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The Hook Up
The Hook Up is about love, sex and relationships. We answer your questions, learn things together, cry over heartbreak and normalise shit. Every Tuesday Dee and Pip debate your dating dilemmas and hear your cooked stories. Every Thursday it's the sex ed you never had — we call on an expert to go dee...
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Healing From Complex Trauma w/ Stephanie Foo
We chat to award winning radio journalist and author Stephanie Foo about her memoir What My Bones Know, exploring her diagnosis with C-PTSD – unpackin...
Does Height Actually Matter In Dating?
Height is something you (mostly) can’t change, and yet it’s one of the most contentious dating preferences - we’re lying about it on the apps, rejecti...
Does Height Actually Matter In Dating?
Height is something you (mostly) can’t change, and yet it’s one of the most contentious dating preferences - we’re lying about it on the apps, rejecti...
How To Sext And Send Nudes Safer
Do you find sexting, nudes and filming with a partner hot - but don’t know how to initiate, manage consent, deal with body confidence and understand t...
Sexting, Nudes & Filming With A Partner
While you might not have reached chronic levels of being online, it’s fair to say we’re living through a screen more than ever before - so how are you...
Sexting, Nudes & Filming With A Partner
While you might not have reached chronic levels of being online, it’s fair to say we’re living through a screen more than ever before - so how are you...
How To Deal With Overthinking In Dating And Relationships
If you’re over-analysing texts, constantly questioning if your partner loves you, dwelling on their past relationships while also worrying if they’re...
Is Overthinking Ruining Your Love Life?
Whether it’s casual dating or locked in long term relationships, 80% of you told us that you overthink everything. We find out what that looks like fo...
Is Overthinking Ruining Your Love Life?
Whether it’s casual dating or locked in long term relationships, 80% of you told us that you overthink everything. We find out what that looks like fo...
Do I Have A Sex/Porn Addiction?
What’s the difference between having a high sex drive, watching a lot of porn, and having an addiction to sex? That’s something we find out in this ep...
Is Being A Pick Me Or Performative Male Problematic?
Ever been called a ‘pick me’? It’s been a cultural buzzword for years to describe women who seek male validation by putting down other women - but hav...
Is Being A Pick Me Or Performative Male Problematic?
Ever been called a ‘pick me’? It’s been a cultural buzzword for years to describe women who seek male validation by putting down other women - but hav...
Everything You Need To Know About Your Pelvic Floor
Your pelvic floor muscles are connected to way more than you might think - like UTIs, constipation, painful sex, orgasms, even peeing when you laugh.<...
Are Soulmates Real And Are They Ruining Our Dating Lives?
The idea of a soulmate might sound like a fairytale, but plenty of people still believe in finding that perfect match. We dive into your soulmate stor...
Are Soulmates Real And Are They Ruining Our Dating Lives?
The idea of a soulmate might sound like a fairytale, but plenty of people still believe in finding that perfect match. In this episode we dive into yo...
Male Friendships, Loneliness and AFL Culture w/ Brandon Jack
Ex-AFL player and author Brandon Jack tackles the peer pressure guys feel to fit in and some of the problematic ways men perform masculinity in their...
Is The 'Male Loneliness Epidemic' Real?
The conversation around men feeling lonely has become a lightning rod for social, political and cultural weigh-ins by everyone - but how do guys actua...
Is 'The Male Loneliness Epidemic' Real?
The conversation around men feeling lonely has become a lightning rod for social, political and cultural weigh-ins by everyone - but how do guys actua...
How To Deal With Mismatched Libidos
Have you got a different sex drive to your partner? When your libido is out of sync, you can feel guilt, shame and rejection, making you question if y...
How Often Should You Be Having Sex?
Everyone’s got a number in mind but whether you’re hitting that goal is a different story. From hormones and medication to the mental load and mismatc...
What Is PCOS? And Could I Have It?
If you have irregular periods, excess body hair, acne, weight gain and are struggling to get pregnant, you might have polycystic ovarian syndrome. PCO...
Why Is Queer Female Sexuality Not Taken Seriously?
If you're dating as a queer woman, have you ever felt like there’s an assumption that you’ll always “end up back with a man”? It seems like it’s a uni...
Should You Get Back With Your Ex or Move On?
Going through a break up right now and don’t know if you’ve made the right decision?
In this episode, Dee chats to couples therapist Liz Neal ab...
Is Getting Back With Your Ex Worth It?
So you wanna get back with your ex. It’s a pretty universal experience and you told us heaps of reasons why you tried to rekindle the relationship - w...
Is Your Relationship Worse Off If You Meet On A Dating App?
Are you using dating apps, or in a relationship with someone you met online?
Well, new global research found that couples who met through a scr...
Why We’re Not Having Kids Anymore
All over the globe, birth rates are falling and hitting critically low levels like we’ve never seen before. From the state of the economy and politica...
What To Do If You Can't Get (Or Stay) Hard
Ever struggled to get hard during sex? Or maybe you had an erection but then you lost it?
In this ep, we find out why erectile dysfunction happe...
Has Social Media Cooked Our Expectations Of Dating?
Princess treatment or bare minimum, “may this love find me” and the rejection of nonchalance are just a few dating trends going viral atm. We investig...
Mgen Is The STI You Don’t Know About (And It's Really Hard To Treat)
Mycoplasma genitalium or Mgen is an STI most people don't know exists - and yet it's super common and can be very difficult to treat due to antibiotic...
What Is A Lurker And Do You Have One?
Ever gone out with someone who ended the relationship but still watches your every move online? You might have a ‘lurker’ - someone who’s told you the...
The Science of Squirting & How To Do It
So many of you asked us how squirting happens, whether or not it’s actually pee and how to make it happen – so sex educator Georgia Grace answers all...
Does Dick Size Actually Matter?
There’s a lot of pressure on people with penises to be packing heat - but is having a big dick all that it’s cracked up to be? We hear your hot takes...
Period Farts, Cum Headaches & The Science Of Kinks w/ Dr Eva
Ever wondered why anti-depressants can impact your libido? Why your penis curves to the left (or right)? What causes thrush? Or how contraception affe...
Pornstar Angela White’s Advice For Amazing Sex
From queefing, squirting and best positions for orgasm, to eating pussy for the first time, prepping for anal and getting out of your head during sex...
Deep Fakes, Cyber Brothels, And AI Misogyny w/ Laura Bates
Everyone’s talking about the rise of AI, but what about AI and sexism?
Author and journalist Laura Bates has spent years investigating how techn...
Should We Be Worried About The Rise Of AI Relationships?
Whether it’s for friendship, therapy or sexual and romantic relationships, AI companions are becoming way more normalised. So what does this mean for...
Are Professor Student Relationships Ever Ok? w/ Madison Griffiths
When it comes to professor student relationships, a lot of people argue ‘if everyone’s an adult’ and ‘if everyone’s consenting’ there’s nothing wrong...
What It’s Like To Be In A ‘Taboo’ Relationship
Dating your best friend’s ex, boss/employee relationships, celebrities and fans, dating with a huge age gap - there are so many relationships that are...
When You Cum Too Quickly
If you struggle with finishing too quickly during sex (aka premature ejaculation) sexologist Cam Fraser is here to help. In this ep, we find out why i...
Is Birth Order Theory Actually Real?
Does the order in which you’re born impact your compatibility with a partner? According to ‘research’, opposites attract eg. first borns work are best...