Listen on Apple Podcasts  Listen on Spotify. Now we’re getting down to the nitty gritty. For this first episode we’re going back to the beginning of our coming of age when we had no clue what sex was or what it even meant. Maybe we heard about it from our parents, our friends or maybe we even went to a library. Many of us got the wrong information or maybe it just didn’t make sense but whatever we learned we definitely wanted to know more. Here’s a list of contributors for this episode along with links to their individual episodes. Section 1: Parental Explanations. Joshua G. (S2E7) Disgusted by sex; Puddin (S4E9) Fish sex; Andre (S3E17) Ponytail between legs; Salvador (S3E6) A logical parental explanation; Nathan (S3E14) Cool Mom. Section 2: The Failure of Family pt.1. Elliott (S3E11) Sibling abuse; Section 3: Book Learning. Ji (S2E5) Orange County education; Lee (S1E4) OMG, gametes; Lilian (S4E5) Parents leave book behind; The Cartoon Hippie Sex Book. Breona (S4E18), Sam (S1E1), Patrick (S3E12). Section 4: Our Parents Porn. Paul (S3E5) Bowling Alley Cruising; Nayland (S2E4) Sex adjacent household; Andrew (S4E11) Mom’s Erotic Art textbook; Section 5: School Yard Talk. Ji (S2E5) Moaning Sounds; Patrick (S3E12) Pennies and Vaginas; Jaelynn (S1E5) Barbershop talk; Pete (S1E13) What’s a BJ?; Karilla (S3E15) Debunking myths; Lilian (S4E5) Drawings in the dirt; Josh (S3E1) Prudish about sex; Section 5: The Failure of Family pt.2. Deaunte (S3E3) Babysitter violation. Section 6: School Mis-Education. Lizzie (S4E13) Seattle Catholic School; Anders (S2E6) Periods are still a thing?; Nathan S. (S3E13) Permission Slips; Isabella (S2E9) Dental dams; Saira (S3E21) A strange, cruel sex ed teacher; Andre (S3E17) Imaginary Boyfriend Lowell; Drew (S4E4) Priest Sex Talk. Section 7: Pop Culture Sex Ed. Drew (S4E4) Look Who’s Talking Sex; Mikey (S1E10) Golden Girls Sex Ed; Lee (S1E4) Prison Sex on Oz; Ji (S2E5) Sex with Sue Johanson; Titanic Sex: Jerusha (S2E1), Zachery (S4E16), Nathan S. (S3E13). This episode was edited and mixed by Dave Quantic, the creator of Fruitbowl.  Ryan Weadon was the music editor. Fruitbowl is produced independently without corporate media infrastructure or full time staff. Every interview is recorded in-person, on location in each interviewee’s home and production expenses including travel, accommodations, equipment rental are paid for out of pocket by Dave Quantic, FRUITBOWL’s creator.  The only consistent financial support comes from Fruitbowl’s Patreon community. A minimum $5 monthly donation allows patrons early access to episodes, behind the scenes updates and Salad Tosser tier patrons ($10/mo.) receive access to exclusive video content that is not available to the general public. Learn more about how to become a patron at: https://www.fruitbowlpodcast.com/donate Larger donations and underwriting/sponsorship fees are 100% tax deductible through a partnership with Northwest Film Forum’s fiscal sponsorship program.  FRUITBOWL RECEIVES NO DIRECT FUNDING FROM NWFF, only the use of their non-profit status to receive tax deductible donations. For more information check out: https://www.fruitbowlpodcast.com/donate Tell your friends about Fruitbowl, rate us on your podcast platform or write a review on Apple Podcast. Every little bit helps. And, of course you can also follow us, for now, on Instagram and Tik Tok at fruitbowlpodcast. Fruitbowl’s fruit artwork for Season 5 was created by Nathan Richards of Paperwombat.