Therapist Kate Loree shares healing tools for sexual abuse survivors. Everyone gets major life skill points for listening to this episode. TOPICS: Steubenville, Rape Culture, Butthole Equality, Therapists, Startling Stats, Crisis, High School Gang Rape, Sandra's Fight or Flight Moment, Body Tracking, Finding Your Voice, Flooding, Multiple Personalities, Sex Vacation, Partners & Family of Survivors, Triggers, a Coaching Hug, Therapy Techniques and The Scary Canoe Story.  Kate Loree is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing out of Encino, CA. She has an eclectic therapy approach that emphasizes insight, emotional healing, and empowerment to help individuals and couples reach their highest potential and have more gratifying lives.Through an alliance of trust and collaboration, she works with clients to untangle confusing thoughts, feelings, and behavioral patterns to rediscover the capacity to make meaningful choices that are right for the client and their relationship. She is connected to modern practices and therapies; and well informed of latest trends in the mental health field. She works with her clients to set clear expectations and goals for their therapeutic process. For more information about the 2 types of therapy Kate mentioned, checkout the Trauma Resource Institute and EMDRIA websites. 

'TIS THE SEASON! Sandra brings together gal pals Yvette & Rachael for girl talking the realities of the beej. TOPICS: Tongue genetics, BJ Class Takeaways, Important Feedback, Being in the Zone, Band Geeks, Paying it Forward, Penis Owner Tips, Reciprocity, The Glance, Swallowing, An Oral Revelation, the Beauty of Pleasure, Man Sounds, 69, Immediate Disqualifications, Penis Size, and the best phrase ever, "DANCE OFF PANTS OFF!" 

FEELINGS, FEELINGS & MORE FEELINGS! Sandra & Dave hug goodbye after a long talk about the ups & downs of their on-air relationship. TOPICS: New York Decompression, The Call of the Heart, Gratitude, Hooking Up, Divorce, Reasons for the Breakup, Processing Feelings, Communication Challenges, Abandonment, Solidifying Friendship, Dave's Closing Remarks on Polyamory & Sex Positivity and Everyone Finds Out The Other Person Cares. 

A VASSAR COLLEGE EXCLUSIVE! Recording live from their annual NonCon, Sandra & Dave invite Giggles' employees Angela & Jennifer to talk local sex store wisdom & learn what college students are up to in between classes! TOPICS: Epic Glory Holes, Regional Dong Lingo, Local Sex Store Behaviors, Kinky Snowmen, Utilitarian Anti-Masturbation Signs, The Sex Stairway at Orgy High, Simba, Marriah Carey, Prank Calls, Bunk Bed Safety, The Sex Tree, Senior Fun Run, Banister Sliding Science, Hot Animated Characters, Chastity & Cuckolding.  

SEX SURROGACY, DISABILITY & JUICY BEHIND-THE-SCENES DETAILS! "The Sessions" writer/director/powerhouse Ben Lewin & sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen Greene talk live on-stage with Sandra on the making of the movie, with a special after-interview with Cheryl on the ins & outs of her hands-on work. TOPICS: Funding the film, Being "Differently Abled," Cheryl's relationships, How to Find a Sex Surrogate, Lots of Film Making Talk, John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, Sandra's William H Macy Crush & the Difference Between a Sex Surrogate & "a Hooker."  Cheryl Cohen Greene is a Certified Sexologist, with a doctorate in Human Sexuality, a 20 year member of the San Francisco Sex Information Training Staff, and have been a surrogate partner for over 30 years. I have helped hundreds of men, women and couples overcome the most common obstacles to good sex and deep intimacy. As a surrogate partner I take a hands-on approach to addressing anxiety, body-image issues, sexual dysfunction, communication difficulties, and other common problems that hinder intimacy. I am also an expert on alternative sexual lifestyles and safer sex. I have appeared on Larry King Live and other major media and have spoken at events, conferences, and colleges across the country. Ben Lewin's career as a writer and director is spread across three continents and includes award-winning documentaries, feature films, TV movies, mini-series and episodic programs. Born in Poland in 1946, he migrated to Australia with his family in 1949. As a young man, Lewin showed great passion for photography and creative writing, and also studied and practiced law. His breakthrough project as a writer/director was The Case of Cruelty to Prawns, a comedy-drama that won the Best Television Film Award at the prestigious Melbourne Film Festival. Ben Lewin is best known in the US as the writer and director of comedy features; Paperback Romance, a love story about slightly damaged people starring Anthony LaPaglia and Gia Carrides, and the messianic farce The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish, starring Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson. 

SINGLES MIXERS, ONLINE DATING & FIRE PLAY! Nerdist's Monica Moon & game developer Ivan Van Norman Join Sandra & Dave on stage live at Nerdmelt for a round of "Wow, it's weird to be single!" TOPICS: Sex Nerd Speed Dating, National Geographic Mating Dance, So Much Awkwardness, Wingmen, Brain Aneurisms, Buddy System, Fake Occupations, Stupid Questions, Psychological Damage, "King of the Nerds," Online Dating Profile Tips Galore, Messaging No-No's, Pickup Tips for Nice People, Smooching, Cum Jokes, Marry-F*ck-Kill, A SURPRISE GUEST and IVAN LIGHTS SANDRA ON FIRE!  Follow @DaveToTheRoss and @SexNerdSandra on Twitter! And visit Sex Nerd Sandra’s website for more sexy nerdiness!

FIRST KISS PROTOCOL, POLYAMORY & CONDOM TECHNOLOGY! Sex-positive cartoonist Danielle Corsetto shares tips on writing, dating and kissing. TOPICS: Character Development, Pony/ Puppy/ Bunny BDSM, Cheating, Honesty, Jealousy, GIF silliness, Listener Ideas, Kissing Tips and Initiating First Contact. Danielle Corsetto is the cartoonist behind Girls With Slingshots, a slice-of-life webcomic about two girls, a bar, and a talking cactus... and vibrators, and lesbians, and unusual sexual identities, and cats and love and a little BDSM. You can read her strip (and vibrator reviews!) at www.girlswithslingshots.com every weekeday. If you enjoy a little TMI from strangers, her Twitter handle is @dcorsetto and she is an active supporter of #TMITuesday tweets. Danielle lives in Shepherdstown, WV with her two cats and a 12-year-old goldfish. Follow @DaveToTheRoss and @SexNerdSandra on Twitter! And visit Sex Nerd Sandra’s website for more sexy nerdiness!

EPIC NERDY LOVE STORY! Dating advice podcaster Harris O'Malley a.k.a. Dr. Nerdlove & wife Catherine Burke O'Malley (LEOG podcast) shares how he married out of the friend zone! TOPICS: Green Lantern Rings, Ancient Online Dating, Attraction in Friendship, Nice Girls & Boys, "Death Camp for Penis," Harris's Pickup Artist Phase, Seduction vs Coercion, the Hot Best Friend, Gay Parallel, Neato Time Dilation Effect, First Kiss, Friend Zone Philosophizing, the "Nice Guys of OKC" tumblr, Nice vs Good, Pedestals, Fish Tacos and the awkward turtle emoticon!   Harris O’Malley is an Austin based blogger and dating coach who runs run the geek love advice blog Paging Dr. NerdLove where he teaches geeks and nerds how to get better at dating without having to give up that special quality that makes them geeks. His articles have been featuredonKotaku, ThinkProgress, Comics Worth Reading, Boing Bong and even the Harvard Business Journal (?!?).  He’s also participated in Lifehacker's "Ask An Expert" series, answering people’s dating conundrums. He’s also a regular contributor to Spill.com as a member of the “League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen” podcast. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter as DrNerdLove. Catherine Burke O'Malley holds an MA in medieval history from Syracuse University and is a regular contributor to Spill.com on the "League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen" podcast, and an occasional guest reviewer on the "Remote Viewing" podcast. Her experience with romantic, sexual, and friend-zone matters is strictly practical, personal, and completely ordinary. She married former denizen of her own Friend Zone, Harris O'Malley, in May, 2012. You can find her on Facebook as "Cat from the LEOG," and on Twitter @cathburke

BDSM, SWINGING & POWER PLAY! Psych grad student & researcher Ryan Witherspoon stimulates our ears with kinky knowledge! TOPICS: Swingers vs Polyamory, Psychological Research, Healthy Kink, Pain vs Sensation, Stress-Reduction, Power Play, Service Tops, BDSM vs Abuse, Control, Trust & Pride, Surprising Research, Male Submissives, Pre-Play Negotiations, Boosting Self-Esteem, Open Conversation, Fidelity, Abundance vs Scarcity and Mindful Jealousy! Ryan Witherspoon has published peer-reviewed research and regularly presents at academic conferences nationwide on the topics of sexual minorities and alternative lifestyles, as well as school bullying and mindfulness-based practices.  Ryan will receive his Master's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University in April, enroute to earning his Ph.D.  Additionally Ryan is a state-certified sexual assault advocate and co-founder of Psychotherapists for Sexual Diversity (PSD), a Los Angeles-based professional organization for clinicians and graduate students interested in sexual diversity issues.  For more information about PSD or Ryan's research work, please email him at RyanWitherspoon@gmail.com.

MIND-READING HEADBANDS, VIBRATING MICE & REAL DOLLS! Guest co-host, comedy writer & illustrator Jenny Fine joins Sandra in an accidentally alcoholic CES roundup! TOPICS: Dicks in our Faces,Calling All Fan Art, IUD Update, Cell Phone Vibrators, Nerd Boy Worship, Mad Men, 3D Sex Toy Printers, Mattress Gossip, Sex & Advertising, Speculums, the Hands-Free Mauz & more tangents than you can shake a dongle at!  Jenny Fine (@jfineoriginal) is an LA based illustrator, storyboard artist and comedy writer. Her artwork can be seen in Adult Swim shows "NTSF:SD:SUV::" and "Newsreaders"; in Dan Harmon's (creator of NBC's "Community") podcast website and merchandise; all over the Nerdist website; in event posters at the Nerdist Showroom inside Meltdown Comics; and much more. She also co-created, wrote, was production designer, and starred in the Nerdist YouTube Channel web series "NerdTerns". Originally from the midwest, Jenny made her first foray into the LA comedy scene with a starring role in the viral youtube video (4 million views and counting) "Madeon Pop Culture (Dance Video)". In her free time, she likes to contribute to her autobiographical webcomic, "Vignettes", and go salsa dancing. Follow @DaveToTheRoss and @SexNerdSandra on Twitter! And visit Sex Nerd Sandra's website for more sexy nerdiness!