Girl Boner Radio

How often do you think about your financial future? If you feel a bit clueless about "money stuff," you're far from alone. In this episode, August is joined by Elaine Low, a financial journalist and video producer for Investor's Business Daily, to explore gender gaps around investing, pressures on women to spend money but not discuss it and simple ways to start cultivating financial security. Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener who fears women won't date him because of his modest income. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com!

August is joined by Artemis Film Festival founder Melanie Wise, social media maven Megan Hubbell and recording artist/publisher Kaylene Peoples to explore representations of women's strength and sexuality in films and more. With Dr. Megan Fleming's help, they weigh in for a listener who's noticed sex drive changes since adopting a workout routine. Enjoy the special outro music, courtesy of Kaylene! From her forthcoming album, "Romantic Bossa Nova," the song features Kaylene on vocals and Bunny Brunel on bass. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com.

Anne Hodder, ACS joins August to explore emotional intelligence and relationships, ways to cope when you're feeling triggered, dreamwork as a healing tool and the mighty vulva! Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener who was recently diagnosed with vulvodynia. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com.

Bruna Nessif, founder of The Problem with Dating and author of "Let That Shit Go," joins August to discuss takeaways from her book and dating journey. Learn why millennials, in particular, tend to "ghost" people, the rewards and challenges of sharing vulnerable stories and ways to get unstuck when you fall into harmful dating patterns. Dr. Megan weighs in for a listener who found violent hardcore porn on her boyfriend's computer. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com!

Heather Jeffcoat DPT joins August to discuss the pelvic floor, sexual pain conditions and ways physical therapy can help transgender individuals before and after genital reconstruction surgery. With Dr. Megan Fleming’s help, they weigh in for a listener who wonders if urinating during sex is normal. You'll also learn a toe-curling orgasm tip! Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com and find August’s Girl Boner book on Amazon.

Comedian Shawn Pelofsky, creator and star of the new one-hour special Stretch It Out, joins August to discuss her career, her efforts to find love (including hypnosis and a love potion) and how she finally met “the one.” With Dr. Megan Fleming’s help, they weigh in for a listener dealing with sexual desire differences during her period. Sign up for occasional extras at augustmclaughlin.com. Find Girl Boner, the book, on Amazon! 

Nicoletta Heidegger, a registered Marriage and Family Therapy Associate and cohost of Sluts and Scholars, joins August to discuss her work and minor attraction (being attracted to children). How is it different from pedophilia? Are healing, management and preventing harm to children possible? With the help of Dr. Megan Fleming, they weigh in for a listener whose wife of eight years recently revealed that she's polyamorous and in love with a coworker. Sign up for Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. Find "Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment" on Amazon.

August is joined by Brianna Rader, founder of Juicebox, an app that pairs people with professional sex and relationship coaches. Learn about Brianna’s journey, from queer Tennessee teen to launching her business, unique challenges sex-positive businesses face, people’s most common and surprising sexual concerns and more. Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener whose boyfriend wants to do away with the body hair she adores. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. Find August’s new Girl Boner book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2MnjwYn

Pickup artistry gets a bad rap, but are some PUAs decent guys? August chats with Drew Schroeder, a pickup artist who goes against the industry grain. Then Sexual Intuitive® Susanna Brisk joins August to explore the whys behind incels, dating dos and don’ts and the worst dating advice listeners have ever heard. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. Find August’s new book, GIRL BONER, on Amazon!

Dating, sex and animals - oh my! Comedic author Heidi Mastrogiovanni joins August to explore pros and cons of adding a pet to your relationship and the release of their new books: "Lala Pettibone: Standing Room Only" and "Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment." With the help of Dr. Megan Fleming, they weigh in for a listener whose new dog is making spontaneous sex with her boyfriend difficult. Sign up for Girl Boner extras at augugstmclaughlin.com.   Purchase August’s new book, “Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment” here: http://bit.ly/GirlBoner 

Jimanekia Eborn, an expert in mental health, sex education and sexual trauma support, joins August to explore ways eating disorders and trauma intersect, forgiveness, consent, Me Too and more! Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener who’s boyfriend revealed he was abused as a child. MaryEllen Reider, cofounder of Yarlap, shares facts about kegels, pelvic health and pleasure.  Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. 

August is joined by Amberly Rothfield, a 13-year veteran of the phone sex industry, to explore her personal journey, career and more. With Dr. Megan Fleming's help, they weigh in for a listener who's healing from an abusive relationship. Sign up for Girl Boner extras and learn about August's new books at augustmclaughlin.com. (Our apologies for the subtle AC sound off and on through the episode! It was an issue at the studio and won't be a problem again.)          

Marni, a dating coach for men, joins August to explore common dating mistakes, communicating in the romance realm and letting a partner down easy. With Dr. Megan Fleming's help, they weigh in for a listener who's falling for an asexual man. Can she make it work without sex? Enter the first ever #GirlBoner sweepstakes at https://woobox.com/qwfryy! Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. 

Kimberly Ann Johnson, a sexological bodyworker, birth doula and author of “The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality,” joins August to explore ways postpartum time provides an opportunity for better sex, female arousal and more! Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener experiencing vaginal itchiness after masturbating. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com and pre-order “Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment” on Amazon. 

Kasia Urbaniak, founder and CEO of The Academy who made her living as one of the world’s most successful dominatrixes, joins August to explore standing in your power, the role sex and sexuality play in leading an empowered life and more. Learn ways to navigate uncomfortable conversations, the orgasmic potential of difficult emotions and Dr. Megan Fleming’s take on preparing a teenager for college dating life. For more Girl Boner fun, sign up for occasional extras at augustmclaughlin.com and pre-order “Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment” on Amazon.

Natasha Chandel of the Kinda Dating podcast joins August to explore unusual places people have sex! With Dr. Megan Fleming's help, they discuss nonconsensual arousal and moving on after experiencing it. Learn more and sign up for occasional extras at augustmclaughlin.com. For more Girl Boner fun, pre-order "Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment" on Amazon.

Actress, producer and trans health advocate Blossom Brown joins August to explore the importance of trans rights within feminism, issues unique to trans women of color, supporting trans men and how appearing on Ellen Degeneres’s show and in Caitlyn Jenner’s documentary series, I AM CAIT, influenced her life. Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener who wonders why vibrators don’t do much for her. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com!

August is joined by Stevie Boebi, a YouTuber who specializes in queer sex, to chat about lesbian sex myths, sex toys and jealousy. Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener who feels uncomfortable with her partner’s flirting with others behavior. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. Enter The Pleasure Chest’s Womanizer 2Go giveaway on Instagram @pleasurecheststores June 16 - 17! 

The "mysterious" clitoris, sexual revolutions and more! Joan Price joins August to explore her journey from gynecologist's daughter in the 50s to becoming a celebrated sex educator and finding true love in her golden years. Learn what feminism brought to sexuality, how ageism impacts dating and good news about intimacy later in life. Dr. Megan Fleming, August and Joan weigh in for a listener who wants to know if casual dating makes sense and whether she's approaching it well post-divorce. Sign up for Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com. While you're there, click BOOKS to preorder "Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment."    NOTE: This episode was pre-released last week with glitches, and a few people downloaded it before we noticed and took it down. If you received it twice, this one's the keeper! Email a screenshot of your feed showing both episodes and your snail mail address to august@augustmclaughlin.com and we'll send you a free gift.

Clitoris adventures, lesbian characters and more! August is joined by Ji Strangeway, a poet, author and film director about her personal journey, sex ed, teen pleasure and her hybrid graphic novel, Red as Blue. Victor Tobar of The Pleasure Chest shares tips for queering your sex. Dr. Megan Fleming shares thoughts for a listener who wants to enjoy penis play but his new partner doesn't enjoy anal. Sign up for Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com.