Behind the Sex Scenes...with an Intimacy Coordinator

About this episode

Audie Cornish interviews intimacy coordinator Yehuda Duenyas about the choreography of physical romance in Hollywood.

Let’s talk about professional sex. Audie sits down with Yehuda Duenyas, a SAG-AFTRA Hollywood intimacy coordinator, to go behind the scenes of how physical romance is choreographed, why stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Sean Bean are skeptical of the position, and what depictions of sex on screen reveal about our culture. -- This episode was produced by Sofía Sanchez. Senior Producer: Matt Martinez Technical Director: Dan Dzula Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Audie Cornish

Guest: Yehuda Duenyas

Topics covered

• intimacy coordination
• Hollywood
• sex on screen
• cultural depictions
• professional sex

Keywords

• intimacy coordinator
• Hollywood
• sex scenes
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Sean Bean
• cultural depictions
• professional sex

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SAG-AFTRA

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