Ghosts of Boyfriends Past

CW: Self Harm, abuse. It's not easy being gay in a small country town. And as Zane C. Weber found out through his former lover, it's even harder when your whole family belongs to a very strict religion with very rigid beliefs. This is a story about love, hate, guilt, anger and acceptance that will stay with you long after the episode is finished. If you or anyone you know needs help, there are a r...

Nadia Bokody is a sex-positive journalist and media commentator with a passion for empowering women in their sex lives. She’s best known for sharing her opinions on female sexuality in her popular weekly column on Australia’s biggest news site, News.com.au, where her controversial columns like ‘The real reason your wife won’t have sex with you’ and ‘Why I asked 100 men for sex on Tinder’ have attr...

When your friend is a little down you could give them a hug, or a reassuring text... or in Johanna's case you could offer up your own boyfriend. EPISODE NOTES: In one of the most awkward encounters of all time, Jo talks all about how self esteem issues affect us in strange ways and how sometimes being the nice girl is a way to find yourself touching your friend's boob. And sometimes, people are ju...

Paula probably should have noped out of this relationship when she didn't give a guy her number but he managed to track her down anyway. EPISODE NOTES: When Paula's future date said nothing was of the table conversation wise in their first meeting, she had no idea that he really meant NOTHING. Or that he was serious when he gave her first date homework. She probably should have noped out when she...

One of Australia's leading relationship experts, Dr Karen Phillips, joins Tom and Liz to dish the expert advice on those toxic habits killing our relationships. Author of the book Communication Harmony, Dr Karen shares her research on the communication mistakes that can cost us our happiness and how we can fix them (without a whole lot of effort, if we're honest). Dr Karen's Bio: Karen Phillip is...

Today's show starts off fairly regularly. A delightful evening with a lovely lady, dinner and then eventually heading to the bedroom... Somehow chaos follows. Including weighing up jumping out of a bedroom window! Have a listen to see if and how our guest survives! Relevant links: Available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Radio Public and wherever good podcasts are found. Follow Ghosts of Boyfriends...

Theatre producer and director Elodie joins us to open up on a painful relationship from her past. She came to realise that when she eventually walked away from the relationship that she was a completely different person. Her hobbies, self-worth and wardrobe had all changed, and that's a scary realisation when you don't even realise you are doing it! Follow Ghosts of Boyfriends Past on Facebook htt...

Matilda Award-winning actress Carly Skelton joins us to regale us of the time her naive young self dated a boy who just couldn't keep his story straight. But she kept dating him. And kept dating him. And even when they broke up she kept dating him. How the hell do you break up with someone who denies it ever happened? Relevant links: Available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Radio Public and whereve...

Brisbane's own puzzle master James Elliot chats about his time in a polyamorous relationship with a narcissist. When he reached out to a support group for advice, the answer he got was not what he expected. Here he chats with Liz and Tom about the poly community and how to navigate an open relationship. Glossary of terms James couldn't remember: LIMERENCE: A strong desire for, longing for, or preo...

Let's talk about ex, baby! Your hosts Liz and Tom introduce you to your next bingeable listen about love gone bad, and start the ball rolling with their own unlucky in love stories. Let's just say lessons were learned (or weren't but DEFINITELY should have been). In this episode of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past, we meet our hosts former relationship columnist Elizabeth Best and current all-round funny...