What Is Sex?
What is Sex? is a new podcast hosted by YES! co-founders Rebecca Klein and Isy Abraham-Raveson. Each episode features one anonymous question submitted by a kid in our sex ed classes. With the help of special guests, Rebecca and Isy discuss their own experiences with these questions and explore how to address these topics with the young people in your lives. YES! is a nonprofit that provides intersectional, sex-positive sexuality education to people of all ages. Learn more about YES! at our website: https://yourempoweredsexuality.org/ Contact us with questions you've been asked by kids about sexuality and bodies at contact@yestoconsent.org! SUPPORT OUR WORK HERE: https://www.patreon.com/yestoconsent
Episodes
64 episodes
S6:E10 - What is emotional abuse?
For the final episode of Season 6, Isy and Rebecca are joined by Zack Mackey from Lutheran Settlement House! The discussion covers messaging around gender, relationships with parents, what it me...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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1:01:20
S6:E9 - Why do men like women sucking their toes
Rebecca and Isy talk about sucking toes and other kinds of nongenital sexuality! They share how they each feel about feet and about putting things in their mouths, shoe preferences, and their dream of hosting a live dating show in the park....
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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57:12
S6:E8 - Is jerking off good for the male
Content warning: discussion of the HBO documentary Quiet on Set, which references childhood sexual abuse. There will be a warning in the podcast before the discussion starts, and it is over at 11:17. Rebecca and Isy discuss their relati...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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44:02
S6:E7 - What is asexuality?
Rebecca and Isy are joined by asexuality educator Aubri Lancaster (@acesexeducation) to explore what asexuality means, the difference between attraction and desire, the difference between romantic and platonic love, the socially constructed nat...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:07:40
S6:E6 - Is it bad to feel guilty when you eat a lot?
Rebecca and Isy discuss diet culture and how we learn to feel guilty about what we eat. Along the way they also cover shame, black-and-white thinking, breaking generational cycles, and stale Oreos.We also mention Substantia Jones's
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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43:17
S6:E5 - Is there a point in relationships at a young age?
Rebecca and Isy are joined by 14-year-old Indu and 11-year-old Leela to talk about having relationships at a young age! They discuss what the point of a relationship is, as well as romantic vs. sexual orientations, different preferences for phy...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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55:53
S6:E4 - Why do sometimes our breast feel deflated
Rebecca and Isy are here to talk about deflated breasts! They also cover vagina smells, growing single hairs in surprising new places, all the different ways breasts can feel, and the fact that Isy doesn't know what memes are.Any though...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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49:55
S6:E3 - Is it OK if I fall in love?
Happy Valentine's Day! Rebecca and Isy are here to discuss whether it is OK to fall in love! They touch on camp boyfriends, elementary school musicals, fear of rejection, and the difference between "love" and "in love."Any thoughts on t...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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41:45
S6:E2 - What should I do when I feel sad?
Rebecca and Isy feel sad. After a long discussion of the Philadelphia Phillies, Rebecca and Isy share what they're feeling sad about, their first memories of loss, grief playlists, and the healing benefits of a shower.Any thoughts...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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50:58
S6:E1 - What can we do to have a healthy relationship?
It's Season 6!!! Rebecca and Isy are back to explore "healthy" relationships, friends getting married, the overuse of the words "toxic" and "gaslighting," and middle school fiber arts class. Any thoughts on this episode? We want to hear...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:00:15
Special announcement from Isy: We need you!!
We need your help!Each year, Your Empowered Sexuality (YES!) partners with Puentes de ...
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6:16
S5:10 - What is sex? REVISITED!!!!
For the final episode of Season 5, Rebecca and Isy revisited the first ever episode and added some new thoughts and reflections on how the podcast has changed over the past five seasons!Any thoughts on this episode? We want to hear from...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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56:12
S5:E9 - If i eat ass will i grow hair on my face
Rebecca and Isy are giggly in this episode! They discuss the different words we use for this sex act including anilingus, rimming, eating ass, tossing salad. Isy sings more than usual. And they talk about the importance of debunking myths that ...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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42:23
S5:E8 - Who are sex toys for?
Rebecca and Isy were joined by future sex therapist Andy Pham to talk about Spencer's Gifts, fleshlights, handcuffs, teddy bears, and what to do if your kid likes putting stuff in their butt.Any thoughts on this episode? We want to hear...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:07:22
S5:E7 - Why does porn exist?
Rebecca and Isy talk about porn, fantasy, imagination, history, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. They also improvise a lullaby for you.Any thoughts on this episode? We want to hear from you! Contact us on
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:02:52
S5:E6 - Is it ok to like boys and girls?
Isy and Rebecca are joined by podcast host Kyle Marshall to discuss his childhood question. Their conversation covers bisexuality, growing up without internet access, musical theater, craving touch, breaking out of categories, how pink became a...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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57:10
S5:E5 - I have 15 bodys at the age 15 is that bad
Rebecca and Isy discuss all the different feelings people have about their number of sexual partners, whether they are worried it's too many or too few (and how other people often really enforce those fears). Isy wonders about the origins of th...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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45:49
S5:E4 - Does sex take very long?
What does long mean to you? Isy and Rebecca had a lot of different interpretations of this question. They discuss penis-centric conceptions of sex, pressure to orgasm quickly or slowly, and really good pickles.Any thoughts on this episo...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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35:26
S5:E3 - how does turning on a person or getting turned on work
Isy and Rebecca started out this episode with what they want to say goodbye to in 2023, and then dove right into what it means to be "turned on." They talk about fantasy, the biology behind arousal, and how they are both going to start wr...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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43:44
S5:E2 - Can boys be pregnant?
Isy and Rebecca are joined by return guest Cori Maskart: standardized patient, gifted performer, parent extraordinaire, and former pregnant boy! They discuss uterine transplants, immaculate conception, and breaking down binary understandings of...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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44:24
S5:E1 - how can sex help you in the future
Isy and Rebecca are back with Season 5!!! And wow did they have a lot to talk about... Masturbation, sex toys, osteoporosis, the meaning of past/present/future, memories of science class, Chanukah, period cramps, Adam Sandler, and so much more....
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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50:48
S4:E10 - What are your unbridgeable gaps?
Wow, everyone was a little loopy for this one! Isy had Covid, people had some internet lags, some background noise, but they got through it and appreciate your patience!Isy and Rebecca were joined by their wonderful friends Carly and Ye...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:13:35
S4:E9 - Why does girls moan when they have sex?
Rebecca and Isy discuss porn, faking orgasms, and whether moaning is a natural response to pleasure or an intentional way of communicating how we feel (or both!).Support What is Sex? on
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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46:08