While Sex in Hollywood movies goes in and out of style, we seem to be in an upswing moment with Academy Award wins for nudity-containing films like Anora and The Substance. Jason personally has some scenes, mostly for comedic purposes but even then, performing it is complicated and often very, very uncomfortable.

The #metoo movement brought increased scrutiny to on-screen contact, and with that a relatively new position called an Intimacy Coordinator was born. Coordinators have recently become more common on set but… what does that person do? What qualifications does one have to have to be one… and does it really give performers a feeling of safety, security and control?

To answer that question, we brough on one of the industry’s pioneers in the field. Yehuda Duenyas is a SAG-AFTRA accredited Intimacy Coordinator who provides full-service Intimacy Coordination for film, TV, and theater productions.

Yehuda’s work and collaborations have received a Primetime Emmy award, 2 Webby awards, 8 Cannes Lions, 11 Clios, 2 Facebook awards, an OBIE award, among others.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

• Yehuda describes how and why he became an intimacy coordinator.
• What does a SAG-AFTRA certified intimacy coordinator actually do?
• The Blake Lively / Justin Baldoni lawsuit exposes potential on-set dangers.
• Many actors like Michael Douglas, Jennifer Aniston have questioned intimacy coordination.
• What happens when an actor changes their mind?
• That time an actress asked Jason to help her during a dramatic sex scene.
• Jason’s Game: Have they gone nude… or not?
• Google-HEIM: Other potential on-set coordination!

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Website (Coordinator): yehudaintimacy.film

Website (Director): xxxyehuda.com

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LinkedIN: Yehuda Duenyas

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Friend of the show, Howie Mandell is filling in for Jason Alexander. He’s the only man balder than Jason so… it works!

Lately, TikTok has been in the news with claims that it’s an arm of the Chinese Government - but with 170 million Americans on the app, is there a danger?

Billionaire Frank McCourt thinks this perceived danger can be turned into a positive by using TikTok’s American userbase to supercharge a brand new and improved internet. Really, no really!

Frank McCourt, Jr. is a civic entrepreneur and the executive chairman of McCourt Global, a private family company committed to building a better future through real estate, sports, technology, media, and capital investment industries.

Additionally, he's the founder of Project Liberty, a far-reaching, $500 million initiative focused on leading a movement of people who want to take back control of their lives in the digital age by reclaiming the internet.

Frank also owns the French football club Olympique de Marseille and formerly owned the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

• How influential are apps like TikTok?
• The weaponization of social media has empowered mob rule.
• McCourt founded Project Liberty to take control of our data & privacy.
• TikTok poses an existential threat?
• People should have the right to own and sell their own data.
• Would Howie lose his 11 million followers if Frank buys TikTok?
• TikTok influencers don’t know who their followers are unlike other platforms.
• Influencers, not social media platforms should own their followers.
• The Chinese Government can feed disinformation to 170 million Americans; to get them to believe what the Chinese want them to believe.
• Mr. Beast, Kevin O’Leary… …and maybe Howie, are joining Project Liberty.
• But will Byte Dance actually sell U.S. TikTok?
• Jason returns and has thoughts!

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Website (McCourt Global): mccourt.com

Website (Project Liberty): projectliberty.io

Website (Fix TikTok): thepeoplesbid.com

Instagram: @pro_jectliberty

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Fatal and devastating fires recently upturned the lives of many Los Angelenos. Even now, with the fires thankfully extinguished, things aren't back to normal.

As you may know, we record several episodes in a day, that's allowed us to keep publishing during these difficult days. Some on our staff are still dealing with significant issues in the aftermath which have unfortunately prevented us from recording a show for you this week.

As we take care of some real-life business, we wanted you to know we aren’t going anywhere, we’ll be back NEXT WEEK with more of the zany, mind-blowing, off the wall science, pop culture, news of the day nonsense you’ve come to expect from us.

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