The sleeper hit of late 1979 was Blake Edwards’s sex farce 10, a comedic vivisection of a male midlife crisis, which turned 23 year-old California girl Bo Derek into a controversial cultural phenomenon. Derek’s early fame was framed in the media through the lens of her marriage to John Derek, who was 30 years her senior and who she met when she was 16. Today ... Show More
Apr 2022
1980: Richard Gere and American Gigolo (Erotic 80s Part 3)
One of the most aesthetically influential movies of the ‘80s, Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo sets a template for much of what we’re going to discuss this season: it’s about sex as a conduit for wealth, masks and double lives, and the role of danger in desire. Today we’ll talk ab ... Show More
1h 7m
Apr 2022
1981: Neonoir, Body Heat and Postman Always Rings Twice (Erotic 80s Part 4)
The New Hollywood directors of the late 1960s and 70s were the first generation of Hollywood filmmakers to grow up studying Hollywood movies as art. In 1981-1982, a number of those directors made actual or virtual remakes of classic Hollywood noir films, including Lawrence Kasdan ... Show More
1h 13m
May 2022
1982: Teen Sexploitation, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Porky's and The Blue Lagoon (Erotic 80s Part 5)
1982 saw the release of three hit high school-set comedies about sex: Porky’s, The Last American Virgin and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The only one to survive as a classic, Fast Times turned Phoebe Cates – who also appeared in the Blue Lagoon rip-off Paradise the same year – i ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 2025
Gen Z Is Having Less Sex. Why?
Journalist Carter Sherman says Gen Z — people ages 13 to 28 — are having less sex than previous generations. As part of her research, Sherman interviewed more than 100 teenagers, college students, and sexual health experts. She argues that miseducation, porn, digital disconnectio ... Show More
46m 28s
Sep 2024
The Substance: “Everything Cranked Up To Eleven-ty and Then Some”
This week’s guest is Kathryn Hahn, who talks to Simon about her starring role in ‘WandaVision’ spinoff ‘Agatha All Along’, a dark comedy superhero miniseries, which follows witch Agatha Harkness, as she recruits some unlikely allies on her quest to regain her former powers. Mark ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2019
Sex Education S:2 Episodes 7 & 8 Review
It’s prom night at Moordale which means sex, drugs, drama and Secrets revealed that insight a big liberation. Join hosts Yasmine Tanres, Taquaila Jackson, Imani Jackson and Katie Thompson as they break down the season’s final two episodes. Otis is not really a ladies man; but tha ... Show More
50m 13s
Sep 2025
We Discuss Our Southern Accents (In-Person Ep.) | DFMB Episode 137
Charles and Link discuss driving Lincoln's sports car to the office. Charles gives a holler out to the famous shag club in Myrtle Beach, Fat Harold's. The two react to a paint show from the '90s that's been going viral on the internet, a blind man attempting to paint a wall, and ... Show More
35m 18s
Feb 2025
Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder
Dorthy Stratten went from Dairy Queen counter girl to Playboy pinup to murder victim – in just two years. Hugh Hefner called her the next Marilyn Monroe. A major Hollywood director wrote a role in his new film just for her, confident that she would make the leap from centerfold t ... Show More
35m 29s
Oct 2025
The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (with Daisy Eagan)
<p>When Natalie Wood drowned in 1981 she was only 43 years old. Thanks to films like ‘West Side Story’, ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, and ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ she was an icon, but she’d been out of the spotlight for almost a decade. Wood was in the midst of filming her comeback, ‘ ... Show More
1h 9m