Alice Little

This week’s guest is Alice Little—likely the top earning legal sex worker in America, where she isthe #1 luxury companion at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada. Alice holds degrees in psychology, sociology, physiology, and anatomy and is an advocate for legalized sex work and education. Alice and Liz talk about the logistics of legalized sex work, from licenses to law enforcement; the cornucopia of services she offers and clients she sees, and why we need to take down the whorearchy. Liz also asked her for tips on some of the most requested topics from the Sex Ed community!

Podcast, Season 2, Sex, HealthThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Sex Work, Orgasm, Sex Toys, Erection, Sex Tips, History, Social Justice

Mistress Velvet

A practitioner of BDSM, Mistress Velvet often made their straight, white male clients read and write essays about Black feminist theory. In 2019, Liz spoke with Mistress Velvet about the “whorearchy,” their post-work self care routine, why sex workers are being excluded from traditional sex ed, and how their academic studies have overlapped with their professional life.

Podcast, Season 2, Consciousness, SexThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Bondage Fetish & Kink, Self Love, Feminism, Social Justice, Race, Sex Work

Midori

This week, our guest is Midori, legendary sex educator, author and artist. Midori wrote the classic rope bible, The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage— the first English-language book on shibari. Liz and Midori cover bondage’s roots in warfare, incarceration and slavery as well as why, when tying up a lover for the first time, it’s important to maintain eye contact.

Podcast, Season 2, Consciousness, SexThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Bondage Fetish & Kink, History, LGBTQ+, Sex Work, Meditation

Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese is known as The Queen of Burlesque. She re-popularized the art form in the 90s and remains its most well-known performer. She is also an author, model and designer. In this episode, real life bosom buddies Liz and Dita chat about the first time she discovered kink, how working strip clubs can prepare you for the real world and the unbridled joy of taking a pie to the face. Follow Dita @DitaVonTeese. To see more Dita, visit TheSexEd.com for a talk we had at The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

Podcast, Season 1, SexThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Bondage Fetish & Kink, Feminism, Sex Work

Lexington Steele

Lexington Steele is one of the most well-known male adult film stars in the world. Lex is a hall of fame porn-star with three AVN Performer of the Year Awards—basically the Best Actor Oscar for porn—and he’s still going strong today, two decades into his career.

Podcast, Season 1, SexThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Masculinity, Porn, Sex Work

Nina Hartley

Nina Hartley is a world-famous adult film actress, director, author, and educator. She first achieved mainstream recognition in the 80s and 90s for promoting sex-positive feminism. In this interview, we discuss Nina’s early training as a Registered Nurse, feminism in the 1970s, and sex as an artistic medium. You can find Nina at her website, nina.live and follow her on Twitter where she’s @ninaland. Watch a video here of a talk we had at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

Podcast, Season 1, SexThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Orgasm, Masturbation, Porn, Sex Work, Desire & Libido, Bondage Fetish & Kink, Meditation, LGBTQ+

Catherine Clay

Catherine was involved in sex work from a very young age, at her family’s direction. Catherine talks about the life of a young sex worker, the sacrifices that she made for her family, and her journey out of alcohol addiction.

Podcast, Season 1, SexThe Sex EdNovember 17, 2020Social Justice, Sex Work, Overcoming Trauma

Riley Reid

Riley Reid is an adult award-winning superstar whose videos have been viewed over a billion times on PornHub. In this week’s episode, Riley and Liz talk about being the CEO of a porn brand with major millennial appeal; how YouTube is giving her a crossover fan base; porn and safe sex in the time of COVID-19; why she likes “vanilla” sex off camera and what she is learning about intimacy.

Podcast, Season 3, SexThe Sex EdMay 4, 2020Masturbation, Anal, Sex Tips, Porn, Self Love, Sex Work