Pornography, Part VI: Race

0057 - The hosts conclude their conversation with a discussion of the role of race in the sexual imagination. Why is the white, blonde female body so often the location of heterosexual desire in American culture? Why is the male black body so often fetishized?

Pornography, Part V: Desire and Despair

056 - The hosts continue their conversation about pornography. This week they explore the emotional cost of pornography. Who shapes our desires? And what happens when we are regularly reminded of what we don't have?

Pornography, The Conversation, Part IV: Why Do We Need or Want Pornography?

55 – The hosts continue their discussion of pornography. Exploring their own consumption, the varieties and limitations of desire and its representations (sexual and otherwise), they move closer to some understanding of pornography's persistence across time.

Pornography, the Conversation, Part III: Ideology versus Evolution

054 – C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood continue their discussion about pornography. Picking up on last week's conversation, the hosts explore how ideology shapes our views of pornography, and what role evolutionary politics might play in our voyeurism.

Pornography, the Conversation, Part II: Pornography and Public Health

053 – C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood continue their discussion about pornography. What happens when pornography becomes the primary method of sex education? The advantages and disadvantages of access to pornography are discussed, such as addiction and sexual liberation.