We unpack how a company selling “female empowerment” turned into one of tech’s most disturbing cautionary tales, and what its downfall reveals about power, charisma, and the blind spots of the startup world.
This conversation goes deeper than the headlines and asks a larger question:
How does a community built on self-improvement end up crossing the line into harm?
If you follow the intersection of tech, power, psychology, and accountability, this is one you won’t want to miss.
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Topics Covered:
00:00 – Blocked Orgasmic Energy
00:20 – Intro & Guest: Ellen Huet
02:32 – What Is OneTaste?
05:10 – Why It’s a Startup Story
06:52 – Sex Cult Meets Silicon Valley
09:50 – Hippies, Capitalism & the Bay Area
12:23 – Sales Pressure & “Orgasmic Energy”
15:29 – Ad Break – Google / Gemini
15:56 – The VC Boyfriend & Sex-for-Funding
19:05 – Post-Economic Tech Guys
20:40 – The Female Orgasm & Pickup Culture
23:42 – What OM Got Right (and Wrong)
24:33 – Sextech Startups & the Market
26:30 – Can Capitalism Fix Sex?
28:54 – Cult of the Founder
30:44 – Cults as a Spectrum
32:01 – Is SoulCycle a Cult?
33:33 – Religion, Loneliness & Meaning
34:28 – Empire of Orgasm Outro