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Hey! It's been a minute! I'm reaching out to ask for your input for an upcoming episode of The Heart of Jacks Podcast.

I'm currently editing a multi-episode piece on “sex positivity” that started over a year ago and was put on a shelf (with the rest of the pod) when my club restarted operations and I got a new job and my music group began live performances again. Those three big things interrupted the HOJ project in a big way… which… you might have noticed.

AAAAAnyway, I'm now circling back to The Heart of Jacks and this particular episode and it would benefit from a few more voices and that’s where your input comes in.

Here’s what I’d like you to do, if you’re up for it. I’m going to give you a conversation starter—a few short questions and I’d like you to call The Heart of Jacks phone line and simply respond with your thoughts in a voicemail. You don’t have to answer every question like it’s a quiz. Just listen, mull it over a little and call with your response. If you write it out before you call, that’s fine but absolutely not required. I’d like your feedback to sound spontaneous, honest, just your take on the subject, and it can be just one or two sentences.

If you were one of the fine folks who contributed to this in the past, you don't need to do it again.

Now, please don't worry about being perfect. Just consider the questions for a few seconds or a few minutes and then send me your response. Here goes!

Are you familiar with the term, “sex positive?” Does it mean anything to you? Have you never encountered it or is it a term you or somebody you know uses? Do you have any particular thoughts about what “sex positive” is or isn’t? Is it just jargon or a trend or is it an important idea? How about this: do you have any… feelings or judgements about somebody who casually uses the term, “sex positive?” What does it bring up for you?

Again, consider all of that as a conversation starter, not the fucking SAT or a job application. Nothing is on the line here and your input is anonymous. I’m going to edit responses to be pretty short, so don’t think about it too much and don’t worry about being perfect. I just want your honest take. Simply consider the subject and send me your thoughts.

When you’re ready, call The Heart of Jacks phone line at (206) 580-3120. You can also record a voice memo with your smart phone and email that to paul@theheartofjacks.com - And if you really want to contribute but you’re just super shy about using your voice, you can email me your response too. It’s just more likely that I’ll actually use it if you call in and leave voicemail or send me a voice memo.

If you mess something up, just repeat it. I’ll make you sound good. I really just want to know what YOU think about this thing called “sex positivity.”

Thank you so much for helping me out with this and for listening to The Heart of Jacks Podcast. I can’t wait to serve up all the good stuff that’s been cooking over the past year… or so.

I’m Paul Rosenberg.

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The Heart of Jacks Podcast
Episode #22 - What is "Sex?"
Guest: Dr. Eric Sprankle
Released November 29, 2021

Supported by Patreon at https://patreon.com/theheartofjacks/

Celery, Soccer and Solosex
Character limitations,
And getting back to basics

Segment 1: Paul connects the dots between vegetables, sports and masturbation… but not how you might think.

Segment 2: Dr. Eric Sprankle returns for a deep dive into the fundamentals of sex. “Fundamentals” as in, what the hell is it? He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Co-Director of the Sexuality Studies program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as well as a licensed clinical psychologist and an AASECT-certified sex therapist affiliated with the Minnesota Sexual Health Institute. After we chew on what sex gets to be thought of as “sex,” we look at sexual health.

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Dr. Sprankle Links:
Website: https://www.drsprankle.com
Scarlet Letters: https://www.drsprankle.com/scarletletters
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSprankle
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsprankle/
Minnesota State University: https://sbs.mnsu.edu/academics/psychology/about-psychology/faculty-and-staff/eric-sprankle/

Mentioned in this podcast:
3TƎETH (Soundcloud) https://soundcloud.com/3teeth
Howard Stern interview with Chris Rock https://www.howardstern.com/news/2020/09/28/chris-rock-on-forgiving-bullies-flaunting-his-abs-and-how-he-and-dave-chappelle-are-the-jay-z-and-kanye-west-of-comedy/

Seeking men with experience at JO clubs for interviews!

If you have a significant experience of masturbation groups, consider being interviewed on The Heart of Jacks Podcast. Just complete this short survey to be considered: https://theheartofjacks.com/jacksinterview

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Episode #14 - A Tantra Primer with Rick Laska

Guest: Rick Laska

Released March 15, 2021

 

Sponsored by Woodhull Freedom Foundation at https://woodhullfoundation.org

Supported by Patreon at https://patreon.com/theheartofjacks/

 

Barking dogs and garage doors

Pursuing the bate-life balance

And a mindful talk about tantra with Rick Laska

 

Segment 1: Paul wants to talk to you about your "Bate/Life Balance," how adults who masturbate frequently balance this part of their lives with everything else being a grownup requires of us. It may sound strange, but the extension of our cultural reticence with regard to masturbation can leave people in a "denial/release" cycle of cutting out self-pleasure followed by periods of sacrificing everything else. Paul is looking for guest suggestions to chew on this topic of making healthy self-pleasuring a balanced part of our adult lives.

 

Segment 2: Rick Laska is a clinical social worker and certified sex therapist in the Twin Cities Metro Area in Minnesota. He has been involved in the field of sexual health and wellness for over 2 decades. He is passionate about pleasure, intimacy, and connection as well as overcoming the oppressive forces trying to stifle those things. Paul and Rick talk about his path to social work and sex therapy, and dive into the fundamentals of sexual mindfulness and tantra.

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Rick Laska (AASECT profile) 

Rick Laska (Director of Clinical Services, JustUs Health, St. Paul Minnesota) 

 

Mentioned in this podcast:

 

Inspiration:

Diana Fosha, PhD

About Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) 

Esther Perel

"Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel" (podcast) 

"How’s Work?" (podcast) 

"Rethinking infidelity… a talk for anyone who has ever loved" Esther Perel at TED2015 

 

Recommendations:

"Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century" by Barbara Carrellas 

"Tantra for Gay Men" by Bruce Anderson 

"It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel 

Sex Education on Netflix 

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Episode #13 - True Stories & Sex Clubs with David Quantic

Guest: David Quantic

Released March 8, 2021

Sponsored by Woodhull Freedom Foundation at https://woodhullfoundation.org

Supported by Patreon at https://patreon.com/theheartofjacks/

Fanboying all over the place

podcasters interviewing podcasters interviewing podcasters…

And dipping into true stories and sex clubs with David Quantic

Originally from Kansas, David Quantic has lived in Texas, New York and in 1999 he moved to L.A. to attend UCLA’s MFA Film Production/Directing program, graduating in 2004. He worked freelance in the L.A. film industry in production and post-production until 2016 when he moved to Seattle to work for the Queer Film Festival. He has been producing the Fruitbowl documentary and podcast series since 2018. Fruitbowl is an oral history of queer sex. Each episode of the podcast features one person describing their coming of age and how they discovered their sexual preferences.

In this interview, we talk about Fruitbowl Podcast; its accidental genesis and its uniquely real and human take on queer sex. We also talk about Rain City Jacks (where we met), me being on his podcast and about the differences between jack-off clubs and (other) sex clubs.

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Fruitbowl Website 

Fruitbowl on Patreon 

Fruitbowl on Twitter 

Fruitbowl Podcast on Apple (leave him a sweet review!) 

Paul’s Fruitbowl interview 

Mentioned in this podcast:

HUMP (Dan Savage’s HUMP Film Festival) 

Rain City Jacks (NSFW)

Inspiration:

Paris is Burning 

Jennie Livingston 

Grey Gardens (1975)

Albert and David Maysles 

Frederick Wiseman 

David Lynch 

NPR  

Terry Gross 

Fresh Air 

Recommendations:

Cary Grant 

Bringing Up Baby (1938) 

Holiday (1938) 

The Philadelphia Story (1940) 

42nd Street (1933) 

Grand Hotel (1932) 

Top Hat (1935) 

Gypsy (1962)

Paul butts in: Guy Maddin

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Episode #12 - Talking Shame with Dr. Eric Sprankle

Guest: Dr. Eric Sprankle

Released March 1, 2021

 

Sponsored by Woodhull Freedom Foundation at https://woodhullfoundation.org

Supported by Patreon at https://patreon.com/theheartofjacks/

 

Important lessons for a nine-year-old snoop

Missing lessons in mid-century school

And talking shame with Dr. Eric Sprankle

 

Segment 1: Paul talks about how he learned about sex before most of his friends did (hint: It wasn’t from his parents or school) and about the ways that queer kids learn nothing at all about sex or relationships and are still left to kludge their lives together without guidance, a monologue inspired by his conversation with today’s guest.

Segment 2: Dr. Eric Sprankle is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Co-Director of the Sexuality Studies program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as well as a licensed clinical psychologist and an AASECT-certified sex therapist affiliated with the Minnesota Sexual Health Institute. He joins Paul to talk about shame and sexual shame.

Questions that we chewed on:

• What is shame?
• Is sexual shame unique from other kinds of shame?
• Where does sexual shame and overall sex negativity come from?
• Is shame ever a good thing?
• What’s a good alternative focus?
• What's behind the cultural pressure to feel shame?
• Is the rise of secularism alone a solution to sexual shame?

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Dr. Sprankle Links:

Website, Scarlet Letters, Twitter, Instagram 

Dr. Sprankle at Minnesota State University

 

Mentioned in this podcast:

 

Inspiration:

Jerry Seinfeld 

Howard Stern 

Rob Zombie 

 

Recommendations:

Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving, Betty Dodson 

The Myth of Sex Addiction, Dr. David Ley 

 

Books by Mary Roach 

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife 

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 

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Episode #11 - Tim Goes to the Jacks

Guest: Tim

Released February 15, 2021

 

Sponsored by Woodhull Freedom Foundation 

Supported by Patreon 

 

Painting a Picture with Stories

Playing an orchestra of one

And Tim Goes to the Jacks

 

Segment 1: Why interview men who go to jack-off clubs? Paul makes the case for how multiple individual conversations help paint a singular big picture.

Segment 2: Tim is a member and volunteer at Rain City Jacks and he offers up his story of finding the Jacks and discovering all that's unique, erotic, surprising and inspiring about the experience, and then going off on a delicious tangent about an actual video store and enjoying art house movie screenings at home.

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Mentioned in this podcast:

Rain City Jacks (NSFW)

Angel City Jacks (site under construction)

Healthy Friction (NSFW)

BateWorld (NSFW)

Scarecrow Video (Seattle)

Gloria Grahame 

Peter Bagdanovich 

TCM: The Plot Thickens 

Targets 

Guy Maddin 

The Saddest Music in the World

Keyhole 

My Winnipeg 

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Episode #10 - Dr. Joe Kort

Guest: Dr. Joe Kort

Released January 18, 2021

 

Mining for material on social media

Making your own happiness chemicals

And choosing sides with Doctor Joe Kort

 

Sponsor: The Woodhull Freedom Foundation

Supported by Patreon at https://patreon.com/theheartofjacks/

 

Segment 1: Paul returns with a little inspiration from a friend’s FB feed and a little advice about making your own “happiness chemicals” the easy way.

Segments 2 & 3: Paul is joined by Dr. Joe Kort, Licensed Sex and Relationship Therapist, to talk about coming out kinky, “side guys” and our perennial favorite topic, straight guys into penis play… with other guys’ penises.

 

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Mentioned in this podcast:

Dr. Kort's Links (Hint: "drjoekort")

Web Site: http://www.joekort.com/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drjoekort

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjoekort

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoekort/

 

Books by Dr. Joe Kort:

10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives

10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Find Real Love

LGBTQ Clients in Therapy: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies

Is My Husband Gay, Straight, or Bi?: A Guide for Women Concerned about Their Men

 

Dr. Joe Kort on Psychology Today

The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health

Modern Sex Therapy Institutes

Smart Sex Smart Love podcast

Guys on the ‘Side’: Looking Beyond Gay Tops and Bottoms (Huffington Post article about “Side Guys”) by Dr. Joe Kort

BateWorld (NSFW)

Garfunkel and Oates 

The Loophole

Brian McNaught

Esther Perel

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Episode #9 - Sophia Sky
Guest: Sophia Iannicelli
Released December 28, 2020

 

The activism of the erotic
I’ll be comin’ down the mountain
And talking about sex and art with Sophia Sky

Supported by patrons through Patreon

Segment 0: This will be the last full episode of The Heart of Jacks Podcast for a few weeks. Medical hinderances are why. I will be back "soon" and in the meantime, you can reach me on Twitter @theheartofjacks

Segment 1: Reading from the 2015 welcome letter of the Seattle Erotic Art Festival, written by Sophia Iannicelli (Sophia Sky), Paul draws parallels between her vision of the power of erotic art, and his own reason for doing this podcast.

Segment 2: Sophia Sky, executive director of the Pan Eros Foundation, discusses sex, erotic art, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Elfquest and true crime podcasts!

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Mentioned in this podcast:

Pan Eros Foundation

Seattle Erotic Art Festival

Consent Academy

Gallery Erato  309 1st Ave S., Seattle, WA 98104

Center for Sex Positive Culture

Elfquest

Joycelyn Elders

Rae Akino

Reclaiming Ourselves (Work by Rae Akino)

Remembering Allena Gabosch (CSPC site page)

Criminalia (True Crime/History podcast)

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[Not a full episode. Let’s call this a bonus!]

Before the bupivacaine wears off and the first dose of painkillers kick in, just after that first post-op cup of coffee, there’s a sweet window of opportunity to knock out a quick non-episode so your ears aren’t lonely on Solstice morning.

Rather than post an oh-so-close-but-as-yet-unfinished episode of the podcast, I made this End of 2020 support pitch on the fly, a standalone semi-show to remind you that I love you, that I’m really doing just fine (even if I did just have my third orthopedic surgery of the year just this morning) and to highlight three important things I need for the health of this podcast:

1. You really should listen to the episodes you missed.
2. I need more Patreon patrons and there’s a sneaky way to make just one payment.
3. I urgently need more ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts.

If you’re enjoying the show but not yet a patron, please consider supporting the project by going to patreon.com/theheartofjacks and contributing what you can either monthly or annually. New subscribers get two free months with an *annual* subscription through February 2021.

Really, the best thing you can do for any podcaster is to help increase their visibility on Apple Podcasts! Please take a minute to find The Heart of Jacks Podcast on Apple Podcasts, rate and review the show. In fact, consider doing that for every podcast you love. If you can’t contribute your hard-earned cash to the cause, you can help other listeners hear the shows you love and that is the Holy Grail for every podcaster.

Thank you for all you’ve done already to put The Heart of Jacks Podcast into more than 2,500 sets of ears in just three months. That’s over 5,000 ears!

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Episode #8 - Tyler the Bad Wolf

Guest: Tyler Darlig Ulv

Released December 14, 2020

 

Looking for sponsors in all the right places

Asking an expert about straight Jacks

And talking sex work and the awesomeness of masturbation with Tyler The Bad Wolf

 

Supported by Patreon

 

Segment 1a: Hey sponsors! I’m looking to sell some ad space on the show. If you have a product or service you'd like my listeners to know about, shoot me an email at sponsor@theheartofjacks.com or call 206-580-3120.

 

Segment 1b: Michael, a listener in San Francisco wants to know how I know who the straight members of the Jacks are. I give him my take on it and reason for approaching member sexual orientation the way I do, and then I call in a lifeline in the form of Dr. David Ley, clinical psychologist and sex therapist (you may have seen him on TV or heard him on radio or other podcasts before) and Dr. Ley shares his take… "It's complicated."

 

Segment 2: Tyler The Bad Wolf. Guest, Tyler Darlig Ulv's last name literally translates from the Norwegian as "bad wolf." Tyler is a professional sex worker living in Berlin, a writer, designer and blogger and an ex-New Yorker who I met at NY Jacks. He made an impression and we became friends. I'm thrilled to share our conversation with you. We talk about sex work, NY Jacks, the awesomeness of masturbation and Kylie Minogue!

 

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Sponsor the show: sponsor@theheartofjacks.com

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Mentioned in this podcast:

 

Tyler's Links (NSFW)

Main site: https://tylerthebadwolf.com/

Blog: https://badwolf.blog/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tylerdarligulv/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylerthebadwolf

 

Dr. David Ley (web site)

Dr. David Ley on Twitter

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Books by Dr. David Ley:

Insatiable Wives (2009)

The Myth of Sex Addiction (2012)

Ethical Porn for Dicks: A Man’s Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure (2016)

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NY Jacks (NSFW)

Handobs Magazine (NSFW)

Tales From The City, Armisted Maupin

Tyler Interviews Dad, Creator of Handjobs Magazine (NSFW)

Masturbation is Amazing (NSFW)

Cockrings: Every Day (NSFW blog entry)

Kylie Minogue, DISCO

The Crown

The Favourite

The Four Agreements

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