The Longest Shortest Time: A Women’s Health Show for Everyone

Birth Control Troubles and Vibrator Triumphs

The Longest Shortest Time: A Women’s Health Show for Everyone

Show Notes

As the daughter of an OBGYN, Danielle Bezalel learned all about vaginas — but pleasure wasn’t part of the conversation. Now she’s on a mission to help people prioritize pleasure. Today, she shares the incident that motivated her to become a sex educator, her own struggles with birth control, the orgasm experiment she did on herself, and tips for getting in the mood as a busy parent.

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Recommendations from the archive

Sex & Parenthood Series

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Episode resources

• Danielle’s podcast: Sex Ed with DB

• Find your shortcut to getting in the mood with Danielle’s smut quiz

• Danielle’s personal Magic Wand experiment

• Official Magic Wand study

• Planned Parenthood birth control quiz

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