{"podcast":{"title":"Private Parts Unknown: Sex & Love Around the World","slug":"private-parts-unknown-sex-love-around-the-world-220056","podcast_index_feed_id":220056,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/EDGY5280373877","website_url":"https://www.privatepartsunknown.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/48beae36-e202-11ec-b993-af2d41129c78/image/f2b4bee297d2cd40b1cd35ded3589514.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Courtney Kocak","episode_count":360,"summary":"Private Parts Unknown (FKA Reality Bytes) is a Bourdain-style podcast exploring sex, love, relationships, gender, and seductive subcultures around the world. Join host Courtney Kocak and expert guests for hilarious, sex-positive conversations — destigmatizing everything from abortion to Ashley Madison, polyamory to PMDD, sex work to Shibari, and more. Travel series include Helsinki, Finland; Mexico City, Mexico; and Tokyo, Japan. Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of Pleasure Podcasts. For network details, contact cameron@pleasurepodcasts.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T02:17:10.360459+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-parts-unknown-sex-love-around-the-world-220056"},"episode":{"title":"Celebrating Four Years Sober: Paulina Pinsky on Capitalism, Creativity & How Quitting Cannabis Changed Everything","slug":"celebrating-four-years-sober-paulina-pinsky-on-capitalism-creativity-how-quitting-cannabis-changed-everything","published_at":"2026-01-07T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-parts-unknown-sex-love-around-the-world-220056/celebrating-four-years-sober-paulina-pinsky-on-capitalism-creativity-how-quitting-cannabis-changed-everything","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-parts-unknown-sex-love-around-the-world-220056","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/EDGY6950770783.mp3?updated=1767760937","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/EDGY6950770783.mp3?updated=1767760937","summary":"Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fleshlight.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For the 241st episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer, educator, and friend of the podcast Paulina Pinsky. In this deeply personal conversation, Paulina reflects on her journey to four years of sobriety, unpacking how her relationship with cannabis moved from magic to medicine to misery. She talks candidly about addiction, creativity, eating disorders, wellness culture, capitalism, and the quiet ways substance use can become normalized—especially when it’s framed as harmless or even healing. Paulina shares the pivotal rock bottom moment that led her to quit, including a harrowing situation at an Alabama gas station, and explains what it actually takes to rebuild a thriving life, identity, and creative practice on the other side of addiction. For more from today's guest, Paulina Pinsky: Subscribe to Paulina's Substack paulinapinsky.substack.com Follow Paulina on Instagram @paulina_pinsky Check out Paulina's website www.paulinapinsky.com Get your copy of Girl Gone Wild from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Psst, Courtney has an 0nIyFan$, which is a horny way to support the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/cocopeepshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Private Parts Unknown is a proud member of the Pleasure Podcast network. This episode is brought to you by: VB Health offers doctor-formulated sexual health supplements designed to elevate your sex life. Their lineup includes Soaking Wet, a blend of vitamins and probiotics that support vaginal health; Load Boost, which promotes male fertility and enhances semen volume and taste; and Drive Boo…","meta_description":"Save 10% on your next Fleshlight with promo code 10PRIVATE at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fleshlight.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For the 24…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/private-parts-unknown-sex-love-around-the-world-220056/episodes/celebrating-four-years-sober-paulina-pinsky-on-capitalism-creativity-how-quitting-cannabis-changed-everything/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/private-parts-unknown-sex-love-around-the-world-220056/celebrating-four-years-sober-paulina-pinsky-on-capitalism-creativity-how-quitting-cannabis-changed-everything.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}