Looking for guidance on intimacy, communication, or sexual wellness? For over 15 years, Dr. Emily Morse has been helping millions of listeners navigate these topics with humor, honesty, and expert insight on her wildly popular podcast, “Sex With Emily.” Her frank conversations about desire, pleasure, and relationship dynamics have made awkward topics feel approachable and empowering.
With hundreds of episodes in her archive covering everything from communication tips to exploring your sexuality, it can be tough to know where to start. That’s why I’ve written this list of standout episodes that showcase Dr. Emily at her best, offering practical advice, fascinating guests, and conversations that just might transform how you think about sex and relationships.
Hookups and Breakups
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Despite modern dating norms, judgment around casual encounters persists. Emily tackles how to think differently about casual sex, regardless of your stance. She addresses starting casual relationships, rebuilding confidence after an STD diagnosis, and navigating a partner’s changing sexuality. Emily offers practical guidance to help you feel confident and shame-free in any situation.
Sex, Love & Robots with David Duncan
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Emily welcomes bestselling author David Ewing Duncan to discuss his book Talking to Robots, focusing on intimacy and sex. They explore the future of sex robots and holograms. Emily also answers listener questions: encouraging a hesitant partner to receive oral sex, navigating body hair preferences, and handling threesome requests when you’re not interested.
Pelvic Positioning Changes Everything
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Emily answers listener calls about questions you’ve been too shy to ask. Topics include: why you can only orgasm in one specific position and how to expand your options, breaking limiting masturbation habits without pressure, why some couples prefer anal over vaginal sex and what it reveals about your body, and finding help when penetration is painful. Discover what happens when you focus on what actually feels good instead of what you think should.
Making Scheduled Sex HOT
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Emily helps you improve your sex life through scheduling intimacy, maintaining boundaries, and exploring new techniques. When life gets hectic and desire fades, planned sex can revitalize your relationship. Emily shares tips for making scheduled encounters exciting and addresses listener concerns about sex shaming, unwanted pressure, and attraction to friends. From fantasies to oral techniques, Emily provides practical advice to keep things fresh and exciting.
Fire Up Your Fantasies w/ Elle Chase
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Sexual fantasies reveal what we crave, certain touch, dynamics, or partners. But what if you struggle to fantasize? Sex educator Elle Chase joins Emily to discuss developing erotic imagination, understanding what your fantasies reveal about your desires, and turning a popular fantasy into reality: finding a friends-with-benefits arrangement.
Therapy: The Relationship Game-Changer
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Therapy strengthens your mind like the gym strengthens your body, and couples counseling can transform your relationship and sex life. So why do some resist? Emily covers when to seek therapy, comparing individual versus couples counseling, understanding sex therapy, what sessions involve, and finding affordable options. She also answers questions about porn addiction, sexual trauma, and recovering when a partner cheats despite your efforts to improve intimacy.
Dating Survival Podcast
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Does fear of rejection stop you from dating? Emily shows you how to handle rejection and emerge stronger. Whether someone ghosts you or turns you down, Emily explains how to stop obsessing and see rejection as opportunity. She also covers how to kindly reject others. From ghosting to breakups, Emily shares strategies to move past setbacks toward better dating prospects.
How Often Should You Have Sex? & Other News
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How often do happy couples have sex? What’s the key to sexual satisfaction? Emily explores new research answering these questions, plus who says “I love you” first. Emily and producer Erica discuss studies on sexual frequency, men confessing love, mutual masturbation benefits, and how orgasms improve sleep better than pills.
Fire Up Your Flirting
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After a year of social distancing, many have lost their flirting skills. Emily helps you rebuild confidence and become stronger than before. She covers lessons from isolation and digital dating, plus how to regain confidence, improve flirting, and prepare for dating again. Emily also answers questions about friends with benefits, sex after a dry spell, reconnecting with exes, and dating after divorce.
The Sex Lives of College Students
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What do you wish you knew about pleasure in college? How to satisfy yourself? Recognizing sexual incompatibility? Permission to end things? Emily answers college sex questions: making hookups more fulfilling, exploring queerness in straight-dominated environments, and finding your community. Plus, listeners share their hottest college stories.
Stop, Drop & Cuckold
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Emily explores the increasingly popular fantasy of cuckolding and takes listener calls. She shares cuckolding tips, then addresses dealing with a spouse who becomes difficult after vacations, using self-written erotica to boost arousal and initiate sex, and overcoming nerves about taking your husband to a strip club.
Are You Speaking My Love Language
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Dr. Emily discusses love languages and the many ways we give and receive affection. She explains how understanding each other’s love languages strengthens relationships, why both partners must work on improvements, and how learning to enjoy oral sex can transform your intimate life.
Married Sex, But Better with Pam Costa
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Maintaining passion in long-term relationships takes work. Emily shows you how. Sex coach Pam Costa joins to share her journey to sexual awakening and revitalizing her marriage. Pam and husband Paul reveal intimate moments, fantasies, and tips for keeping relationships hot long-term. Hear from a couple who successfully escaped their sex rut and built a stronger, hotter connection.
Virgins, Cuckolds, and Unicorns
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Men and women have different threesome fantasies, but neither are ruling them out. Emily, Menace, and friend Stacy discuss dating struggles, whether inexperience affects your partner’s pleasure, and Emily’s transition back to dating. They cover post-orgasm fatigue, seducing shy partners, and the key factors for a successful threesome.
The One Question That Ends All Relationship Confusion
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Emily talks with Liz Moody, bestselling author and podcast host who overcame severe agoraphobia to help others improve their lives with science-based strategies. Liz shares her unconventional exercise for better decision-making: imagining your 85-year-old self to stop worrying about superficial insecurities and live more freely.
How to Talk to Teens About Sex
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Emily and sex educator Dr. Emily Nagoski discuss their own sex lives falling apart. Even experts lose desire, Dr. Emily’s nervous system was so overwhelmed she didn’t want orgasms. They debunk the “blue balls” myth that made her afraid to stop mid-sex, revealing you can always pause without harm.