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Hoe Summer, Scammers & Why You Shouldn't Give Your Money to Shaun King with Ashley Ray
July 15, 2020

Hoe Summer, Scammers & Why You Shouldn't Give Your Money to Shaun King with Ashley Ray

For the 28th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome comedian & writer Ashley Ray for some lowkey Seven Mountains/Life Goals University CHURCH about why you shouldn't give your money to Shaun King...
Durags as Superhero Capes
July 7, 2020

Durags as Superhero Capes

For the 27th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome poet & professor Bridgette Bianca for a celebration of Black art & endurance. We dig into her process as a poet, the power of repetition,...
Let's Talk About Race, Baby
June 30, 2020

Let's Talk About Race, Baby

For the 26th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome audio producer & Your Fave Is Problematic co-host Kristen Bennett to talk about racism, media & relationships. We get into SO MUCH in this...
American Sex Tourists in Tokyo
April 27, 2020

American Sex Tourists in Tokyo

For the 25th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra bring you the happy ending & finale episode to our Tokyo, Japan series. We explore what it was like to buy sex for the first time as women, what it...
Japanese Girl Power
April 25, 2020

Japanese Girl Power

For the 24th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome reporter Hiroko Imai & video producer Marina Yajima Taylor for the 3rd episode from our Tokyo, Japan series. Hiroko () is a 32-year-old...
Gay & Married in the U.S., But Not Quite Yet in Japan
April 17, 2020

Gay & Married in the U.S., But Not Quite Yet in Japan

For the 23rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome cultural translator Chris Wells for the 2nd episode from our Tokyo, Japan series. Chris () has lived in Japan for over 25 years. He's a founding...
A Subcultures Researcher & a Sex Worker Walk into a Tokyo Bar
March 29, 2020

A Subcultures Researcher & a Sex Worker Walk into a Tokyo Bar

For the 22nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome Keio University subcultures researcher Joe McReynolds & sex worker/model/columnist Yuki for the 1st episode from our Tokyo, Japan series. We...
Getting Turned On to Polyamory
Feb. 14, 2020

Getting Turned On to Polyamory

For the 21st episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome Nova Scotia-based married couple & co-hosts of the Turn Me On podcast – Jeremie Saunders & Bryde MacLean – for a really interesting...
In the Boom Boom Room with Smoove, Co-Owner of Bloomington Queer Bar The Back Door
Feb. 5, 2020

In the Boom Boom Room with Smoove, Co-Owner of Bloomington Queer Bar The Back Door

For the 20th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome one-name wonder Smoove, co-owner of a very special queer bar called The Back Door, for the 2nd installment in a 2-part series from Bloomington,...
On Being a Keeper of Sexual Artifacts with Kinsey Curator Rebecca Fasman
Jan. 15, 2020

On Being a Keeper of Sexual Artifacts with Kinsey Curator Rebecca Fasman

For the 19th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite keeper of sexual artifacts, Kinsey Institute curator Rebecca Fasman, for the 1st installment in a 2-part series from Bloomington,...
How to Thrive After the Death of a Loved One
Dec. 24, 2019

How to Thrive After the Death of a Loved One

For the 18th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite mother-son duo, Karen Lee & Cameron Poter, co-hosts of the Sex Talk With My Mom podcast for a holiday how-to about coping with...
Breaking the Binary in Mexico City
Dec. 11, 2019

Breaking the Binary in Mexico City

For the 17th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you on a quick trip to Mexico City for the 2nd installment in a 2-part series about romance, sexuality, gender & life in general in the largest...
Tacos, PDA & Masculinity in Mexico City
Nov. 1, 2019

Tacos, PDA & Masculinity in Mexico City

For the 16th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you on a quick trip to Mexico City for the 1st installment in a 2-part series about Mexican romance, sexuality, gender & life in general in the...
Raising Hell with Jacq the Stripper & Soldiers of Pole
Oct. 23, 2019

Raising Hell with Jacq the Stripper & Soldiers of Pole

For the 15th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you inside Raising Hell, a super sexy & informative event thrown by , the California exotic dancers union that we featured in our very 1st...
Introducing Artemis: A New Podcast to Cream Your Nerdy Jeans to
Oct. 14, 2019

Introducing Artemis: A New Podcast to Cream Your Nerdy Jeans to

We want to turn you on to a hot new podcast: is a lesbian retelling of the classic Greek myth of Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, from the original story written by Svetlana Ivanova. If you're mythology nerds like us, you're going to want to check out...
Happy Safe Abortion Day: A Reproductive Rights State of the Union
Sept. 29, 2019

Happy Safe Abortion Day: A Reproductive Rights State of the Union

For the 14th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your host Courtney Kocak is flying solo to honor International Sex Abortion Day with a special episode featuring seven advocates & women who’ve had personal experiences with abortion &...
Banishing STD Stigma with Shameless Sex
Sept. 17, 2019

Banishing STD Stigma with Shameless Sex

For the 13th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome another pair of sex-positive podcasters, Amy Baldwin & April Lampert, co-hosts of the Shameless Sex podcast. We talk shop about how they met,...
“Amsterdam Ave” Explores the Intersection of Dutch & American Culture
Sept. 11, 2019

“Amsterdam Ave” Explores the Intersection of Dutch & American Culture

For the 12th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome another duo of female filmmakers — Dionne van den Berg & Pooja Tripathi — who created, wrote & star in the upcoming web series...
Dominatrix & Healer Aleta Cai on Radical Confidence, Subspace & Why “50 Shades of Grey” Was Annoying
Aug. 29, 2019

Dominatrix & Healer Aleta Cai on Radical Confidence, Subspace & Why “50 Shades of Grey” Was Annoying

For the 11th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra drop the final dispatch from their recent trip to New York. For this NYC edition, we're joined by dominatrix and healer Aleta Cai, who tells us about her...
Wendi Starling is a Feminist Sugar Baby
Aug. 21, 2019

Wendi Starling is a Feminist Sugar Baby

For the 10th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra are back with another dispatch from their recent trip to New York. For this NYC edition, we're joined by hilarious comedian Wendi Starling, who gives us a...
Billy Procida, Manwhore About Town in NYC
Aug. 15, 2019

Billy Procida, Manwhore About Town in NYC

For the 9th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra return with a dispatch from their recent trip to New York. For this NYC edition, we're joined by crazy/sexy/cool/freaky/funny comedian Billy Procida, host...
Men Have Abortions Too, Part 3
July 25, 2019

Men Have Abortions Too, Part 3

For the 8th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra are back with the 3rd & final installment in our 3-part series featuring men talking about their personal experiences with abortion. For this edition,...
Men Have Abortions Too, Part 2
July 4, 2019

Men Have Abortions Too, Part 2

For the 7th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra are back with the 2nd installment in our 3-part series featuring men talking about their personal experiences with abortion. For this edition, we're joined...
Men Have Abortions Too, Part 1
June 20, 2019

Men Have Abortions Too, Part 1

For the 6th episode of Private Parts Unknown, comedian/engineer Matt Monroe () joins your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra. He tells the story behind his recent social media post that began “And now, an abortion story... “ followed by...