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Episodes

June 30, 2020

Let's Talk About Race, Baby

For the 26th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome audio producer & Your Fave Is Problematic co-host Kristen Bennett to talk about racism, media & relationships. We get into S…
April 27, 2020

American Sex Tourists in Tokyo

For the 25th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra bring you the happy ending & finale episode to our Tokyo, Japan series. We explore what it was like to buy sex for the first time as…
April 25, 2020

Japanese Girl Power

For the 24th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome reporter Hiroko Imai & video producer Marina Yajima Taylor for the 3rd episode from our Tokyo, Japan series. Hiroko () is a…
April 17, 2020

Gay & Married in the U.S., But Not Quite Yet in Japan

For the 23rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome cultural translator Chris Wells for the 2nd episode from our Tokyo, Japan series. Chris () has lived in Japan for over 25 y…
March 29, 2020

A Subcultures Researcher & a Sex Worker Walk into a Tokyo Bar

For the 22nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome Keio University subcultures researcher Joe McReynolds & sex worker/model/columnist Yuki for the 1st episode from our Tokyo,…
Feb. 14, 2020

Getting Turned On to Polyamory

For the 21st episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome Nova Scotia-based married couple & co-hosts of the Turn Me On podcast – Jeremie Saunders & Bryde MacLean – for a really int…
Feb. 5, 2020

In the Boom Boom Room with Smoove, Co-Owner of Bloomington Queer Bar The Back Door

For the 20th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome one-name wonder Smoove, co-owner of a very special queer bar called The Back Door, for the 2nd installment in a 2-part seri…
Jan. 15, 2020

On Being a Keeper of Sexual Artifacts with Kinsey Curator Rebecca Fasman

For the 19th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite keeper of sexual artifacts, Kinsey Institute curator Rebecca Fasman, for the 1st installment in a 2-part serie…
Dec. 24, 2019

How to Thrive After the Death of a Loved One

For the 18th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite mother-son duo, Karen Lee & Cameron Poter, co-hosts of the Sex Talk With My Mom podcast for a holiday how-to a…
Dec. 11, 2019

Breaking the Binary in Mexico City

For the 17th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you on a quick trip to Mexico City for the 2nd installment in a 2-part series about romance, sexuality, gender & life in genera…
Nov. 1, 2019

Tacos, PDA & Masculinity in Mexico City

For the 16th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you on a quick trip to Mexico City for the 1st installment in a 2-part series about Mexican romance, sexuality, gender & life i…
Oct. 23, 2019

Raising Hell with Jacq the Stripper & Soldiers of Pole

For the 15th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra take you inside Raising Hell, a super sexy & informative event thrown by , the California exotic dancers union that we featured in o…
Oct. 14, 2019

Introducing Artemis: A New Podcast to Cream Your Nerdy Jeans to

We want to turn you on to a hot new podcast: is a lesbian retelling of the classic Greek myth of Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, from the original story written by Svetlana Ivanova. If you're mythology nerds like us, you're g…
Sept. 29, 2019

Happy Safe Abortion Day: A Reproductive Rights State of the Union

For the 14th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your host Courtney Kocak is flying solo to honor International Sex Abortion Day with a special episode featuring seven advocates & women who’ve had personal experiences with abo…
Sept. 17, 2019

Banishing STD Stigma with Shameless Sex

For the 13th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome another pair of sex-positive podcasters, Amy Baldwin & April Lampert, co-hosts of the Shameless Sex podcast. We talk shop ab…
Sept. 11, 2019

“Amsterdam Ave” Explores the Intersection of Dutch & American Culture

For the 12th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra welcome another duo of female filmmakers — Dionne van den Berg & Pooja Tripathi — who created, wrote & star in the upcoming web seri…
Aug. 29, 2019

Dominatrix & Healer Aleta Cai on Radical Confidence, Subspace & Why “50 Shades of Grey” Was Annoying

For the 11th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra drop the final dispatch from their recent trip to New York. For this NYC edition, we're joined by dominatrix and healer Aleta Cai, w…
Aug. 21, 2019

Wendi Starling is a Feminist Sugar Baby

For the 10th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra are back with another dispatch from their recent trip to New York. For this NYC edition, we're joined by hilarious comedian Wendi St…
Aug. 15, 2019

Billy Procida, Manwhore About Town in NYC

For the 9th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra return with a dispatch from their recent trip to New York. For this NYC edition, we're joined by crazy/sexy/cool/freaky/funny comedia…
July 25, 2019

Men Have Abortions Too, Part 3

For the 8th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra are back with the 3rd & final installment in our 3-part series featuring men talking about their personal experiences with abortion. …
July 4, 2019

Men Have Abortions Too, Part 2

For the 7th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra are back with the 2nd installment in our 3-part series featuring men talking about their personal experiences with abortion. For this…
June 20, 2019

Men Have Abortions Too, Part 1

For the 6th episode of Private Parts Unknown, comedian/engineer Matt Monroe () joins your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra. He tells the story behind his recent social media post that began “And now, an abortion story…
May 30, 2019

Grandmas, Sisters & the Foundation of Feminist Finland

For the 5th episode of Private Parts Unknown—the 3rd in our Helsinki series—your favorite commuter companions, Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, are thrilled to introduce you to feminism in Finland & how it got that way. We…
May 8, 2019

Hei Girl Hei: Dating & Romance in Helsinki, Finland—The Happiest Country in the World

For the 4th episode of Private Parts Unknown—the 2nd in our Helsinki series—your favorite commuter companions, Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, are thrilled to introduce you to dating & romance in the capital city of the h…