Savage Lovecast Episode 1005

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

You poor, poor people. For Valentine's Day this year, we're going dark and airing some of your most unpleasant break-up stories. Like the woman who learned her husband was cheating on her when she saw the tattoo he got of the other woman's initials on his leg. That sort of thing. You'll hear a few of these stories on the Micro and more on the Magnum. Meanwhile, a married man sneezes uncontrollably after he comes. Why?! Make it stop! A woman begs every man, everywhere to shave his beard. Our Magnum guest is the delightful Adam Zmith- author of Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers Queer Futures. He has recommendations for popper brands and...flavors. Anybody up for some pumpkin spice poppers? And, how soon is too soon to ask your boyfriend to get a vasectomy? Q@Savage.Love 206-302-2064 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. They make it easy to build a website or blog. Give it a whirl at Squarespace.com/Savage and if you want to buy it, use the code Savage for a 10% off your first purchase. Beducated brings pleasure-based sex education right to your bedroom. Kick off your best sex life with Beducated’s awesome, five-minute quiz at https://beducate.me/pd2607-savage.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Savage Lovecast, Dan Savage's Sex and Relationship Show for grownups.
0:05.1	If you're under 18, get out of here, young.
0:08.6	If you're stuck in a relationship quandary,
0:12.3	or if you're looking for sexual harmony,
0:18.0	well, there's nothing you can't ask on the Savage Lovecast.
0:26.6	People are always asking me.
0:28.8	Sometimes big, burly men with tears in their eyes ask me,
0:33.4	Dan, what am I supposed to do with this old dildo?
0:39.0	The kind of person who owns a dildo and cares about my dildo opinions and dildo hot takes
0:43.9	and dildo best practices, typically an environmentally conscious lefty who doesn't want
0:48.6	to throw things into landfills.
0:51.3	Unfortunately, it's not easy to recycle a dildo or even really possible to recycle a
0:57.2	dildo. Someone tried to start a sex toy recycling business a few years ago, quickly went under
1:01.5	because there's no money in that banana stand. And recycling generally, I just got to say,
1:07.3	is a scam, a lie designed to make the consumer feel like we as individuals, we're
1:12.9	responsible for solving the problems of overpackaging and single-use plastics, and we
1:17.4	could solve these problems by sorting these things into the right bins, when the problem
1:21.7	with the waste stream can really only be solved upstream of the consumer, not downstream.
1:30.2	And Dildos can't really be rehomed, even quality ones. You can sterilize a silicone dildo. You can boil it or run it through
1:35.9	the dishwasher, but most people don't want to rescue, not when it comes to dildos. And dildos, unless you're
1:43.4	getting them from a trusted supplier, a trusted source like
1:46.5	smitten kitten in Minneapolis that deserves your business.
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