For this live recording of the podcast, which took place at the London Edition hotel, Emma sits down with broadcaster, writer and campaigner, Anna Whitehouse, otherwise known as Mother Pukka.

Anna is the Sunday Times best-selling author of Parenting the Sh*t out of Life, Where’s My Happy Ending? and Underbelly and in 2015 she started the platform Mother Pukka to share the trials and tribulations of parenthood and beyond. She also hosts the podcast Dirty Mother Pukka with her best friend Polly.

In this episode, Anna speaks candidly about finding love again after her recent divorce; the extraordinary and ordinary experience of motherhood ('both things can be true at once'); the success of her campaign to change the law on Flexible working; her greatest lesson in love and, of course, and how to give the 'perfect' handjob....

*Apologies in advance for the sound quality in this episode, there were tech issues on the night that were beyond our control.

If you'd like to attend a live recording of the podcast, follow up on Insta @emmalouiseboynton and subscribe to the Sex Talks Substack here to keep up-to-date on upcoming shows.

What does the number of hours women spend doing housework have to do with the orgasm gap?!

According to bestselling author and the founder of the Everyday sexism campaign, Laura Bates, a lot.

In this episode, Emma sits down with Laura to discuss the systemic ways in which gender inequality remains entrenched in our society - from the social pressure on women to deprioritise their pleasure, to the routinisation of casual sexism, to the rise of extremist, misogynistic ideologies.

But it is not all doom and gloom, they end the discussion looking at the reasons for staying hopeful and what we can all do to fix the system, not the women.

Book tickets to the next live recording of the Sex Talks podcast here.

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In this episode, Emma sits down with award-winning comedian and best-selling author, Sara Pascoe, to discuss the topic of her recent book, 'Sex, Power, Money'.

Together they explore how capitalism shows up in the bedroom, how money shapes modern day relationship dynamics... and why some women still want men to buy them dinner; why there remains so much stigma around those who work in the sex industry and why Sara is still is still afraid of men.

Did writing the book help her overcome her own sexism towards men? Listen to find out.

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*TW: This episode discusses eating disorders and sexual assault.*

"If your experience of pleasure happens in your body, but you're in a body that you hate.... how are you supposed to access pleasure? You have to pick whether you're going to punish your body forever or if you're going to forgive it."

In this episode of the podcast, Emma is joined by her (former) sex therapist, Aleks Trkulija, to chat through some of the key issues they covered in the therapy room, including:

• Should you have sex when you don't want to?
• How do body image issues affect sexual function and desire?
• Why does shame play such a prominent role in sex?
• What are the most important things we should be unlearning when it comes to our relationship to sex?
• What is a pleasure journal?!
• And how can we improve the relationship we have with our bodies?

If you are affected by any of the themes discussed in this podcast Samaritans are open 24/7 for anyone who needs to talk. You can visit some Samaritans branches in person. Samaritans also have a Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).

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Are you dating with a scarcity mindset?

Do you end up chasing people who just aren’t that interested in you?

Are you staying in a relationship, whether platonic or romantic, that doesn’t make you happy, just because you don’t believe there is anything, anyone better out there?

You can change that. You can cultivate a new mindset - one that will help you find and build the relationships you truly want in your life.

2024 is the year to stop settling and in this episode, Emma-Louise is joined by manifesting queen, Roxie Nafousi, who is here to help you do just that.

With special thanks to Tinder UK for sponsoring this podcast episode and the Sex Talks Live series partner, The London Edition.

If you want to attend a LIVE recording of the Sex Talks podcast head over to this link.

In this episode, Emma-Louise is joined by evolutionary anthropologist, Dr Anna Machin, to discuss the topic of love - why we love, how we love, what's happening in our brains and in our bodies when we fall in love....

If you've ever felt like you're going a little crazy when in the early stages of romance, Dr Machin explains why. In a similar vein, she also breaks down some of the most enduring cultural myths surrounding love and romance, outlining why we get this topic so very wrong. The idea of 'the one'? Bullsh*t. But there is a biological explanation for the notion of soulmates.

If you're curious to learn more about the ideas discussed in this episode make sure to read Dr Machin's book, Why We Love, which we found fascinating.

Finally, if you want to join a live recording of the Sex Talks podcast you can find details here.

Paul Brunson is one of the world's most influential matchmakers, according to the Matchmaking Institute. He is also the co-host of Married At First UK and Celebs Go Dating UK, and author of 'It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be): A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love.

In this episode, Paul answers the Sex Talk's community's sex, love and dating questions live at The London Edition.

Whether you're in a relationship, looking for a partner or happily single, Paul will give you a new perspective with which to view love and your relationship to it.

This episode was sponsored by The Knude Society, aka the female-led sexual pleasure company on a mission to help you enjoy your body, in whatever way feels right for you. 

The Knude society has designed two vibrators, as well as a water-based lube, that can help you do exactly that. 

Get 15% off when you shop with the Knude society using the code SEXTALKS15. 

If you want to join the Sex Talks crew, sign up to Emma-Louise’s substack ‘Swipe Right’ here. And if you'd like to join an upcoming live podcast recording grab your ticket here.

Recognised as one of the “world’s most influential matchmakers” by the Matchmaking Institute and described as "much more than a matchmaker" by Oprah Winfrey, Paul Brunson is the person to whom you wish you could turn for advice on all things sex, love and dating.

Lucky for us, while Paul has of late been busy flexing his relationship expertise as co-host of the latest season of Married at First Sight UK (he has previously co-hosted the UK's Celebs Go Dating and hosted 'Lovetown' on the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2012), he'll be ascending the Sex Talks stage this November to share his insights on dating in the digital age while offering us his best advice on how to find love through the application of relationship science. Yep, there's a science to it, let's find out how exactly it works.

Paul is the author of It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be): A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love and the founder of the matchmaking company, OneDegreeFromMe.

Stuck in your search for love and want to ask Paul for his advice? Submit your sex, love or dating question via the order form when you purchase your ticket.

In 2015, bestselling author and podcaster, Jon Ronson, published 'You've Been Publicly Shamed', a book exploring how social media changed the way we shame people publicly, while fostering a culture of 'casual cruelty' in which we were all too happy to participate.

In this episode, Emma sits down with Jon to discuss how this phenomenon of public shaming has evolved in the 8 years that have passed since the publication of the book, and what Jon makes of our present day public discourse.

Invariably, the conversation veers down fascinating rabbit holes as Jon explains how he continues to repeatedly churn out bestsellers, what inspires him to embark on a new investigation and the art of writing non-fiction like fiction.

It is truly one of our favourite podcast episodes to date.

This episode was sponsored by The Knude Society, aka the female-led sexual pleasure company on a mission to help you enjoy your body, in whatever way feels right for you. 

The Knude society has designed two vibrators, as well as a water-based lube, that can help you do exactly that. 

Get 15% off when you shop with the Knude society using the code SEXTALKS15. 

If you want to join the Sex Talks crew, sign up to Emma-Louise’s substack ‘Swipe Right’ here. And if you'd like to join an upcoming live podcast recording grab your ticket here.

The fourth and final season of Sex Education is out now, and while we’re already mourning the fact that Otis and Eric won’t be returning to our tv screens (at least not together), the show’s finale gave us all the feels. 

In the most recent live recording of the Sex Talks podcast, Emma was joined by Sex Education’s creator, Laurie Nunn, to discuss the making of our fave tv show (listen to part 1 for this interview).

In part 2 of this recording, Emma and Laurie are joined by Emma’s sex therapist, Aleks, to chat through some key themes explored in the show (the finger-up-the-butt-scene, for starters) and for an extra juicy audience q&a.

This episode was sponsored by The Knude Society, aka the female-led sexual pleasure company on a mission to help you enjoy your body, in whatever way feels right for you. 

The Knude society has designed two vibrators, as well as a water-based lube, that can help you do exactly that. 

Get 15% off when you shop with the Knude society using the code SEXTALKS15.