Private Parts Unknown (FKA Reality Bytes) is a Bourdain-style podcast exploring sex, love, relationships, gender, and seductive subcultures around the world. Join host Courtney Kocak and expert guests for hilarious, sex-positive conversations — destigmatizing everything from abortion to Ashley Madison, polyamory to PMDD, sex work to Shibari, and more. Travel series include Helsinki, Finland; Mexico City, Mexico; and Tokyo, Japan.
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Ms. Amanda, a Nebraska-based swinger, porn performer, and legal sex worker, details her decade-long career in the pleasure industry. She discusses her open 31-year marriage, how she built her inclusive swinging business, Kasbah Inc., and the practicalities of working at Nevada's Love Ranch, including safety protocols and client interactions. The episode also explores her "MILF" branding, the importance of boundaries, and how her work has strengthened her personal relationships.
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 245th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and screenwriter Deborah Copaken. A former war correspondent turned chronicler of intimacy, Deborah has spent her career examining what it means to choose love over conflict and what it's like to be a woman in a world hostile...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 244th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes journalist and author Ruth Whippman. Ruth is the author of BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity , a blend of memoir and reporting that asks a question many parents—people in general—are wrestling with: how do we raise good men in a culture that m...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 243rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author and senior sexpert Joan Price. At 82 years old, Joan has been writing and talking about sex and aging for decades, and she's still leading the conversation on why pleasure has no expiration date. In honor of the relaunch of her groundbreaking book Naked at Our Age on i...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 242nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author, baker, and reproductive rights advocate Becca Rea-Tucker. Fresh off the release of her new book, The Abortion Companion , Becca shares her own abortion story, her work in reproductive justice, and her experience becoming a mother in post-Roe Texas. Becca and Courtney ...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 241st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer, educator, and friend of the podcast Paulina Pinsky. In this deeply personal conversation, Paulina reflects on her journey to four years of sobriety, unpacking how her relationship with cannabis moved from magic to medicine to misery. She talks candidly about addiction, ...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 240th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Madam Dena Duff of Sheri's Ranch Brothel in Pahrump, Nevada. Ever wondered what it’s like inside a legal brothel? Today’s guest, a madam in Nye County, Nevada, pulls back the curtain on the business of pleasure—from the clientele to the safety protocols. She shares her unexpect...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 239th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes The World Walk author Tom Turcich. Over seven years, Tom Tursich walked across six continents with his loyal dog, Savannah, on an epic journey chronicled in his book, The World Walk . Tom was the tenth person, and Savannah was the first dog to achieve this feat of walking a...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 238th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes adoptive mother and writer Marjie Alonso. In this interview, Marjie unpacks what ethical adoption actually looks like—and why the familiar “better life” narrative so often obscures power imbalances, secrecy, and profound loss. Drawing from her experience adopting two sons from Pa...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 237th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes economist, Wharton professor, and Having It All author Corinne Low. In this interview, Corinne breaks down the myth of “having it all” and opens up about her own midlife crisis, the impossible pressures on modern women, and how inequality inside heterosexual households can quietl...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 236th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Paris-based journalist Monique El-Faizy to unpack France's Gisèle Pelicot case. This French legal battle, which culminated in a landmark verdict last December, exposed a horrifying conspiracy to rape involving dozens of men—led by Pelicot’s own husband. To break it all down, I’m jo...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 235th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes OnlyFans creator and adult-content star Tiffany Wisconsin. In this interview, Wisconsin Tiff opens up about leaving a controlling marriage, how OnlyFans became her path to financial independence, and what it took to rebuild her life and career at 37. We also dig into the strategy beh...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 234th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Jean Hannah Edelstein, author of Breasts: A Relatively Brief Relationship . Edelstein discusses growing up in a culture that sexualized her body, the pressure and challenges of breastfeeding, and her breast cancer diagnosis—including why she views her mastectomy as an amputation. She als...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 233rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak revisits the Tokyo series, which culminated in a happy ending massage that completely changed her perspective on sex and pleasure. Courtney shares the full details of that experience—an audio version of her viral essay for Cosmo —which will probably give you some yoni fever of your own. But first...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . Private Parts Unknown is a podcast exploring sex, love, relationships, gender, and seductive subcultures around the world. Join host Courtney Kocak and expert guests for hilarious, sex-positive conversations—destigmatizing everything from abortion to Ashley Madison, polyamory to PMDD, sex work to Shibari, and more. Travel series include Helsinki, Finland; Mexico ...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 232nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Brian Sloan, inventor of the Autoblow—an AI-powered sex toy for men that’s pushing the boundaries of pleasure, technology, and human connection. In this interview, Sloan opens up about his unlikely path from law school to becoming a pioneer in the adult industry, his decade living in China...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 231st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes author Ruthie Ackerman, whose new book The Mother Code traces her journey from proudly child-free to embracing motherhood later in life. In this interview, Ackerman opens up about questioning whether to have a baby, unpacking the generational and societal narratives that shaped her resistanc...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 230th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Victoria Fox, aka Bushy Meadows, and her fiancé, The Kali Love—America’s first legal full-service couple working together in a brothel. At Bella’s Hacienda Ranch in Wells, Nevada, this trailblazing couple has created a space where sex work isn’t just a transaction, but a tool for healing. In t...
Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 229th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes 70-year-old porn performer, producer, and director Maestro Claudio, the creative and entrepreneurial force behind sites like Perv City and DP Diva. Claudio didn’t start doing porn until age 40—after a career as a mining engineer and becoming a pilot—but he’s since become one of the industry’s most...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 228th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer and educator Emily McLaughlin, who nearly lost her life after a postpartum stroke. Emily opens up about her complicated j...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . Hello, Privates! Courtney here with a quick update. Get your copy of Girl Gone Wild from Bookshop.org or Amazon . Psst, Courtney has an 0nIyFan$, which is a horny way to support the show: ...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 227th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes the co-editors of the new anthology Gray Love: Stories About Dating and New Relationships After 60 , Nan Bauer-Maglin & Daniel...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 226th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Ainsley Burrows (founder) and Laurielle Noel (CEO) of the Sweet Spot Burlesque, an all-black nationally touring company performing b...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 225th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Naked News anchor Eila Adams. Eila Adams grew up in a small town before making her way to Toronto, where she became the longest-runnin...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 224th 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 ...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 223rd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes podcaster, musician, and writer Ashley Hamer for a candid discussion on motherhood. This is the first episode in an ongoing series as Cour...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 222nd episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes divorce attorney Renée Bauer for a conversation about divorce, prenups, common reasons couples break up, and how to avoid them. Renée Bauer ...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 221st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes mature OnlyFans model Rae Richmond, aka “the MILF next door,” aka “the Midlife MILF.” In today’s episode, we discuss how Rae went from corpora...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: 10PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 220th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Marika Leila Roux, a Berlin-based Shibari practitioner & the co-founder of Shibari Study, the leader in online rope education. Shibari is Ja...
Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. Fleshlight is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Looking for your next pocket pal? Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with Promo Code: PRIVATE at fleshlight.com . For the 219th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes Margo Steines, author of Brutalities: A Love Story . In this interview, we discuss Margo's experience as a dominatrix, sex work then vs. now, th...
