#426 Get Savage: Sex and Porn with Dan Savage

Shameless Sex

Amy Baldwin

Self-improvement, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Education

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Navigate the complexities of modern relationships and sex with the help of one of the world’s most trusted voices in sexuality. In this episode of Shameless Sex, we sit down with Dan Savage, the best-selling author and the brilliant mastermind behind the Savage Love column and the Savage Love podcast. Get ready for an eye opening discussion that will leave you questioning, laughing, and HUMPing! In this episode, you’ll discover: The wild ride of podcasting since 2005: What it was like to be an original podcaster and how the medium has evolved. Writing about sex since the 90’s: How Dan’s shaped sex past, present, and future. An inside look at HUMP! Fest: The inspiration behind it, Dan’s HUMP! journey, and why you need to experience it for yourself (and possibly become a HUMP creator yourself). Dan’s Dictionary: What is GGG, Tolyamory, and other fascinating words and phrases all coined by Dan. New sexual terms and trends: What’s bubbling up in the world of sex, and how Dan brilliantly interprets them. Insight into sex and politics: What keeps Dan up at night and why it matters to you. Join us as we dive deep into these topics with Dan Savage, an influential media pundit, activist, and co-founder of the It Gets Better Project. He brings his signature wit and wisdom to help you navigate your own sexual journey. Benefits of tuning in: Gain fresh perspectives on sex and relationship dynamics from the OG of sexuality podcasts. Learn practical advice you can apply to your own life. Why not get smarter and more shameless? Be entertained and ready to laugh while learning about Dan’s feelings on role play, porn, and writing a syndicated sex column since the 1990s Curious about what’s next for Dan? Stick around until the end for an exclusive teaser about his upcoming projects that you won't want to miss! Teaser: Get ready to indulge in a shamelessly fun conversation that will inspire you to embrace your desires and redefine your relationships with the podcasting legend who started it all! Get more Dan Savage and check out HUMP! Fest in a city near you. Subscribe to Dan’s premium MAGNUM content to go big with Dan. Join us for our next Shameless Sex retreat in Indio, CA May 8th-11th, 2025! https://tinyurl.com/2pfuyvef Austin! Dallas! Santa Cruz! Come to one of our next live shows for our Who's Your Daddy Tour: https://www.shamelesssex.com/whos-your-daddy-tour Get premium access to our behind the scenes episodes here: https://shamelesssex.supportingcast.fm Do you love us? Do you REALLY love us? Then order our book now! Go to shamelesssex.com to snag your copy Support Shameless Sex by sending us gifts via our Amazon Wish List Other links: Get $10 off an amazing course about how to talk to kids and teens about sex with code EMPOWER at https://www.empoweredcaretakers.com Get 20% off single orders and 30% off subscriptions on our favorite men's performance booster with code SHAMELESS http://tryjoymode.com Get an additional 15% off of MasterClass at http://masterclass.com/shameless Get 10% off + free shipping with code SHAMELESS on Uberlube AKA our favorite lubricant at http://uberlube.com Get 10% off while learning the art of pleasure at http://OMGyes.com/shameless Get 15% off all of your sex toys with code SHAMELESSSEX at http://purepleasureshop.com

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0:00.0	And there's this thing that happens at Hump that I think is so magical, where the hop audience is there,
0:05.1	and you've got gay guys watching Kondolingus and straight guys watching double penetration of guys by guys.
0:10.1	And at first, all everyone can see is like, what's not theirs, not my sexual orientation,
0:15.9	not my gender expression, not my kinks or interests. but then there's like this flip switches and everybody
0:21.7	can suddenly see what is theirs in every film.
0:26.2	I'm Amy. I'm April. Certified sex educators, sex experts of the year, and best-selling authors.
0:33.2	And we're on a mission to help you have more spicy, connected, and amazing shameless sex.
0:39.3	Welcome to the shameless sex revolution.
0:42.3	We're so close.
0:43.0	We're making sex and relationships shameless.
0:48.3	To learn more, go to shamelesssex.com.
0:51.0	And for 15% off some of our favorite sex toys, use code shameless sex at pure pleasure shop.com.
0:58.5	You were listening to a pleasure podcast. For more from our sex podcast collective, visit
1:04.5	pleasurepodcasts.com. Well, hello everyone. Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the shameless sex podcast. God, I say this for every
1:13.2	episode, but this podcast is extra exciting and special. This one was, in our podcasting brains and world,
1:20.4	this was legendary. We've recorded with him before, but it was in person. Dan in the flesh, Savage,
1:26.2	in the flesh, in San Francisco, in our hotel suite. And in the flesh. In the flesh. In San Francisco.
1:28.5	In our hotel suite.
1:30.1	And so there's a video for this too.
1:31.9	If you go to YouTube, you can see the one and only Dan Savage.
1:34.5	Hopefully I didn't cut off his head because I did the tech.
1:37.3	April's the tech.
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