Sex in Space

#17 - Dr Laurie Betito / A regular ”sexpert”

February 22, 2022 02:10 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB

Welcome! Today Dr Jane Cherrington is back, talking to Dr. Laurie Betito. Dr. Betito is a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in Sexual Wellness, and has been a practicing Psychotherapist for over 30 years, and has published several academic papers. She’s a regular “sexpert” on TV in her native Canada, and she’s hosted her own show called “let’s talk sex” on MenTV. She’s been featured in such magazines as MENZ magazine. MUM magazine, and A2Z Parents. She’s written an amazing book ...

#16 - Dr Jane Fleishman / Sex and older adults

January 13, 2022 02:31 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

Welcome to the first episode of 2022. This week it’s our very own Dr Jane Cherrington, talking to Dr Jane Fleishman, who is an angelic trouble maker and sexuality educator, who specialises in sex and older adults, and she is on a mission… Enjoy. If you need little more Dr Jane Fleishman in your life, or maybe somebody else’s life, then head on over to: https://www.janefleishman.com/ ...and check out her TEDxTalk: “Is it ok for Grandma to have sex?” https://youtu.be/TgXBD48ju18 - - ...

#15 - Girls Get Off / Empowering pleasure

November 18, 2021 20:19 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB

Today we share an awesome interview with Viv and Jo, AKA Girls Get Off, who are on an absolute mission to empower women in all things pleasurable, removing the stigma or taboo that comes with talking about (and making the most of) getting off. They're all about riding that O Train and helping other women to do it too. Check them out at: https://girlsgetoff.co.nz/ Follow them at: https://www.instagram.com/girlsgetoff/ https://www.facebook.com/girlsgetoff The shout out for today, than...

#14 - Sonya Renee Taylor / Radical self-love

November 08, 2021 21:51 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

Our Guest this Pod is the gorgeous Sonya Renee Taylor – award winning Performance Poet, long-time activist, educator and transformational leader. Force of nature. Sonya is Founder and Radical Executive Officer of the delightfully named: ‘The Body is Not An Apology’ (TBINAA), a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Check her out at: https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/ https:/...

#13 - That‘s Handi / Disability and sexuality

October 20, 2021 23:46 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

Welcome to season 2! This episode we are featuring an interview with Heather Morrison and Andrew Gurza. The co-founders of Handi. Handi are literally making sex toys designed by and for disabled people. Handi was started with the belief that everyone should be able to ‘get off’ so they’re on a mission to put sexual pleasure within (everyone’s) reach. They unpack their fascinating origin story, their research and their fantastic first cab of the rank toy, The Handi Joystick. It’s a great ch...

#12 - Olivia Hall / Painful sex and reclaiming the word “fat”

October 19, 2021 08:39 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

This episode we are featuring an interview with the wonderful Olivia Hall. Olivia has a master’s in gender at the London school of economics where she wrote her thesis on women’s experiences with painful sex and seeking medical support. She has an undergraduate degree in gender and politics from the university of Otago and completed her honours in sociology at Victoria university of Wellington. Her undergraduate thesis looked at fat women’s experiences navigating sex and sexuality in Aot...

#11 - School of Sexuality Education / Combating sexual illiteracy

May 30, 2021 23:20 - 1 hour - 65 MB

In this episode we share an interview with a formidable double act, the lovely Dolly Padalia and Dr Emma Chan from the the School of Sexuality Education. Since recording this interview, their organisation has had a name change. They used to be called Sexplain, so you’ll hear that pop up a couple of times during our chat. Dolly Padalia is deputy CEO & COO of the School of Sexuality Education out of the UK - an organisation that offers inclusive and comprehensive sex education for the 21st c...

#11 - School of Sexuality Education / Combatting sexual illiteracy

May 30, 2021 23:20 - 1 hour - 65 MB

In this episode we share an interview with a formidable double act, the lovely Dolly Padalia and Dr Emma Chan from the the School of Sexuality Education. Since recording this interview, their organisation has had a name change. They used to be called Sexplain, so you’ll hear that pop up a couple of times during our chat. Dolly Padalia is deputy CEO & COO of the School of Sexuality Education out of the UK - an organisation that offers inclusive and comprehensive sex education for the 21st c...

#10 - Cole Meyers / Authentic trans representation

May 19, 2021 02:39 - 1 hour - 82.2 MB

For episode number 10 we are sharing great conversation we had with Cole Meyers. Cole is a writer, activist and educator. They are the writer and co-producer for the recent internationally and critically acclaimed film Rūrangi. He works as a consultant on trans and gender diverse narratives and inclusion in film, television, web series and theatre, including at Shortland Street, where he is currently a dialogue writer and previously a story-liner. He is a regular speaker and interviewee on t...

#10 - Cole Meyers / Authentic Trans Representation

May 19, 2021 02:39 - 1 hour - 82.2 MB

For episode number 10 we are sharing great conversation we had with Cole Meyers. Cole is a writer, activist and educator. They are the writer and co-producer for the recent internationally and critically acclaimed film Rūrangi. He works as a consultant on trans and gender diverse narratives and inclusion in film, television, web series and theatre, including at Shortland Street, where he is currently a dialogue writer and previously a story-liner. He is a regular speaker and interviewee on t...

#09 - Evie Fehilly / Drag king, clown and sex educator

May 03, 2021 22:50 - 1 hour - 64 MB

This week share a great conversation we had with Evie Fehilly. Sex educator, clown and sex clown. Drag king, queen and all-round queer mega-star, Fehilly creates taboo busting theatre, but also puts sex education at the core of her work – both hosting the sex-clown cabaret in London, and running workshops at feminist sex shop – Sh! Check them out at: https://www.instagram.com/eviefehilly or: https://www.eviefehilly.com/ Sh! https://www.sh-womenstore.com/ Evie's charity of choice to...

#08 - Dame Catherine Healy / Sex work, empowerment and activism

April 21, 2021 21:32 - 1 hour - 75.1 MB

This week we bring you an amazing conversation with Dame Catherine Healy. She spearheaded the decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand, is national co-ordinator and founding member of the NZPC, Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective, the only sex worker union in New Zealand, and is world-renowned speaker, researcher and advocate for sex workers rights and de-stigmatising our sex workers. Check out NZPC, Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective https://www.nzpc.org.nz ...

#07 - Ash Holwell / Raising kids without gender

April 12, 2021 03:19 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MB

We're back after a little easter break. This week, we bring you the wonderful Ash Holwell! Born in Whangārei NZ, Ash has trained, studied and worked as an industrial designer, artist, and theatre maker in Wellington, Rotterdam, Vienna, and Auckland. He is known in both Whangarei and Pōneke as a free-thinking entrepreneur, who creates spaces for community connection and radical resource distribution from the ground up. In Whangarei, he started Whare Bike, OneOneSix and in Te Whanganui a Tara...

#06 - Chye-Ling Huang / Asian sexuality and open relationships

March 30, 2021 10:39 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

We sat down with Chye-Ling Huang, who is a Chinese-Pākehā director, writer and actress, and co-founder of Proudly Asian Theatre Company, which is dedicated to showcasing and empowering Asian storytellers in Aotearoa. She is currently lighting up the small screen in New Zealand playing 'Theo' on our national soap - Shortland Street. She dropped in to talk to us about her documentary Asian Men Talk About Sex and her experience of the intersections between sex, sexuality and Asian identity in N...

#05 - Kassie Hartendorp / Sexuality and indigeneity

March 24, 2021 09:35 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

This week we're sharing a conversation with Kassie Hartendorp who is an incredible political activist and a passionate advocate for the LGBTQIA and takatāpui communities. She is Director at ActionStation - which is an independent, crowdfunded, community campaigning organisation - and studies Ahunga Tikanga – which are Māori Laws and Philosophy at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. She came to talk to us about indigenous gender, sexuality and the decolonisation of the ways we educate and celebrate LGBTQIA...

#04 - Mark Fisher / HIV and making babies

March 16, 2021 10:19 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

This weeks interview is with Mark Fisher, an international and now local leader in the HIV sector, who now heads Body Positive, an organisation committed to advancing the care and quality of life for people living with HIV in Aotearoa. He has also worked closely with Women Positive and NZ Aids Foundation to set up the world’s first ever HIV positive Sperm Bank in 2019, which he will talk more about with us today, and the ongoing stigma that still surrounds the HIV positive community. Che...

#03 - Robyn Salisbury / Finding sex therapy

March 08, 2021 00:04 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

This weeks interview is with Robyn Salisbury – the founder of Sex Therapy NZ, and our local sex-centric agony aunt in the Sunday Star Times. She has spent thirty years as a clinical psychologist and sex specialist, she is the author of “Staying in Love” an incredible resource for couples navigating long term sexual connections – she advocates for healthy intimacy, pleasure at any age and the vitality of a life in which needs, desires and boundaries can be communicated freely. Check out S...

#02 - Sarita Das / Pleasure positive sex

March 01, 2021 07:51 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

Sarita Das is a non-binary, queer, Bengali-Pakeha powerhouse who is both multi-disciplinary artist and Somatic Sex Educator. Their drag persona is Rotiboi, and they dabble in screen and theatre work – they are the host and co-creator of a queer strip club night in Auckland called BODYHAUS, which has been their life long dream, so we are here to talk to them about all things somatic sexology and otherwise. Check them out! Somatic Sarita: https://www.somaticsarita.com/ https://www.insta...

#01 - Richie Hardcore / Porn and masculinity

February 22, 2021 21:06 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Sex in Space Episode #01 goes live, with Richie Hardcore. Richie is an educator, public speaker, and activist; working in violence prevention, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, sexual consent, mental health, and wellness. The charity Richie would like to support for this episode is http://www.gracefoundation.co.nz who work with people coming back into the community from incarceration, and help them reintegrate. They also run residential homes. He has worked with them and is a big supporter...

Sex in Space / Trailer

February 22, 2021 09:11 - 1 minute - 1.3 MB

Sex in Space is a new weekly podcast where we have open-minded conversations, delving into sex across all its infinite dimensions. Stories and voices from all genders, ages, relationships, life stages, ethnicities, walks of life, professions and ways of being in the universe. Coming soon to everywhere extraordinary podcasts are found. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sex in Space Follow us on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/sexinspacedotcom Stalk us on Facebook at: https://ww...

Sex in Space / Teaser Trailer

February 22, 2021 07:23 - 41 seconds - 655 KB