Dr. Lisa Wade is the leading researcher on college hookup culture and the author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. In this episode, Wade shares her latest research on how the pandemic has affected hooking up. Other topics discussed include the history of casual sex in the United States, Greek life and structures of power on campus, how the gender binary manifests within hookup culture, the differences between white heterosexual and queer and BIPOC hookup cultures, and suggestions on how to have more respectful and pleasurable hookups.