Get Yr Freak On
The Future of Sex
Light up your best aromatherapy candles, open that fancy $8 bottle of pink wine, and break out your freak-nastiest nightie that you’ve been saving for a special occasion — it’s the Planet of the Meerkats season two premiere and we’re getting steamy. In a post-COVID world, what does intimacy look like? Are we on the precipice of a new sexual revolution? Be it holosex with VR celebrities or interdimensional alien trysts, the future of sex is going to look very different. Joining us this week is Dave’s wife, Bronwyn, who’ll help us sift through the best and worst Star Trek episodes about sex on the Holodeck.
Our theme song is by Tawny Frogmouth.
Further Reading
Bonk by Mary Roach on Goodreads
Cyberpunk 2077 dev asks fans to stop having sex with Keanu Reeves on Polygon
Why Do We Let Corporations Profit from Rape Videos? by Nicholas Kristoff at the New York Times (paywall)
An Uplifting Update, on the Terrible World of Pornhub by Nicholas Kristoff at the New York Times (paywall)
The Children of Pornhub by Nicholas Kristoff at the New York Times (paywall)
Not the holodeck, but here is Crusher and Troi exercising like it’s 1989.
