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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Smith. I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: stuff I've never told you production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: So a quick content warning for this one. We're not

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Speaker 1: going to get it into anything too in depth, but

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Speaker 1: we are talking about we're revisiting our conversation around um,

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Speaker 1: sex toys and sex shops, adult toys. Oh yes, adult toys, yes, um,

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Speaker 1: so just to be aware that that's what we're talking

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Speaker 1: about recently. But a while ago, um, we did an

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Speaker 1: episode on sexism at sex toy shops and no joke.

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Speaker 1: The very next day, this huge report came out about

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Speaker 1: environmentally friendly sex toys and aids. That happens all the time.

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Speaker 1: Of course, time stamp things, so people, yes, understand, yes,

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Speaker 1: now we know the new information. Stop adding us yea, yes,

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Speaker 1: it's so frustrating though when it happened. The timing is

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Speaker 1: just I know, it's like we're on we're at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of some wave. I don't know. Yeah, that's what

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Speaker 1: we're gonna say, even though the content comes out like

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Speaker 1: a week later exactly reported, but you know, exactly, we're

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Speaker 1: ahead of the curves, that's what's happening. But anyway, yes,

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Speaker 1: we thought we would dig into into that because it

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Speaker 1: turns out a lot of the items we use in

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Speaker 1: this arena are not the best for the environment, and

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Speaker 1: some companies are looking to provide more eco friendly alternatives.

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Speaker 1: One of the big issues when it comes to the

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Speaker 1: sustainability of sex items is that there's no real reusability,

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Speaker 1: Like you can't donate it. Yeah, after you've used it,

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Speaker 1: that's it. If you're thinking about no, no, no, no no.

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Speaker 1: But there has been a lot of innovation in this field. Nowadays,

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Speaker 1: a whole world of more environmentally friendly sex toys and

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Speaker 1: items exist, including by a degradable, rechargeable and solar powered vibrators,

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Speaker 1: vibrators made of recycled materials, and a carbon neutral rabbit

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Speaker 1: um units that separate so that you can replace one

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Speaker 1: section of it if it breaks. Another issue, Sex toys

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Speaker 1: in the US aren't really regulated, so products can make

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Speaker 1: claims that aren't necessarily true. So do your research. If

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Speaker 1: you can fix it instead of throwing it away, do that.

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Speaker 1: There are how to use online um and I'll say,

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Speaker 1: if anyone's listening to this and you're like, it just

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Speaker 1: doesn't sound like it will be comfortable or good, there

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Speaker 1: are reviews out there. They sound some of them sound

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Speaker 1: pretty good. I was attempted Amazon reviews. I know we're

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Speaker 1: not necessarily we're not sponsored by Amazon, we're not necessarily

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Speaker 1: advocating for Amazon. But the reason they they've got the reviews,

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Speaker 1: and those are important. Hopefully they're not bought, but I

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Speaker 1: definitely really some of them are really funny and entertaining itself.

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Speaker 1: Just saying this, but let's talk about condoms. Every year

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Speaker 1: we produce and throw away about ten billion Latex condoms.

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Speaker 1: Glow condoms are made with casein, a milk protein, meaning

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Speaker 1: they are not vegan friendly. Also, casin is used for meat,

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Speaker 1: which okay. On top of that, the rubber used isn't

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Speaker 1: always ethically sourced, and the packaging is often not recycled friendly,

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Speaker 1: which I figured out. There's a lot of things that

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Speaker 1: I thought could be recyclable and are not, and I'm

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Speaker 1: very sad by this. Anyway, some companies have started updating

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Speaker 1: the rubber and packaging they used to tackle these issues. Yes,

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Speaker 1: and as always, like, we're obviously big promoters of same

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Speaker 1: sex um use condom, but it is good that we're

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Speaker 1: talking about this, right if this is such an issue

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Speaker 1: around waist and I think a lot of people don't

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Speaker 1: really think about it, and it's one of those things

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Speaker 1: when I saw the heads and I was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: of course, but I hadn't really thought about it that

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Speaker 1: the solution is. The other part is like, wait, yeah,

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Speaker 1: exactly exactly. So I'm glad there's this push for this

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Speaker 1: and that some companies are are um stepping up and

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Speaker 1: you can find these UM lists online. People have compiled

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Speaker 1: lists of environment and friendly or friendly or sex items,

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Speaker 1: so you can definitely find all this information. Um lube

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Speaker 1: has gotten in the game too, with plant and water

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Speaker 1: based varieties. There are recipes for homemade types too. This

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Speaker 1: recently made the rounds because people were like, it's a

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Speaker 1: big asterisk on this one, please be careful because absolutely,

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Speaker 1: yeah know I did have a friend who got a loomed.

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Speaker 1: She was so excited and then her she was on

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Speaker 1: fire for three days. It is said plant based, so

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Speaker 1: you have no yes, that is a great point, like

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Speaker 1: make sure test on your body small amounts. Also make

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Speaker 1: sure it works with whatever sex item you're using it on,

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Speaker 1: because you know some of them aren't compatible. A lot

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Speaker 1: of lubes are petroleum based, though, so this is a

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Speaker 1: a big deal for those in the b D S

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Speaker 1: M kink community, finding non leather products can be a challenge.

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Speaker 1: A few companies offering sturdy and comfortable alternatives for a

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Speaker 1: wide range of bodies have emerged. Other companies offer imitation

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Speaker 1: silk um They're paddles made with sustainability and mind to

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Speaker 1: All of these things are available. Recently, a UK health

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Speaker 1: food chain called Holland and Barrett introduced a series of

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Speaker 1: vegan friendly vibrators shaped like produce from Vegan Toys. A

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Speaker 1: customer can choose from shapes like banana, chili, corn, eggplant, carrot,

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Speaker 1: in cucumber. They are made with a medical grade silicone,

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Speaker 1: and on their website, So Vegan Toys claims quote, vegetables

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Speaker 1: are healthy, right, That's exactly why we create our product

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Speaker 1: in that shape. As orgasms are healthy too and should

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Speaker 1: be part of a healthy lifestyle. You know what I

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Speaker 1: get it. This also made the headlines, as you probably

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Speaker 1: surprises no one. Um, I think they sold out. I

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Speaker 1: think certain of certain ones of them sold out. There's

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Speaker 1: so many urban legends that follow those specific vegetables and

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Speaker 1: fruits that they decided to use. So mm hmm mm hmmm. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: as always all of this stuff like just we want

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Speaker 1: everybody to be healthy and have a fun time. We

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Speaker 1: also want to help the planet where we can, but

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Speaker 1: do definitely know what you're putting in your body. I

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Speaker 1: guess that's what I'm trying to say. There are other

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Speaker 1: tips to like avoiding shower sex and having sex with

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Speaker 1: the lights off. That's all part of this big report

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Speaker 1: on how we can make our our sex lives more

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Speaker 1: environmentally friend. If we have sex vibes, always make sure

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Speaker 1: you know how to properly upkeep as well. And yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: you can find all this information out there if you

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Speaker 1: want to learn more. Um it has been in the

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Speaker 1: news lately. And encourage yeah, encourage you to check it

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Speaker 1: out if you're interested, and as always, we would love

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Speaker 1: always to our super producer Christina. Sorry Christina, We're so sorry,

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