Savage Love Podcast

Dan Savage, America's only advice columnist, answers your questions on the internets. To record a question for Dan to be answered in a later podcast, call 206-201-2720.

Latest Episodes

  • Savage Love episode 347

    Released 06.18.13

    How soon is too soon for anal?  A woman who had a brief foray into sex work long ago wonders how to tell her partners without shame, rejection or titillation.  And more.  On the Magnum version you'll hear everything in the Micro version plu...

  • Savage Love Episode 346

    Released 06.11.13

    On this week's Micro version, how should you comport yourself when you're the Dungeon Monitor, and you have to watch your ex-girlfriend be some other guy's slave?  A woman with high libido drifts from sex-negative guy to sex-negative guy. Why would s...

  • Savage Love Episode 345

    Released 06.04.13

    This show is for the ladies.  First Dan attempts to smash the patriarchy with his opening rant.  Then he sticks up for a woman whose military husband won't fuck her.  And! The magically clever and hilarious Lindy West comes forth with the f...

  • Savage Love Episode 344

    Released 05.28.13

    A woman met a man in a bar and they exchanged numbers. Then she sent him some steamy, hot, erotic fiction that she wrote.

  • Savage Love Episode 343

    Released 05.21.13

    "She wants a dom, not a dick." Gather round everyone, and listen in as Dan Savage and Mistress Matisse gab about BDSM, where kink comes from, fantasy BDSM vs. non-consensual abuse and how to meet a kinky mate.  Also, hear the blow by blow account of...

  • Savage Love Episode 342

    Released 05.14.13

    This week on the Savage Lovecast: Tales of open relationships gone horribly wrong. Is it so wrong to move in with your boyfriend to save on rent? Also, is it against the rules of matrimony to not serve cake at a wedding?  Plus  on the Magnum sho...

  • Savage Love Episode 341

    Released 05.07.13

    How should you respond when your cousin accidentally sends you a naked pic?  Dick growing pills. Any money in that racket?  Dan speaks with Dr. Thomas Clark from the CDC about a new worrisome meningitis outbreak among gay men.  And, over on...

  • Savage Love Episode 340

    Released 04.30.13

    "Am I just his beard?" asks a woeful girlfriend.  Another gal did a little snooping, and discovered that her man has a "happy endings map" of all the places he could visit that will add pleasure to his upcoming business trip. Should she freak?  ...

  • Savage Love Episode 339

    Released 04.23.13

    Dan helps a sneeze fetishist concoct a plan to make her sex life more…sneezy.  Growing up, a man had insufficient testosterone. Now that he's taking meds he suddenly has the drive to pursue women. How can he develop the confidence to match?...

  • Savage Love Episode 338

    Released 04.16.13

    Dan speaks with Slate editor Emily Bazelon on sexting, slut-shaming, bullying and suicide. A meddling friend watches in horror as her Mormon friends pursue a divorce.  And more.  206-201-2720 This podcast is also brought to you by ExtremeRestrai...

  • Savage Love Episode 337

    Released 04.09.13

    A woman caring for her father with dementia discovers that he is a pedophile, though she thinks he never acts on his desires.

  • Savage Love Episode 336

    Released 04.02.13

    What a chatterbox Dan Savage is this week! He speaks with a foot model about creepos in the foot fetish community, and tears 14 new…apertures into a misbehaving drunky lass who just doesn't get straight privilege.  Confidential to Drunky McBla...

  • Savage Love Episode 335

    Released 03.26.13

    Meet Naughty Dr. Pee-Pee and the Patient with a Secret. Those of you in the medical or dental professions will find this episode most… illuminating. A man is feeling hella anxiety over the fact that his girlfriend makes a lot more money than he doe...

  • Savage Love Episode 334

    Released 03.19.13

    This week Dan speaks again with Slate reporter Daniel Engber now that Gilberto Valle, AKA the Cannibal Cop, has been found guilty.

  • Savage Love Episode 333

    Released 03.12.13

    It seems like everyone is angry at the gays. Hear the super-sad tale of a father outed and then hated by his own daughter.

  • Savage Love Episode 332

    Released 03.05.13

    How does one go about inviting a man over for dinner, when you really want to initiate the three-way sequence?  Pointy-headed science writer Jesse Bering speaks with Dan about the ubiquity of fantasies involving power and control.  And, squirm a...

  • Savage Love Episode 331

    Released 02.26.13

    This week Dan welcomes two guests. Joan Price, author of "Naked at Our Age" talks about sex in your golden years.

  • Savage Love Episode 330

    Released 02.19.13

    This is the live taping of the freaky show we did at the Neptune Theater featuring Simon Rich, Mistress Matisse, Audrey from Babeland and others.

  • Savage Love Episode 329

    Released 02.12.13

    A young lesbian is offended that her parents won't let her have her best friend, also a lesbian, join her for a sleepover.

  • Savage Love Episode 328

    Released 02.05.13

    Dan desperately tries to convince a young gay man to use a condom when hooking up with random hot Australians.  The amazing Buck Angel speaks with Dan about dating FtM transsexuals.  And sex educator Amy Lang helps explain how to teach your son ...

  • Savage Love Episode 327

    Released 01.29.13

    All hail Planned Parenthood! On today's show the Lovecast welcomes Dr. Anna Kaminski, senior physician for the venerable organization, who can calmly explain to Dan that scabies are not spiders, and consider the dangers of drinking blood without running s...

  • Savage Love Episode 326

    Released 01.22.13

    Tales of addiction; A woman in recovery worries that if she introduces S&M into her relationship that it will consume her life like booze or heroin.

  • Savage Love Episode 325

    Released 01.15.13

    Dan welcomes very special guest star Mistress Matisse to discuss S&M when you're really, really mad.

  • Savage Love Episode 324

    Released 01.08.13

    A gay man started his coming out process by announcing that he was bi to his parents. Now that he knows he's a full 'mo, how can he convince his skeptical parents?  The ultimate revenge: a woman and her ex-fiance are long broken up. But his super-hot...

  • Savage Love Episode 323

    Released 01.01.13

    Welcome to 2013 where the sexual landscape seems just as freaky as it did in 2012. Highlights from todays show: a woman dating a closet asexual, a daughter who realizes that both she and her mother are subs, a man whose boyfriend rejects him because he is...

  • Savage Love Episode 322

    Released 12.25.12

    Well, well, well. What heartwarming tales have we to share on our very special Christmas Lovecast? Why, here's one about the crippling guilt and shame a woman can't shake from her promiscuous past.

  • Savage Love Episode 321

    Released 12.18.12

    There's a lot of cheating in this episode. Through the miracle of audio, you'll experience the world through the eyes of a former cheater, an aspiring temptress and the judgmental sister of a home-wrecker.  And just to make sure you feel some feeling...

  • Savage Love Episode 320

    Released 12.11.12

    Is there reasonable etiquette regarding the casual eating of pussy? A man refuses to go down on ladies he doesn't know well.

  • Savage Love Episode 319

    Released 12.04.12

    Lesbians! Have you noticed that wherever you go you run into your lover's ex and your friends are all the same and there's only one lesbian bar in town?

  • Savage Love Episode 318

    Released 11.27.12

    A bride-to-be faces a problematic wedding guest list. Should she invite her gaggle of gay friends and let them commingle with her conservative, bigoted relatives and coworkers? Hear the complicated tale of the not-quite-out lesbian and her chattering godm...

  • Savage Love Episode 317

    Released 11.20.12

    A man receives a mysterious image of a woman's pregnant belly, accompanied by a simple message telling him he's the father.

  • Savage Love Episode 316

    Released 11.13.12

    Cock blocked! A man's friend did his best to steal the girl. How can the caller tell his "buddy" to get lost?  Can Dan Savage prevent a potentially disastrous three-way from occurring?  A man ruined his chances with a lovely lady by getting a li...

  • Savage Love Episode 315

    Released 11.06.12

    Hear a nail-bitten, wretched Dan Savage counsel the lovelorn despite a wracking flu, and election day jitters.

  • Savage Love Episode 314

    Released 10.30.12

    Face-eating zombies, infested snacks, and buckets and buckets of blood! It's the Lovecast Halloween show, featuring true tales of sex-related horror.

  • Savage Love Episode 313

    Released 10.23.12

    Dad likes to wear women's clothing. This doesn't bother his daughter, but she doesn't want to hear much more.

  • Savage Love Episode 312

    Released 10.16.12

    An autistic virgin woman wants to get into the swinging lifestyle. Should she get sterilized now, or kick that can down the road? During a fight with his ex-girlfriend, a big man discovered that he likes getting slapped around a bit. How can he let futur...

  • Savage Love Episode 311

    Released 10.09.12

    Paging Miss Manners! A man's mother detests his wife's mother so much, that she wants to exclude her from the baby shower.

  • Savage Love Episode 310

    Released 10.02.12

    A man's ex-lover nearly blabs some very personal info about him to the caller's sister. How much should he now reveal to her?

  • Savage Love Episode 309

    Released 09.25.12

    Ah, the sex toy double standard. He doesn't mind her vibrator, but she feels threatened by his Fleshlight.   Is it reasonable to be in favor of gay rights but be against gay marriage for religious reasons?   Open marriage: Is it bad for kids? Is...

  • Savage Love Episode 308

    Released 09.18.12

    This week the Lovecast welcomes Cindy Gallop, creator of MakeLoveNotPorn.com.  Dan and Cindy discuss her project, the effect of pornography on real sex and relationships, and the state of the porn industry, while Dan tries in vain to get a word in....

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