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You're listening to Ted Talks Daily.

I'm your host, Elise Hugh, and I want to welcome you to the July installment

of our summer book club series, where we check out new books that will spark your curiosity

all summer long. These reads are coming from our very own Ted

speaker community. Each month we're having conversations with authors to dig

deeper into their big ideas. These days sex advice is everywhere. You can't even go to the grocery store

without being tempted by the seven secrets

to a great sex life and the ten positions

for a mind-blowing orgasm.

But what are these messages really teaching us and how much of it is true?

Today I'm talking to the sex educator author and Ted Speaker Emily Nagowski.

She recently published a new book called

Come Together, the science and art of creating lasting sexual connections and in the

first few paragraphs she basically takes a sledgehammer to the most common sexual narratives that surround us,

and then she carefully replaces them with ideas that are more healthy, human, and true.

We'll talk about her book, then we'll open it up to questions from our audience of Ted

members. But first, a quick break to hear from our sponsors.

And now back to Ted Talks Daily's Summer Book Club.

Emily, I'm so thrilled that you're here.

Thank you for writing such a thoughtful book and for being with us today.

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