Glow West Podcast

Your hand is a magical thing. No, really. It is capable of giving immense pleasure, and sex educator Allison Moon is here to tell us how and why. She walks us through the art of using your fingers for pleasure, all the way up to fisting. Listen in, and go and try out your new knowledge!

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Sunday afternoon means Sunday Special and lots of laughs. This week Linda took the reins and was joined by returning champion, Aoife Martin, journalist Jack Horgan-Jones and an udience of our members to discuss the events of the week. We talk about the appointment of a former Sun editor to the Govt Press Office, another week were people spoke at Trans People and not to them, the most recent Leo Varadkar/MOT texts and what they reveal, Pregnancy in High Office, Brexit and the Orgy in Brussels.

We had a lot of laughs! Full version is on the patreon feed.

Don't forget to register for the Christmas Party next Friday evening!

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Happy Anniversary, Caroline.

Bonus episode time!

I'm joined by head of sexual empowerment at Womanizer (what a great job title!) Johanna Rief who explains why air suction vibrators are so revolutionary and a great addition to your toy collection. She also explains what to look for when choosing a sex toy, and why masturbation is so good for your health and happiness. The winner of the Womanizer giveaway is also announced!

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December 1st is World Aids Day, and in honour of this I'm joined by an amazing panel of researchers and activists to discuss HIV and AIDS. Robbie Lawlor, Thomas Strong, and Elena Vaughan share their experiences of researching HIV, being HIV positive, and medication. They explain how the media frames HIV, and how stigma is more damaging than HIV nowadays. HIV is no longer what it was, and if you are on effective medication, you cannot pass on HIV (undetectable equals untransmissable).

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We've just finished our weekly Live podcast with you, our members. We had a lot to cover and despite the heavy subject matter, Caroline made it fun and informative.

We discussed:

Image Based Sexual Abuse and the Garda Commissioner's statement.Covid, the lifting of Level 5 and the success of lobbying.

Seamus Woulfe, Helen McEntee and how these things get done. Homelessness with Head of Communications with Inner City Helping Homelessness, Brian McLoughlin. Pay rates in the Oireachtas with Ber Grogan. School uniforms with Jana Lyons. The Toy Show. And the alternative toy show!

Enjoy.

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Joining Caroline this week is sex educator Sarah Sloane, educator with dating app Hashtag Open. Sarah chats about what its like to date while being poly & kinky, and how to spot healthy power dynamics in kink relationships. There's a ton of myths about BDSM and Sarah is here with her sex educator superhero cape on to bust them!  She also talks about different sensations in kink because let's face it, our skin is our biggest sexual organs and it likes lots of different sensations.  Listen in and get some tips to spice up your sex life!

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This week Tony was "hosting" and was joined by Caroline, Linda, Martin and Vicky for our usual dive into the weeks news and some stories you might have missed out on. We had a lot to cover. We discussed the Bloody Sunday Commemorations, Seamus Woulfe Watch, NPHET vs the Govt, RTE and the class based curtain twitcher's, the ongoing Brexit Blunder Bus, the Oscar Traynor Road vote and then Labour's Annie Hoey and journalist Philip O'Conor joined us to discuss the Image Based Sexual Abuse story and what we hope to see happen next.

Well done to Linda Hayden and her colleagues at the Victims Alliance, who have forced this on to the political agenda. Make sure you hear Caroline's brilliant breakdown of Consent Culture. We then opened the mics and had some craic with our members.

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Glow West is taking part in the International Festival of Consent, and this bonus episode sees Caroline chat to consent activist Richard M. Wright. Richard looks at how can redefine consent, and redefine how we teach this topic. Richard also looks how a toxic culture and toxic masculinity hampers our understanding of consent.

Follow along with the Festival on social media with the hashtag  #idoconsent

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Joining Caroline this week is sex educator Marla Stewart who is here to chat to us about the art of flirting. Marla gives advice on how to increase your confidence before and during flirting, and how to increase your chances of success when sliding into DMs. Practice for when we can flirt with strangers in bars again!

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Ever been curious about being tied up, or tying someone up? This week, bondage queen Midori is here to walk us through the finer points of bondage. She discusses techniques, material, power dynamics, and why you don't need to know a million knots in order to tie someone up. Midori also looks at how people of differing abilities can enjoy bondage, how porn isn't reflective of real life bondage, and why you could have some of the best orgasms while tied up.

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