Why Are People Into That?! show

Why Are People Into That?!

Summary: A long-running indie conversation show that centers queer, kinky, slutty, and pervy cultures to discuss sex toys, BDSM, non-monogamy, porn, intersectional feminism, and much more. Through conversations both intellectual and raunchy between host/producer Tina Horn and her expert guests, the podcast explores science, psychology, social dynamics, and history, as well as deeply personal stories and pleasure-centered education. Support this show at http://supporter.acast.com/yapit

Podcasts:

 Interrobang: Yin & Poppy of Mercy Mistress | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:52

“I didn’t how to kiss gently. It was always about grabbing the person, putting my hand around their throat, biting. Leaving as many bruises on a body as possible. I confused a lot of people!” How is being an actress like being a dominatrix? Tina spoke with the creators of the groundbreaking new webseries "Mercy Mistress" about BDSM as healing, sex work as a consent ritual, and the perks of crop tops in winter. Mercy Mistress is an episodic dramatic series that follows Mistress Yin, a queer first generation Chinese-American professional and lifestyle dominatrix living in New York City. Each episode focuses on a different client and explores the roots of their particular kink while the larger story is one that unveils the layers of Mistress Yin's own sexuality and how she broke from a cycle of abuse, self-destruction, and childhood violence through her healing journey with BDSM. Yin Q is a BDSM educator/writer, media producer, sex work activist, and mother of two fierce girls. She has a BA from Barnard College and MFA from The New School.  Poppy Liu is a first generation Yellow American New York City based actor, poet and community organizer who was born in Xi'An, China and raised between Minnesota and Shanghai. Poppy is the founding director of the production company Collective Sex which has the mission of decolonizing queer femme stories about body, sex, love and healing.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Live at Camp Ravish | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:53

“The ultimate fantasy is love.” Live from Camp Ravish, a sexy outdoor event in rural Texas, comes this atmospheric YAPIT Live! My special guest was world renowned rope bondage expert JD from 2 Knotty Boys. We discussed bondage, exhibitionism and voyeurism, spanking, age play, and more! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Bear Bergman: Chivalry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:41:03

“Chivalry is the kind of ritualized flirting that goes on and on and on." In this episode, iconic writer S. Bear Bergman makes a case for chivalry; a modern, bespoke, very queer kind. He compares it to high protocol BDSM, cruising, and good ole fashioned courtesy. Very much the kind of convo you’ll only find on YAPIT. S. Bear Bergman is a writer, storyteller, educator, activist and the founder and publisher of children’s book publisher Flamingo Rampant, which makes feminist, culturally-diverse children’s picture books about LGBT2Q+ kids and families. He writes creative non-fiction for grown ups, fiction for children, resolutely factual features for various news outlets, the advice column Asking Bear and was the co-editor along with Kate Bornstein of Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. These days he spends most of his time making transgender cultural competency interventions any way he can and trying to avoid stepping on Lego. Learn more about his projects at sbearbergman.com. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Barbara Carrellas: Tantra, Pt2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:50

“Back in the 90s, I touched so many pussies and so many penises while doing erotic awakening massage that eventually I noticed there was no fucking difference: People were responding as erotic beings!” Part 2 of YaPi Tantra begins with Barbara Carrellas guiding us through the first steps to full body blissgasms. She also explains how the 10th anniversary edition of Urban Tantra came to include trans and gender nonconforming erotic awakening massage, and tells a bit of the origins of her tantra practice in a downtown Manhattan strip club.  Barbara Carrellas is celebrating the brand new second edition of her bestselling book, Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty First Century—the world’s first LGBTQ- and BDSM-inclusive Tantric sex book. She has also written Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide To Sex, Relationships and Oh So Much More, and Luxurious Loving. Barbara is the founder of Urban Tantra®  — a philosophy, an international community, and an inclusive conscious sexuality practice. She was named Best Tantric Sex Seminar Leader in New York City by Time Out/NY Magazine for her Urban Tantra® workshops, and was awarded a 2016 Sexual Freedom Award for Lifetime Achievement. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Barbara Carrellas: Tantra, Pt 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:28

“The AIDS crisis was taking away our sexual freedom as well as our lives. I wanted to have sex in a way that was safe from HIV, but ecstatic as gay men in the all night disco palaces of your dreams.” Barbara Carrellas is a queer kinky sex educator whose work has been very influential on Tina’s personal and professional life. To celebrate the tenth anniversary edition of Barbara’s seminal book Urban Tantra, the two of them sat down to discuss breath and energy orgasms, their relative tolerate for “woo,” and the complications of cultural appropriation. This is Part One, with Part Two coming later this month! Barbara Carrellas is celebrating the brand new second edition of her bestselling book, Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty First Century—the world’s first LGBTQ- and BDSM-inclusive Tantric sex book. She has also written Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide To Sex, Relationships and Oh So Much More, and Luxurious Loving. Barbara is the founder of Urban Tantra®  — a philosophy, an international community, and an inclusive conscious sexuality practice. She was named Best Tantric Sex Seminar Leader in New York City by Time Out/NY Magazine for her Urban Tantra® workshops, and was awarded a 2016 Sexual Freedom Award for Lifetime Achievement. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Live! Tantra Edition: Barbara Carrellas & Sloan: Pleasure Chest NYC December | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:58

“The part of sex that most people love is the letting go, the freedom of connection with themselves or another person, the expansion, literally the OMG of it. Most people feel that want more of that and they want it to go on longer. Tantra offers practical ways to get you there." Recorded in front of a particularly enthusiastic audience at the Pleasure Chest in NYC, December 2017, this is the Tantra Edition of YAPIT Live! Featuring Barbara Carrellas, author of the kinky queer sex guide Urban Tantra, along with Sloan, a Pleasure Chest educator and curator, this episode covers massage, breath, orgies, and much more!  $5+ Patrons get the episode early, as well as NOT ONE BUT TWO EXCLUSIVE EXTRAS including sex advice about asking for what you want when what you want is love, and a whole lot of fascinating audience questions. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Melissa Dessereau: Polyamory, Pt2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:44:03

Part Two of my conversation with Melissa Dessereau, MFT, in which we discuss attachment theory, and why queers are especially well equipped for non-monogamy. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Pleasure Chest: Self Love & Solo Sex on Valentine's Day w Tania | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:33

This February, let's rethink our idea about romance by focusing on self love and solo sex! Tania has been with the Pleasure Chest for 2 years managing the Lincoln Avenue location in Chicago. She loves poetry, cooking and crystals. She finds a lot of joy in helping folks find a way to love themselves and others. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Melissa Dessereau: Polyamory, Pt1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:51

“You can’t really control whether you’re having an emotional connection with someone." By popular demand, here is an entire episode on the topic of open relationships, with a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who also happens to be an out queer polyamorous badass. Is having a customized relationship really worth all that processing? Listen and decide for yourself! Melissa Dessereau is a perceptive and nuanced therapist with a refreshingly frank style. For over 20 years, she has been working with individuals, couples, and families to foster personal growth and satisfying relationships. She has a way of making clients feel comfortable, understood, and at ease — like no matter what you say she gets it and doesn’t judge you. And she’s funny. Melissa can deal with complexity and better yet can make it simple and manageable. She’s well-versed with queer, kinky, and polyamorous relationships and experiences. You can visit her web page at http://www.phiirst.com/bio-melissa.htm. Melissa is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She completed her Master of Science in Family Therapy with a concentration in Sex Therapy at Thomas Jefferson University. She also holds Master of Arts in Child Development from Tufts University. Melissa is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Interrobang: Mistress Blunt on Dasya Yoga | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:32

“In summary, life is pain; submit to me!” Mistress Blunt’s professional practice incorporates devotional principles of yoga with classic BDSM training. In this highly intellectual and erotic episode, she talks with Tina about altered states of consciousness, the relationship between chronic pain and S&M, and her specialized femme induction sessions.  Danielle Blunt is a New York City based professional and lifestyle domina. She is a classically trained dominatrix, a sex worker’s rights activist, a public health student, a full-spectrum doula, a yoga teacher, a writer, an award winning visual artist, and a plant mom. Her play, work and research all explore the intersections of tenderness and pain. She enjoys long walks on the beach and making men cry. @MistressBlunt  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Live! Lucy Sweetkill: Dominatrix | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:28

A freezer filled with vacuum-sealed dirty panties. Breeder gloves for fisting. How to turn a vibrator into a bondage toy. Putting feet in assholes. A mutual love of ruined orgasms.  The dominatrix edition of YAPIT Live at the Pleasure Chest in NYC has all this and a whole lot more kinky shit.  “I want you to feel like you can’t get away at all. I want a hundred locks. I want to chain you down. I want you to feel like a complete prisoner.” This all-BDSM sex worker panel features NYC-based dominatrix Lucy Sweetkill of La Maison du Rouge, and Ryan, the Outreach Coordinator of the Pleasure Chest NYC. Recording by Justine Mclellan, sponsored by Acast.  If you’re in the NYC area, come to the monthly live series to enjoy raunchy talk with my special sexpert guests, wine and refreshments, schmoozing with babes, and discounted sex toy shopping! Updated info is always at TinaHorn.net/live.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Interrobang: Jolie Kerr on clean people w dirty minds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:56

Cleaning things up so you can get extra dirty. That’s the philosophy of Ask A Clean Person columnist and podcaster Jolie Kerr. Tina had the misconception that a cleaning expert probably wouldn’t share some of her disgusting interests, but Jolie defies expectations with her dirty mouth and filthy mind. In this episode, Jolie gives tips for using ketchup to clean leather strap-on harnesses, and using meat tenderizer to clean up period blood; and Tina tells a very personal story about an anal catastrophe.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Pleasure Chest: Body Positive NY Resolutions w Carly | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:26

Pleasure Chest Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Interrobang: Mickey Mod on porn stigma & love | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:06

“What I love the most about being a porn performer is the vulnerability." This summer while Tina was visiting Austin Texas, she had an extremely personal and poignant conversation on with her old friend Mickey Mod. Mickey opened up about his career as a porn star, how stigma changes when you fall in love, and why the double standard of the “interracial” porn genre is an economic justice issue. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Pleasure Chest: Tracy: Gift Guide | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:10

In this special holiday guide from the Pleasure Chest, LA sex specialist Tracy walks us through all sort of stocking stuffer ideas from vibrators that double as jewelry, to porn, books, bondage toys, massage oils, gift cards, gift packages, and special deals to give the gift of stress relief to all your loved ones! Tracy is the Supervisor and Sex specialist at the Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood. She has been working for the Pleasure Chest since 2015 and in the adult toy industry for 6 years. Her goal is to help others explore and add a lil spice and everything nice to their lives!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comments

Login or signup comment.