Podcasting About Sex Is Harder Than It Seems
What I’ve learned from a year of podcasting
Becoming a podcaster wasn’t my idea.
It was something my husband proposed. He loves podcasts and always has several shows queued up.
He’s always wanted to be on one and routinely comes up with ideas for shows he would create and host.
Back in the middle of 2019, though, he came up with an idea for a show about sex that would be dirty, intimate, and highly personal. It would also heavily involve me.
“You should start a podcast,” he told me when we were lying in bed. “We have all these long, fun conversations. All we’d have to do is record them.”
I dismissed the idea at first. I was exactly the kind of person who shouldn’t host anything.
First of all, I don’t actually listen to podcasts. Not regularly, anyway. I didn’t even know what a good podcast would sound like. How the hell was I supposed to run one?
And then there’s the fact that I’m a shy girl with social anxiety. Why would I ever get behind a mic when I can hide behind the safety of my keyboard and just type out my ideas instead?
The thing that finally convinced me was the name. I suggested that we call it Pillow Talk and then I was in. I…
