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>> Stephen: HEY!
YES, SIR!
THAT'S A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTOR AND DIRECTOR
YOU KNOW FROM "MRS. AMERICA," "THE HUNGER GAMES," AND "PITCH
PERFECT."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ELIZABETH BANKS!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NIGHT AND DAY
NIGHT AND DAY ♪ >> WOW!
THEY ARE ANGELS!
>> Stephen: HELLO.
ISN'T THAT NICE THAT WE HAD THEM ON JUST FOR YOU TONIGHT.
>> LADIES!
THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE BEEN
IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE SINCE COVID.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> I AM AFRAID.
( LAUGHTER )
REACT?
>> OF EVERYONE BREATHING.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE ALL VACCINATED.
ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE DUNKED IN PURELL BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED
IN.
>> AND THEY LAUGH WHEN YOU TALK.
IT'S AMAZING.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY -- >> Stephen: ITS NICE.
YOU KNOW THE SHOW IS WORKING BECAUSE THEY MAKE THIS NOISE
WITH THEIR MOUTH.
>> IT'S SO INCREDIBLE TO HAVE INSTANTANEOUS FEEDBACK, ISN'T
IT.
>> Stephen: LISTEN, YOU'RE BUILDING AN EMPIRE.
YOU'RE AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, GAME SHOW HOST.
>> "PRESS YOUR LUCK," BABY.
NO WHAMMY.
>> Stephen: BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, AND NOW A PODCAST
HOST.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: OKAY, THE PODCAST IS CALLED "MY BODY, MY PODCAST."
>> "MY BODY, MY PODCAST."
YOU'VE GOT TO NAME A PODCAST, AND IT'S ALWAYS SO-- I'M GOING
TO TALK ABOUT MY BODY IT SHOULD BE CALLED "MY BODY, MY PODCAST."
>> Stephen: SURE.
THAT REMINDS ME OF "OUR BODIES, OURSELVES."
IS THAT BASICALLY THE IDEA?
>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT THAT IDEA.
IT'S A SEX ED PODCAST, A CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR ME
ABOUT SEX AND SEXUALITY, AND ALL THE QUESTIONS I STILL HAVE AS AN
ADULT, AND ALL THE ANSWERS I FELT LIKE I NEEDED BECAUSE I'M A
PARENT OF TWO BOYS WHO ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH PUBERTY.
AND I'M UNPREPARED, AS EVERYONE IS.
>> Stephen: NO ONE-- NO ONE IS PREPARED.
>> THEY'RE NOT PREPARED.
>> Stephen: YOU CANNOT BE PREPARED FOR IT.
>> I'M NOT PREPARED.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU HAD THE-- WATCH YOU WHAT CALL IT-- THE
TALK?
>> OF COURSE.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU HANDLE IT?
>> KIDS HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CURIOSITY ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE
FROM FR VERY EARLY ON AND THEY SEE PREGNANT PEOPLE AND PUPPIES
AND KITTENS, SO THEY KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT HOW THE WORLD
WORKS.
>> Stephen: MOMENT HAS PUPPIES.
>> AND THEY KNEW THEY HAD A PENIS, AND THEY KNEW I HAD A
VAGINA.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> AND A VULVA AND UTERUS, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE PART OF
THEIR DAD AND PART ME, AN EGG AND A SPERM.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED.
WHEN WE WERE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THE QUESTION CAME, "YES,
YES, MOMMY, BUT HOW DOES THE SPERM GET TO THE EGG?"
I REALIZED, OH, HE'S ASKING ABOUT THE ACT, THE THING.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SAID, WELL, WE'RE AMAZON PRIME SO WE
HAVE TWO-DAY DELIVERY?
THAT'S WHY JEFF BEZOS LOOKS LIKE A SPERM.
>> THAT'S IT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THAT'S IT.
NO!
>> Stephen: NO?
NO?
SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT?
>> I STRAIGHT UP-- I ACTUALLY EVEN USED THIS GESTURE AT ONE
POINT.
( LAUGHTER )
WHETHER CBS IS GOING TO BLUR THAT?
BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT GETTING MARRIED AND
PUTTING A RING ON SOMEONE'S FINGER.
THAT'S ALL THAT MEANS.
>> THAT IS KIND OF PUTTING A RING ON IT.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> IT IS, IT IS.
>> Stephen: DID THEY-- >> I DO NOT THINK-- LET ME JUST
SAY THIS RIGHT OFF THE BAT, YOU SHOULD NOT LIE TO YOUR KIDS
ABOUT IT.
IF THEY ASK IT MEANS BECAUSE THEY'RE CURIOUS AND AGE
APPROPRIATE.
YOU SHOULD TELL THEM STRAIGHT UP WHAT IT IS, IF YOU SAY "STORK"
LATER ON THEY'RE GOING TO ASK WHAT ELSE DOES SHE LIE TO ME
ABOUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT IT'S NOT STORKS.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T LAY.
I SAID, "ASK YOUR MOM."
IT'S A DIRTY BUSINESS.
>> STEPHEN!
WE HAVE TO GET MORE MEN INVOLVEDLY IN THE CONVERSATION.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT--
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YES?
>> IS HOW MUCH EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE AND MENTION AND HUSBANDS AND
FATHERS AND BROTHERS-- LEAVE TO THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> SO, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
TALK TO YOUR WIFE-- DO YOU BUY TAMPONS FOR YOUR WITH OF?
>> Stephen: I HAVE, SURE, NOT A BIG DEAL.
>> I HAVE A RULE-- IF HE'S NOT WILLING TO BUY TAMPONS FOR YOU,
KICK HIM OUT OF THE BED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
.>> THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NAME YOUR BODY PARTS.
THESE WORDS HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE STIGMA AND SHAME ATTACHED TO
THEM, WHICH I FIND, YOU NOW, IT'S NOT HEALTHY.
>> Stephen: NOT AT ALL.
>> AND THE MORE WE CAN OPEN UP THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE
HEALTHIER, MORE INTIMATE, AND MORE-- MY HOPE IS-- THE MORE
DEEP INTERACTIONS MY SONS ARE GOING TO HAVE WITH OTHER HUMAN
BEINGS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY, THAT'S LOVELY.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> SO THAT WAS-- >> Stephen: SO YOU NEED TO
NAME-- >> NAME THE BODY PARTS.
>> Stephen: NAME AND DESHAME.
>> NAME AND DESHAME, GREAT IDEA.
A BIG PARENT THAT DOESN'T GET NAMED FOR WOMEN, WE DO WHAT MY
FRIEND PEGGY ORENSTEIN CALLS A...
HERE'S YOUR NOSE, HERE'S YOUR BELLYBUTTON, HERE'S YOUR KNEES.
AND BOYS HAVE A THING THAT STICKS OUT.
THAT'S YOUR PEE PEE.
THAT'S YOUR PENIS.
GIRLS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT PART.
SOMETIMES YOU GET A VAGINA.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT?
THE "G" SPOT.
YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT WHERE THE GOOD STUFF IS.
>> Stephen: OKAY, OKAY.
>> YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW--
SHOULD WE SAY IT.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE YOU CAN OF COURSE YOU CAN?
>> I MEAN, WE CAN ALL SAY CLITORIS TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: GRAPHENBERG.
>> IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT THE "G" STANDS FOR.
HEY, I'VE READ "PENTHOUSE."
>> WE HAVE AN ENTIRE BIT ON THE PODCAST ABOUT ILLICIT IMAGINARY
AND PORN.
>> Stephen: THINGS YOU CAN'T SHOW EVEN IN PORN?
>> I SUPPOSE NOWADAYS YOU COULD SHOW EVERYTHING.
BUT HOW OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, IF YOU LEAVE SEX ED UP TO, YOU KNOW,
YOUNG PEOPLE, LIKE, IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> THEIR NUMBER ONE TEACHER THESE DAYS IS PORN, PORNOGRAPHY.
AND IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE.
ME, PERSONAL, I'D RATHER THEY HEAR STUFF FROM ME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> AND THEY HAVE A REAL LITERACY AROUND IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S FANTASY.
IT'S NOT REALITY.
>> IT'S NOT REAL, EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT RAZOR BURN AT ALL.
>> THEY DO NOT.
( LAUGHTER )
QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE RETURN, ELIZABETH AND I WILL START
DRINKING.
STICK AROUND.
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