WAMU 1A Sex Week

The 1A program produced at WAMU broadcast a series of shows (Sex Week) leading up to Valentine's Day in 2026. (selected other 1A shows)

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• Sex Week: Gen Z's approach to intimacy
  Broadcast Feb. 9, 2026; Alexandra Botti, producer. This installment focuses on Gen Z, young people ages 14-29.
  Host Jen White
  Guests
  - Dan Savage - author, Savage Love; host, "Savage Lovecast" podcast
  - Maya Walsh Little - sex educator; writer - Carter Sherman - reproductive health and justice reporter, The Guardian; author, The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future
  See also (Fewer one night stands, more AI lovers: the data behind generation Z's sex lives).
  Includes transcript.
• Sex Week: Staying satisfied in middle age
  Broadcast Feb. 10, 2026; Alison Brody, producer. Sex in our 40s and 50s can be complicated. We're experienced, we know what we like, but our bodies and hormones are changing. And it can be hard to prioritize intimacy amid family and work.
  Host Jen White
  Guests
  - Dr. Kelly Casperson - urologist; author, "The Menopause Moment"; host, "You Are Not Broken" podcast
  - Justin Lehmiller - research fellow, Kinsey Institute; author, Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life; host, "Sex and Psychology" podcast
  - Lexx Brown-James - founder, The Institute for Sexuality & Intimacy; president, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists or AASECT; director, University of Michigan's Sexual Health Certificate Program
  Includes transcript.
• Sex Week: How the golden get down
  Broadcast Feb. 11, 2026; Michelle Harven, producer. From grief, to divorce, to health issues, to navigating dating apps, the more senior Americans among us face several challenges in finding intimacy.
  Host Jen White
  Guests
  - Marty Klein - sex therapist; author, Sexual Intelligence
  - Diana Wiley - sex therapist; gerontologist
  - Joan Price - author, Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex
  Includes transcript.
• Sex Week: Artificial and human union
  Broadcast Feb. 12, 2026; Michael Falero, producer. To round out our first-ever 1A "Sex Week," we look at sex, intimacy, and how these decidedly human concepts mesh with the artificial. And how the technology is showing up on people's phones and in sex products, also known as "sex-tech."
  Host Jen White
  Guests
  - Marianne Brandon - clinical psychologist; sex therapist; author, The Future of Intimacy blog
  - Ellen Kaufman - senior research associate, The Kinsey Institute
  - Sam Cole - journalist; co-founder of 404 Media
  Includes transcript.