Midwest Teen Sex Show: comedy podcast on teen sexuality

Cory Silverberg, sexuality.About.com guide, tells BoingBoing: "I thought you might be charmed by this new pseudo-sex-education video podcast that's short and full of potential (not to mention cute midwest girls crawling in the fields)."

Each episode is sort of a parody of a given sex-ed topic (birth control methods, the ethics of dating much-older men, and so on) -- but presented in a deadpan, internet-funny fashion. May or may not be work-safe (explicit subject matter) but it's not pornography by any means. Just sharp sarcasm that rings true, with good advice.

Link to Midwest Teen Sex Show home page, blogged here by Cory Silverberg at about.com. Subscribe via iTunes. The "older boyfriends" episode was my first fave.

[#1 posted by Anonymous , August 31, 2007 12:49 PM]

Best thing I've seen on the internet for hours

[#2 posted by Nivalsj , August 31, 2007 1:29 PM]

Hmm, not that funny.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , August 31, 2007 1:48 PM]

The idea of this podcast is to educate teens about sex and the author writes not appropriate for viewers under 18. I think it is all very appropriate with how much sex knowledge comes filtered in terms of political, religious or moral forms.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , August 31, 2007 8:35 PM]

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[#5 posted by Anonymous , August 31, 2007 10:41 PM]

#4 Anonymous can't read, it doesn't say that at all -- it says "may be considered inappropriate," which is ambiguous enough to not matter. Nevermind that teens would watch it regardless, which is the point. The authors are just covering their butts.

[#6 posted by Xeni Jardin , September 1, 2007 8:02 AM]

@anonymou5, please remember that this is a forum for civil dialogue, not personal bashing.

@anonymous4, 5 and 6, you're correct about the "age appropriate" issue --

I'm presuming the smart young men and women who create this podcast are only seeking to protect themselves from legal liability. In an age where "abstinence education" is the standard in America, and prosecutions for online obscenity are such a focus for our current administration, it's standard.

Anyway -- I think these guys did a terrific job with a super low budge production, on a topic that obviously means something to 'em.

[#7 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 2:02 PM]

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[#8 posted by Crash! Bang! , September 3, 2007 6:40 AM]

can i buy a vowel?

now, if youll excuse me, im going to go mstrbt