Rom-Com Vom

Sex Ed with DB

Did our favorite rom-coms we adored growing up totally warp our ideas about love, relationships, dating, and sex? Spoiler alert: they sure did, and we’re here to unpack the mess with a feminist twist! I'm DB and this is Rom-Com Vom: a Sex Ed with DB podcast show where in every episode we go under the covers with a beloved rom-com, strip away its hidden toxic messages, and rewrite the script on love + sex. Join me, DB (a Sex Educator & Pop Culture lover) and my renowned guests like Comedian Franchesca Ramsey, Netflix featured Dating Coach Logan Ury, Hosts of 2 Black Girls, 1 Rose Justine Kay and Natasha Scott-Reichel, and more as we dissect your favorite rom-coms like You’ve Got Mail, Never Been Kissed, 10 Things I Hate About You, Twilight, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and much much more.

  1. 23 JAN

    Legally Blonde with Brandon Kyle Goodman

    In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods follows her ex to Harvard Law to win him back—only to realize she’s way too good for him. But does the movie actually challenge the system, or just find a way to play by its rules? This week, Brandon Kyle Goodman (Big Mouth, Tell Me Something Messy) joins DB to talk about why this movie still resonates, where it falls short on representation, and whether its brand of feminism is as empowering as we remember. Plus: the camp, the class privilege, and why Hollywood can’t let a woman succeed without giving her a love story. Guest details Brandon Kyle Goodman is a writer, actor, and host. Best known for writing and voicing on the Netflix series "Big Mouth." Currently they host the iHeart sex podcast Tell Me Something Messy where the intention is to destroy shame around sex by talking about sex with humor and heart. They can also be seen hosting the E! news series RE!CAP covering the awards season. Instagram @brandonkylegoodman TikTok@brandonkgood website: brandonkylegoodman.com --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    37 min

  2. 16 JAN

    Sleepless in Seattle with Talia Koren

    In Sleepless in Seattle, a woman hears a stranger’s voice on the radio and decides she has to be with him. A few cross-country flights, some light stalking, and one dramatic Empire State Building finale later— a recipe for true love? Or just another rom-com ignoring boundaries in the name of "destiny?" This week, Talia Koren (Dating Intentionally) joins DB to unpack the film’s gender dynamics, its borderline obsessive premise, and why rom-coms always overlook the stable, reliable guy. Guest details Talia Koren is the host of the Dating Intentionally podcast which is dedicated to helping daters enjoy the process of finding an amazing match in an authentic way. On her show and Instagram, Talia shares lessons she learned from her dating "experiment" as well as wisdom from guests who are specialists, therapists, authors and other daters. IG: @dating.intentionally --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    37 min

  3. 9 JAN

    The Wedding Planner with Liza Treyger

    J.Lo and Matthew McConaughey star in one of the most early 2000s rom-coms of all time, complete with a near-death meet-cute and a love triangle that ignores all workplace ethics. But is The Wedding Planner actually romantic...? Or just a lesson in emotional cheating? This week, comedian Liza Treyger joins DB to unpack the film’s messy gender politics, its weird obsession with wedding culture, and why Steve might be one of rom-com history’s most gaslight-y love interests. Guest details Named one of Variety’s “Top Ten Comics to Watch,” and a comic who 'shines where sex and politics intersect’ by The New York Times, Liza’s first ever hour-long comedy special entitled “Night Owl” is heading to Netflix and will drop globally on January 28, 2025. It comes on the heels of “Glittercheese,” a half-hour she taped for Comedy Central, as well as a half-hour she put together for Netflix’s stand-up collection “The Degenerates.” A true multi-hyphenate, in addition to working in film and television, Liza hosts the successful podcast That’s Messed Up: An SUV podcast (Exactly Right Media) which averages over half a million monthly downloads. --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    30 min

  4. 2 JAN

    The 40 Year-Old Virgin with Caitlin Durante

    The 40-Year-Old Virgin launched a comedy empire—but does it still hold up, or is it best left in the mid-2000s? From outdated jokes to cringeworthy gender politics, this Judd Apatow classic has a lot to answer for. This week, comedian and Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante joins DB to break down its virginity-obsessed premise, the way it treats female pleasure as a punchline, and why so many early 2000s comedies leaned on casual misogyny and homophobia for laughs. Guest details Caitlin Durante is a comedian, writer, and co-host of The Bechdel Cast, a podcast that examines movies through an intersectional feminist lens. You can follow them on Instagram at @caitlindurante and check out caitlindurante.com --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    43 min

  5. 26/12/2025

    Good Bad Things with Steve Way and Danny Kurtzman

    This week on Rom-Com Vom, we’re switching things up! Instead of cringing our way through a rom-com relic, we’re talking about a brand-new release that’s changing the game and pushing the genre forward. Good Bad Things puts a disabled love story front and center—no pity, no clichés, just a rom-com that finally gets it right. Danny Kurtzman, the film’s star, co-writer, and producer, and Steve Way, executive producer, join DB to talk about breaking stereotypes, rewriting rom-com history, and what it really means to see yourself on screen. Plus: the deep friendship at the heart of this love story, the worst disability tropes that need to die, and why it matters who gets to tell these stories. Guest details Danny Kurtzman is a physically disabled actor, model, entrepreneur, and advocate for the disabled community. Today Danny's passion lies in making this world a more powerful place for all disabled individuals by using his platform to spread his disability pride and tell the world that despite being physically disabled that he says "there's nothing wrong with my body." Danny just wrapped his first feature film, Good Bad Things, where he's the main actor alongside the talented Brett Dier and Jessica Parker Kennedy. Danny also co-wrote and Produced Good Bad Things with his childhood friend and talented director Shane D. Stanger. --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    34 min

  6. 19/12/2025

    Juno with Dr. Gretchen Sisson

    Juno is arguably the most well-known depiction of adoption in pop culture... but what messages does it really send about relinquishment, teen pregnancy, and reproductive justice? Is adoption truly the “perfect alternative” to abortion as Juno would have us believe, or does this charmingly complicated 2007 film gloss over the realities of birth mothers and family separation? Guest details Gretchen Sisson, Ph.D., is a qualitative sociologist studying abortion and adoption at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at University of California, San Francisco. Her research was cited in the Supreme Court’s dissent in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. She is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    51 min

  7. 12/12/2025

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back with Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons

    What can 1998's How Stella Got Her Groove Back teach us about love, age gaps, and black romance? DB and beloved return guest Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons dive into the film’s portrayal of intimacy, sisterhood, and the complexities of age-gap relationships. Plus: cringey accents, objectifying Taye Diggs, and the long-term cultural impact of this iconic rom-com. Guest details Dr. Candice Nicole is an award-winning psychologist and associate professor at Emory University. She is author of Good Sex: Stories, Science, and Strategies for Sexual Liberation, debuting February 4. She can be found on IG and Threads, or at www.drcandicenicole.com. --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    33 min

  8. 05/12/2025

    Pretty Woman with Savannah Hankinson

    There’s plenty to love about the 1990s classic Pretty Woman… but just as much to cringe at. Savannah Hankinson, former assistant to rom-com royalty like Nancy Meyers and Rob Marshall, joins DB to unpack the good, the bad, and the downright creepy. From a disturbingly predatory George Costanza to the strange class politics bubbling under the surface, we break down whether this beloved rom-com classic still shines or if it’s better left on the streets! Guest details Savannah Hankinson is the Head of Development at Meet Cute. She previously worked as an assistant to Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give), Rob Marshall (The Little Mermaid), and Justin Paul (La La Land). --------------------- SEXUAL HEALTH PROS! Check out DB’s workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand (https://www.sexedwithdb.com/workshop). ContactWant to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. Follow Sex Ed with DBInstagram: @sexedwithdbpodcastTikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcastYouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. About Sex Ed with DBSex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.  The Rom-Com Vom TeamCreator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)Producer: Sadie LidjiCommunications Lead: Cathren CohenContent Creation: Mitch Coburn and Emm-Kirsty FraserMarketing manager: Wil Williams

    34 min
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Did our favorite rom-coms we adored growing up totally warp our ideas about love, relationships, dating, and sex? Spoiler alert: they sure did, and we’re here to unpack the mess with a feminist twist! I'm DB and this is Rom-Com Vom: a Sex Ed with DB podcast show where in every episode we go under the covers with a beloved rom-com, strip away its hidden toxic messages, and rewrite the script on love + sex. Join me, DB (a Sex Educator & Pop Culture lover) and my renowned guests like Comedian Franchesca Ramsey, Netflix featured Dating Coach Logan Ury, Hosts of 2 Black Girls, 1 Rose Justine Kay and Natasha Scott-Reichel, and more as we dissect your favorite rom-coms like You’ve Got Mail, Never Been Kissed, 10 Things I Hate About You, Twilight, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and much much more.

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  • Creator
    Sex Ed with DB
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 Sex Ed with DB
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    Rom-Com Vom