How Maria R Palacios became a woman.

Cassie has an itch.

Jonathan Zenti is fat.

When penetrative sex is painful or impossible.

A processing party.

Kaitlin talks to the men in her life that she trusts the most.

All of the invisible things that happened between us that night.

Kaitlin's non-psychedelic trip through girlhood.

Transfemme Artist + Noise Diva

A Meditation

No Fats//No Femmes

Kaitlin talks to friends, exes and her dad about what it’s like to be feminine as a cis-man.

Alex and Joan met at a bar in the East Village in 2012. At the time, they were drastically different people, strangers to even themselves.

Our Diary series would not be complete without hearing from fellow Radiotopia show, Mortified. From Episode 61: “How Not To Masturbate (and Other Hollow Victories).”

In the vast ocean of the internet, there are thousands of diaries that are locked by forgotten passwords and AOL email addresses; Ashley’s LiveJournal is one of them.

On a residential street in a working class neighborhood of a major American city, there is a house with boarded-up windows. The mistresses who work there call it The Big House.

August 31, 2004: Amelia and I hugged and said our goodbyes and now it’s just me.

Episode one of Silent Evidence: One woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.

Episode two of Silent Evidence: One woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.

Episode three of Silent Evidence: One woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.

Episode four of Silent Evidence: One woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.

"I will listen to the song when I’m 80, a grandmother to children born of someone other than you."

“Sometimes you can be in one place and everything seems right. And then the wind changes, even just a little bit, and everything seems different, or everything seems normal and that's terrifying.”

“Leaning over my shoulder, you cast a shadow on everything. Things are dark and blurry — and I am drowning.“

I didn’t really know her. I didn’t know why I called her. She came over and watched me watch ‘Sister Wives’ until we fell asleep.

“Oh, I do miss my husband,” she wailed. “Where is he? Why do all sweethearts cuddle tonight except me?”

This is the kinda-sorta-true love story of Idiot + Dummy — two boneheads in love. 

What happens when a girl meets the teen pop star of her dreams?

[pt 1] Are we better off together than we are apart? This is a celebration of love and business. Also known as: a wedding.

[pt 2] In the second installment, we hear about all the struggles and complications of a creative partnership from Kaitlin’s perspective.

The last episode of our Heatwave series is about one man’s solitary quest to fulfill a desire and to overcome shame.

Probably thousands of different vibrators have come and gone over the decades, but there is one that has outlasted them all.

After getting an ostomy, being naked was forever-changed.

One Saturday night, Kaitlin ventured onto St. Laurent Boulevard in Montreal and asked strangers if they had ever had their P-spots touched.

After a night of performing intimate acts in exchange for cash, Gloria heads home. Once in bed with her own lover, she wonders if she can really keep personal life and work life separate.

There was a time when nothing had names, and we were just kids.

It’s a hot summer day and we are taking the train to Riis Park with Joan Nestle.

At 24, Gina Gold headed west in search of fame, freedom, and her first good lay.

Going out West offered queers and transfolk a context outside of mainstream society. And there were many people who were looking for that new context.

Stefonknee Wolscht has been on a lifelong journey for love and acceptance. At age 52, she has found a family — one who gives her freedom from all of life's rules and norms.  She is finally a princess.

Being a sexual being is more than getting from point A (getting horny) to point B (having an orgasm). It’s a complicated, nuanced balance of desire and apprehension, and nobody knows that better than Dr. Emily Nagoski.

The mayfly sneaks in through an open window and lives her mayfly life to the fullest — perhaps even finding her true mayfly love. Before she knows it, death has overtaken her.

Is a one-day’s love ever really dead?

Two people — and how they took a one-day’s love and tried to make it last forever.

And I cannot deny, strange though it may sound, that I enjoyed myself in this disguise.

Pumping: Getting injected with black market silicone. Everybody was doing it, and they looked GOOD. Rajee Rajindra went to get pumped. It changed her life forever.

The first time is a threshold. On one side is the world as you know it, and on the other side is the unknown.

Short and Sweet. The story of Whitney Jones’ first love.

A radio show is born. Again. 

How does one's sense of reality fail when falling in love?

Do you believe in true love? Does it really exist, or is it just a myth made up by Hollywood? Jonathan Goldstein shares his thoughts on this Valentine's Day special.

Behold the almighty power of the V.

We read people’s most private love letters, then tell the stories of the relationships that were made and broken by them.

A lovemap is a personal guide to what we like, who we like, and how we like it.

What are the mechanics, ethics and arrangements of having multiple sex partners?

In 1909, James Joyce wrote his wife, Nora Barnacle, a series of very sexy letters. In this quickie, we read you one of our favorites.

Sensory experiences transcend sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Venture with us beyond the 5-way sensescape.

We look at our obsession with romantic love in contrast with the things that used to be a lot more important, like: family, responsibility and economic stability.

This episode is about the elements of growing up: from shaving, tampons, driving, voting, and doing your own dishes to sex.

Homelessness can't easily be defined. In this episode, we hear three stories about getting by.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) happen — even to the best of us. In this episode, we talk to people about what a healthy sex life looks like after contracting an STI.

This quickie is a story, a lovemap if you will, of how Kaitlin manages to be such a productive person.

A peek into the power of a kiss, and the rise and fall of what could have been true love.