She Fell in Love with Her Best Friend as Same-Sex Marriage Was Legalized in Finland with Aino Mellais
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For the 280th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Helsinki native Aino Pursiainen, from the city’s marketing team, for a never-before-released conversation from our 2019 reporting trip to Finland.
Aino gives us an inside look at LGBTQ+ life, love, and relationships in Helsinki t
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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.