Podcast
The Good Sex Project
Hosted by Popsock Media · EN
A podcast about good sex, good relationships and how to have them. Follow creator and host Melody Thomas as she meets everyday New Zealanders, who speak with striking openness and vulnerability about real issues in their sex and love lives. Meet internationally renowned experts with practical advice that you can use in your own life. The Good Sex Project is an internationally-award winning sexual revolution in podcast form. Get listening now! The Good Sex Project is made with the support of New Zealand on Air. If you want to get in touch with Melody or the team, please send us a message on Instagram - @goodsexproject - or email goodsexproject@gmail.com.
WARNING: This podcast contains frank conversations about sex and relationships, and includes some swearing. Some episodes also deal with themes around toxic relationships. WHERE TO GET HELP: Victim Support – 0800 842 846 (24-hour service). Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor. Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234, email: talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat. Rape Crisis – 0800 88 33 00 (will direct you to a nearby centre).
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BONUS: Digital Dangers - The New Rules, with Netsafe's Sean Lyons
2d ago00:26:52Summary readyYou don't have to do anything to become a victim of image-based sexual abuse. AI can now fabricate intimate images from a single photo - and the shame, fear, and coercion that follow are just as real as if it had actually happened. Melody talks to Netsafe's Sean Lyons about deepfakes, sextortion, nudify apps, and the organised crime networks behind them. Essential listening - especially if you have kids online.Make a submission to the deepfake digital harm and exploitation bill here Get in touch with Netsafe here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryBONUS: Sex Bots & Data Dilemmas with Dr Rebecca Saunders
2d ago00:38:02Summary readyYour data knows who you're attracted to. Your apps are learning how you love. And somewhere, an AI is waiting to be your perfect partner. Dr Rebecca Saunders talks to Melody about sex bots, relationship mediators, and the very human desires fuelling a very profitable industry.Dr Rebecca Saunders' Book Bodies of Work can be bought here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryArtificial Intimacy
4d ago00:43:22Summary readyMeet the new third wheel in modern dating: a chatbot. This episode digs into AI in our sex and love lives - Helen uses it to game the dating apps, until it works a little too well… and Rob turns to AI roleplay to explore his sexuality. But whose interests does it really serve - and what is it shaping us to desire? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryTRAILER: The Good Sex Project is back for Season 3!
1w ago00:01:31Summary readyEight episodes diving into the tricky topics - age gaps and AI, betrayal and repair, singleness and shame, sex work and saying things out loud, and the question of what it takes to become an extraordinary lover. Honest, human, funny and sometimes uncomfortable - It’s gonna be a ride! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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LOVE BITE: Charlie
3w ago00:28:31Summary readyWe meet Charlie, who charts a course through a restrictive childhood, people pleasing, mirroring, and an abusive relationship to thriving as a solo non-monogamous person living with various mental and physical health issues. Can rejecting the ‘rules’ of monogamy help you feel safer, freer, and more yourself? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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LOVE BITE: Jasmine
4w ago00:26:49Summary readyJasmine and her husband, together since their teens, had just started to reconnect and really learn about intimacy after having kids when Jasmine got a shock diagnosis. While they navigate Jasmine’s health journey, they continue to connect in ways that surprise them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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LOVE BITE: Chris
May 1200:28:10Summary readyWhen he was 14, Chris made a list of the attributes of his dream girlfriend. But as time ticked by, no-one made the grade. He was happy to wait until she appeared… but at some point he realised he was the only virgin on campus. And then M came along - who ticked almost none of his boxes, but was super fun and incredible. What should Chris do? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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LOVE BITE: Sarah and Lane
May 500:22:18Summary readyAfter three kids dulled their once-magnetic sex life, mid-40s couple Sarah and Lane throw out expectations and pressure, un-learn old patterns, add some new tantra tricks to the repertoire and rebuild connection through weekly ‘naked nights’. Find Libido Liberation on Insta - @libidoliberation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SummaryWe're BACK! And need YOU.
Aug 2600:01:34Tap to summarizeThe Good Sex Project will be back in 2026, and we're still looking for some people with specific experiences and stories to speak to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →BONUS: Live Masterclass with Nic Beets and Verity Thom
Sep 30, 202400:45:08Tap to summarizeIn association with Ensemble and live from The Village in Auckland, Melody is joined by intimacy and relationship experts Nic Beets and Verity Thom to discuss the vital role of having and re-centering pleasure in our lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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