argue. You’ll also get to practice super easy erotic breath and get some tips to start your own morning mini yoga pr...

On our first episode, our host April Hirschman talks to Stuart Getty who is a genderqueer writer and filmmaker . They talk to groups about gender expression, have been featured at CreativeMornings, Pecha Kucha, and SXSW and are the author of How to They/Them . One reader called the book, “A visual learning guide to accepting others as they truly are.” In this interview, we talk about inclusivity,...

There is something titillating about witnessing a stranger's vulnerability. That’s why we love memoirs. I’m your host, April Hirschman, life coach, author and a person who loves memoir - a lot. Join us while I interview memoir authors about their process, their lives, what makes them get up in the morning. But wait, there’s more! We’ll share erotic breath, pick tarot cards, dig into some pretty de...