Sex is Good Podcast
Sex is Good.
And we’re done pretending otherwise.
The Sex Is Good podcast exists to say the quiet part out loud: sex is fun, sex is normal, and sex is something adults get to enjoy without shame, fear, or bad information.
Hosted by the founder of a sex-positive telehealth company and a medical provider who actually understands how bodies work in the real world, this podcast breaks down the science of sex, STIs, desire, performance, relationships, and pleasure — without pearl-clutching, scare tactics, or outdated sex-ed nonsense.
We talk about the things you weren’t taught in school.
We unlearn the myths you were taught.
And we remind you that having a great sex life and taking care of your sexual health are not opposites — they’re partners.
Yes, we talk about STIs.
Yes, we talk about testing and prevention.
And no, that doesn’t mean sex has to be boring, stressful, or wrapped in shame.
You can absolutely have your cake and eat it too. You can have a wild, fulfilling, adventurous sex life and be informed, responsible, and confident about your health. In fact, we’d argue that’s the whole point.
This isn’t a sex story podcast.
It’s a sex science, sex truth, and sex freedom podcast.
Smart, evidence-based, irreverent, and unapologetically pro-pleasure.
Because sex is good. And we’re done pretending it’s not.
Sex is Good Podcast
When Doctors Became Villains: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
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Most people think the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a secret government experiment uncovered by a brave whistleblower. It wasn’t. For forty years, the U.S. Public Health Service openly studied hundreds of Black men in Alabama who had syphilis—without treating them, even after penicillin became the known cure.
What’s rarely discussed is that it was never actually hidden. The study appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals. The Milbank Memorial Fund publicly supported it. Articles were published describing autopsies, complications, and outcomes. Even a 1969 CDC panel reviewed the study and voted to continue it.
In 1972, it wasn’t new evidence that stopped the study—it was public outrage. A social worker named Peter Buxtun leaked the details to the Associated Press, and the story finally reached the front page of The New York Times. Only then did the public realize what the medical community had quietly accepted for decades.
Robert and Anna unpack how something so unethical could be carried out in plain sight, why it took Congress and a Presidential apology to acknowledge it, and what it reveals about trust, race, and accountability in American healthcare.