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

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 legislation, including Project 2025...

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Oct. 15, 2024

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

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 legislation, including Project 202…
Oct. 9, 2024

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

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 episode, anthropologist …
Oct. 2, 2024

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

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 a chaplain's assistant …
Sept. 25, 2024

Me & Amy Pascal's Pubes

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 hack. Here's a link to Cou…
Sept. 18, 2024

Infertility, IVF & VBA2C: Selah Victor on the Benefits & Challenges of Being an "Old Mom"

For the 175th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes actress, comedian, momfluencer, and mother of three Selah Victor. Selah Victor shares her journey to motherhood, detailing her journey through infe…
Sept. 11, 2024

The Practicalities of Polyamory with "Monogamy? In this Economy?" Author Laura Boyle

For the 174th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Laura Boyle, author of Monogamy? In this Economy?: Finances, Childrearing, and Other Practical Concerns of Polyamory . In this interview, Laura Boy…

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Courtney Kocak

Writer, podcaster & comedian

Courtney Kocak is a writer, podcaster, and comedian based in Los Angeles. She wrote for Amazon’s Emmy-winning animated series Danger & Eggs and Netflix’s Know It All podcast. She’s produced a slew of highly-ranked podcasts—including The Bellas Podcast, which debuted at #1 on Apple Podcasts, PayPal’s Never Stand Still, and Girlboss Radio—and currently hosts three of her own with over two million downloads to date: Private Parts Unknown, about love and sexuality around the world, The Bleeders, about book writing and publishing, and Podcast Bestie, a best friend to podcasters trying to grow and monetize their shows (and a popular Substack). As a writer, her bylines include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, BUST, Bustle, InsideHook, and more. Courtney reports on gender, sexuality, psychedelics, reproductive rights, sex work, and sustainability. She’s currently working on a coming-of-age memoir in essays.