Interchange – Let’s Get It On…with Amy Rose Spiegel

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Amy Rose Spiegel joins us to talk about talking about sex, Helen Gurley Brown, and her favorite episode of The Golden Girls.

Marvin Gaye writes in the liner notes to his 1973 classic Let’s Get It On:

I can’t see anything wrong with sex between consenting anybodies. I think we make far too much of it. After all, one’s genitals are just one important part of the magnificent human body … I contend that SEX IS SEX and LOVE IS LOVE. When combined, they work well together, if two people are of about the same mind. But they are really two discrete needs and should be treated as such….I don’t believe in overly moralistic philosophies. Have your sex, it can be exciting, if you’re lucky.

This is a sentiment that our guest tonight, Amy Rose Spiegel, would heartily endorse. But “luck” is only a part of the equation, a maybe a small part: one really ought to be prepared. And part of that preparation is being able to talk about sex. That’s what we’ll do in this episode, getting it on with Amy Rose Spiegel.

GUESTS:
Amy Rose Spiegel is the author of Action: A Book About Sex (Grand Central Publishing). She is an editor and freelance writer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, and many other publications.

Jennifer Maher is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington.

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AUDIO CLIP
From Helen Gurley Brown’s Lessons in Love, released on Crescendo Records, track 11, “How to Talk to a Man in Bed.”
From The Golden Girls, “Adult Education” (Season One)

MUSIC
“Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
“Darling Nikki” by Prince
“Dirty Mind” by Jeff Beck, featuring Imogen Heap
“You Got to Give Me Some” by Bessie Smith (1928)

CREDITS
Producer & Host: Doug Storm
Assistant Producer: Rob Schoon
Board Engineer: Jennifer Brooks
Executive Producer: Joe Crawford