Bawdy Storytelling

Is Sex one of your favorite ways to meet people? Sultry midwest feminist and sex-positive realtor Sara Lederach is a mother and wife who had squished herself small to serve others, but everything changes when she opens up her failing marriage, gets on Tinder, and meets the love of her life, Chuck. So when Sara reveals that she has fully functional diphallia, he rewards her bravery with the ultimate in fantasy fulfillment: a custom DP. Because isn't that what love is, really?   Song: ‘Believe in Yourself’ (Shirley Gnome)   About the Storyteller:   Long time Bawdy listener, first time Bawdy story submitter Sara Lederach is an artist, mama and realtor based in Nashville, TN. Sara is a big fan of creatively designed lives, which she feels plays into the spaces we live in and the way we relate to one another. In her free time you can find her hiking, sequestered in her studio with piles of fabric, or digging through dead people's things at estate sales. Being a sex-positive realtor is Sara’s of my greatest delight

In this episode, we dive into the hilarious and awkward world of Gloryhole etiquette with professional Game Master Jeffrey Allen Hayes. New to the world of anonymous sex, Jeffrey finds himself perplexed by an invite on the Scruff app. As he navigates the uncharted territory of Gloryholes, he wonders: Do you RSVP? Should you bring baked goods? And what exactly are the rules for touching? Join us as we explore the do’s and don’ts of this mysterious and unconventional experience as Jeffrey teaches us how to connect, despite barriers (Really, there’s a barrier there between them).   Song: ‘Accept My Shaft’ (Ninja Sex Party)   About the Storyteller:   Jeffrey Allen Hayes has won Best of Bawdy multiple times. He holds an MA in Drama Therapy and works as a professional game master, facilitating games like Dungeons and Dragons with a focus on emotional growth and healing. Jeffrey is a beloved core member of the Bawdy family, and his stories are among our most requested.   Anonymous Sex l Gay l Gloryhole l Scruff l Ap

My friend, has life gotten you so down that you’ve forgotten that you have Superpowers? Bay Area-based writer, performer, and educator Tatyana Brown is battling break-ups, job loss and the Sads; so should she really given up on sex at this young age? Hoping to jumpstart her libido, she heads to a play party and when a beautiful woman says “I could go for some strap-on sex,” Tatyana’s lightbulb moment happens. Before you can say Polyamorous Clown Car, she’s instigating a tournament where dozens of sexy badasses are competing in multiple heats for a naked audience. Sometimes you have to Go for the Gold to get your mojo back! #Instigator #Shenanigans #SlowClap #MakeItWeird   Song: ‘Girls Just Wanna have Sex’ (Mazie)   About the Storyteller:   Tatyana Brown is a Bay Area-based writer, performer, and educator. She has toured nationally, performing and facilitating workshops for almost 10 years. Her work has appeared on NPR's Snap Judgment and she has taught at Yale University, Indiana University, Duke, and many mo

When you’re incapable of an emotional connection, can hookups fill the gap? When Nonbinary Polyamorous Storyteller Nurse Comedian Ex-Nun Kelli Dunham loses multiple partners to cancer, she looks for community in a Brooklyn LGBT Grief Support Group, and ends up loafer-deep in anonymous sex among the scrubby pines of Fire Island. Plus, Dixie talks Sex Geek Summer Camp, Bawdy in Portland and her new How to Be Bawdy virtual workshop. #GriefSex   “We must make love in between the bombs” - Paul Monette   Song: ‘F*ck the Pain Away’ (Peaches)   About the Storyteller:   Kelli Dunham is the nonbinary ex-nun polyamorous storytelling nurse comedian that’s so common in modern Brooklyn. Kelli has appeared on Showtime and the Discovery Channel, PBS Stories From the Stage, the Moth Mainstage, the Cinderblock Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, and nationwide at colleges, Prides festivals, fundraisers, at oh so many nursing conferences and even the occasional livestock auction. Kelli's latest show, Second Helping,

  Has a bad breakup ever made you think ‘the only way to get over someone is to get under someone else’? Author and Ethical NonMonogamist Kevin A Patterson is feeling a bit lost and confused, so he grabs his Bang bag and orchestrates his own gender non-specific traveling hand orgy. For one entire day, he schedules tag team handjob deliveries, because making people feel good, feels good. So much driving, so many g-spots and vaginas…and as the clock counts down, the competition is getting fierce. Who will rank #1 in orgasms on the dry erase board?   Song: ‘Trophy’ (Charli XCX)   About the Storyteller:   Kevin Patterson is an active member of the Philadelphia polyamory community. He's been practicing Ethical NonMonogamy since 2002 after opening up a relationship that eventually became his marriage.    In April of 2015, Kevin started Poly Role Models, an interview series for people describing their experiences with polyamory. Poly Role Models was part of a drive and a desire to change the way our lives and commun

Have you ever cried because you hate the body you’re in? Netflix celebrity Dirty Lola gets onstage at Bawdy in Baltimore to tell the story of Sir, a kind Texan with a Southern Drawl who slides into her DMs to propose an arrangement. A fan of her Titty Tuesday posts, Sir suggests a year of virtual service, and quickly becomes Lola’s online Dom. Soon her submissive assignments begin to battle the negative self-talk imprinted on her by magazines, bullies, social media and family. What a difference a year - and being showered with love - can make to your self-esteem! And a recent PNW transplant asks: We know that Bawdy can get you laid…but can Bawdy help you love your new city and make the right friends? #BodyImage #LonelinessEpidemic   Song: ‘Chunky’ (Bruno Mars)   About the Storyteller:   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 Netflix docuseries The Principles of Pleasure, Lola has

My God, that Leatherman is so hot - but why is he limping? In this vintage 70’s story, Leather & Kink Legend Race Bannon take you on a private tour of his first Gay Bathhouse, and this story is a doozy! Join us as we venture into Man’s Country, a private membership gay men’s club featuring 3 stories of wild adventure, including a theater, gym, restaurant, dance hall, sex shop, an orgy room, lockers, private suites for on-premises sex, and of course, its famous whirlpool and baths. In this story, 19 year old Race meets an muscular, smooth older man in leather vest and chaps and soon they’re playing alone, surrounded by toys, gear and restraints. Leather & Kink dynamics are important - and yet sometimes, “the fucking is the thing,” isn’t it? #TrimYourToenails #TalentedHole   Song: ‘I wanna be your Slave’ (Maneskin)   About the Storyteller:   Race Bannon is a Leather & Kink ICON - he’s an organizer, writer, publisher, educator, commentator, leader, speaker, and activist in the LGBTQ, leather/kink, po

Did you know that there’s an enclave of Bawdy SuperFans in Nashville, Tennessee? This episode is a Behind-The-Scenes story, the story behind the stories, if you will. For those who love the Dixie Ramble, get ready for a Puppet and Clown and Music Video filled birthday party (spoiler alert: wemay have broken the Birthday curse). Plus, the story of 2 talented Nashville musicians who were inspired to write sex-positive songs after listening to Every.Single.Episode of the Bawdy Storytelling podcast. Nashville was definitely a highlight of my recent Cross Country to East Coast Tour, and finally, you too can hear a custom song written just for Bawdy. #ILoveCustomSongs   Song: ‘Bawdy, if you’re feelin’ Naughty’ (Wet Bread)   About our Songwriters:   Melody Walker and Lizzy Ross are both celebrated songwriters in the indie folk and Americana scene who decided they had far hornier songs to write than their previous mainstream projects would allow for. They had spent so many years not wanting to seem like “those kind o

Can you guess the best makeup remover? Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Flora Goodthyme grew up feeling the pressure of her family’s heteronormative expectations, and struggled with what commitment could look like (some family members were on their sixth marriage, and many cheated). So she moved her single gay ass to San Francisco, discovered the sex-positive, polyamorous world of open relationships and was hooking up happily - until she fell in love. Can Flora commit to just one man? Does a loving home and white picket fence have to preclude sex with multiple partners? I bet you know the answer, doncha?   Song: ‘Gold’ (Trixie Mattel)   About our Storyteller:   Make-up Mark or Sister "Floozy!" Flora Goodthyme has been a fixture in the Sex worker, drag and kink community for many, many years .. As an activist and as an artist Floozy! (As she’s known to her friends) has traveled the world over with colorful stories galore. Flora and her husband Nick now live their white picket fence life together in San Francisco

Is that a Magic Wand in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Cuddle Party Facilitator and Intimacy Coach Scoby Goo feels like an outsider until she stumbles upon our little storytelling show, and its inclusive atmosphere changes everything for her. Obsessed, Scoby follows Bawdy from city to city, and becomes captivated with a Seattle magician and their tantalizing true tale of an orgy at a Magician’s Conference. And Before you can say ‘Fortune favors the Brave’, Scoby volunteers for their own kind of Hocus Pocus - and Abracadabra, Bawdy Gets You Laid!   About our Storyteller:   Scoby Goo dove into the worlds of kink and polyamory after attending a Bawdy Storytelling way back in 2014, following the show from San Francisco to LA to Seattle and then Chicago (and later, got onstage to share the stories created!). She now hosts communication and consent workshops, also known as Cuddle Parties, as a certified facilitator. While she can make kombucha (like her namesake: the Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and

Have you ever desperately craved ‘grown-up time’? Sex Educator Phoenix Mandel is working as a Travel Nanny with a rare night off in Canada, so when they are Invited to what they assume is a casual house party, they’re determined to make the most of this child-free time. But when Phoenix arrives, they discover it's actually a lively kink and sex-themed gathering - uh oh, that could mean breaking their Master’s BDSM agreements! Never one to back down, Phoenix creatively doles out lube, fear, orgasms and dirty talk, and walks away satisfied, proud and better yet, with a deeper understanding of their own boundaries and desires. #SpiritOfTheLaw #IfNotTheLetterOfTheLaw   Song: ‘Uh Oh’ (Sub Urban, featuring Benee)   About our Storyteller:   Phoenix Mandel (they/them) is a Certified Sexuality Educator providing education, counseling, and consulting services in Oakland, California, traveling/ on location, and virtually. They specialize in BDSM, LGBTQIA+, consensual nonmonogamy, sex positivity, and other areas of diver

Holy Baby Bump, talk about the best sex of your life! In this week’s story, journalist, essayist, and author Tracy Clark-Flory is eight months pregnant and the bigger her belly grows, the more distant she feels from her usual spank bank cravings. Should impending motherhood change her fantasies? In search of answers, Tracy interviews a whip wielding/childbearing dominatrix, a lactating cam model, and others who find being with child a powerful proposition. Her research - and a permanently plugged in Magic Wand - provide a new perspective on raging hormones, body image, and desire. #KnockedUp   Song: ‘Dirty Little Secret’ (Jefferson Bergey)   About our Storyteller:   Tracy Clark-Flory is a journalist, essayist, and author of the memoir Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire (Penguin, 2021), an NPR best book of the year. New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Traister called Want Me “intimate, challenging, and so very smart… a gift.” Peggy Orenstein, author of the New York Times bestseller 

Dixie is back, and so is the Podcast! In this episode: You’ve been told ‘Don’t do Bondage when you’re High’, but have you ever heard a true story that illustrated that point? Well, Science tells us that we learn best from a story, so this week, we have an informative ‘Don’t Try This at Home’ story for you. Punk Rock Leather Daddy Al Rahm Lujan was a mere 20 years old and fresh out of the Navy, and just beginning to explore his dominant nature. Young and unskilled at bondage (but eager to play), Al meets a submissive man with a unique fetish for tasseled loafers and business suits, so he picks up a pair of dress shoes at Kmart and they take their party to a secret lair. Al has his victim on a St Andrews cross and is using whips, floggers, nipple clamps and more on him - when the evening takes an unexpected turn. The submissive turns blue, the EMTs, Firefighters and Police are called, and their dangerous experience becomes a life lesson. Will Al get arrested for being Drunk and Kinky? Listen to discover the con

What’s the best way to usher in the New Year? On this week’s episode, legendary voiceover artist Bill Ratner shares a true story from his early days in Radio: When his green card bride Claudine leaves him, he’s alone during the Holidays in an empty double wide and his evening shift duties at KJOI (LA’s easy listening music station). So when a fan requests something a bit more intimate than the Percy Faith Orchestra, why not make her happy? And on New Year’s Eve, they produce their own live show together over the air waves, using the station’s 50,000 watts of power to make the world a bit less lonely.  And Dixie ends the year with the story you’ve been asking her for. #HappyNewYear   Song: ‘Love’s A Stranger’ (Warhaus)   New Year l Radio DJ l Drive by Fucking l Anonymous Sex | Music Request Line l Radio Antenna l 1970’s l Lubrication l Harlequin Romance Novel l Top of Topanga Mobile Home Park l Double Wide l Vaseline l Instrumental Radio l Muzak l Muumuu | Terrycloth Bathtub Animals l FM Transmitter l Top of t

Be careful with that Erection; you’ll put an Eye out, kid! Sexual Folklorist & Christmas Orphan Dixie De La Tour isn’t traveling for the Holidays, so she offers to petsit and housesit for a friend (hint: there’s a hidden agenda). Her hosts hit the road and the intrigue begins: Dix spends Christmas Eve interviewing 3 (4?) men to find the perfect casual sex candidate for this special occasion. Is there anything more exciting than hooking up with a stranger in a house that’s not yours? There is: having anonymous sex - on a perpetual loop - as you savor a Classic Christmas Movie in a brand new way. But there’s been a unexpected witness to her Yuletide gaiety. Will they rat her out and put an end to her decade-long holiday legacy?   Christmas l Holiday | Tradition l Craigslist Casual Encounters l Hookup l 3 Wise Men l Orgasm Gamification l A Christmas Story l Fireplace | Barcalounger l Leather Couch l Anonymous l Strangers l Cottage l Redhead l Objectification l Fantasy I Classic Movie l Housesitter l Petsitte

Have you ever let your tongue finish the dance that your ass began? Podcaster & Sex and Intimacy coach Leah Carey has never believed that great sex was something she deserved, but as she begins to seek out sensual, kinky live events in her local community, she meets a man who makes her feel safe enough to try new things. Together, they set a boundary and WOW, who knew it could be so hot to have someone tell you No when you begged for it? And the time is now: Pitch Dixie your true story for our just announced East Coast Tour dates. Are you ready to get onstage (and get a standing ovation!) in 2024?   Song: ‘All the Good Girls Go To Hell’ (Billie Eilish)   Submission l BDSM l Sensual l Food Play l Boundaries l Massage a Trois  | Erotic Massage l Sex Positive l Good Girl l Fantasies l Older Man l Masculine Energy l Obey l Discipline | Celibate l Sexual Awakening l Triad l Energy Exchange l Coconut Oil I Confined Space l Massage Table l Ass to Ass Flirtation l Sex Positive Portland l Blindfold l Chocolate l D

“Kinksters deserve Love too! You deserve a Fairy Tale that includes Whips and Chains and Rope and Nipple Clamps” Sexual Revolutionary & Feminist Prn Producer Madison Young is a globetrotting fetish model who likes her rope cinched Tight, and is not a fan of the ‘Is this comfortable for you?’ check-in. So when she meets the Rope Artist, she quickly falls in love with this stranger’s warm touch, his smell, and most of all, his rope. And when they finally profess their feelings, everything changes. Plus Dixie is putting out a call for story pitches. Wanna get onstage? The first round of East Coast cities has been announced!   Song: ‘Around My Neck’ (Finneas)   Rope l Shibari | Bondage l Restraint l Cinch l Punk Rock l Tight l Nipple Clamps l Rope Artist l Dance | Arm Restraints l Hogtied l Flesh l Chest Harness l Ebby? l Suspension l Tie Me Up l Video I Partner l Submissive l Tour l Damsel in Distress l It’s Different with You l Camera l Fairy l Safe Space l BreakUp l Daddy l Dominant l Husband l Parent l Ph

Have you ever wanted to engage in a little friendly social masturbation? Legendary Author and Sexologist Carol Queen takes us on a freestyle journey back to the 80’s, where she details her own fear of sex, and how she found true love. In the early days of the AIDS Epidemic, lack of medical answers lead to a generalized Coitophobia… could intercourse actually kill you? Soon the San Francisco Jacks come up with a creative way to release sexual energy, but they only allow gay men. Solution: Time for a Jill-Off, too - but be careful where you set down your hat. And Dixie is going On Tour, finally - Get Ready to Get Bawdy, y’all!   Song: ‘W.Y.D.O.T.D. Pt 1’ (Jefferson Bergey)   Masturbation Club l Sex Party | Institute of Advanced Sexuality l Doctorate of Sexology l Healing l Gay Male l Tuition l Dyke-Identified | Masturbation l Swinger l AIDS Epidemic l Bend Over Boyfriend l Pegging l Dirty Limerick l Poetry l Penetration I Sex Education l Submissive l Piss Play l Circus l Ringmaster l Sexually Transmitted l Visu

How do you go from being a Gay Baptist Republican to the Biggest Freak Meme on the Internet? Infamous Pron Clown Ouchy the Clown tells his Origin Story, from his quiet Queer roots in Texas to the life-changing visit to Burning Man that changed everything. Returning to Oakland with 70+ new best friends and an appreciation for people who can juggle sh*t, our pal Doug dons a leather harness, Doc Martins and greasepaint, and naively slides down an underground s*x party’s fire pole into their Dungeon. Soon he’s Famous on the Net, gives birth to the P*rn Clown Posse, is being flown around the country to jump out of a Refrigerator Box, and is notorious for introducing strangers to his irreverent, lighthearted approach to K!nk. And this week, Dixie fights Corporate Healthcare to help Helen tell her Cancer story, right there in the Chemo chair. Never give up! #RestInPeaceOuchy   Song: ‘Carousel’ (Melanie Martinez)   Queer l Clown l Leather | Subculture l S*xual Underground l Splosh l Dad Joke | Burning Man l P*rn Clow