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What Next | Stage Managing Sex in Hollywood

What Next | Stage Managing Sex in Hollywood

Update: 2025-07-10
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In the wake of #MeToo, Hollywood productions began hiring “intimacy coordinators,” people who work to ensure sex scenes are safe and comfortable for performers. How are they working out so far? 


Guest: Jennifer Wilson, staff writer at the New Yorker.


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Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.



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