Overthinking About Horniness

About this episode

Amanda Montell and guest Shan Boodram explore the complexities of horniness and its cultural implications.

Welcome to 2026, overthinkers! A question to start off the new year: Are you weirded out by your relationship to your own horniness? This week, Amanda is joined by sex educator, author, and cultural translator Shan Boodram to unpack how physical desire gets shaped by culture, social media, gender, power, and self-image, and why it can feel empowering one moment and deeply shameful or confusing the next. Tune in as they discuss unfiltered listener-submitted questions about wanting too much, wanting too little, and wanting all the “wrong” things. This episode is a gentle spiral about learning to trust what your body is trying to tell you. - Join the "Magical Overthinkers Club" by following the pod on Instagram @magicaloverthinkers. - To access early, ad-free episodes and more, subscribe to the Magical Overthinkers Substack. - Pick up a copy of Amanda's book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, or listen to the audiobook. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://SHOPIFY.COM/magical This January, quit overspending on wireless with 50% off Unlimited premium wireless at https://MintMobile.com/magical Learn more about your ad choices…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Montell

Guest: Shan Boodram

Topics covered

• horniness
• sexual desire
• culture
• social media
• gender
• self-image
• empowerment

Keywords

• horniness
• sexual desire
• culture
• gender
• self-image
• empowerment
• listener questions

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Magical Overthinkers Club

Books & works: The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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