Doug Hammack

Doug Hammack


Latest Episodes

Reposting Sex Podcast
February 17, 2017

A lot of new people have joined our community since we moved downtown  last year. Consequently, many haven’t seen the podcast on rethinking our approach to sex education. Over the next few months I’ll be reposting the episodes.

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January 28, 2017

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A Sexual Roadmap: What’s Coming?
November 23, 2016

Knowing What’s Up the Road . . . Can Change How We Go “Forewarned is Forearmed.” A professor taught me that a long time ago, and it has informed a lot of my life. If we understand what’s coming, we can be ready. The sexual journey is like that.

“When Should I Start Having Sex, Mom? Dad?” (part 3)
November 16, 2016

Are You Ready for the Question? It’s a tricky one. Our society undergoing a seismic, economic, technological, cultural, and social upheaval. One of the by-products of which, is that we marry later. It used to be 3-4 years from the time of sexual maturi...

“When Should I Start Having Sex, Dad?” (part 2)
November 09, 2016

Are You Ready for the Question? It’s a tricky one. Our society undergoing a seismic, economic, technological, cultural, and social upheaval. One of the by-products of which, is that we marry later. It used to be 3-4 years from the time of sexual maturi...

“When Should I Start Having Sex, Mom?” (part 1)
November 02, 2016

Are You Ready for the Question? It’s a tricky one. Our society undergoing a seismic, economic, technological, cultural, and social upheaval. One of the by-products of which, is that we marry later. It used to be 3-4 years from the time of sexual maturi...

Pornography: Is It Really a Problem? (part 2)
October 26, 2016

What Is a Problem?  What Isn’t? Conversations about porn are often laced with hurt feelings — feelings of inadequacy, being uncherished. Sometimes they come with recrimination and blame. And when porn conversations go badly,

Pornography: Is It Really a Problem? (part 1)
October 19, 2016

What Is a Problem? What Isn’t? Conversations about porn are often laced with hurt feelings — feelings of inadequacy, being uncherished. Sometimes they come with recrimination and blame. And when porn conversations go badly,

Masturbation: A Handy Talk with the Kids
October 12, 2016

“It’ll Make You Blind.” “It’ll Grow Hair on Your Hands” (and other craziness) The starting place for a talk about masturbation is affirming the goodness of sexual hunger and curiosity. However, many grew up with anything but that!

Waiting for Sex . . . And Feeling Blue (part 3)
October 05, 2016

Waiting is Hard.  Waiting for Sex . . . Harder! Timing sexual experience well is developmentally important. In earlier episodes we’ve explored how long it takes for important psychological and emotional processes to unfold,