Sluts and Scholars

Sluts & Scholars is one of Cosmopolitan's "Hot Podcasts to Listen To." Nicoletta Heidegger is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#110256) and Sexologist. She chats with folks from across sexuality, kink, and professional spectrums about desire, pleasure, shame, stigma and (of course) bodily functions.

Combining irreverence and expertise, on the docket is anything remotely related to sexual, reproductive and bodily autonomy; from the indigenous menstrual practices of the Hupa Valley tribe, to beauty confidence advice from Dita von Teese, anal sex pro tips from Jessica Drake, and Cyberstalking with Amber Heard. Join these slutty scholars as they help to make your sex smarter, and your smarts sexier.

083 HIVperbole with Benjamin Di’Costa

Nov 29, 2018

This week Nicoletta and Simone are joined by a fan and queer activist- Benjamin Di’Costa. In preparation for World AIDS Day, they discuss everything from conversion therapy, to HIV, and queerness and religion. Also included: go-go dancing and a pinch of sex work. Warning: we also discuss some aftermath of mass...

082 Merciless Feminist Savages with Stephanie Lumsden and Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy

Nov 22, 2018

In order to discuss and call out the erasure of Native Americans during a holiday founded on genocide and oppression, Nicoletta and Simone gratefully welcome two amazing scholars of the Hoopa Valley Tribe in Northern California. They discuss land, settler colonialism, menstrual huts, flower dances, menstrual ...

081 Real American with Julie Lythcott-Haims

Nov 15, 2018

This week Nicoletta is on location back at her Alma mater Stanford University, where she has the privilege to interview Julie Lythcott-Haims, a former Stanford Dean turned bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult and Real American: A Memoir. Join in for a heartfelt conversation about the over parenting trap, being...

080 A Lover's Pinch: A History of Sadomasochism with Peter Tupper

Nov 8, 2018

This week Nicoletta and Simone get scholarly with Peter Tupper around the history and origins of Kink and BDSM. From etymology to the Marquis de Sade, and early examples of D/s relationships, this is an episode for anybody interested in Kink and/or history. Also included: how Kink expressions differ from culture to...

079 The Tiniest but Mightiest Sex Worker with Alice Little

Nov 1, 2018

This week the slutty scholars are joined by sex entrepreneur and relationship expert Alice Little, who is currently the most successful legal sex

worker in the United States. At only 4’ 8”, she is also the tiniest licensed prostitute at Dennis Hof’s world famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch. Tune in for a convo about sex...