Episodes
258
May 6, 2026
How Invisible Labor Kills Intimacy & How to Fix It with Laura Danger
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code PRIVATE10 at fleshlight.com. For the 258th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes licensed educator, content creator, and author Laura Danger. Laura’s new book, No More Mediocre, takes a hard look at the unequal labor dynamics that quietly erode so many relationships—and what it actually takes to build something more equitable...
Guest: Laura Danger
257
April 29, 2026
Chosen Family, Polyamory & the Answer to the Loneliness Epidemic with Sophie Lucido Johnson
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code PRIVATE10 at fleshlight.com. For the 257th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author and New Yorker cartoonist Sophie Lucido Johnson. Sophie is the author of Kin: The Future of Family, a thought-provoking book that explores how we can build meaningful, supportive relationships beyond the traditional nuclear family. In this c...
Guest: Sophie Lucido Johnson
256
April 22, 2026
ChatGPT Breakup: I Read My Boyfriend’s AI Chats & It Ended Our Relationship with Lindsey Hall
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code PRIVATE10 at fleshlight.com. For the 256th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer and publicist Lindsey Hall, whose viral essay “I Stumbled Across My Boyfriend’s ChatGPT and It Ended Our Relationship” ignited a massive conversation about love, privacy, and AI in the modern dating landscape. In this episode, Lindsey shares t...
Guest: Lindsey Hall
255
April 15, 2026
The Forgotten Feminist Who Taught the World to Orgasm: Shere Hite & "The Hite Report" with Rosa Campbell
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code PRIVATE10 at fleshlight.com. For the 255th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Rosa Campbell, historian and author of The Book That Taught the World to Orgasm and Then Disappeared: Shere Hite and the Hite Report. In this episode, Rosa unpacks the groundbreaking (and controversial) legacy of Shere Hite and her bestselling work, Th...
Guest: Rosa Campbell
254
April 8, 2026
Motherhood & the Messy Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery with Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 254th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer, journalist, and professor Mallary Tenore Tarpley. Mallary is the author of Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, and her work reframes recovery not as a clean, finished destination, but as a messy, ongoing “middle place” where pro...
Guest: Mallary Tenore Tarpley
253
April 1, 2026
Sex Work, Feminism & the Making of "Girl Gone Wild" with "Spent" Author Antonia Crane
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 253rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, the tables are turned—host Courtney Kocak is interviewed by returning guest and Spent author Antonia Crane about her debut memoir Girl Gone Wild on its pub date! Girl Gone Wild is an unwittingly feminist coming-of-age about ambition, delusion, sex, shame, and misogyny—from growing up in...
Guest: Antonia Crane
252
March 25, 2026
Stop Waiting for an Apology: How to Forgive After a Breakup (or Any Hurt) & Finally Move On with Dr. Dravon James
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 252nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes life coach, transformation specialist, and author Dr. Dravon James. Dr. Dravon is the author of Forgiveness: The Pathway to Happiness, and her approach reframes forgiveness as an act of self-love rather than as something we do for those who hurt us. In th...
Guest: Dr. Dravon James
251
March 18, 2026
When Your Husband Comes Out as Gay: Kelly Foster Lundquist on Her “Beard” Marriage
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 251st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author and professor Kelly Foster Lundquist. Kelly’s debut memoir, Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage, unpacks her first marriage to a man who would later come out as gay. Raised in evangelical purity culture, Kelly married young and spent years navigating a rela...
Guest: Kelly Foster Lundquist
250
March 11, 2026
Me & Amy Pascal's Pubes
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 250th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak shares an audio essay cut from her debut memoir, Girl Gone Wild, about aging in the entertainment industry and why finding her first maybe-gray hair down there took her back to the Sony hack. Here's a link to Courtney's Open Secrets essay: https://opensecretsmag.s...
249
March 4, 2026
Mind Trip: Courtney on Ayahuasca & Learning to Let Go
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 249th episode of Private Parts Unknown, we’re revisiting a favorite episode from the archives, originally part of the Mind Trip series, which explores the modern psychedelic renaissance as waves of decriminalization, legalization, and corporatization build across the United States. In this third installment of the series, for...
248
Feb. 25, 2026
Drag Before RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Cultural History of NYC Drag with Elyssa Goodman
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 248th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes journalist and author Elyssa Goodman. Elyssa is the author of Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City, a sweeping look at more than 150 years of drag—from 19th-century male impersonators and mafia-run clubs to the rise of RuPaul’s Dra...
Guest: Elyssa Goodman
247
Feb. 18, 2026
Girl Gone Wild: The Story Behind My Memoir—Interviewed by Lili Gourley
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 247th episode of Private Parts Unknown, the tables are turned—host Courtney Kocak sits down with Trio House Press junior editor Lili Gourley to talk about her debut memoir Girl Gone Wild. Girl Gone Wild is a coming-of-age tale of ambition, delusion, drugs, sex, and misogyny... including selling T-shirts on the Girls Gone Wild bus....
Guest: Lili Gourley
246
Feb. 11, 2026
From Swinging to Porn to the Love Ranch: The Business of Pleasure with Ms. Amanda
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 246th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Nebraska-based swinger, porn performer, and legal sex worker Ms. Amanda. Ms. Amanda has spent more than a decade moving between often-siloed sexual worlds. In this interview, she takes us behind the scenes of her long-term marriage, her foray into the swinger li...
Guest: Ms. Amanda
245
Feb. 4, 2026
From War Zone to Rom Com: Divorce, Midlife Love, Menopause & Life-Affirming Friendship with Deborah Copaken
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 245th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and screenwriter Deborah Copaken. A former war correspondent turned chronicler of intimacy, Deborah has spent her career examining what it means to choose love over conflict and what it's like to be a woman in a world...
Guest: Deborah Copaken
244
Jan. 28, 2026
Raising Boys in the Midst of the Masculinity Crisis with Ruth Whippman
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 244th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes journalist and author Ruth Whippman. Ruth is the author of BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity, a blend of memoir and reporting that asks a question many parents—people in general—are wrestling with: how do we raise good men in a culture...
Guest: Ruth Whippman
243
Jan. 21, 2026
Too Old for Sex? Think Again with "Naked at Our Age" Author Joan Price
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 243rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author and senior sexpert Joan Price. At 82 years old, Joan has been writing and talking about sex and aging for decades, and she's still leading the conversation on why pleasure has no expiration date. In honor of the relaunch of her groundbreaking book Naked at Our ...
Guest: Joan Price
242
Jan. 14, 2026
Abortion Without Shame in Post-Roe America with Becca Rea-Tucker, Author of "The Abortion Companion"
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 242nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author, baker, and reproductive rights advocate Becca Rea-Tucker. Fresh off the release of her new book, The Abortion Companion, Becca shares her own abortion story, her work in reproductive justice, and her experience becoming a mother in post-Roe Texas. Becca and Co...
Guest: Becca Rea-Tucker
241
Jan. 7, 2026
Celebrating Four Years Sober: Paulina Pinsky on Capitalism, Creativity & How Quitting Cannabis Changed Everything
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 241st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer, educator, and friend of the podcast Paulina Pinsky. In this deeply personal conversation, Paulina reflects on her journey to four years of sobriety, unpacking how her relationship with cannabis moved from magic to medicine to misery. She talks candidly about add...
Guest: Paulina Pinsky
240
Dec. 31, 2025
Inside the Surprising Reality of Legal Brothels with Madam Dena Duff of Sheri's Ranch in Nevada
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 240th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Madam Dena Duff of Sheri's Ranch Brothel in Pahrump, Nevada. Ever wondered what it’s like inside a legal brothel? Today’s guest, a madam in Nye County, Nevada, pulls back the curtain on the business of pleasure—from the clientele to the safety protocols. She shares her ...
Guest: Madam Dena Duff
239
Dec. 24, 2025
How "The World Walk" Author Tom Turcich Found Adventure, Love & Meaning on His Seven-Year Journey Across Six Continents
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 239th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes The World Walk author Tom Turcich. Over seven years, Tom Tursich walked across six continents with his loyal dog, Savannah, on an epic journey chronicled in his book, The World Walk. Tom was the tenth person, and Savannah was the first dog to achieve this feat of walk...
Guest: Tom Turcich
238
Dec. 17, 2025
What Ethical Adoption Actually Looks Like: What You Should Know About the Business of Family-Making with Marjie Alonso
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 238th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes adoptive mother and writer Marjie Alonso. In this interview, Marjie unpacks what ethical adoption actually looks like—and why the familiar “better life” narrative so often obscures power imbalances, secrecy, and profound loss. Drawing from her experience adopting two sons...
237
Dec. 10, 2025
Economist Corinne Low on the Myth of “Having It All”: The Data on Gender Roles, Relationships & Modern Motherhood
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 237th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes economist, Wharton professor, and Having It All author Corinne Low. In this interview, Corinne breaks down the myth of “having it all” and opens up about her own midlife crisis, the impossible pressures on modern women, and how inequality inside heterosexual households ca...
Guest: Corinne Low
236
Dec. 3, 2025
Monique El-Faizy Breaks Down the Gisèle Pelicot Case: Why It Shocked France & Beyond
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 236th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Paris-based journalist Monique El-Faizy to unpack France's Gisèle Pelicot case. This French legal battle, which culminated in a landmark verdict last December, exposed a horrifying conspiracy to rape involving dozens of men—led by Pelicot’s own husband. To break it all d...
235
Nov. 26, 2025
How Tiffany Wisconsin Built an OnlyFans Empire with Gangbangs, Senior Citizens & Savvy PR—Plus Plastic Surgery BTS
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 235th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes OnlyFans creator and adult-content star Tiffany Wisconsin. In this interview, Wisconsin Tiff opens up about leaving a controlling marriage, how OnlyFans became her path to financial independence, and what it took to rebuild her life and career at 37. We also dig into the stra...
Guest: Tiffany Wisconsin