The Love Drive with Shaun Galanos

Herpes, hemorrhoids, and uncertainty

Three questions this week, and I get personal on all of them. Should you put an HSV2 diagnosis in your dating profile? I’ve had herpes for about five years, so I’ll tell

Is this a no?

I'm tired. This house renovation is taking a lot out of me, and I'm really looking forward to having more time and energy for the things I love. Including sitting down an

Why he can't stay hard (and why he won't talk about it)

Joe called in from Spain. She's 48, dating younger men, and she's noticed a pattern. "I thought it was me. I thought it was a desirability thing, and I took it personall

How to get over heartbreak (you don't, you move through it)

I don't think heartbreak is something we get over. It's something we move through. This episode is built around your questions: "I've cried in public more than once; shou

Ghosting, dental dams, and sharing myself with you

I’m back with new episodes, and I’m really happy to be here. The house isn’t ready yet, but I’m feeling better and I have a lot to share with you. Today, I’m letting you

My first sex party (replay)

In this 2019 replay, I tell the story of my first real sex party and then the woman I met that night joins me to share her side. It’s explicit, funny, tender, and ultima

(Replay) Mismatched libidos with Kai Werder

(Replay from 2020) What happens when one person wants sex more often than the other? In this conversation with sex educator Kai Werder, we talk about mismatched libidos

(Replay) The year I gave erotic massages

I'm sharing some of my favorite episodes throughout September, and this replay is a peek into a part of my life I don't talk about very often: my time giving erotic massa

Welcome back September

I’ve missed being here. The last month has taken me somewhere I wasn’t quite expecting, and I wanted to check in and tell you a little about where I’ve been. This week i

To the best rope gun I know: a eulogy for Josh

On July 13th, I lost one of my dear friends. Josh Kalven was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer in March and died four months later. He was a husband, a dad to a fi

A guide to eating pussy with Amy Baldwin

The manosphere thinks going down on a woman is gay, submissive, or a low-return waste of time. It's wrong on all three — so I brought in an expert to help me prove it. I

Learning to love unpredictability

A listener asks whether to move back to somewhere familiar or take a leap somewhere new. Shaun uses the question to explore something bigger: how do you make peace with a

Bidding for connection with Jess Janz

Jess Janz is a writer, community facilitator, and the founder of Dinner With Strangers - a project that has brought over a thousand people together for a meal with one ru

Living with a Broken Heart

This week's episode is a tender one. I recorded this on Father's Day — three years after losing my dad — and I'm reading my Substack essay Living with a Broken Heart and

Why lonely men join the Manosphere with Laura Ramadei

I've been thinking a lot about why so many men end up looking for belonging in all the wrong places. This conversation starts with the manosphere, but it quickly becomes

What is love?

What is love? It's a question I've never seriously stopped to answer — and one that's surprisingly hard to get at. In this solo episode, I share reflections from Love Ca

Once a cheater, sometimes a cheater with Lauren LaRusso

There is life after betrayal. It might not feel like it right now, but there is. My guest today is Lauren LaRusso, a licensed therapist and the author of Beyond Infideli

Can awkward sex be improved?

What if the sex is awkward, but the connection is actually really good? This week, I’m answering a listener question about dating someone new after years of being mostly

Herpes is just a skin rash — with Debbie Barish, NP

Most adults in the world carry the virus that causes herpes. Most of them don't know it. And the shame around it is doing more damage than the virus. This week I sit dow

You don’t need to be ready to be loved

Someone recently told me I wasn't too complicated to love and it inspired me to explore the ways in which we keep ourselves small rather than dare to show up for love.