Midwest Teen Sex Show

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Midwest Teen Sex Show

Opening title shot from the show
Hosting Nikol Hasler
Debut June 6, 2007
Genre Video podcast
Website http://www.midwestteensexshow.com/

Midwest Teen Sex Show is a comedic, semi-educational video podcast featured monthly at Midwest Teen Sex Show with host Nikol Hasler, featuring comedian Britney Barber and produced and directed by Guy Clark.

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[edit] History

The podcast series was titled by Guy Clark [1], co-created by the trio Hasler, Barber and Clark [2]. While Clark and Hasler attended Woodstock High School together[3], they had not been in contact for years until they reconnected at her birthday party last year. Clark asked her to host the show shortly afterwards. Barber didn't meet them until after responding to an ad on Craigslist last year. [4]

Since the show's debut, it has been wildly popular. It has even had feature stories on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and Nightline.

[edit] Overview

The show features tongue-in-cheek humor while providing basics on sex topics such as masturbation, homosexuality and dating older men. They work on a very low budget. Episodes are filmed at Hasler's home in Waukesha, Wisconsin and Clark's mother's house in Woodstock, Illinois[4], although recent episodes have also been shot at Resolution Digital Studios in Chicago.

The episodes, written by the trio, range from three to five minutes long with occasional guest stars. Hasler usually performs as the sarcastic host or interviewer, while Barber plays various comedic parts, often interacting with herself as the other character. Clark has also appeared in small parts in various episodes.

The theme song is by Gordon Tebo (who also went to high school with Clark and Hasler) and Britney Barber holds the Midwest Teen Sex Show sign in the farm field.

[edit] Episodes

Since June 6, 2007, there have been fourteen episodes. The show does not have a regular release schedule.

Listed with release dates.

  1. Female Masturbation - June 6, 2007
  2. Abstinence - June 24, 2007
  3. The Older Boyfriend - July 15, 2007
  4. Birth Control * - July 29, 2007
  5. The First Time - August 30, 2007
  6. Gym Class - September 8, 2007
  7. Homosexuality, Part One - September 26, 2007
  8. Beatin' It (Masturbation)] - October 21, 2007
  9. Syphillis - October 31, 2007
  10. Dating - November 22, 2007
  11. Backdoor Business (Anal Sex) ** - December 11, 2007
  12. Parents - December 27, 2007 ***
  13. Porn - January 30, 2008 ***
  14. Oral Sex - March 10, 2008 ***
  15. Break-Ups - April 2, 2008 ***
  16. Sex, Drugs and Alcohol - May 14, 2008 ***
  17. The Penis - June 2008 (TBA)

(*) = includes advertisement for VeganEssentials
(**) = includes advertisements for Geek 2 Geek, Other World Computing and Abstinence...the Condom
(***) = includes advertisements for Other World Computing and Resolution Digital Studios.

[edit] Special Episodes

Listed with release date(s).

[edit] Reception

In November 2007, more than 50,000 people were subscribing to the podcast through iTunes.[4] By January 2008, that number was up to 60,000. [3] By February, it was 70,000. Clark has stated the show averages 125,000 viewers an episode.[5]

[edit] Criticism

The show has had its share of controversy, particularly among sex-education teachers and therapists. While some praise it for tapping a hard-to-reach audience, others worry it's too racy for younger teens, and still others say the podcast focuses too much on humor and not enough on the facts kids need.[4] [6]

In "The Older Boyfriend" episode, when Hasler says, "If you're in junior high and you're dating someone who's out of high school, he's a pedophile. And pedophilia's a disease. Would you date someone with cancer? No." The sarcastic remark (which was meant to be taken as a joke) drew a large amount of angry responses on the program's Web site as well as emails.[4] When the 'Morning Show' episode re-aired in January, complaints about the remark flared up again. [7] More controversy came when they started selling a satirical t-shirt that stated "Homosexuality is a choice, like cancer." Reaction was so heated and split that the creators decided to discontinue the shirt after only a week.[8]

The show's Web site has a disclaimer that "all advice given is simply opinion and should not be taken as fact." [9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Teen Sex Show sounds racy, acts classy (2007-10-14). Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  2. ^ Nikol Hasler - Midwest Sexual Edu-tainment (2007-09-20). Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  3. ^ a b CBS Evening News report on 'Midwest Teen Sex Show' (2008-01-09). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  4. ^ a b c d e Sex-Ed Podcast Is Frank, Funny and Controversial (2007-11-08). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  5. ^ Begalka: Podcast hopes to offer better sex-ed lessons (2008-01-31). Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
  6. ^ Clip from 'Fox Morning Show with Mike and Juliet' (2007-11-29). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  7. ^ Viewer comments section of "Parents" episode (2007-12-27). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  8. ^ We're killing cancer (2008-03-10). Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  9. ^ About at Midwest Teen Sex Show website (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.

the about page has been changed to http://www.midwestteensexshow.com/about

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