Sex Drive: The Dirrrrrrty Science

It's 1988 in Lesotho, and doctors at a hospital see something they thought was impossible. A 15-year-old girl shows up pregnant and in labor, but she's missing something pretty crucial to her delivery: a vagina. So — how did this happen?? We go on a roller-coaster ride through th ...  Show more

We’ve all been there. Feeling stuck with a problem because no one in our life can relate. Or because the one person we need to talk to … won’t. Or can’t. Enter Yowei Shaw and the show Proxy. Proxy is built on a simple idea: no one is ever as alone with their problem as they think ...  Show more

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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">This episode is all about how your experience with sex is not hormone-dependent, it is actually dependent upon your brain.</span>

<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Emily Nagoski i ...

Evolutionary psychologists have long argued that women’s sexual behavior is driven by hormonal changes that occur throughout the menstrual cycle, including everything from their desire for sex to their partner choice. This has fed the popular idea that hormones are really the ...

DB sits down with Dr. Justin Lehmiller to talk sexual fantasies, threesomes, and the impact of porn on our sex lives. Gain psychological insights into why we do what we do in the bedroom, and learn strategies for expressing your sexual fantasies to a partner. Plus, don't miss DB ...  Show more

It turns out that many of the things we think we know about sex aren’t entirely true. So let’s set the record straight and explore what we do and don’t know about sex and the human body.

For today’s show, we’re revisiting one of my favorite ...