Podcasts by The Meg-John & Justin Podcast
Podcasts about culture, sex, and relationships. From Justin Hancock. Home of the 'Meg-John & Justin' archive.
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Ask Justin: I've Never Had An Orgasm from 2022-02-18T16:08:24
It's another Ask Justin week and this time I'm reading out an article I've written which is available at patreon.com/culturesexrelationships 'I’ve Never Been Able To Orgasm.'
There are a ...
Tina Sikka: Sex, Consent and Justice from 2021-12-22T11:24:57
I think many of us might agree that #MeToo has been an important and much needed movement. Putting consent, sexual violence, instutional power, and genderered power dynamics, into our everyday con...
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Rebecca Saunders Bodies Of Work: the labour of sex in the digital age from 2021-12-09T16:17:05
When we talk about porn it’s invariably about what effects it causes. What is it doing to our sexualities, what is it teaching kids about sex, and blaming it for hacking into and hijacking our desi...
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Jacob Johannsen: Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere from 2021-11-26T10:10:50
Regular listeners of this podcast will know that we recently had Scott Burnett on the show to talk about his work on understanding online communities of men related to the No Fap movement, the mano...
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Dave Pickering: Podcasts from 2021-10-29T10:37:25
This week I chatted with the critically acclaimed, and multi award winner and nominee, podcaster Dave Pickering about podcasts.
You will hear:
- Dave doing an intro about their p...
Kim Loliya: The Body, Trauma, Oppression, and Solidarity from 2021-10-15T12:37:27
As many of us are getting used to opening up our lives again in the middle of a pandemic, we might start to feel different kinds of feelings and thoughts about how safe and comfortable we might fee...
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Sex Jams 7: Je t'aime (moi non plus) from 2021-10-01T12:23:13
We're back with another Sex Jams. This time it's the classic of the genre, Je t'aime (moi non plus). I love you (me neither). Dr Eleanor Janega and I (Justin Hancock) analyse it to death and ruin i...
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Ask Justin 5: Should We Have No Contact After A Break Up? from 2021-09-23T08:56:35
I've written a blog post to accompany this one which you can read over at the now unlocked Patreon post https://www.patreon.com/posts/56188508
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Meg - John And Justin: Kink from 2021-09-07T10:29:27
We're back with a Meg-John and Justin episode
We chatted about:
Why we haven’t talked about kink as different to any other erotic / sexual / sensual activity.
How common...
Rachel Thompson: Rough from 2021-08-23T13:59:20
As we’ve covered recently in the episodes with Katherine Angel and Joy Townsend, the on-going journey to sexual subjectivity for women is often difficult and fraught with harms, violence, degrees o...
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Scott Burnett: Masculinities, Masturbation and No Fap from 2021-08-13T11:14:01
As we covered in a recent podcast Her Sexual Self, drawing and redrawing our sexual or asexual subjectivities is something that we are all in the process of doing - whether we know it or not. How d...
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Ask Justin 4: Her Asexual Self from 2021-08-06T14:45:46
I'm doing things a bit differently this week as my 'Ask Justin' episode is just me reading out advice which I've written in a column, over at the patreon. I thought I'd try this approach out. I'm m...
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Her Sexual Self: Joy Townsend from 2021-07-23T11:08:35
I’m afraid the audio of this episode isn’t as good as usual because we had to rely on the back up recording. Sorry about that.
I’m also going to give you a content note here in particular...
Time: Mental Health And Prison from 2021-07-02T11:21:10
Before we start here's some housekeeping. This show is inspired by Time, the drama on BBC 1 that concluded last week and is available on iplayer. It’s not a review of the show but there are a coupl...
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Juliet Jacques Variations from 2021-06-20T13:52:39
I was delighted to be joined by Juliet Jacques, who is a writer, film maker, and one of our leading cultural commentators. We talked about her latest book Variations which is her debut short story ...
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Digital Intimacies from 2021-06-08T11:41:53
I was delighted to be joined by Jamie Hakim and Ingrid Young to talk about their project ‘Digital Intimacies: how gay and bisexual men use their smartphones to negotiate their cultures of intimacy’...
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Eurovision Sex Jams Special from 2021-05-22T22:05:21
We did a live stream on our new twitch stream twitch.tv/culturesexrel just now about Eurovision. Here's the audio!
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Ask Justin 3: Non-Monogamy, BDSM, arousal and desire from 2021-05-13T15:57:57
This weeks' Culture Sex Relationships is the 3rd Ask Justin. You send your questions and I try and give great advice. There are three questions this week.
One on sex discrepancies and ope...
Decriminalise Sex Work from 2021-04-29T11:44:55
I chatted with Sarah from Decrim Now about the laws around sex work and why it's an issue at the moment. We cover the current position (which is partial criminalisation), the Nordic Model (which cr...
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MJ&J Opening Up Again from 2021-04-16T12:51:06
Meg-John and I did a show about how we might slowly begin to open up again. How we might be able to make it easier for others. The importance of good consensual processes (and how we can pay attent...
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Katherine Angel: Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again from 2021-04-06T15:39:49
This has been out and available on the Patreon feed for a few days now, so you've been denied the freshest of takes until now. If you want to hear future episodes early and in full, then please sup...
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Sex Jams 6: Freak Nasty from 2021-03-17T17:25:32
This week we do Freak Nasty: which is both a jam and a bop according to Eleanor. It's an extremely interesting sex jam which flips subjectivities and desire whilst also being extremely interested i...
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Ask Justin 2: Consent and Vaccine Discourse from 2021-03-02T13:21:11
Here are the questions and some of the links I mentioned
"Everyone I know and everyone I follow on social media is very pro-vaccines and so I kind of go along with the crowd on this one, w...
It's A Sin Review from 2021-02-23T14:01:54
It’s a Sin Review
This week I was delighted to be joined by Silva Neves to talk about It’s A Sin, which is a very popular mini-series on Channel 4 (available to watch here) https://www.cha...
Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi: Hell Yeah Self Care! from 2021-02-15T18:41:46
I was delighted to be joined today to chat with Meg-John and Alex about their excellent new workbook 'Hell Yeah Self Care!'
We chatted about:
The importance of self care
Why people crit...
Ask Justin 1: How Can I Ask My Bubble If They Want To Have Sex from 2021-02-05T16:35:16
"Hey! I want to say thanks for all your work — it’s great and I’ve recommended this podcast to a bunch of mates. You’re really doing a service here and I’m incredibly appreciative.
My ques...
Sex Jams 4: Sexual Healing from 2021-01-29T14:22:29
This week we do one of the best Sex Jams of all time Sexual Healing, by the incredible Marvin Gaye. We love this song so much but have you ever read the lyrics? Marvin is really ill and should not ...
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Sex Jams 5: Sexual Healing from 2021-01-29T13:22:29
This week we do one of the best Sex Jams of all time Sexual Healing, by the incredible Marvin Gaye. We love this song so much but have you ever read the lyrics? Marvin is really ill and should not ...
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Bridgerton Review from 2021-01-22T12:51:53
In this episode I’m joined by my pal Sara, to review the Netflix show Bridgerton. Over 63 million people have watched it and apparently it’s the 5th most popular Netflix show of all time.
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Cassie Thornton: The Hologram from 2021-01-15T15:10:40
This week I chatted with Cassie Thornton and her work 'The Hologram'. The Hologram is a viral, social technology to help us to give and receive peer to peer support for our health. Health here bein...
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Sex Jams 4: Last Christmas watchalong from 2020-12-23T20:23:23
Let's all watch the video to Last Christmas by Wham! together. It's definitely not a sex jam, but there's an *interesting* relationship dynamic in the video that we talk about. We explain how you c...
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Elsie Whittington: Consent Education from 2020-12-14T15:06:26
This week I chatted with Elsie Whittington about consent education. We've both been working on this a lot recently so it was a mutual chat rather than an interview. We chatted about how consent sho...
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Sex Jams 3: 2 Become 1 from 2020-12-07T18:49:21
First of all, there's an announcement about the show and why we've re-branded from 'Meg-John & Justin' to 'Culture Sex Relationships'
Then we have episode 3 of Sex Jams! This one is about ...
Sex Jams 2: One Minute Man from 2020-11-30T16:57:13
In episode 2 we chat about One Minute Man, by Missy Eliot, featuring Ludacris and Trina. We discuss the narratives around premature ejaculation, desire, masculinities, objectification, and oral. El...
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Sex Jams 1: I Want Your Sex from 2020-11-23T15:59:49
A new podcast as part of the Meg-John & Justin universe!
'Sex Jams' is where a sex educator and a sex historian discuss songs to do with sex. Justin and Eleanor this week start with Georg...
Everything Is Still Terrible (there's a pandemic on you know) from 2020-08-27T15:15:04
This time on the podcast we attempted to normalise the tough feelings that most of us are having at this phase of the Covid-19 pandemic (going into Autumn/Fall 2020). Using the ‘Phases of Disaster’...
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Consent In Relationships from 2020-08-18T19:43:51
Here's us chatting about consent in romantic relationships. We originally did this for our Patreon feed, so they've been able to listen to this for ages now. Lucky them! Join now from just $1.20 a ...
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Kindness Part One from 2020-08-02T06:09:49
This time on the podcast we discussed kindness. Here on our free feed you can listen to our overview of what kindness is and why it’s so important. Then please check out our Patreon to listen to pa...
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July Questions from 2020-07-10T09:17:42
[Sorry the sound isn't as great as usual]
Earpal Questions
This time on the podcast we answered four listener questions. Here’s a few notes on the questions and our answers. They ...
Desert Island Discs from 2020-06-25T16:14:48
Sociological review playlist: The Meg-John and Justin desert island discs
This time on the podcast we talked about our desert island discs - the songs that we most relate to our Meg-John a...
Normal People from 2020-05-18T12:59:58
In this edition of the podcast we thoroughly unpacked the recent TV show Normal People. For an overview of advice about sex, relationships, and ourselves - based on the show - check out Justin’s po...
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Neoliberalism and Sex and Relationships from 2020-04-24T09:57:42
This time on the podcast we answered a listener’s question: What is this neoliberalism (that we often mention) and how does it relate to sex and relationships.
Read the full show notes / b...
Radical Hygge And How We Can Have A Better Life from 2020-04-10T09:26:11
Justin was joined by Joana Ramiro, a freelance journalist. We chatted about a concept which Joana calls Radical Hygge. About how in this moment of coronavirus we might think of ways to collectively...
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Love In The Time Of COVID 19 from 2020-03-27T15:32:57
This time on the podcast we went through the different kinds of love - as suggested by the Ancient Greeks - to consider how each of those might be done in the time of Covid-19.
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Stress And Coronavirus from 2020-03-13T17:01:47
Special bonus episode for this week. Today on the podcast we talked about how to deal with the stress that a lot of us are experiencing around Covid-19. Read more about this at our website megjohna...
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Sickness And Consent from 2020-03-11T13:11:22
This episode of the podcast was a Corona virus special where we reflected on the issues that the virus raises for consent, from the micro level of self-consent to the macro level of wider culture a...
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Sex Addiction from 2020-02-28T13:06:46
A while back a listener asked us to do a podcast to help people who were worrying that they might be a sex addict. MJ decided to do an interview with their friend Dominic Davies - the head of Pink ...
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Preview: Trust from 2020-02-21T11:46:20
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Unlocked - Four Weddings and a Funeral from 2020-02-05T16:23
We're having a couple of weeks off the podcast to catch up with other stuff #gentleness. In the meantime please enjoy our first ever episode for our Patreon feed, a watch-along of Four Weddings and...
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Preview: Teasing from 2020-01-25T11:56:33
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Disagreeing With People from 2020-01-20T18:18:55
In this (long) episode we chatted about disagreeing with people. Firstly we talked about the differences between disagreements and challenging prejudice. Then we chatted about how to disagree with ...
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About Our Year And Our Year Ahead from 2019-12-31T13:22:38
We chatted a bit about what's been going on for us personally this year. Then we went through some of the podcasts titles we've done this year (both here and on our Patreon)to see whether we have t...
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Post Election Podcast from 2019-12-16T19:14:04
This week on the podcast we spoke about our feelings after the recent UK election, and about how people might cope in the aftermath of cultural events like this which can leave us feeling very prec...
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How To Be Accountable from 2019-11-28T20:35:41
In this show we talked about how you can be accountable when a friend or other person in your life comes to you to say that they’ve been hurt in some way by your behaviour or choices. Head to our w...
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Asexuality And Trauma from 2019-11-15T13:51:13
This week on the podcast we addressed a listener’s question about how we might go about knowing whether we are on the asexuality spectrum or whether our lack of sexual attraction is due to trauma i...
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Friend Break Ups from 2019-11-01T12:21:29
Back in June we did a couple of episodes about how to make friends. We thought we’d follow up with one for our Patrons about being intentional in ongoing friendships, and one for everyone about fri...
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Awkwardness from 2019-10-18T10:55:59
This time on the podcast Meg-John interviewed Elsie Whittington. Elsie is a researcher at Manchester Met Uni who did her PhD on consent and studies youth sexuality.
For the podcast episode...
Should I Go To Therapy from 2019-10-04T09:38:37
This week on Meg-John & Justin we podcasted about when to go to therapy. We covered the signs that therapy might be useful, what to expect from therapy, what it opens up and closes down, and how to...
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Journaling from 2019-09-20T18:06:50
This podcast we cover what journaling is, why people might do it as a form of self-care or self-reflection, and the different ways you can go about it. https://megjohnandjustin.com/you/journaling/
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How Do I Break Up The Band from 2019-09-06T21:09:44
We chat about how to break up the band and how to manage endings. We also chat about our favourite band break ups in history.
(Sorry about the annoying buzzing noise during it. That was Ju...
Self Love How To Do It from 2019-08-23T11:08:22
The last two weeks on the podcast we tackled the subject of self-love, or loving ourselves. Last week we focused on what self-love means, why we often struggle to do it, and why it’s important. Thi...
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Self Love Why It's Important But Also Hard To Do from 2019-08-09T16:08:45
The next two weeks on the podcast we tackle the subject of self-love, or loving ourselves. This week we focus on what it means, why we often struggle to do it, and why it’s important. Next week we ...
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Preview Four Weddings And A Funeral from 2019-08-02T09:17:14
This is a brief preview of our Four Weddings and a Funeral watch along episode. Available now in full from our new(and affordable)Patreon patreon.com/megjohnandjustin
Thanks!
Sex Discrepancies from 2019-07-30T09:42:09
Sex discrepancies or sexual incompatibility refers to having different levels of desire in a relationship: one person wanting sex more or less than the other/s. It can be about wanting different ty...
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New Relationship Energy NRE from 2019-07-18T16:51:04
(We recorded this a few weeks ago - in a pub)
This week on the podcast we unpack NRE: How it differs from a crush, what it closes down, and what it might open up - if we think about it dif...
How To Make Friends Advice On How To Do It from 2019-07-05T09:02:50
And here's the second part of our 'How to Make Friends' podcast. In this one we try to be a bit more practical and reflect on some of the things we can do to make friends and to make it easier for ...
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How To Make Friends Part One from 2019-06-28T13:33:25
How to make friends: Part 1, why it’s tricky
[I reuploaded this episode because the last two minutes were cut off. Sorry about that. Justin]
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Kiss My Genders from 2019-06-24T17:04:37
We went to see the Kiss My Genders art exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery in the Southbank Centre last Friday and we had a chat about what we thought about it. We think it's an important show a...
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Wanting To Be More Horny from 2019-06-14T18:07:18
Following from our ‘horny all the time’ podcast, this podcast explores what we might do if we are wanting to be more horny.
Read more about this at our blog https://megjohnandjustin.com/se...
Being With Joy from 2019-06-06T17:41:37
This time on the podcast we talked about an emotion that doesn’t get much coverage: joy. In wider culture there’s often a sense that it’s only okay to experience and express ‘positive’ emotions lik...
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Public Displays Of Affection from 2019-05-31T11:49:04
This episode we responded to a listener question about PDAs. They were particularly concerned about how to navigate PDAs in a non-monogamous relationship: to what extent is it acceptable for their ...
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We Watch When Harry Met Sally from 2019-05-24T13:52:46
We needed to do something fun for us, so we decided to watch one of our favourite rom coms together and record what we said. So think of this like us providing a commentary like what you get on DVD...
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Talking About Sex Too Much With Friends from 2019-05-17T13:01:28
This episode we addressed a question sent in by a listener about talking about sex with their friend. Specifically they wanted to know what to do when most of their conversations with their friend ...
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Values in a Relationship from 2019-04-08T11:16:50
On the podcast this time we talked about the importance of being aware of values in relationships, and how this can be challenging particularly when our values differ, or become more different over...
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Justin Chats With Eleanor Janega About The Objectification of Sex from 2019-03-30T11:43:07
[Little content note: we mention rape but we don't go into any detail at all. Also it's a bit more sweary than our usual podcasts, if you or anyone near you doesn't like swearing.]
We thou...
Horny All The Time from 2019-03-23T10:30:32
What do I do if I’m horny all the time?
This time on the podcast we addressed the issue of what to do if you feel horny a lot of the time.
The first thing we considered was whethe...
Life Isn't Binary from 2019-03-15T09:27:01
In this special episode Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi answer a series of questions about all things non-binary posed by their publisher, Jessica Kingsley, to celebrate LGBT History Month in the...
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Saying 'I Love You' from 2019-02-26T14:49:13
Saying I love you
(this was meant to be out a couple of weeks ago but between us we've been ill/injured. Sorry about that)
In the lead up to Valentine’s day, on the podcast we discuss...
What's Love but a Biopsychosocial Phenomenon from 2019-02-11T12:03:42
This time on the podcast we discussed ‘what’s love?’ and not just as an excuse to revisit eighties/nineties classic tunes. With Valentine’s approaching what do we mean by love, and why might we cel...
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Are You Struggling With New Years Resolutions from 2019-01-10T17:32:08
We had a chat about New Year's Resolutions today and recorded it. Advice for you here about how you can relate to changes and resolutions that might be a bit kinder and more useful to you.
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Coming Out At Christmas from 2018-12-20T22:42:52
Coming out at Christmas, or telling friends and family big news about us at holiday or other important times.
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Men, Masculinities And The Seduction Industry from 2018-12-07T13:39:43
Hello dear listener.
We had a chat with Dr Rachel O'Neil (@DrRachelONeil on twitter) about her book 'Seduction. Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy' which you can buy here http://poli...
Our Chat on the Radio About Consent from 2018-11-21T12:03:51
Over the summer we recorded a nice chat with the lovely people at Whistledown Productions for a documentary about consent on Radio 4. Presented by Jameela Jalil the New Age of Consent was about con...
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Modern Couples At The Barbican from 2018-11-09T15:28:16
We had a look around the Modern Couples exhibition at the Barbican https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/modern-couples-art-intimacy-and-the-avant-garde which is all about the relationshi...
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Relationship Diversity from 2018-10-29T14:14:39
This time we explored the theme of relationship diversity, that is the range of different styles of relationships that exist. People often think about diversity when it comes to sexuality - and inc...
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My sex therapist is talking about solo sex but I only want partnered sex from 2018-10-09T11:56:19
This week we answer a question from a listener. "My sex therapist is talking about solo sex as part of our work - but I only want to do things with my partner."
Here our response and whet...
Writing Our Own Scripts from 2018-09-27T13:22:44
More about this episode at our blog
https://megjohnandjustin.com/writing-our-own-scripts
Do We Have a Responsibility to Do Self-Care in Relationships? from 2018-09-12T15:19:39
This week on the podcast we discussed whether self-care was a relationship responsibility and - if so - how we go about doing it.
We started with the fact that self-care is very challengin...
Avoiding Painful Sex from 2018-08-30T11:33:14
Content note. We chat about different kinds of pain and also talk a little bit about injury and trauma.
This podcast is all about pain and sex, with a focus on how to ensure that sex isn’...
Enjoy Penis In Vagina Sex from 2018-08-15T19:28:58
Here we chat about how we might go about enjoying penis in vagina sex more. Which is a bit of a radical departure for us, so we hope you find it useful.
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Trans and the GRA from 2018-07-26T19:10
Trans and the GRA
This week we spent the podcast talking about trans and the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) given that this is in the news so much at the moment.
More details (and links)...
How Can You Deal With Jealousy? from 2018-07-05T16:16:17
This week on the podcast we tackled the issue of jealousy in answer to the following question…
Is jealousy healthy in a relationship? Or else, is the absence of jealousy unhealthy or even ...
Gender And Sexual Diversity Discussion Panel For Pride from 2018-07-04T11:29:40
Cosmopolitan x Instagram created #AskMeThisNotThis campaign, which was created in collaboration with influential LGBTQ+ figures and explores the outdated and often offensive questions they’re sick...
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Gender Stories X Meg-John & Justin Collab from 2018-06-19T13:15:53
Here we chat with Alex Iantaffi our mate, who now hosts the wonderful podcast Gender Stories. You can search for this through the usual podcast platforms. He can also be found at http://genderstori...
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Should You Get Back With Your Ex from 2018-05-29T13:12:42
In the podcast this week we talked around a topic that a listener had emailed in about: the wisdom of getting back together with somebody you’ve broken up with. They rightly pointed out that a lot ...
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Staying With Feelings In Relationships from 2018-05-21T12:01:31
Staying with feelings in relationships
In the last podcast we ended with a point about how it’s always okay for people to have the feelings they have, and that it’s important to cultivate the a...
Changing Relationship Agreements Over Time from 2018-05-09T21:22:58
Changing relationship agreements over time
We were inspired to do this podcast by a Dan Savage podcast where Dan suggested that a non-monogamous person starting a relationship with a monogamous...
Toilets and Sex from 2018-05-01T14:46:06
We tried to think of a really easy question for us to answer like 'what do I do if I need to fart whilst getting a blowjob?' But this being us, we unpacked this to talk about how we might navigate ...
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How To Get Laid from 2018-04-20T10:05:23
This podcast covers the different ways to go about getting laid - having unpacked what that means, and how it might mean different things for different people of course.
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Queer Eye Hot Take from 2018-04-10T10:24:40
Here's a bonus podcast with our hot take on Queer Eye (which is a show on Netflix that's right up in our wheel house - although Justin has no idea what a wheel house is, a house made of wheels?). W...
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Deliberate Non Consent from 2018-03-29T09:07:32
Content warning: In this post - and podcast - we discuss deliberately non-consensual behaviour. We don’t give any detailed descriptions, but we do touch on things like rape culture, the low convict...
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How To Give Sex Advice from 2018-03-23T09:09:08
Hear our panel discussion with Girl On The Net about how to give sex advice (full title, how to give *responsible* sex advice). Read the blog here http://megjohnandjustin.com/sex/give-sex-advice/
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Feeling Better About Our Bodies from 2018-03-16T15:01:45
We discuss how we might feel better about our bodies. So we touch on the social messages we get about bodies and this includes us talking about fatphobia, diets, 'health', disablism, but we don't g...
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What Is Romance? from 2018-03-06T10:33:44
In this podcast we decided to unpack romance… and kind of put it back together in a different form. By the end of the podcast we realised we’d followed a similar line to the line we follow with sex...
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Dealing With Trauma on a Hook Up from 2018-01-31T16:30:14
This week we answered a question about trauma and hookups on the podcast. A content note up front is that this episode does cover issues of sexual abuse/assault and trauma responses/PTSD. So if tho...
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7 Tips For A Consensual Hook Up from 2018-01-25T14:09:15
In this episode we explore how to go about having a hookup consensually, given that this has been in the headlines recently with the story about Aziz Ansari.
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Who To Talk To About Sex And Other Questions from 2018-01-09T15:14:33
For this one we decided to take a leaf out awesome sex & relationships podcaster Dan Savage’s book and answer a few questions from listeners together on one show. Content warning: this episode begi...
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The Christmas Special from 2017-12-20T16:57:44
The podcast this time is all about how to make the festive season as consensual and self-caring as possible. http://megjohnandjustin.com/you/the-christmas-special
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Where We Talk About Cat Person from 2017-12-12T16:36:40
In this podcast we discuss the short story ‘Cat Person’ by Kristen Roupenian which appeared in The New Yorker last week and has been shared all over social media, partly due to its resonances with ...
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Sex After Injury from 2017-12-07T16:43:08
A quick companion piece to the latest podcast 'Sex Under The Weather' where we answer a listener's question about sex after injury.
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Sex Under The Weather from 2017-12-07T12:09:19
This week on the podcast we focused on how to navigate sex when you’re feeling physically or emotionally under the weather or low, as many people do over the Winter period.
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Where We Talk About Us from 2017-12-01T01:02:26
In this episode we chat about our work together in the light of really disappointing sales of our book. We reflect on our discussions we've been having lately about whether we should continue worki...
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Make Consent Your Aim from 2017-11-23T12:49:34
Post #MeToo we chatted some more about consent. Rather than making someone do something that we want them to do, what if our aim was consent? #consent #MJandJ
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Power And Consent from 2017-10-19T13:02:17
Recorded before #MeToo started trending again, we talk about power and consent in light of the recent Harvey Weinstein allegations. We don't talk about specifics but generally about power and conse...
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Dating A Trans Person from 2017-10-10T09:12:27
In this week’s podcast we answer the following question:
"I'm an older queer guy who's just started dating a really lovely trans man. Apart from talking to him, which we are doing, where c...
How To Deal With Crushes from 2017-10-02T15:31:31
Today we’re talking about having crushes on people when you can’t do anything about it. For example: if you work together; or they (or you) are in a monogamous relationship; or where there is a pow...
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Bi Visibility from 2017-09-20T09:52:38
Content note: There’s brief mention of biphobic stereotypes, domestic abuse, and sexual assault in this post and podcast.
For Bi visibility week we talk about some of the issues that may ...
Is Porn a Big Issue in Sexual Health? from 2017-09-12T15:48:44
It's Sexual Health Week this week and the focus here in the UK is on porn and how we can teach young people about it. Listen to us chat about whether porn is actually the sexual health issue that p...
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Gender Chat With Alex Iantaffi from 2017-09-12T12:42:50
We have a lovely chat with Alex Iantaffi about gender and about Alex and MJ's new book 'How to Understand Your Gender' which is really brilliant.
http://www.jkp.com/uk/how-to-understand-y...
How to Have Reliable Orgasms from 2017-08-25T09:45:03
This week we have a question "If people do decide that that they want to learn to be "better" at sex... How would you advise a woman who has enjoyable sex with her(female) partners but would better...
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Sex Positivity from 2017-08-18T12:20:27
So we don't describe ourselves as 'sex positive'. This might sounds pretty strange to you cos we've written a book called ‘Enjoy Sex’ which sounds pretty positive right? And surely we’re not negat...
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Hierarchies from 2017-08-11T11:07:25
We chat about hierarchies of different kinds of relationships and why they might be bad for other relationships but also can be bad for that one at the top. You can read a blog/transcript of what w...
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Our Guide To No from 2017-08-03T10:49:05
Our guide to NO. Our latest offering in taking a very simple sounding thing and unpacking it to give you properly useful advice (rather than 'just say no' or 'no means no')
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Enjoy Non Genital Sex from 2017-07-28T10:36:55
In this episode we chat about how you might explore different kinds of sex that don't involve your genitals. Not only is this good for people who are not into genital sex but it will also be great ...
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Bonus Episode: Let's Talk About Sex St Barnabas House from 2017-07-20T10:08:14
A recording of a panel discussion involving us and artist Aleksandra Karpowicz at St Barnabas House in London's Soho. We talked about her amazing project 'Let's Talk About Sex'. You can see the ima...
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Episode 15 - Discrepancy In Desire from 2017-07-10T15:00:26
How to deal with a discrepancy in desire in a long-term relationship? We have tons of advice in this podcast for you. If you like this, you'll LOVE our book Enjoy Sex (How, When and IF You Want To)...
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Episode 14 - Master Of None from 2017-06-30T14:29:11
Where we talk about Master of None series 2 and give some relationship advice to Dev. Dude needs to read about relationship anarchy and to buy our 'Make Your Own Relationship User Manual' zine.
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Episode 13 - Triggering from 2017-06-20T21:40:11
Where we give advice about triggering, what it is and how to deal with it. Content note: we discuss different meanings of 'being triggered' and how to approach being triggered. We don't describe de...
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Episode 12 Where We Chat With Girl On The Net from 2017-06-06T10:48:20
We were thrilled excited, exhilarated, but not orgasmic to have Girl On The Net join us for a pint and a chat! YAY! She told us about her exciting audio porn project and we chatted about erotic fan...
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Episode 11 - Introducing Our Fantasy Zine from 2017-05-30T11:11:13
Here we introduce our new zine 'Understanding Ourselves Through Erotic Fantasy' available now http://megjohnandjustin.com/product/understanding-erotic-fantasies-zine/ Sorry if this is a bit noisy, ...
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Episode 10 - Introducing Our Sex Zine from 2017-05-16T14:05:36
Here we chat about our Make Your Own Sex Manual zine and how it might help you to negotiate and communicate more about what kind of sexual relationships you want. You can buy it here for £2.50 http...
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Episode 9 - Love Stories and Rom Coms from 2017-05-02T08:42:15
Where we talk about love (Justin gets asked a lot about love) and rom coms. We try to use popular culture to unpack the messages we receive about love and relationships. If you like this idea you m...
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Episode 8: Masturbating Too Much from 2017-04-13T17:24:34
Where we give advice for if you think you are masturbating too much (obviously we unpack that and examine the cultural messages we receive about wanking, debunk sex addiction and give advice about ...
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Episode 7: Top And Bottom from 2017-04-07T09:55:13
Here we talk about what we mean by 'top and bottom' in sex and relationships. Is it necessary, who does what and how to do it consensually.
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Episode 6: Is It Okay To Ask A Partner To Modify Their Body from 2017-03-11T09:46:58
How okay is it to ask a partner to modify their body? We tackle this super hard question in this week's episode and also have a quick chat about what we've been up to lately.
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Episode 5 How To Start Communicating With Someone About Sex from 2017-02-17T13:45:07
"People always say that communication is the key to good sex, but how do you get started?" Our first actual question! YAY! Hear our advice about how to communicate and how to communicate about comm...
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Book Launch! from 2017-02-10T11:39:59
We recorded our talky talk bit at the launch of #EnjoySex at Queen's Park Books last month. We talk about the process #meta, how we got working together #consent, sex education, the tea video (UGH)...
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The Book and Zines. Trance, Intimacy and Roles from 2017-01-19T15:55:16
Here we talk about 'Enjoy Sex' being out and how we feel about that. We also talk about our zines but also about trance, intimacy and roles during sex. Oh and Ikea.
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Small Penis from 2016-12-15T13:20:52
Here we talk about how to navigate sex and relationships with a small penis. Lots of (hopefully) helpful advice and support about the cultural pressure to have a particular kind of body, a particul...
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Introduction from 2016-12-15T12:34:15
Here Meg-John and Justin introduce the podcast, talk about what they want to do with it and interview each other!
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