This is the inaugural episode of Sex IRL, a brand-new podcast from Stacey Herrera. If you’ve been listening to Love Is…, you’ll notice the shift. Stacey explains why she’s pivoting toward the topic she circles back to most: sex.

But this isn’t a show about techniques or tips—you can Google that. 

Sex IRL is about the messy, funny, deeply human ways we reach for each other, and all the fears, silences, and cracked knees that come with it. 

In this short intro, Stacey shares why sex is the entry point to bigger conversations about intimacy, connection, and what gets in the way.

The podcast churns the motor. The stack keeps it running.

On Substack, I dive into the juicy stuff that needs more than 15 minutes. The kinda things that make you go “humph, I never thought about it like that.”

Like why great sex requires emotional labor nobody talks about.

Or why men with smaller dicks are often better lovers (spoiler: it’s about skill, not size).

Or how asking, telling, and listening might be the only sex enhancement you actually need.

No hot takes or how-to guides. Instead, I’m laying down essays that sit at the intersection of nuance and oh damn!

If you’re tired of that Cosmo essential tips and tricks shit and you want the good stuff in the second half… join us.

People who talk about sex have better sex. Go figure?!

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