Presenting the fifth episode of 'Intimate Animation' season 4, brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com

Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality.

In this episode we welcome back Lori Malépart-Traversy, who has followed up her enormously successful student film 'Le Clitoris' with 'Magical Caresses' ('Caresses magiques'), a five-film series of animated documentaries that humorously present a range of testimonials and historical facts that demystify the subject of masturbation. Based on intimate accounts from Sarah Gagnon-Piché and Sara Hébert's 'Caresses magiques' book series, the series will be represented at this year's Annecy festival with episode 3 ('Sweet Jesus') playing in competition, on the heels of episode 5 ('Masturbation: A Short History of a Great Taboo')'s recent win at Sommets du cinéma d'animation for Best Educational Film.

Also discussed in this episode: The upcoming premiere of previous podcast guest Signe Baumane's new independent feature 'My Love Affair With Marriage', the quiet UK return of Lisa Hanawalt's 'Tuca and Bertie', a look at Netflix's 'Big Mouth' spinoff series 'Human Resources' and Sam O'Leary's animated segments for the 'Inside No. 9' episode 'Wise Owl'.

Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley

Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell

Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell