Gaps in Carnal Knowledge

Alexa Cortez joins Nat this month to shoot the shit about their old program, and talk about how even sex educators don't know it all! Sponsors for this episode: ⁠⁠R.A.C.K. Room⁠⁠ To throw money at the podcast and get early access to ad-free episodes, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ starting at just $5/per month! Jingle by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Hansen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

Chris Wellman is back with yet another bonus story for us all. And this one is so good, it's made it's way as a staple in Chris's comedy bits. Sponsors for this episode: ⁠R.A.C.K. Room⁠ To throw money at the podcast and get early access to ad-free episodes, ⁠⁠⁠⁠join on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠  starting at just $5/per month! Jingle by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Hansen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discu...

We got a sweet treat this month! Our sponsor is our guest! Mike Charming from ⁠⁠R.A.C.K. Room⁠⁠ joins me for some talk about the bible belt to military to kink pipeline. But with more words. Sponsors for this episode: ⁠R.A.C.K. Room⁠ To throw money at the podcast and get early access to ad-free episodes, ⁠⁠⁠⁠join on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ starting at just $5/per month! Jingle by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Hansen This is a pub...

Lots of my guests on Gaps in Carnal Knowledge are also local burlesque performers! Very soon, I will be launching a sister podcast, ⁠Pop a Pastie!⁠ , that interviews local burlesque artists, and I felt this conversation I already had from Siren SixxKiller needs to be shown there too! So keep you eyes peeled for the launch of Pop a Pastie coming soon, and expect more nonsense conversations and prof...

This month's guest is Siren Sixxkiller, a Native activist, performer, and all around badass person. Learn more about how Siren was taught about sexuality growing up, and check out here work at SlutWalk Denver and Good Slut Medicine . Also, if you are listening before June 6th, 2024, you should go to Growth Spell at Denver Fringe! Sponsors for this episode: R.A.C.K. Room To throw money at the p...

Lots of my guests on Gaps in Carnal Knowledge are also local burlesque performers! Very soon, I will be launching a sister podcast, Pop a Pastie! , that interviews local burlesque artists, and I felt this conversation I already had from Batya Belfry fit the bill! So keep you eyes peeled for the launch of Pop a Pastie coming soon, and expect more nonsense conversations and professional interviews i...

Welcome to Gaps in Carnal Knowledge, the new face taking over for Uncensored with the Pint Sized Sexologist. Today Nat talks with Clitterbelle about several different topics! Most of the topics tie in together, from disability and sex and sex work and how they all intertwine. You can find Clitterbelle on Facebook ! Sponsors for todays episode: ⁠The R.A.C.K. Room ⁠ To throw money at the podcast and...

Chris Wellman had so many stories to tell, we had to do more episodes! Chris was nice enough to come back and tell me roughly 2 hours worth of stories, and they have been broken up into 5 different bonus episodes! This particular episode is about Chris' Journey into group sex! Sponsor for this episode: The R.A.C.K. Room Jingle by ⁠Dave Hansen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

WE'RE BACK AND WE'RE REBRANDED! Welcome to Gaps in Carnal Knowledge, the new face taking over for Uncensored with the Pint Sized Sexologist. Today Nat talks with Batya Belfry, a Denver local performer and librarian about how her sex ed was even weirder than normal due to her family moving during key times. They also get to complain about spicy book content pet peeves! You can find Batya Be...

After a long break from the podcast, Nat returns with just a little sage advise about investing too heavily in how things "should" be done. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nathiggins.substack.com/subscribe

Join Nat and Chris for a bonus episode that delves into developing some new kinks! No shame here! Maybe a little... but we are working on that because we don't kink shame in this house! Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/gapsincarnalknowledge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nathiggins.subst...

Nat talks to yet another one of her friends about the sex ed they got growing up! Cassy Cyanide grew up in New Jersey (ew) and talks about the info she missed, even though her sex ed was fairly comprehensive! Topics range from working in burlesque together, to abortion and STIs. Bunny Trail conversations are many, but mostly revolve around reminiscing about working together in burlesque.  To throw...

Chris Wellman had so many stories to tell, we had to do more episodes! Chris was nice enough to come back and tell me roughly 2 hours worth of stories, and they have been broken up into 5 different bonus episodes! This particular episode is about Chris' Journey into prostate orgasms! Follow along here, or listen ad free on Patreon! This is the only bonus episode in this series that will be rel...

Do you like sex ed? Do you like comics? Do you want more ways to intake sex ed into your life in creative ways? Sex Talk Comic may be the comic for you! This episode, I talk to Jo, who is the sex educator and script writer for Sex Talk Comic! They seek to showcase a broad range of representation in their comic while also giving a bunch of vital sex ed information that you may not get in many other...

One of the key things you’ll hear around having better sex is expressing your desires and what is pleasurable to you. Sound easy, right? Not always. How do you even know where to start looking? Does that actually bring you pleasure or were you just told that’s what you should want? Well, we have GOOD NEWS, LISTENERS! Laika Fox is ready to answer some of these questions for your in their new zine!...

We return to our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a Crossover episode! Nikole and Suzanne of the Wild Women Rise Podcast join Nat in an exploration of all things sexy and weird. The entire point of their podcast is to normalize taboo conversations in an attempt to decrease shame and they were a BLAST to talk to. We cover everything from what sex ed we got, anatomy vocabulary, orgasms,...

We love a good crossover Episode! The ladies over at Wild Women Rise had me on their podcast to talk about the importance of Sex Ed, as well as us delving into some sex ed horror stories of our own and a quick game of Smash or Pass, metal edition! Check out the full length episode here and give their podcast a listen! They are on Season 3 and have plenty of goodies about embodying their own sexual...

Wasn't really planning on doing an abortion access episode this soon, but it seemed like a good time. Why are people freaking out over abortion access? Why is it important? What can I do? If you have any of these questions, have a listen to this podcast and get some of your questions answered. Don't think this affects you? Think again.  To throw money at the podcast and get early access to...

Have you ever wondered "what is sexuality?" Like, that's a big concept, right? In this episode, Nat Higgins goes into a model of sexuality known as The Circles of Sexuality, which helps us conceptualize all the facets that make up sexuality and realize just how big a topic it is!  She did it! She's using her degree! Look at her go! You can view the model she is using here , but n...

We hear a lot about sex ed in the U.S. But what about sex ed in other countries? Is it really that different? Do most countries suck at sex ed? Hela has lived in a few countries in her life and is here to share her story of how she obtained sex ed info, and how it impacted her self-understanding. This is also one of the sleepiest episodes ever conceived, full of cat sound malfunctions and pauses t...

It's officially been a year of sex ed talk! Nat Higgins, M.Ed. manages to get her two best friends onto the podcast... kinda. Patti just chimes in every once in a while, as Lindsay goes into the depths of what sex ed looked like in her Catholic school, Catholic home, and later public high school. Ignore any background noises you hear. We were mid-packing to leave our best-friend retreat. This...

We made it to our 12th episode! That means I successfully managed to do this shit 12 months in a row! This month, Chris joins Nat Higgins and speaks about the journey of becoming an out kinky individual, and the importance of community in that journey.  Digressions include: The Addams Family, Nat's fear of needles, a stray Slack notification, and probably more things I am forgetting...  To thr...

For some people, the sex education they get when they are younger only impacts certain parts of their lives. For Presley, sex ed and their quest to get and provide more sex ed has shaped their entire adulthood. Nat Higgins, M.Ed., talks with Presley Peach about the story of them becoming... well... them. And no, contrary to what the title may suggest, this episode is not about a clown fetish. BUT!...

UNCENSORED gets its first-ever crossover episode! Join Nat Higgins, M.Ed. and the (usually) tipsy advice-givers, Jennifer and Kim of Inebriated Input , on a journey of bodily functions! Jennifer and Kim bring surprisingly similar stories on how vagina owners tend to not get as much information about our reproductive system as we need to know in order to know when something is wrong. Tangents inclu...

Nat Higgins, M.Ed. does another solo episode where she tells the story of why she got into sex ed in the first place! This is the tale of how one ill-equipped teacher made a student JUST embarrassed enough to try to fix the process instead of traumatizing her forever. To support Nat in her quest to bring sex ed to the masses, join on Patreon ! Jingle by Dave Hansen This is a public episode. If you...