Podcast Episodes

Swinging Secrets from a Happily Married Couple: Inside Dave & Victoria Arena's 20-Year Non-Monogamy Journey

Season 5 Episode 184

For the 184th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes happily married swingers Dave and Victoria Arena for an episode all about non-monogamy — swinging, in specific. And I have…

Published on 7 months ago

How to Make Friends as an Adult: From Well…Adjusting

Season 5

Private Parts Unknown host Courtney Kocak recently appeared on the Well...Adjusting podcast to discuss the aftermath of friendship breakups, making and maintaining friendships as an adult, reconnecti…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Unlock Your Inner Dominatrix: Mistress Colette Pervette Empowers Women to Play with Their Power In & Out of the Dungeon

Season 5 Episode 183

For the 183rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Mistress Colette Pervette, a professional Dominatrix of 20 years.

As an Educatrix, Colette teaches the art and practice of …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Tension Between Evolutionary Biology & Modern Motherhood with "We Are Animals" Author Jennifer Case

Season 5 Episode 182

For the 182nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Jennifer Case, author of We Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of Motherhood. 

Jennifer explains how human maternal be…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Becoming the Subject of Your Sex Life & Relationships with "Subjectified" Author Suzannah Weiss

Season 5 Episode 181

For the 181st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes feminist writer and sexologist Suzannah Weiss, author of the new book Subjectified: Becoming a Sexual Subject.

In this epis…

Published on 8 months ago

Rewriting the Narrative: Maitland Ward on "Boy Meets World," Pre-MeToo Misogyny & "How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood"

Season 5 Episode 180

For the 180th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author, actress, and adult film star Maitland Ward, who is best known for her role as Rachel on the 1990s TV show Boy Meet…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Project 2025 & the Conservative Anti-Porn Agenda: Siri Dahl on the State of Online Sex Work

Season 5 Episode 179

For the 179th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes adult film performer and activist Siri Dahl.

In this episode, we delve into the impact of conservative anti-porn legislatio…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

That Swipe Life: Treena Orchard on Dating Apps Through a Midlife Anthropologist's Lens

Season 5 Episode 178

For the 178th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Treena Orchard, anthropologist and author of Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps.

In this e…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Romantic Adventures, Cheeky Radio Ads & Abortion Bans: Tami Rose on Running a Sex Toy Store in the Deep South

Season 5 Episode 177

For the 177th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Tami Rose, the owner of Romantic Adventures, a sex toy store in Jackson, Mississippi.

Tami discusses her journey from being…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Me & Amy Pascal's Pubes

Season 5 Episode 176

For the 176th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak shares an audio essay about aging, beauty, sexism, and why finding her first maybe-gray hair down there took her back to the Sony h…

Published on 9 months ago