Why Dating Is So Damn Awkward

Why Dating Is So Damn Awkward

Does dating suck because you’re awkward, or are you awkward because it’s a date? Ty Tashiro, psychologist and author of Awkward: The Science of Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That’s Awesome, explains why steeling yourself and weathering the first five minutes of awkwardness is usually worth it. “Don’t be a wallflower,” he says, meaning it literally: research shows that location is a powerful predictor of social success. But what if our love lives need awkwardness? Host Maureen O’Connor wonders if awkwardness, coded differently, is the very definition of romance. Call 646-494-3590 with cringeworthy meet-cutes and awkward sex stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Facebook of Sex

The Facebook of Sex

Cindy Gallop dates younger men— which is how she discovered that younger men seem to have received their sexual educations from porn. To balance the myths of hardcore porn with reality, she founded Ma...

24 Helmi 201730min

The Invention of Safe Sex

The Invention of Safe Sex

“Every relationship can be based on love, even if it lasts only fifteen minutes.” That’s one of the beliefs that drove a movement to reinvent America’s understanding of sex, civic responsibility, and ...

17 Helmi 201736min

How to Flirt on Snapchat (and Every Other App)

How to Flirt on Snapchat (and Every Other App)

"You can't play it cool on Snapchat," says Priscilla Pine. And that's why it's the best for flirting. The pseudonymous technology-first sex writer came on Sex Lives to explain the different flirtation...

10 Helmi 201723min

What It's Like to Be 'a Little Bit Pregnant'

What It's Like to Be 'a Little Bit Pregnant'

"I think it's a myth that you can't be a little bit pregnant because I've been a little bit pregnant for about six years," says Andrea Syrtash, founder of the Pregnantish.com. She explains: to be "a l...

3 Helmi 201716min

Whither the Lesbian?

Whither the Lesbian?

L is the first letter of LGBTQ, but often remains misrepresented and on the fringe. This week, two generations of queer women discuss the state of the modern lesbian. Slate staff writer Christina Caut...

27 Tammi 201742min

A Sloppy Night with Mike Pence

A Sloppy Night with Mike Pence

To honor the presidential inauguration, Sex Lives assembles a panel of politically thoughtful (and sexually perverse) minds to reflect on the sexual absurdity of Donald Trump and modern politics. Dail...

20 Tammi 201719min

Cannibals and Quicksand

Cannibals and Quicksand

For decades, conventional and scientific wisdom held that pornography warped our understanding of sex, attraction, and love. But a new generation of scientists are unable to replicate those early find...

13 Tammi 201722min

Red State, Blue State, Gay Twins

Red State, Blue State, Gay Twins

Scott and Julie Rising have been leading parallel lives since birth. The fraternal twins were raised in Alaska. Julie was the tomboy star of her hockey team; Scott preferred musical theater. Each came...

6 Tammi 201721min

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