Glow West Podcast

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } While an orgasm gap might seem simple on the surface, there can be so much more behind it. Joining me this week to discuss this is podcast host and philosopher Bobo Matjila, who breaks down why pleasure should be equal, but it is often not due to so many intersecting issues from...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Did you know that there is currently no law against stalking in Ireland? With stalking being an issue that a lot of people experience, we need to talk about this and why the law has not taken it as seriously as it should. Eve McDowell from www.stalking.ie talks to me about her te...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Joining me for a live panel to discuss what sex and relationships look like in Ireland now are sex educator Grace Alice O 'Shea, sex therapist Fidelia Idgoho, dating researcher Dr. Nicola Fox Hamilton, and LGBTQ+ activist Jay Pope. We discuss different types of relationships, sex...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } We've heard about mindfulness when it comes to yoga or mental health support, but it can also be used to improve your sex life and relationship with pleasure. Joining me this week to discover how mindfulness leads to sexual happiness is sex educator Portia Brown, who is a lovely,...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } IBSA is a very common problem in Ireland unfortunately, and we are still understanding the scale of this form of violence. This episode is a hard listen as we cover Roísín Nic Lochlainn's story about being a victim of image based abuse by her peers. Roísín discusses the impact th...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Threesomes - treble the fun? Sometimes, sometimes not. Threesomes can be a great experience or a negative one, and to guide us along the process is sex educator and author Stella Harris, who has just written a book on threesomes. She explores the logistics you need to consider, w...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Sexuality itself is a spectrum, and within that asexuality is its own spectrum. Joining me this week to explore what asexuality means is activist Yasmin Benoit, who co-created International Asexuality day on April 6th. Yasmin explains why a dedicated day is important, the differe...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility, and to discuss some of the issues facing trans people currently Im joined by sex educator Andy Duran from California, and activists Lilith Carroll and Jay Pope from Ireland. They discuss how visibility is just one aspect of meeting trans nee...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } The 31st of March is Trans Day of Visibility, and in honour of this there are two episodes focusing on trans people this week. First up is Noah and Fionn's journey to travel to Poland in February to access trans healthcare. Their journey involved Go Fund Me's, multiple covid test...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Sex work takes a lot of different forms, and this week sex worker and educator Andre Shatki is here to talk us through her experiences. From wrestling to stripping, Andre takes us through what the working conditions are like, the realities of the job, and how we can support and p...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Ever think porn isn't for you and you're more of an imagination person? Maybe erotica is for you so! Joining me this week is erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel who explains why people are into erotica, what modern erotica is like, and why people write dinosaur erotica...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } For International Womens Day, we held a live panel with some incredible sex educators such as Tatyannah K. King, Ginny Fitzgerald, Robin Wilson-Beattie, Justine Ang Fonte, Carly S., and Yael the Sex Geek. Listeners sent in questions and we covered topics like sex & disability, se...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Most of us aren't immune to feeling a sense of shame around our bodies or our sexual desire or identity. This can lead to a lack of confidence or a lack of pleasure on our terms. Sex educator Rukiat is here to help us become more comfortable with asking for pleasure, our bodies,...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } This week Caroline, Linda and Vicky hosted a phenomenal Live Podcast with an incredible panel that included our newest Tortoise Shack family member, Joella Dhlamini, Senator Eileen Flynn, Activist Adeline Berry, ConverSayTrans Co-host (and Tortoise Shack Royalty) Alexandra Hall,...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Squirting is very on trend at the moment, to say the least. But it's not new, and it's also something that you don't have to do just because it's really popular in porn. The Millennial Sexpert Javay da Bae is here to chat about pressures around squirting, why pleasure is not taug...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } The incredible Active Consent crew are launching an 8 week campaign about how YOU can support a friend if they disclose a sexual assault to you. To celebrate this, we have a bonus episode of the Glow West Podcast.  We look at some aspects of this campaign and explore how you can...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } We have all heard lots of different misinformation and myths about sex, but thankfully sex educator Karishma Swarup is here to bust those myths and give us factual and fun information about sex. When sex education fails us, we might believe myths about condoms, pleasure, bodies,...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Do you like shiny things and a feeling of being wrapped up? You might just find that you have a bit of a rubber fetish! Joining me this week is legendary Dominatrix Miss Kim Rub, who chats to me about rubber fetishes, from style, to colour, and why people are into this. Kim expla...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } It can be difficult to figure out what we really want from sex and what authentic sex looks like to us. Here to help us with this is author Tracy Clark-Flory who has written her new book Want Me on this topic. Tracy talks about trying to unpack all the messages about sex that we...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Did you know that there is a difference between reproductive rights and  reproductive justice? Sex educator and abortion support worker Irma Garcia is here to explain this concept, and shows us why access to contraception is just one factor amongst many in reproductive justice. W...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Joining me for the first live podcast of 2021 is sex educator Sarah Sproule, who supports parents to talk to their children about sex. Sarah chats about getting over anxieties and fears around talking to kids about puberty & sex, and what to do if your kids ask awkward questions...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } What happens if you have a mix of domestic abuse, kink, relationships issues and you need therapy? Therapist Stefani Goerlich, author of The Leather Couch, is here to chat about how she helps train therapists to distinguish between abuse and BDSM, and offers advice to those who a...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Ever wonder how sex shops are regulated or designed? Or what its like to go to a sex conference? Sexademic Dr Paul Maginn is here to chat to us about the different types of sex shops, protests, and porn tourism to conferences and meeting performers. Sexual spaces can be interesti...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Many of us might be curious about anal sex but might be put off by negative previous experience or concerns over potential mess. Here to walk you through steps towards a fun and pleasurable experience is sex educator Luna Matatas. Luna has a podcast about anal sex called The Plug...

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Another crazy week is done and the Sunday Special Live Podcast was back to break it all down. This week Dr Caroline West of Glow West led Dr Vicky Conway from Policed and Martin and Tony to go through as much as you can in an hour. Our special guests were Dr Mohsin Kamal on Covid...