5 Amazing Sex Tech Podcasts for Curious Minds

By Jenna Owsianik, Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net

March 28, 2018

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Future of Sex editor shares her favorite audio programs.

I love listening to podcasts. I listen to all kinds throughout the day—in the car, in the bath, before bed—though, of course, many of my favorites cover sex tech. So if you are searching for some new shows to entertain and inform, take a peak at my top five favorite sex tech podcasts.

Tantra Punk

Ben Lawson, aka Tantra Punk, is a certified tantra counselor who hosts the Tantra Punk Podcast, a show that mixes the concept of sacred sexuality with the ethos of the modern punk rock movement. While the podcast covers sexuality but not always technology, the episodes that do feature tech topics are too good to miss (I enjoy the non-tech ones, too, for that matter). In particular, I recommend listening to the many episodes that focus on blockchain and discuss the potential of cryptocurrency in the adult market.

Future of Sex

Since launching the Future of Sex podcast in 2016, host Bryony Cole has released several insightful episodes breaking down sex tech trends. Cole's show also encourages discussion meant to shatter tired sexual stereotypes and taboos. The sex-positive podcast goes beyond standard topics like teledildonics and VR porn and puts female sexuality and empowerment front and center.

Unzipped: The Business of Sex

Sex tech and intellectual property lawyer Maxine Lynne shares her legal wisdom in her newly launched podcast Unzipped: The Business of Sex. This is one people working in the sex tech and adult entertainment industries will want to follow. While only a few episodes have been released, Lynne plans to give periodic and easy-to-understand updates on legal issues facing players involved in adult businesses.

The Curious Nature of Sex

The Curious Nature of Sex podcast explores the changing ways people are connecting to each other thanks to technological advances. Spanning subjects including sex robots, dating apps, smart vibrators, and polyamory, hosts Nichi Hodgson, Stephanie Alys, and Hayley Quinn take listeners through exciting trends and ideas in sex tech.

Disability After Dark

Hosted by Andrew Gurza, the Disability After Dark podcast puts the spotlight on sex and disability, sharing the lived experiences of people with disabilities and their intimate lives. The show covers various important topics, with some such as sexting, online dating, and adult entertainment linking to sex tech.

Image sources: Alice Moore/Unsplash, Tantra Punk, Future of Sex Podcast, Unzipped: The Business of Sex, The Curious Nature of Sex, Disability After Dark

Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. Since 2014 she has been Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Jenna is the primary author of the Future of Sex Report (2016).

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.