Beneath the Briefs, Pantsed: An Interview with Season 4’s New Cohosts

Beneath the Briefs is Prism Health North Texas’s podcast on sexual wellness. The podcast has had three official seasons, and each season has had a new set of cohosts, keeping content fresh and relevant. We’ve covered fun topics like self-love and the tools with which to love oneself (cough cough), tips for lasting longer in bed, and sexual chemistry. We’ve also addressed more serious topics like HIV stigma and religion, femicide, and consent.

Season 4 is launching this month, and with it, we introduce our newest cohosts, Javier Enriquez and Cheyenne Roberts. I sat down with these charismatic work besties and got to the meat and potatoes of their involvement in the upcoming season.

New Cohosts for PHNTX’s Sex Ed Podcast

Javier Enriquez is the Policy, Advocacy, & Community Engagement Coordinator for Prism Health North Texas, where he focuses on voter mobilization, education, and facilitating the Sexual Health Advisory Group (SHAG). Outside of his role with PHNTX, he is the Co-Founder and President of the Dallas Social Queer Organization (DSQO—pronounced “disco”), which provides accessible and affirming spaces to LGBTQ+ people through social events, support groups, and learning opportunities. Javier is also a founding member of the Sunrise Movement Dallas, where he advocates for environmental justice legislation.

Javier was raised with an immigrant family in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas. He is driven by creating social change through fostering intentional representation, power equity, and leading with compassion.

Cheyenne Roberts, MPH, is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Prism Health North Texas, focusing on outreach, education, and prevention activities. She oversees the Nice Package program and provides resources to ensure patients are connected to services throughout the PHNTX network. She is driven by a passion for public health and HIV/AIDS awareness—especially in underserved and marginalized communities.

Originally from Tampa, Florida, Cheyenne has been living in the DFW area since late 2022. She completed her bachelor’s in health science from the illustrious Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, then went on to earn her master’s in public health from Nova Southeastern University. Her previous career experience ranges from direct patient care to service coordination for individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In her spare time, she is active within her sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., is an avid plant mom and enjoys reading thriller and mystery novels.

What made you interested in cohosting Beneath the Briefs?

Javier: I think everyone likes the idea of being part of a podcast. When I heard that Prism Health North Texas had a podcast, I thought that was awesome, and then when they asked Cheyenne and me to host season 4, I couldn’t help but say yes.

“You mean I get to listen to my own voice? You’re giving me, a cis man, a platform?” I’m kidding, but it’s true: other podcasts have become an echo chamber of anti-trans, anti-women, alpha-male rhetoric. It’s great to be part of something inclusive like Beneath the Briefs.

Cheyenne and I, in many ways, represent the target population for the podcast and for the services that PHNTX provides. We are both young queer people of color, in the Latine and Black communities, respectively. I’m grateful for this opportunity and privilege to connect with other people who look like us or identify with some of our backgrounds and identities.

Cheyenne: Honestly, I am in a season of saying yes right now. Javier and I were talking earlier, and I told him I wanted to give three YESes and two NOs to invitations to social events, so I could get out more. That attitude applies to my professional life too.

I’m excited to be able to say that I get to talk about sexual wellness and sexual education on a podcast. I want to make people interested in keeping up with themselves. I want them to think, “Maybe I should go get tested,” or “Actually, what is consent?”

A podcast is a great way to get people interested in topics that they may be too embarrassed to explore with other people. There’s also a low barrier of entry. We’re not going to be talking like public health officials. We’re not going to be up here like, “Yeah, so the vaginal canal is now inflamed,” using all these sterile, uncomfortable terms that can be difficult to understand.

I want this podcast to sound like you’re talking to your homegirl. I want to make sexual wellness accessible for as many people as possible.

Andie’s Aside: Part of how we’re going to make this podcast more accessible is by creating transcripts for each episode and posting them on our website. Visit https://www.phntx.org/beneath-the-briefs-podcast/ for future transcripts.

What topics are you most excited to talk about and why?

Cheyenne: How social media plays a big role in disinformation. Popular blogs and accounts will post “stats” that are just not true.

For example, an account I used to follow posted a random picture of a database that looked legit but was maybe taken out of context. Harris County had an STD scare a while back, and this account posted that 40,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the span of one week.

I looked up the information; I had my friends look up the information. I thought, “If this is true, it has to be somewhere on Houston’s city website or their public health website.” There was absolutely nothing.

I commented on the TikTok, saying, “Hey, I can’t find this information anywhere. Are we sure this is true?” Instead of responding, they blocked me.

Conversations about the disinformation on social media will allow us to strip the stigma around STDs, especially HIV.

Javier: I echo Cheyenne, but I’m most excited to talk about Disability Pride. Many of my friends have some level of disability, and I love that they can be so vulnerable about and happy with their sex lives. Their stories and experiences are not often heard. I can’t wait to draw from the wealthy poll that I’m fortunate to have in order to talk about how you can be sexy and disabled.

I’m especially excited to be part of a team that is creating a platform for voices that traditionally go unheard.

How will season 4 be different from previous seasons?

Javier: This one is going to have serious quality. We have new equipment, so the sound design will be much better than past seasons. This season is also a lot more intentional. The previous seasons were great, and they had a lot of important information. Everyone at PHNTX believed, and still believes, in Beneath the Briefs. However, as a nonprofit, it’s easy to not have the number of hands needed on a project.

Now, we have enough hands to make this podcast successful.

Cheyenne: Javier covered that for me. The big difference is really, like he said, the sound quality. Now that we have a full team on the podcast and in marketing, people will definitely see a big change in season 4.

Check out season 4 of Beneath the Briefs, our hilarious and gripping sexual wellness podcast, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or RadioPublic. Be sure to subscribe, so you don’t miss any of the exciting topics Javier and Cheyenne will explore together.