F*ck Yeah

Our Season 2 Finale features a lively discussion with author, sex educator, podcaster, pornographer and, now, queer memoirist, Tristan Taormino. We taped this episode live at the iconic Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood. We talk about Tristan's memoir A Part of the Heart Can't be Eaten which chronicles Tristan's formative relationship with her gay dad, the other queers through her childhood and bey...

Dirty Lola, of NYC's Sex Ed A Go-Go and Netflix's Principles of Pleasure, schools us on the nuances of polyamory aka open relationships aka ethical non-monogamy (ENM). We get into way more than the semantics. Lola shares about the ways to deprogram from toxic monogamy culture, the tenets (and common pitfalls) of ENM, her personal poly triumphs and learnings, the communication tools she and her won...

This week Safiya Darling joins the pod and brings her uniquely approachable perspective on Kink! We cover the gamut of fetishes from foot worship and farts to balloon popping and baby powder. We talk about the ABCs of kink, how to "pervert" household items and what is was like as a Black queer femme (with a twin) to transplant from the Midwest to a progressive kinky community. Safiya will be teach...

Ever get the feeling that your sexuality was predetermined for you? This week Samantha Fox, Lesbian Curiosity and Sexuality Coach, joins us to unpack compulsory heterosexuality, how to get curious about your sexuality (regardless of your relationship status or identity), and how to get in touch with your true desires and fantasies at any age and stage of life. Samantha is a licensed psychotherapis...

CannaSexual, Ashley Manta, joins us on the pod to share the incredible benefits of cannabis for increasing arousal, counteracting perimenopausal symptoms, and even increasing your multi-orgasmic potential. In addition to busting 'cannamyths, Ashley shares helpful tips for integrating cannabis into your sexual routines. We also get into her BodySex work, Betty Dodson's facilitated process for vulva...

Andrew Gurza, host of Disability After Dark, joins the pod and shares about their experience navigating these times as a severely disabled, queer person. We talk about the power of sex work, Andrew’s coming out journey, the unique challenges of accessing queer spaces as a disabled person and the double edged sword of anti-queer sentiment in disabled spaces. Andrew's approach of giving grace and ed...

Amy Baldwin joins F*ck Yeah this week to get into somatic sex practices with Sarah and Robin. We're covering it all - eye gazing, finding the wild sexual beast that lives within you, energetic sex, and more. Amy shares about owning the skin you're in, creating an intimate container for sexual healing, and ways to transform sex into a spiritual experience. Amy's work is informed by multiple certifi...

This week, Sarah and Robin are joined by Susan Bratton, intimacy expert to millions. This episode is overflowing with education, from pleasure anatomy and clitoral stroking to orgasmic cross training and yoni massage techniques, Susan drops sex ed knowledge from her 20 years of studying, writing, and coaching on expansive sexual practices. In addition, Susan shares her secrets for conditioning you...

In this week's episode we wade into the complicated waters of Barbie. The mega summer blockbuster just set records as the first film by a female director to gross $1 billion dollars and we're here for it. Because we loved it so much, we also hold it to high standards as a feminist piece of work. In this week's episode, Sarah and Robin explore Barbie's impact on them as young girls. They also discu...

In this past season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars the final three queens, Jimbo, Kandy Muse, and Jessica Wild introduce the miracle of drag to three queer women by making them over and performing on the main stage with their lesbian sisters. Spoiler alerts ahead, proceed with caution...One of these contestants was our dear friend Angie Evans! She also happened to be on the winning team. In this...

We've hit the midway point of Season 21! Robin and Sarah catch up on YOUR questions and with each other. From our fave outfits and ADHD survival tools to must-follow TikTok creators and the parenting tips we've learned Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers) we have a good old fashioned bitch sesh. Don't miss out on an epic feminist Hyena rant and the ways this season is teaching us to slowing down, notice...

JP Craft Captain, illustrator, puppeteer, art director, professional crafter and reverend, joins Sarah and Robin to talk all things queer weddings - what makes for an awesome wedding, and the life affirming power of a couple coming together and sharing their love with their loved ones through ceremony. JP has officiated dozens of queer weddings, art weddings, funky weddings, and sees it as her ser...

Sex Therapist, relationship coach, and educator Dr. Shannon Chavez joins the pod to share about current relationship trends (we're headed in a good direction, y'all!), how to differentiate what you should bring up with your partner versus the stuff that's "yours" to work out, and some delicious tips for prioritizing your sexuality and pleasure. We also get into the differences between therapy and...

Dr. Vanessa Carlisle, co-host and producer of Body Politics: Sex, Love and Liberation on KPFK 90.7FM, is a multidisciplinary somatic practitioner, writer, death doula, and advocate. Vanessa shares their journey with somatic self-support practices and gives listeners an exercise for connecting with and staying in your body. Vanessa brings a grounded gentleness to their work. Rather than joy seeking...

This week we continue our conversation with queer doula, Ryan, founder of World of Difference Doula. We get deeper into the nuances of adoption as a for profit industry and the impacts on adoptees and birthing parents. Ryan shares more about their family constellation and the struggles and triumphs of their personal adoption journey as birthing parent, a trans gender birthing parent and a full spe...

Ryan DiMartino, founder of World of Difference Doula, joins Robin and Sarah to share their birthing and adoption journey. We covered so much ground in our conversation with Ryan that we have broken it into two parts. In today’s episode, we dive into Ryan’s pregnancy, after doctors told them testosterone would cause them to become infertile. Ryan’s experience navigating the health care system as a...

Dr. Lucie Fielding joins us again! This episode is like a warm embrace. Lucie shares ways to soften, offer yourself compassion, and navigate collective trauma. Lucie takes Sarah through a de-armoring exercise for listening to and allying with your body’s protective responses. Lucie’s wealth of knowledge and generosity shines through (as well as her new love of latex)! Sarah tells Robin about the h...

Multi-disciplined artist and advocate Sydney Rogers has been performing as Miss Barbie Q for over three decades. From drag queen story to social justice drag, Sydney has coined their work “artivism.” They share with Robin and Sarah how their daily work as a clinical social worker in training and advocate for trans employment rights and leadership development intersects with their stage persona and...

In this epic episode, Sarah and Robin are joined by Benjamin Violet, the creative mastermind behind Pelvis Wrestley and Gender Fluesday on TikTok (a series Robin and Sarah are absolutely obsessed with). Our delightful conversation covers home school vibes as a turn on, the rom com sections of the Bible, gender musings, queer pop-infused Country, coalition building, surviving the hateful laws in Te...

Robin and Sarah kick off season 2 with a round of updates both global and personal. Sarah shares her recent experience moving off the mompound and Robin shares about receiving an adhd diagnosis at 43. They learn about each other's moon astrology (thanks to Sarah Faith Gottesdiener's Moonbeaming class) and share what's ahead in season 2. The season wraps up with an ode to Masturbation May when Sara...

For our season finale, we are joined by Witch Wilde, who introduces us to Sex Magix theories. She shares how to direct sexual energy towards manifesting your desires, increasing your vitality and connecting with the cosmos. She also guides us in an incredible grounding/energy harnessing exercise that you are going to want in on. The conversation spans the many modalities that have influenced Wilde...

Remember when slimline vibrators and stashed Hustler mags were all you could get your hands on?? Sarah and Robin take a walk down memory lane with Robin’s teenage journals! We tease and love hard on our younger selves while unpacking the challenges of coming into one’s self as an adolescent girl and all of the ways mysogynistic scripts shapes our sexuality. Join us showing some love, kindness and...

An old friend, Mike Squillacioti, joins us to share the juicy details of how his marriage evolved into a throuple. We learn about his go-go dancing days at the iconic West Hollywood club, Mickeys, his sweet courtship with his hubby there, and how 12 years later they met their boyfriend, Dakota Payne, while (you guessed it) he was go-go dancing. We share laughs, revel in the joy of the dance floor...

Writer, comedian Kristen Smith, joins the pod this week and brings great levity to an incredibly hard topic… the big C. Kristen shares what got her through the double whammy of becoming a mom after receiving a Follicular Lymphoma diagnosis. Spoilers Kristen’s years of saying yes (improv style), You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero, Ayahuasca, the Care Bear stare, and her unwavering sense of humor and a...

Lizanne Deliz, of Eye of Crow Herbs, joins us for a rich discussion about herbalism and pleasure. She shares about ways to interact with plants without foraging or collecting them, how plants work holistically as medicine, and how to increase your pleasure through plant medicines. She also teaches us about spirit doses, a way of taking plant medicines for spiritual guidance, and shares a recent (v...