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The Good Sex Project

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  • Phone A Friend

    August 4, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    We're wrapping up Season 3 by checking back in with some of the people who've stayed with us longest. Porte, the radio announcer who lost his legs in a train accident in his twenties and was last heard from in his seventies, deep in a…

  • Naked Honesty

    July 28, 2026 · 47 min

    Shame thrives in silence, and nowhere more than in the territory of sex and sexuality. This final episode makes the case for why talking about the taboo isn't just cathartic but quietly radical: a way of dissolving isolation, dismantling…

  • Dr Peggy Kleinplatz - What Makes Sex Magnificent

    July 23, 2026 · 55 min

    Twenty years ago, Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz had a seven-and-a-half-month waiting list of couples stuck in the same story: one partner wants sex, the other doesn't, and both feel broken. So she stopped studying what goes wrong and started…

  • The Real Sealed Section

    July 21, 2026 · 42 min

    What separates good sex from sex that’s genuinely transformative? This episode starts with a challenge: one couple's New Year’s resolution to pursue 365 orgasms (for her) in a year, and what that commitment unlocked for them about…

  • Letting Go of the Fairytale: Brynley Stent on Singles Club Season 2

    July 19, 2026 · 41 min

    Comedian and actress Brynley Stent (Shortland Street, Taskmaster, 7 Days) joins Melody Thomas for a candid, funny chat about love, singledom, and why finding "the one" doesn't magically fix everything. They talk about the vulnerability of…

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  • Letter To My Libido

    July 14, 2026 · 36 min

    Five writers. Five letters to their libido. Equal parts filthy, funny, and unexpectedly profound - a bonus episode to balance out this week's heavier one. This is a bonus episode with a different shape: five writers - Nadine Hura, Sam…

  • Tender Ground

    July 14, 2026 · 48 min

    Sexual trauma doesn't end when the event does. Its effects ripple forward - into how we see ourselves, how we move through intimacy, how we flinch or freeze or dissociate in moments that are supposed to feel safe. This episode explores the…

  • Gender Attitudes in Aotearoa with Dr Rebecca Stringer

    July 9, 2026 · 43 min

    New Zealand's Gender Attitudes Survey shows a sharp rise, particularly among young men, in adherence to rape myths and the belief that gender equality has gone too far. Rebecca Stringer, associate professor in gender studies at Otago…

  • Gap Year

    July 7, 2026 · 45 min

    Divide your age by two and add seven. It's the rule nobody made up officially, yet somehow everyone knows it. But where did it come from - and does it actually mean anything? This episode pulls apart the age-gap conversation: when a…

  • The Angel in the Algorithm - Madelaine Thomas on protecting your intimate images

    July 2, 2026 · 23 min

    Madelaine Thomas had her intimate images leaked without consent while working as a dominatrix -  and couldn't find any technology that would have helped her identify the culprit.  So she built it. A bonus conversation about Image Angel…

  • Skin In The Game

    June 30, 2026 · 42 min

    Sex work is often called the world's oldest profession. It’s survived moral panics, technological leaps, a global pandemic, and endless political debate. This episode looks at the state of sex work in Aotearoa New Zealand - one of the few…

  • Bella DePaulo - Single at Heart

    June 25, 2026 · 36 min

    Social Psychologist and author Bella DePaulo is 72, single by choice, and has spent decades proving that single life isn't a consolation prize. In this conversation she shares the research on why married people aren't actually happier, how…

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About the show

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). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.