Episodes
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
234
Nov. 19, 2025
All About Boobs: Jean Hannah Edelstein on Objectification, Breastfeeding & Breast Cancer
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 234th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Jean Hannah Edelstein, author of Breasts: A Relatively Brief Relationship. Edelstein discusses growing up in a culture that sexualized her body, the pressure and challenges of breastfeeding, and her breast cancer diagnosis—including why she views her mastectomy as an amputation. ...
Guest: Jean Hannah Edelstein
233
Nov. 12, 2025
A Sex Work, LGBTQ Rights & Gender Equality-Centric Tour of Tokyo, Japan—Culminating in a Mind-Blowing Happy Ending Massage!
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 233rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak revisits the Tokyo series, which culminated in a happy ending massage that completely changed her perspective on sex and pleasure. Courtney shares the full details of that experience—an audio version of her viral essay for Cosmo—which will probably give you some yoni fever of your own. Bu...
Nov. 11, 2025
Welcome to Private Parts Unknown—The Sex-Positive Podcast That Goes There (Trailer)
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. Private Parts Unknown is a podcast exploring sex, love, relationships, gender, and seductive subcultures around the world. Join host Courtney Kocak and expert guests for hilarious, sex-positive conversations—destigmatizing everything from abortion to Ashley Madison, polyamory to PMDD, sex work to Shibari, and more. Travel series include Helsinki, Finland; Me...
232
Nov. 5, 2025
The Man Who Taught Machines How to Blow Minds: How Autoblow Inventor Brian Sloan Brought AI to Sex Toys for Men
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 232nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Brian Sloan, inventor of the Autoblow—an AI-powered sex toy for men that’s pushing the boundaries of pleasure, technology, and human connection. In this interview, Sloan opens up about his unlikely path from law school to becoming a pioneer in the adult industry, his decade living ...
231
Oct. 29, 2025
Rewriting the Mother Code: Ruthie Ackerman on Her Journey from Childfree to Choosing Motherhood with Help from a Donor Egg
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 231st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author Ruthie Ackerman, whose new book The Mother Code traces her journey from proudly child-free to embracing motherhood later in life. In this interview, Ackerman opens up about questioning whether to have a baby, unpacking the generational and societal narratives that shaped her r...
Guest: Ruthie Ackerman
230
Oct. 22, 2025
America’s First Legal Full-Service Couple Working Together in a Brothel with Victoria Fox & The Kali Love
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com. For the 230th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Victoria Fox, aka Bushy Meadows, and her fiancé, The Kali Love—America’s first legal full-service couple working together in a brothel. At Bella’s Hacienda Ranch in Wells, Nevada, this trailblazing couple has created a space where sex work isn’t just a transaction, but a tool for heali...