Mardi and I get hot and sweaty as I explain an incident I got myself into defending a girl at a party after she was casually called “dumb” by a guy she’d slept with at that same party. We go deep on toxic patriarchal behaviours, constructive ways to handle gendered insults, that all sexes need to come to the table with more commitment to having peaceful relationships, and we examine how some “banter” should be questioned – not normalised. Mards recently completed a PhD in Cultural Sociology, specialising in gender and sex, with her thesis titled: ‘Everyday Coercion: An exploration of young adults negotiations of heterosexual sex, consent and intimacy.

Losing My Cool w/ Paige Leacey is a podcast about trying to stay warm in a world full of people acting too cool. It delves into the world of sex, love, lust, heartache, relationships and meltdowns of all shapes and sizes. This poddy doesn't seek to answer the big questions about romantic connection, but to normalise talking about 'em. All eps have been recorded inside an infrared sauna.

Intro: ⁠⁠Monarch⁠⁠

Audio production: ⁠⁠Alain De Carne⁠⁠

Sauna: ⁠⁠Trybe Wellness⁠⁠