Psychjourney Podcast

Jamie Mason, co-host of the Psychjourney podcast, interviews Dr. Cindy M. Meston and Dr. David Buss, co-authors of Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations From Adventure to Revenge (And Everything in Between) published by Times Books.

Cindy M. Meston is one of the world’s leading researchers on women’s sexuality and a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory, a cutting-edge lab on women’s sexual experience.

 David M. Buss, one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology, is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of several books, including The Evolution of Desire and The Dangerous Passion. Their jointly authored article, “Why Humans Have Sex,” garnered international attention when it was published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. 

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Thomas Maier, author of Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love published by Basic Books.

Thomas Maier is an award-winning author and investigative journalist. His new book, MASTERS OF SEX: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How To Love, was published in 2009 by Basic Books.

Previously, THE KENNEDYS: America’s Emerald Kings,was one of the top annual holiday books chosen by USA Today in 2003, and recently re-issued along with a Warner Home Video documentary based on this book. DR. SPOCK: An American Life, was a “Notable Book of the Year” by The New York Times. NEWHOUSE: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America’s Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It, won the 1994 Frank Luther Mott Award as best media book of the year. As an investigative reporter for Newsday since 1984, Maier has won several national and regional honors, including the 2002 first-place prize from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. At Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Maier won the John M. Patterson Prize for television documentary-making and received a John McCloy Journalism Fellowship to Europe. He lives with his family on Long Island. Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough,  host of the North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Freda McKissic Bush, author of Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children published by Northfield Publishing .

Dr. Freda McKissic Bush is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who is a partner in private practice with East Lakeland OB-GYN Associates in Jackson, Mississippi. East Lakeland is a six-woman group whose dedication is to women and their reproductive health.

Since 1968, she has been involved in women's health issues when she was a Clinical Instructor in Maternity Nursing at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, graduating from Columbia University New York as a Certified Nurse Midwife in 1970, and working at Harlem Hospital. In 1974, she became the Director of Nurse Midwifery Programs at the University of Mississippi, responsible for the education of nurse-midwives and their placement for service in the Southeastern United States.

In 1983, she graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Mississippi Medical School. Upon completion of her residency training at the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 1987, she returned to Jackson where she worked for Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center and began private practice.

Freda spends much time speaking on sexuality education, sexually transmitted infections, and social behavior education. Her passion is to help women "raise a standard" - To that end, she is committed to raising awareness of the very best medical science regarding sexual health. Visit Dr. Bush’s websites at www.medinstitute.org  and East Lakeland OB-GYN Associates.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Donna Freitas, author of author of Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses published Oxford University Press.

Donna Freitas is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Boston University. She received her Ph.D. from Catholic University in 2002 and her B.A. in philosophy from Georgetown (CAS 94) In addition, to writing books, Donna regularly contributes to a number of magazines, newspapers, and webzines, including Beliefnet, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Christian Century, and the School Library Journal.  Visit her website.  Visit Dr. Kevin Keough's blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Mr. Paul Joannides, author of Guide To Getting It On, 5th Edition published by Goofy Foot Press.

Paul Joannides is a research psychoanalyst, which means he went to school for way too long. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sex Education. Paul is also the cow superintendent at his county fair. He lives on a remote bay in the beautiful Northwest with his wife, daughter, dogs and small herd of livestock. 

Paul writes (and rewrites, and rewrites, and rewrites) the Guide, typesets it, and handles the marketing. In all of the years he has been working on The Guide, the new 5th edition is the first he's ever been happy with. Visit his website.