What Next | Stage Managing Sex in Hollywood

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of #MeToo, Hollywood productions began hiring “intimacy coordinators,” people who work to ensure sex scenes are safe and comfortable for performers. How are they working out so far? Guest: Jennifer Wilson, staff writer at the New Yorker. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to Pamela Anderson.
0:04.2	All thanks to the Dove Self-Eesteem Project.
0:07.1	We speak about the impact Y2K has had on women's body confidence and how Pamela has regained control.
0:12.9	The Dove Self-Esteen project is an amazing initiative supported by science-backed methodology
0:17.8	to help us improve our relationship with our bodies.
0:20.8	To find more
0:21.4	body confidence-building exercises, go to dove.com forward slash Y2K. That's Y2K spelled W-H-Y2K.
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0:35.0	content for your business easier than ever.
0:37.7	From engaging presentations to eye-catching animations and social posts, your teams can produce
0:42.5	work that's on brand and on time every time.
0:46.4	Transform your ideas into standout content with time-saving generative AI features that
0:50.9	are designed to be safe for commercial use.
0:53.4	No headaches, just results.
0:55.5	Curious to learn more, head to adobe.com forward slash express.
1:01.7	Hey everyone, you may have caught on already, but this show talks pretty honestly about sex.
1:07.2	And we don't exactly ease into it.
1:10.1	So if you've got little ears around, proceed accordingly.
1:17.7	So, Jen, how weird was it to go to school to learn how to fake an orgasm?
1:26.4	You know, it was weirder than I expected it to be.
1:34.8	Jennifer Wilson is a writer for the New Yorker.
1:38.2	And this orgasm faking lesson, it was technically research.
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