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Nov 2021
49m 16s

Vibrators

AUBREY GORDON & MICHAEL HOBBES
About this episode
It's a sexual health episode! This week, Mike and Aubrey dive into the hotly debated medical history of vibrators and ask: who fact-checks the fact-checkers? Note: A previous version of this episode included language that referred to “the female downstairs,” implying both that gender is linked to genitals (it isn’t) and that vibrators were used primarily b ... Show More
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