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Homegoings

The sexologist who’s talking about sex and racism (baby)

By Myra Flynn
Published September 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT

Tyomi Morgan and Myra Flynn talk about the good, bad, ugly and downright sexy reasons that sex, love – and racism – have always been intertwined.

Homegoings is a show that invites you to eavesdrop on candid conversations with people who will challenge what you think you know, and YOU are welcome here. Follow the show here.

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“When you strip away what we see, when hearts connect, when people connect, that's a powerful thing.” – Tyomi Morgan

Love can be fickle, but it gets even more complicated when you add racial and cultural differences into the mix. If those differences are a part of your love life then you already know that there are things that must be overcome. Things like stereotypes, shame and even the outside world’s perspective on you and what your love should look like. These can be very real barriers to the organic curiosity it takes for us to love each other the very best we can.

To tackle these huge topics, we spoke with sexologist Tyomi Morgan, who has previously appeared as a sexpert in our podcast episode: The Myth of the Big Black Penis.

In this episode, Tyomi and Myra Flynn talk about the good, bad, ugly and downright sexy reasons that sex, love – and racism – have always been intertwined.

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And we do know, racism is an intrinsic part of the American way, right? So, there are internal biases that we're all holding. But if you can just look at that person as they are, right then and there and think: ‘I'm just going to accept this for what it is and hear them out’ — having the willingness to do that, then we can get somewhere.
Tyomi Morgan

Credits

This episode was hosted and reported by Myra Flynn with help from our associate producer James Stewart. Our producer/director is Mike Dunn and Aaron Edwards is our story editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kaylee Mumford is the graphic artist behind this episode’s Homegoings artist portrait.

Thank you for listening. You can see a video version of this episode on our YouTube Channel.

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Myra Flynn
Myra Flynn joined Vermont Public in March 2021 and is the Host and Executive Producer of Homegoings. Raised in Vermont, Myra Flynn is an accomplished musician who has come to know the lay of dirt-road land that much more intimately through touring both well-known and obscure stages all around the state and beyond. She also has experience as a teaching artist and wore many hats at the Burlington Free Press, including features reporter and correspondent, before her pursuits took her deep into the arts world. Prior to joining Vermont Public, Myra spent eight years in the Los Angeles music industry.
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