{"id":1761,"date":"2017-04-20T17:29:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:41:55","slug":"dot-podcast-ep27-the-comedians-of-awkward-sex-and-the-city-and-new-music-from-sarah-shook-the-disarmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2017\/04\/20\/dot-podcast-ep27-the-comedians-of-awkward-sex-and-the-city-and-new-music-from-sarah-shook-the-disarmers\/","title":{"rendered":"DoT Podcast EP27 The Comedians of Awkward Sex and the City and New Music from Sarah Shook & The Disarmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

For EP27 of the podcast, I talked to the comedians of the Awkward Sex and the City<\/a> tour, including the show\u2019s creator, Natalie Wall. Wall started the show in New York City, where it runs every month with a revolving groups of guest storytellers at an adult toy store called The Pleasure Chest on the Upper East Side. Wall says she wanted to do something a little different, and she\u2019s always been comfortable talking about sex and dating. So she started a blog first, and then enlisted some comedian friends to turn it into a showcase show. It\u2019s developed a bit over the past five years or so, and now has a new stable of regular comedians \u2014 Anita Flores, Bobby Hankinson, Karolena Theresa, and Jen Keefe. I spoke with all five of them at Nick\u2019s Comedy Stop in Boston about Awkward Sex stories, and what drew them to talking about it. <\/p>\n

\nI spoke with Wall about how the show got started. \u201cI like universal themes that are kind of taboo,\u201d she says, \u201cespecially for women to talk about.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The stories cover a wide range of activities, from sweet to graphic, and you would think after a while, Wall would run out of people who want to discuss the most intimate details of their lives so publicly. Some have shied away, but Wall has not faced a shortage thus far. \u201cMost people are like, \u2018Yes, put me on the show!\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve got a thousand stories, let me do the show a thousand times.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the conversation, keep listening for a new track from Bloodshot Records<\/a> recording artists Sarah Shook & The Disarmers<\/a>, \u201cNothin\u2019 Feels Right But Doin\u2019 Wrong,\u201d from their new album Sidelong<\/em>. It\u2019s a great, raucous, twangy song, something any Americana or rock and roll fan should want to check out. <\/p>\n

You can listen to or download the episode in the player below. And if you like it, please consider subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever quality podcasts are downloaded, and leaving a review if you have good things to say! <\/p>\n