Voices
Season 12 Featured Voices:
Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons is an award-winning associate professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, where she studies sexual wellness and liberation. She has published over 80 academic articles and has been featured in popular media, including Cosmopolitan, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Essence, Ebony, and the Huffington Post. Her debut book, Good Sex: Stories, Science, and Strategies for Sexual Liberation was published February 2025 by Row House.
Whitni Miller is a queer couples intimacy coach helping people build deeper connection, playful pleasure, and authentic desire. Follow @bde.moves on Instagram for tips, real talk, and tools to transform your intimate life.
www.bde-moves.com
Goody Howard, MSW, MPH is your favorite sex educator's favorite sex educator. She shifts the culture forward by expanding society's understanding of sexuality & health, while connecting people to pleasure with confidence! Goody has been a Sex Ed Superhero for almost 20 years and has committed her life's work to normalizing sexuality as a social determinant of health. When she's not teaching RIDEology, or another one of her sexual skill building classes, Goody takes an intentional approach to sex, gender, orientation, and equity in collegiate and corporate spaces. She brings relatable and necessary content focused on everything from HIV prevention and healthy relationships to sensuality and pleasure. Get to know Goody Howard by connecting on social media (@askgoody everywhere "Likes" can be clicked) or joining the FREE Goody Gang email list at askgoody.com.
Goody Howard
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Franchesca Ramsey is an actor, writer, sought-after public speaker, and creator/star of the award-winning web series MTV Decoded. She co-hosts the podcast Lemme Fix It and Wondrey's Black History for Real. Most recently Franchesca’s debut feature was selected for the 2024 Sundance fellowship program. In the fall of 2024 Franchesca released a line of wallpaper with Otto Studio.
Logan Ury is a behavioral scientist turned dating coach and the author of the bestselling book How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love. She works as Hinge’s Director of Relationship Science, conducting research on modern dating. She also writes the popular weekly newsletter — Logan's Love Letter. She studied psychology at Harvard and ran Google’s behavioral science team, the Irrational Lab. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband Scott.
Melissa Strype is a comedian and director based in Los Angeles. She creates at the intersection of comedy and sexual health education and she’s passionate about making work that skyrockets viewers to extreme levels of empowerment.
My name is Reed and I'm an established sex educator, sex worker and porn director speaking up about women, LGBTQ and sex worker rights. I am the co-creator and host of our multi-award winning podcast ComeCurious and our YouTube channel. I’ve been in the TV/film/adult industry for over 10 years both behind and infront of the camera. I host Ticklethusiasm twice a year and monthly meets ups in London for influencers/content creators in the sexual wellness space.
Florence is the cohost of the award winning Come Curious podcast, author of "This book will make you feel something" and adult film director for Erika Lust productions. You can find her on @florencebark instagram and @florence_curious on X.
Bre is a tech professional who has spent the last decade plus in Product development, and currently working to make mental health support more accessible through tech-enabled solutions. Passionate about leveraging technology for social good, Bre has dedicated her career to enhancing the lives of individuals and communities by bringing technology and innovation to public, nonprofit, and health sectors.
Jill is a sex educator, speaker, content creator, and doctoral student in human sexuality. She takes a fun and feminine approach to teaching her online community about reproductive health, LGBTQIA+ rights, and all things sex ed!
Meet Mariah, a passionate sex educator and digital learning designer committed to promoting inclusivity and equity in sex education. Her social media presence as the Sex Ed Files allows her to bridge the gap between traditional, school-based sex ed and social media. Mariah makes complex topics more accessible and relatable by creating inclusive, medically-accurate and pleasure-centered sex ed videos and infographics.
Dirty Lola is an award-winning sex edutainer, speaker, and self-proclaimed dildo slinger. Known for her live sex ed, Q&A show, Sex Ed A Go-Go, and as a Sexpert on the Emmy Nominated Netflix docuseries The Principles of Pleasure,
Justine and Natasha are best friends since high school and have been forever bonded by their love for reality TV. In 2017, they launched the podcast 2 Black Girls, 1 Rose and invaded the very exclusive and famously white space also known as Bachelor Nation.
Outside of the Bachelor franchise, Natasha and Justine recap other shows like Love Is Blind, Bridgerton, The Ultimatum, and Sex and the City as their mission is to uncover what we can learn — if anything — about modern dating, love, and relationships from popular television.
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Dr. Rebecca Levy-Gantt is an ObGyn in private practice in Napa California who focuses on menopause but at the current time, takes care of girls and women at all ages, 14-94. She is on Linked In, and her practice website is Premierobgynnapa.com
Savannah Hankinson is the Head of Development at Meet Cute. She previously worked as an assistant to Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give), Rob Marshall (The Little Mermaid), and Justin Paul (La La Land).
Dr. Candice Nicole is an award-winning psychologist and associate professor at Emory University. She is author of Good Sex: Stories, Science, and Strategies for Sexual Liberation, debuting February 4. She can be found on IG and Threads, or at www.drcandicenicole.com.
Gretchen Sisson, Ph.D., is a qualitative sociologist studying abortion and adoption at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at University of California, San Francisco. Her research was cited in the Supreme Court’s dissent in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. She is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.
Danny Kurtzman is a physically disabled actor, model, entrepreneur, and advocate for the disabled community. Today Danny's passion lies in making this world a more powerful place for all disabled individuals by using his platform to spread his disability pride and tell the world that despite being physically disabled that he says "there's nothing wrong with my body." Danny just wrapped his first feature film, Good Bad Things, where he's the main actor alongside the talented Brett Dier and Jessica Parker Kennedy. Danny also co-wrote and Produced Good Bad Things with his childhood friend and talented director Shane D. Stanger.
Comedian, writer, co-host of The Bechdel Cast, a podcast that examines movies through an intersectional feminist lens. You can follow me on Instagram at @caitlindurante and check out caitlindurante.com
Named one of Variety’s “Top Ten Comics to Watch,” and a comic who 'shines where sex and politics intersect’ by The New York Times, Liza’s first ever hour-long comedy special entitled “Night Owl” is heading to Netflix and will drop globally on January 28, 2025. It comes on the heels of “Glittercheese,” a half-hour she taped for Comedy Central, as well as a half-hour she put together for Netflix’s stand-up collection “The Degenerates.” A true multi-hyphenate, in addition to working in film and television, Liza hosts the successful podcast That’s Messed Up: An SUV podcast (Exactly Right Media) which averages over half a million monthly downloads.
Talia Koren is the host of the Dating Intentionally podcast which is dedicated to helping daters enjoy the process of finding an amazing match in an authentic way. On her show and Instagram, Talia shares lessons she learned from her dating "experiment" as well as wisdom from guests who are specialists, therapists, authors and other daters. IG: https://www.instagram.com/dating.intentionally/
Brandon Kyle Goodman is a writer, actor, and host. Best known for writing and voicing on the Netflix series "Big Mouth." Currently they host the iHeart sex podcast Tell Me Something Messy where the intention is to destroy shame around sex by talking about sex with humor and heart. They can also be seen hosting the E! news series RE!CAP covering the awards season. Instagram @brandonkylegoodman TikTok@brandonkgood website: brandonkylegoodman.com
Jackie Rotman is the Founder and CEO of Center for Intimacy Justice (CIJ). Center for Intimacy Justice has led major investigations - released in over 100 media outlets - revealing how multiple Big Tech platforms systemically censor sexual and reproductive health information serving women and people with vulvas, due to misclassifying this information as "inappropriate." Jackie has a Stanford MBA, Harvard Masters in Public Administration, and Stanford BA and has founded and led multiple nonprofits - starting her first nonprofit at age 14.
Steph Herold is a researcher at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, where she leads the Abortion Onscreen project, studying how abortion is depicted on U.S. television and film. Steph has worked at abortion clinics, abortion funds, and in abortion policy, and has co-authored both peer-reviewed papers grey literature papers on abortion stigma, abortion storytelling, and abortion in popular culture. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The American Prospect, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other outlets.
Becca Rea-Tucker is a reproductive rights advocate, baker, and author whose work merges activism and dessert. She is the author of the cookbook Baking by Feel and the upcoming The Abortion Companion, a supportive guide for people who have abortions. Through her platform @TheSweetFeminist and Substack A Little Something Sweet, she shares affirmations, resources, and writing that challenges shame and anti-abortion misinformation. Her work explores stigma, self-compassion, and bodily autonomy.
Nicoletta Heidegger, MA., MEd, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Sexologist. She specializes in sex therapy as well as Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). Nicoletta received her BA in Psychology from Stanford University, her MA in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and her Masters of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. She also provides coaching, consulting, education, and retreats to folks around the world. Her work has been featured everywhere from Forbes to Cosmopolitan. When not seeing clients, Nicoletta creates content via her award nominated show Sluts and Scholars: a sex positive, shame-free, educational podcast for professionals who prioritize pleasure. NicolettavHeidegger.com Slutsandscholars.com insta @ TherapywithNicoletta @Slutsandscholars
Hari Kondabolus is a Queens-raised Brooklyn-based comedian and writer who has been praised as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up” (The New York Times). He’s released two chart-topping comedy albums, a Netflix comedy special, "Warn Your Relatives”, which made a number of Best Of lists and his newest special “Vacation Baby” is available on YouTube. Hari’s also a public radio favorite who is a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me and has been guest on Fresh Air, Morning Edition, Code Switch, and more.
harikondabolu.com
@harikondabolu on socials
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Lauren Passell is the founder of Tink Media, a podcast growth and strategy company, and the editor of Podcast the Newsletter. She teaches podcast marketing and PR classes and is a judge for The Webbys, The Signal Awards, The Ambies, The International Podcast Awards, and more. tinkmedia.co
Holly Anabel Brown is a Los Angeles based stand-up comedian who loves to joke about death, feminism, and millennial nostalgia. Named one of WhoHaHa’s Comedians of the Year, she’s been featured on The Daily Zeitgeist, The Dork Forest, and performed at SF Sketchfest, Big Pine and all over the country. She’s also the creator and co-host of the sold-out monthly show Salty AF at the Hollywood Improv.
https://www.instagram.com/hollybrowncomedy/?hl=en
https://www.hollyanabelbrown.com/
Since 2019, Paul has been one-half of the creative team behind That Aged Well, a podcast devoted to movies, nostalgia, friendship, and inappropriate jokes. Paul spends a great deal of time singing along to musicals and reading X-Men comics. There are multiple videos of him performing Proud Mary (Tina Turner version) with the correct choreography, but he can’t do it anymore because he’ll throw his back out.
Kate Helen Downey is a podcast host and producer. She most recently created and hosted CRAMPED, an investigative podcast about period pain. Previously she worked on Wondery's Diss and Tell, Pushkin's Revisionist History Live with Malcolm Gladwell, as well as Glamorous Trash with Chelsea Devantez. She is the co-founder of Caveat NYC.
https://www.katehelendowney.com/
https://www.katehelendowney.com/cramped
https://www.instagram.com/katehelendowney/
https://www.tiktok.com/@kateiscramped
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