Part Two: Struggle as much as you want: this episode has got you right where it wants you! Bondage is often used as short hand for kink, but that doesn’t make it any less profound. Troy Orlean’s professional bondage practice takes people far beyond the world of fuzzy pink handcuffs into a realm of meditation, transcendence, intensity, and even freedom. Tina visited Troy in her decadent Manhattan studio to talk about hemp rope, leather cuffs, latex bodybags, iron cages, and much more. Support thi...
Nov 15, 2016•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Struggle as much as you want: this episode has got you right where it wants you! Bondage is often used as short hand for kink, but that doesn't make it any less profound. Troy Orlean's professional bondage practice takes people far beyond the world of fuzzy pink handcuffs into a realm of meditation, transcendence, intensity, and even freedom. Tina visited Troy in her decadent Manhattan studio to talk about hemp rope, leather cuffs, latex bodybags, iron cages, and much more.Troy Orleans is a New ...
Nov 02, 2016•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast The sleek smooth feel. The synthetic smell. The snap of rubber. The containment. The pretty colors! Tina has never had much of a taste for latex outfits, but in this episode, kinky queer designer Abigail Greydanus may have persuaded her that latex fetishism is all about self love.Abigail Greydanus graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in 2006 and has been designing latex fashion for over 10 years. Her personal design style leans towards Art Deco, bold lines, vinta...
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast “You’re still a Madonna to everyone else but maybe you’re a little bit of a whore for him sometimes” In this special episode of Interrobang, my guest is Jacq the Stripper, a writer, comedian, stripper and illustrator. She is kickstarting Striptastic! a full-color coffee-table book of illustrations, interviews, and data collected from a survey she conducted with nearly 300 strippers from around the world. The campaign ends the morning of Sept 7th but you can buy the book and some other excellent ...
Sep 05, 2016•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this preview of my longer interview with queer pornographer Chelsea Poe, we discuss butt selfies, sexting fails, and the future of trans porn. Subscribe to YAPIT on ACast Plus to hear this and more XXXtra interviews with my guests! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 25, 2016•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fire! Fire! It’s not just a toy for teenage dirtbags anymore! It’s also a primal element that can be harnesses for kinky sex. Lamalani sat down with Tina to explain the erotic appeal of a flame to all five senses, describe some really fun fire play scenes, and instruct us on how to play safe with this dangerous force of nature. If you’ve ever wondered what folks mean when they talk about a flame “licking,” this is the episode for you!Lamalani originally hails from the Pacific Northwest, lived in...
Aug 15, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a raunchy one, folks. We talk about a whole lot of out-there fetishes on this show. Every so often we like to switch it up and talk about something conventional, familiar, and even vanilla. Which leads us to... cocksucking. Subversive writer and podcaster Merritt K has a lot to say about the job of blow: its versatility, its portability, its theatricality .. and her perspectives are anything but mundane. What makes a great cocksucker? A great cocksuckee? What is the advantage of the mout...
Jul 19, 2016•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's kinky craft day on Interrobang?! with my guest, International Ms Leather 2009 Lamalani Siverts! Find out how to make a torch for fire play using simple hardware store materials -- and discover whether Lama prefers baths or showers -- by subscribing to YAPIT?! on ACastPlus! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 08, 2016•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's all well and good to play a video game or go on a tour of the ocean floor with a virtual reality headset: but if you're jerking off, you need that shit to seem really, really real! Ela Darling is here to make that happen: she's the world's first VR cam girl. Ela and her pioneering company are working tirelessly to assure not only that VR cam models have presence and immersion for the viewer, but that this science-fiction-cum-science-fact industry creates new and sustainable revenue for mode...
Jun 19, 2016•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is Interrobang! Available exclusively to Acast+ subscribers! Sign up now to get access to this and other bonus content from Tina Horn and Why Are People Into That?! An interrobang is when a question mark and an exclamation point are next to each other. Really. That’s the actual name for that. On this episode of Interrobang, my guest is Merrit K. She’s the host of the Woodland Secrets podcast and the editor of the anthology Video Games for Humans. She is also very funny and prolific on Twitt...
May 23, 2016•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Privacy! Boners! Feelings!THIS is a very special episode of YAPIT, in which we investigate the subject of Tina’s new book: Sexting: The grown-ups Guide of Sex Tips to Getting Dirty Digitally. Tina wanted to invite someone with fresh, smart, refreshing ideas about naked selfie pride, choosing your own SMS adventure, and the ethics of digital privacy. After reading Alana Massey’s “feeling journalism” about online dating and technological intimacy, Tina asked Alana to be on the show; whereupon, Ala...
May 14, 2016•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is blood just another sexual fluid? Or is it dangerous paint? Canadian photographer Maxwell Lander (whose unparalleled new book, Carnal Anomaly, is out now!) is prepared to open veins and find out. Max is infamous for breaking through all kinds of barriers: between art and vulgarity, sex and violence, and sometimes the literal skin between human insides and the outside world. Tina climbed into Max's Times Square hotel bed to giggle and shiver about knives, guns, scalpels, needles, and pushing be...
Apr 08, 2016•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Kink is about exploring the uncontrollable in a controlled way. It's about feeling unsafe in a situation that is actually safe. That's the art of it." Erotic humiliation can be about so many different abstract things, and Princess Kali is here to break it down! This retired dominatrix, producer of Kink Academy, and author of Enough to Make You Blush explains how diminishing someone's ego can be one of the hottest kinds of BDSM. Whether it's objectification, financial domination, gender play, do...
Mar 14, 2016•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this special bonus episode of YAPIT, notorious genderqueer performance artist Johnny Blazes answers sexting advice submitted by Tina's Patreon patrons. Tina may have written the book on sexting, but Blazes knows a thing or two about a thing or too!Johnny Blazes is a performer, educator, and author who is notorious for their exuberant and glittery approach to the stage and classroom. johnnyblazes.com. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yapit . Support this show http://supporter.acast...
Mar 05, 2016•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Making porn informed how I wanted to have sex for the rest of my life. I just want to have sex with my friends who understand craft and narrative and know how to empathize through art.” Tina was so excited that cam model and writer Milcah Halili wanted to talk about the erotic appeal of narratives and storytelling. They went extra deep in a discussion of the stories we tell ourselves, our partners, and our clients in order to live. DISCUSSED: Spice Girls as ancient arcetypes / Coming Out Like A...
Jan 15, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy New Queer! Welcome to Part Two of a very special crossover episode of Why Are People Into That?! with Siouxsie Q of the Whorecast and Sam Solo of the On Your Face podcast! Tina spent New Years Day at the Whorecastle in Oakland. To get pumped about 2016, these three sex workin, indie media makin pals sat down to do a Year in Sex review of 2015. In Part Two, they talk Ashley Madison hack, Magic Mike XL, and Sex Worker Heroes like Zola and Heather. LISTEN: Support this show http://supp...
Jan 13, 2016•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy New Queer! Welcome to a very special crossover episode of Why Are People Into That?! with Siouxsie Q of the Whorecast and Sam Solo of the On Your Face podcast! Tina spent New Years Day at the Whorecastle in Oakland. To get pumped about 2016, these three sex workin, indie media makin pals sat down to do a Year in Sex review of 2015. In Part One, they talk Jessica Jones, The Force Awakens, and the consent scandals that defined the year. Part Two is coming atcha soon! LISTEN: Support t...
Jan 09, 2016•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This month's episode is, if we may say so, the kind of conversation you'll only find on Why Are People Into That?!. Poet Arielle Greenberg tells Tina Horn all about her fetish for hedonism. Arielle gets off on encouraging a partner to have another drink or another doughnut, to fuck a hot stranger, or to be in any way decadent. From an exploration of the seven deadly sins to a brand new way of thinking about certain cartoons, this discussion may inspire you to think about your own indulgences in ...
Nov 18, 2015•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cooper Beckett has a media empire devoted to swinging – a form of non-monogamy in which couples play with other couples – and has devoted extensive blogging, podcasting, and now a book to the subject. So what is it about swinging as a kind of sexual adventure that is such a turn-on? DISCUSSED: The difference between polyamory and swinging / A case for choosing swinging over cheating / Why the swinging community is welcoming to bi women more than bi men / Beyond “The Ice Storm” and key parties LI...
Oct 13, 2015•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tina was pretty over the moon to talk to legendary comedian/storyteller/perv Kevin Allison about cruising. What do anonymous semi-public BJs have to do with gay male cultural heritage, and – more importantly – where are the best spots in NYC to get/give one? On his podcast, RISK!, Kevin is not shy about his erotic exploits, and this episode pokes around in the tons and tons of tiny little closet sized rooms in the bathhouse of some dirty minds. DISCUSSED: The Secret Spiral Staircase of the Limel...
Sep 11, 2015•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast When Tina Horn thinks of bicycles, you know she thinks about sweaty, greasy sex. Luckily, she’s not the only bikesexual around. For this episode, Poppy Cox, the creative director of the Bike Smut film festival, came over to discuss the connection between bikes and civic politics, the history of women’s liberation, and what might be involved in taking a bike slut home from a bar. LISTEN: Poppy Cox is a performer, costumer and sex-positive feminist. She lived and worked in London, UK for seven yea...
Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pop quiz: What did Tristan and Tina discover they both love while recording this episode? 1. Deep water penetration by enema 2. Using butt plugs to be lazy tops 3. The gender-bending potential of anal bottoming 4. Having a hotel room pajama party at a fancy women’s leather event 5. All of the above and more! LISTEN: Tristan Taormino is the author of 8 books, including The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. She is the editor of more than 25 anthologies including The Ultimate Guide to Kink and....
Jul 12, 2015•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast How is being an editor like being a voyeur? What advantages does erotic fiction have over visual porn? How can erotica be a tool for richer fantasies and hotter sex? Why do we associate written erotica with women and visual porn with men? All this and more comes up when Tina sits down with prolific erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. LISTEN: Rachel Kramer Bussel ( rachelkramerbussel.com ) is the author of Sex & Cupcakes: A Juicy Collection of Essays ... Support this show http://s...
Jun 01, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tina Horn and Girl Sex 101 Allison Moon both love to put their strap-ons in the butts of lucky gentlemen. What is it about this specific gender configuration (a cis-woman fucking a cis-man in the ass with a strap-on), this so-called “reversal of roles,” that has the incredible power to queer heterosexual intercourse? Some questions: What's in your pegging kit? / What does the third sphincter do? / What pegging position does the swamp planet Dagobah bring to mind? / How is a strap-on like a pair ...
May 01, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast You'll recall the meme featuring the great Iggy Pop wearing an evening gown alongside his quote: “I'm not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman' because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.” This month's episode is a discussion between two cisgender queer women who have both made a living for many years facilitating the fantasy of cisgender men to dress up in dresses, lingerie, heels, makeup, and wigs. Beginning with the premise that the very idea of “crossing” from one gender to the other ...
Apr 09, 2015•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Can a size queen ever be satisfied? Maybe not, but why should she? This episode is a tribute to big cocks, giant hands, oversized vibrators, voluminous screams, zaftig bodies, and insatiable appetites. T.Pantherella has sold toys, instructed the sexually curious, and thrown her hip out during a burlesque act, so suffice it to say she knows all about things that take up space. LISTEN: T. Pantherella is a Black queer fat-bodied femme kinkster. She is... Support this show http://supporter.ac...
Mar 13, 2015•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tina wrote an essay for Nikki Silver's upcoming book of photography, Unshaven , which collects erotic images of hairy women from Silver's iconoclastic hardcore website, Naughty Natural . In this episode, Tina snuggles up in Silver's four-poster bed to discuss everything they love about being hairy, and what other people love (and misunderstand) about unshaven women. Porn ideas brainstormed in this episode: 1. Hairy Armpit Smell-O-Vision 2. “You Could Always Get Caught” – a full-length hiking sex...
Feb 05, 2015•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast S-L-U-T: she may be a slut but she looks good to me ! That classic Todd Rundgren song may be stuck in your head after listening to Tina and Reid slosh around in a bathtub in Oakland California blowing bubbles and gabbing hard about sexual extroversion. Come for the orgy stories, stay for the cogent perspectives on love and dating from two of the world's sluttiest sex educators. Discussed: The Great Queer Vegas Orgy of 2012 / Dating Your Species / Leaving the Campsite Better / Have You Had...
Jan 12, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sex drives technology, no doubt about it. In this week’s episode, journalist Melissa Gira Grant gives Tina a history lesson in cam girls: how they’ve gone from surveillance performance art to social media microcelebs to the future of sex work. From commercial hardcore Skype shows to nonconsensual revenge porn, this episode traces the evolution of naked digital representations. Discussed: Setting Your Watch by a 3 Minute Dildo Show / Stoya’s Instagram Feed / A Man’s Voice Enters the House Through...
Dec 26, 2014•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why do we get off on the things that scare us? That's the question Tina posed to her old friend Mickey Mod, along with very special guest co-host Quinn Cassidy. As a long-time veteran in front of and behind the sex industry camera, Mickey has a lot to say about the reasons that fear sells porno. This dreamteam threesome ate a lot of nachos, sipped some fine liquor, and talked some serious talks about race, power, and desire. Fear-based Content / Can Porn Heal The World? / The Same Body Over And ...
Dec 04, 2014•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
