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Expressing sexuality is still controversial and sometimes even dangerous, especially for gay men. Michael Arceneaux shares his essay, At 30, I'm Finally Tackling My Intense Fear of Sex.

Host Michel Martin talks to a roundtable of activists and innovators about the future of technology, and recruiting the next generation of African-Americans and Latinos into the tech field.

Beauty Shop ladies Danielle Belton, Viviana Hurtado, Bridget Johnson and Veronica Miller discuss how their mentors helped them at pivotal points in their lives and how they hope to help others.

Medical blogger Jillian Knowles and writer Alex Hardy have both written about moving back in with their parents. They share their experiences, while NPR's Asma Khalid explains the trend.

This Valentine's Day, people in more than 200 countries are participating in One Billion Rising, a call to rise up and dance to bring awareness to violence against women worldwide. Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of the V-Day antiviolence campaign, talks about her work to fund crisis centers and shelters for victims around the globe.

There are elders who pass along traditions, like ministers, teachers, doctors, and in the black community, funeral directors. Samuel Gaines' family has worked as undertakers for generations. He and Jean Ellen Wilson talk with guest host Jacki Lyden about chronicling the lives of their town's black residents, by keeping track of their deaths.

When Emma Benn and Nicole Dennis-Benn decided to get married in Nicole's native country of Jamaica, they knew there would be a few critics. But the lesbian couple never imagined their small, private ceremony would become a topic of national news. Host Michel Martin discusses the wedding and the controversy it stirred with the newlyweds.

Ever wonder why you worked so hard to avoid the lasagna at dinner only to give into your craving for dessert? Researchers say that's because our internal reservoir of self-control can be depleted. Neuroscientist William Hedgcock discusses use of fMRI to show what happens in the brain when a person loses self-control.

Tell Me More has been hearing from some of today's funniest men and women. Gabriel Iglesias is one of the most watched comedians on YouTube. He's also featured in Magic Mike, coming out this Friday. Iglesias talks with guest host Viviana Hurtado. Advisory: This segment uses language that may not be comfortable for some listeners.

In a new book, Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine, Harvard entomologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki documents his travels, from New Guinea to New Zealand and beyond, looking for organisms whose genes can tell us something about conditions on Earth millions of years ago.