Episodios

  • BANG! Season 3 Episode 6: Accentuate the Positive

    BANG! Season 3 Episode 6: Accentuate the Positive
    Apr 14 2019
    Sex positivity is the idea that all sex, provided it's healthy and explicitly consensual, is good. But what happens when a complicated theoretical idea like sex positivity gets packaged up for the mainstream? And which voices are missing from the conversation?
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    43 m
  • BANG! Season 3 Episode 5: Kinky Boots

    BANG! Season 3 Episode 5: Kinky Boots
    Apr 8 2019
    What you think of as kinky and what I think of as kinky might be two different things, but it generally means behaviours and fantasies outside of the sexual 'norm'. In this episode, Melody talks with a bunch of kinky people about what gets them off and why, learns some great lessons about consent and asks the question - is it best we brought these practices out in the open, or are they best left behind closed doors?
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    47 m
  • BANG! Bonus Ep: Sex and Relationship Q&A on Nights

    BANG! Bonus Ep: Sex and Relationship Q&A on Nights
    Apr 2 2019
    It's a BANG! takeover! RNZ Nights host Bryan Crump is joined in the studio by Melody Thomas and father-daughter sex advice duo Nic and Lena Beets, to answer questions from the audience and talk about common difficulties faced by people in long term relationships.
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    35 m
  • BANG! Live in Wellington

    BANG! Live in Wellington
    Mar 31 2019
    Recorded at Bats Theatre in Wellington as part of the NZ Fringe Festival, this is BANG! Live. Featuring Tawa mum and sex toy expert Abby Lund, Morgana Watson on menstruation in Te Ao Maori prior to colonisation plus how to use your cycle to your advantage, and father-daughter sex and relationship advice duo Nic and Lena Beets answer audience questions.
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    42 m
  • BANG! Season 3 Episode 4: Pretty Poly

    BANG! Season 3 Episode 4: Pretty Poly
    Mar 24 2019
    Ethical non monogamy is nothing new - but an increasing number of people are giving it a go. Research from the US reports that 4-5% of people identify as polyamorous, and 20% have tried a version of ethical non monogamy at some point in their lives. Here in NZ, memberships in polyamory Facebook groups and on websites like nzswingers.co.nz continue to grow. Melody Thomas speaks with ethically non-monogamous kiwis about how they manage their relationships, and experts offer some advice.
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    50 m
  • BANG! Bonus Ep: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

    BANG! Bonus Ep: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
    Mar 19 2019
    In Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, co-authors Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha take what they call the "standard narrative" of human sexual evolution and re-examine it through a different lens: suggesting that sexual exclusivity was not a part of our ancestor's expectations around relationships. Highlighting research in the fields of primatology, anthropology, evolutionary psychology and biology, Christopher Ryan tells Melody Thomas that monogamy is far from "natural" for our species, and that we'd have a much easier time with it if we went in informed.
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    29 m
  • BANG! Season 3 Episode 3: Let's Stay Together

    BANG! Season 3 Episode 3: Let's Stay Together
    Mar 18 2019
    We all know how it goes - two people meet, they fall in love, they decide to get married and live happily ever after. We've heard different versions of this story so many times, many of us never stop to ask if it's what we want for ourselves, or whether there are other options. In this episode, author of Sex at Dawn Christopher Ryan explains what we can learn about monogamy from our hunter-gatherer ancestors, kiwi couples share some of the ups and downs of decades together, and sex therapist Nic Beets provides valuable advice
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    53 m
  • BANG! Season 3 Episode 2: Talk About It

    BANG! Season 3 Episode 2: Talk About It
    Mar 10 2019
    Research shows that putting a name to a feeling helps manage it. In this episode, three BANG! listeners talk about things they've struggled with and the steps they've taken to deal with them, plus father-daughter sex advice duo Nic and Lena Beets step in with practical advice. Today's topics: vaginismus, erectile dysfunction and period sex.
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    47 m