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[Earwolf Admin]

Sit down and make yourself comfortable for a very sensual episode of Professor Blastoff. We invite our expert Sascha Cohen back to the hatch as we discuss gay culture. Sascha describes how she identifies as being a Homoromantic bisexual, we talk about why there is so much bullying toward gay people, and Tig & Sascha have a couple things to clear up. Enjoy it with that special someone.

[Kevin Irmiter]

Damn you Tig! First Sarah Silverman, and now Sascha. Are you intentionally bringing in your hottest female guests to talk about sexual attraction, just to get us hetero male (and lesbian!) listeners all hot and bothered? If you are, it's working.

In all seriousness, though, I am so looking forward to listening to this one. And for the record, Sascha would be a delight to listen to even if she didn't look like such a "hottie" in her picture.

[Shehu]

I am sexually attracted to this podcast.

[Gym Sockerman]

Yay! I'm a Sascha fan. She definitely in my top five.

And in regards to David's Homogun scenario:

I think the case Kyle was talking about was where a guy took a railroad spike to the--i thiiiiiiiiink--hippocampus, Whatever area it was, it has some direct correlation to regulating emotions. I think love and attraction are a little more nebulous. There are so many things that go into attraction, it's not just controlled by an area of the brain. Biology plays a part, genetics probably do as well, and maybe even environment. I don't think there's anyway to control it and it would take more than a spike to the head to change someone's sexuality.
I'm kind of interested in the subject, but I think at a societal level, we should definitely be on the Tig train of who the fuck cares? Just let everyone be however they are.

[Alec]

Don't worry about Bill, Kyle. He probably just wanted to get his F on with Sarah. He's an asshole.

[Lukas Holmes]

WOW! This is one of the best episodes in the history of this show. Kyle's story made me hate Bill Mahr while admiring Kyle for just how honest he is (not having money for the food).

My favorite moment had to be when Sasha talked about her homeless ex 'God bless her, just in case she's listening.' Picturing this homeless woman downloading and listening to the podcast made me laugh so hard.

Or Goddess.

[Amanda]

Kyle singing "Everybody Knows"!

[Ale]

Kevin Irmiter, on 15 January 2013 - 01:05 AM, said:

Damn you Tig! First Sarah Silverman, and now Sascha. Are you intentionally bringing in your hottest female guests to talk about sexual attraction, just to get us hetero male (and lesbian!) listeners all hot and bothered? If you are, it's working.

In all seriousness, though, I am so looking forward to listening to this one. And for the record, Sascha would be a delight to listen to even if she didn't look like such a "hottie" in her picture.

Hey, I'm sure you didn't mean it like that, but this is sort of creepy.

[Thegardnerd]

THEME SONG SKYPE RE RE RE RE REMIX

[Cabbagehead]

Very good episode today guys. I thought the discussion was very thought provoking, and just an all-around great conversation!

[Amanda]

Tig and Sascha are pretty cute. It's so great when exes stay friendly.

[Inthehallwaynow]

I knew kyle was gonna do a character with a lisp after the clip and i nearly died when he did it hahah great episode!

[Kickpuncher]

Great episode!

Lukas Holmes, on 15 January 2013 - 08:37 AM, said:

WOW! This is one of the best episodes in the history of this show. Kyle's story made me hate Bill Mahr while admiring Kyle for just how honest he is (not having money for the food).

That was pretty amazing. Not so much the money thing as the publicly ripping a famous person you hung out with thing. It sounded like Maher totally deserved it, but that's a line that people in the public eye don't usually cross, so I was impressed that Kyle would be that frank.

Gym Sockerman, on 15 January 2013 - 03:05 AM, said:

David's Homogun scenario:

Maybe I'm not remembering this correctly, but wasn't that at least very loosely the plot of the e-book that sponsored the show a while back?

[Dan Engler]

Gym Sockerman, on 15 January 2013 - 03:05 AM, said:

I think the case Kyle was talking about was where a guy took a railroad spike to the--i thiiiiiiiiink--hippocampus, Whatever area it was, it has some direct correlation to regulating emotions. I think love and attraction are a little more nebulous. There are so many things that go into attraction, it's not just controlled by an area of the brain. Biology plays a part, genetics probably do as well, and maybe even environment. I don't think there's anyway to control it and it would take more than a spike to the head to change someone's sexuality.

The case David referred to is that of Phineas Gage, but there have been other more recent cases where brain injury or side effects of certain medications have produced sudden shifts in sexuality. The question is whether these represent actual "changes", or the people involved were consciously repressing their real sexual identity before the event that tipped their Kinsey scales.

[Barry Cohen]

Amanda, on 15 January 2013 - 08:43 AM, said:

Kyle singing "Everybody Knows"!

I had a "Pump up the Volume" flashback

[Matthew]

This was great! Already looking forward to the visual disability podcast that Sascha will guest on.

[Kevin Irmiter]

Ale Pålsson, on 15 January 2013 - 08:47 AM, said:

Hey, I'm sure you didn't mean it like that, but this is sort of creepy.

I meant it as a joke, but clearly it didn't come out the way I intended. It's easy to make mistakes with things like tone if you're not careful, and I probably shouldn't have said something like this in the context of an internet forum.

NEW NO-NO: If I say something that makes people feel uncomfortable, then I'm gonna apologize for it.

[Justrob1978]

http://www.wisconsin...-wisconsin.html

Tig said she was completely herto. She tals about her sweetie which is a male. This artcle says she is an OUT lesbian.

[Dan Engler]

Justrob1978, on 15 January 2013 - 10:32 PM, said:

http://www.wisconsin...-wisconsin.html

Tig said she was completely herto. She tals about her sweetie which is a male. This artcle says she is an OUT lesbian.

I believe you will find the explanation you seek here.

[Justrob1978]

Dan Engler, on 15 January 2013 - 10:38 PM, said:

I believe you will find the explanation you seek here.

She said it so sincerely that I did not catch it. And also Bite me.