Sexual folklorist and host of the acclaimed Bawdy Storytelling podcast and stage show, Dixie De La Tour, talks about: the pivotal moment in her life that made storytelling her passion, the moving stories behind the stories she curates for Bawdy, how authenticity & vulnerability are universal languages, the transformative power of talking about sex, what love really is & more.  Ken & Sunny ponder ‘breather’ callers and ‘handsy’ doctors plus Ken accidentally sexts Dixie! Visit https://www.patreon.com/posts/16287092 for Dixie’s bonus story about an outrageous lights-out sex party. Guest Bio Dixie De La Tour is a sexual folklorist, storyteller, entrepreneur, podcaster, teacher, catalyst, coach, community builder, facilitator, & instigator (& that’s just for starters). She is also the founder, curator & host of the award-winning sex and storytelling series, Bawdy Storytelling.  Called “a stiff shot of courage in a push-up bra”, Dixie is passionate about storytelling’s power to connect strangers. A former sex party producer & dating site community manager, she founded Bawdy Storytelling almost 11 years ago. Dixie has been Sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (“Saint Kiss & Make You Tell”) and is hailed as the originator of sex-positive storytelling (“The original sex and storytelling series” – Playgirl, “The Moth for Pervs” – LA Weekly) As a storyteller, Dixie’s stories is a fan favorite on the Risk! podcast, and can be heard on her own Bawdy Storytelling podcast (which was selected by Esquire.com as a top 5 ‘Best Sex Podcast’) Ping her (she likes that) at @Bawdy, facebook.com/DixieDeLaTour & at www.BawdyStorytelling.com  Dixie is available for : Private story coaching (via Skype) Corporate story coaching and workshops You can bring Bawdy to your city - we’ll be touring again in 2018 Live Storytelling workshops in San Francisco and Seattle (& you can bring her to your city for workshops AND a Live Bawdy) To bring her unique take on Sex and Story to sex-positive businesses To teach storytelling and lead events at colleges and universities Author discussions, book releases, and creating custom events (She’s been producing events for close to 25 years) Contact Dixie@BawdyStorytelling.com to learn more Episode 23 Topics Favorite movies, family secrets, non-monogamy, when you eat too many edibles and forget how to breathe, church sex, Kinky Salon, Bawdy gets you laid!, The Blue Ridge Mountains, narrative therapy, Clown Fucker, storytelling in business, the prospect of going to hell, what love really is, three day pig roasts, The Fuck Fairy Godmother, Catholic guilt, great boobs, creepy doctors, breather calls, storytelling and healing, feeling unworthy and in good company, being a gay virgin, sex and blindness, Tristan Taormino's Opening Up, sex party producing, getting blown on the altar, what makes a good relationship, oral tradition, getting rid of sexual shame Episode 23 Links Bawdy Storytelling website: www.BawdyStorytelling.com Listen to Bawdy Storytelling podcast on iTunes (and please leave a review!) http://bit.ly/bawdypodcast Watch Bawdy stories on YouTube http://bit.ly/BawdyTV Support Bawdy Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy Contact Dixie Dixie@BawdyStorytelling.com Dixie Twitter https://twitter.com/DixieDLT  Bawdy Storytelling Twitter https://twitter.com/Bawdy Episode 23 Sponsor, Affiliate & Giveaway Info Crave Vesper 24k Gold Vibrating Necklace Giveaway at sunnymegatron.com: Provided by Castle Megastore. Entrants must be over 18, US resident, no purchase necessary. Visit the giveaway page for details and to enter: http://sunnymegatron.com/vesper/ Giveaway entry ends 1/31/2017 20% off your order at http://castlemegastore.com when you use code SUNNY at checkout (limited restrictions apply) 20% off at Lelo.com with code SUNNY Off the Cuffs: A Kink & BDSM Podcast https://offthecuffs.org/   Dixie & Sunny at a Bawdy Storytelling show in Chicago. Photo by Benjy Feen.