Episodes

  • Trailer: The Good Sex Project

    Trailer: The Good Sex Project
    May 24 2023
    Welcome to The Good Sex Project. Hosted by Melody Thomas, this is a podcast about good sex, good relationships, and how to have them. Out Now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min
  • 1: Doin' It For The Yarns

    1: Doin' It For The Yarns
    May 27 2023
    New Zealanders have a lot of sex, but a lot of it is average. We meet three people who’ve had a lot of pretty average sex and not-so-healthy relationships. Also feat. Australian feminist writer and broadcaster Clementine Ford, and Emily Nagoski, the award-winning author of Come as You Are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • 2: The Glass Closet

    2: The Glass Closet
    May 27 2023
    In this episode, we explore how feelings about our own bodies can get in the way of our love lives. We follow three people on their journeys to self-love, self-acceptance and self-worth. Also feat. expert advice from psycho-sexologist Chantelle Otten Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • BONUS: Who The F**k Is Alice?

    BONUS: Who The F**k Is Alice?
    May 29 2023
    In this bonus episode, we meet the two Alices who share their later-in-life coming out stories. There's Alice Soper, one of New Zealand’s foremost voices on women’s rugby. She’d always told herself she was super straight - that is, until her OE to London changed everything she thought she knew. And comedian and writer Alice Snedden, funny, irreverent and in denial about her love life - until she wasn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • 3: Are You Empowered?

    3: Are You Empowered?
    Jun 3 2023
    What's the point in sex positivity if the sex we're having is bad? We speak with South Auckland musician Pati AF, who grew up a "holy girl" in the church before kicking off her "hoe phase" - by claiming her own body and sexuality back with explicit Instagram posts and random dating app hook-ups. She was empowered. So why wasn’t she having a great time?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • 4: What Are You Into?

    4: What Are You Into?
    Jun 7 2023
    What does good, healthy & happy casual sex look and feel like in the age of dating apps? We speak to people who’ve negotiated their way into some pretty sexy situations using their open and honest communication skills. We also look at how mainstream porn has infiltrated our sex practices, and at what we can learn from the world of kink and BDSM.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • 5: Love Bomb

    5: Love Bomb
    Jun 14 2023
    We delve into the biochemistry of those first tingly feelings for someone, and how all those raging chemicals can cloud our better judgment and lead to some toxic relationships.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • 6: Lovegasms Ever After

    6: Lovegasms Ever After
    Jun 21 2023
    Long term love can be hard. We speak to couples who’ve got insight into how they make it through the tougher periods of their relationships, including having young children. We also get some guidance from experts including Dan Savage and somatic sexologist Sonia Waters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr