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Nestled somewhere in the middle of America, Maple Grove is populated with a host of colorful characters, and they all turn to one person for insurance needs, counseling and much much more. Though an insurance agent by trade, Gayle Evans has become the default cure-all for the small town, as her pleasant disposition and sound advice has made her a go-to resource in the lives of her clients. From first-time expecting parents needing baby advice, to a plumber-by-day-rock-star-by-night egomaniac ...
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The Happy Vagina with host Mika Simmons is a podcast dedicated to celebrating those who have made a difference in women’s health, equality and relationships. Each week we chat to an inspiring human being as they explore the experiences that completely changed their outlook - promising not only to educate but also entertain and enlighten. Season 5 launched in August 2022 with the phenomenal Kate Walsh, Jennifer Grey, Caterina Scorsone, Salma El-Wardany, Judy Joo, Nell Hudson, Amanda Abbington ...
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Did you know that It is estimated only 1% of healthcare research and innovation is invested in female specific conditions, globally. Imgestible brand @vida_glow are changing that with a new range of supplements designed specially with women in mind, and we are obsessed. Link in bio 🔝 to hear more. Guest @Anna_lahey and @drsarakayat Host @missmikasi…
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BE YOURSELF, EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN. For the first time ever we have a repeat guest back on THV. When Anna Lahey founder to Vida Glow asked me to do a deep dive into women’s health there was only one human that came to mind - the extremely thoughtful, inspirational, and unstoppable Laura Whitmore. We chat about her new documentary series’s which lo…
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As Ovarian cancer awareness month draws to a close it’s important to remind ourselves to be mindful of our bodies. Mika isn joined by dr Stephanie Kuku and Dr Frauke Neuser to talk about pubic grooming. Whether you choose to keep your hair, prune or remove it - getting to know your pubic gives you that opportunity to become more familiar, more comf…
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This week Mika is joined by Sexuality Educator and TedX Speaker, Amber Mallery (MPH, AASECT, CSE) who shares her top tips on how to spice up partnered sex. From how to initiate the conversation, to the top fantasies for women, the multiple uses of a blindfold and how to practice safe choking - Amber shares deep insights that will help you navigate …
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Filmmaker and writer Emma Forrest joins Mika to talk about finally becoming her own woman, free from the traumas of her past. We explore Emma’s experience from heart break to sexting to celibacy and back again - all leading her to finding a deeper freedom. This episode will encourage you to follow your intuition and find your personal wild. Her phe…
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This International Womens Day we are putting the emphasis on men. Mika is joined by Gabrielle Blair, author of the book, Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way To Think About Abortion. We have a candid conversation about the miscalculated pressure on women to be the primary user of birth control, why the world needs better research into vasectomies…
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This week we are joined by Adina Porter, Emmy Nominated, award wining actress, Mum and voting rights campaigner. Adina shares her most initiate feelings about the importance of sex work, recovering from bereavement and why adoption was her first choice. This episode is a deep dive into knowing your true worth and the joys of mid life pleasure. “My …
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. This week, Greys Anatomy's actor, writer and musician ER Fightmaster joins Mika to discuss their joy at re-finding their lost freedom, how they manage their endometriosis diagnosis and the importance of campaigning for better health care …
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Season 6 of The Happy Vagina podcast is kicking off with a woman who inspires us, daily, with her unquashable commitment to truth, Paloma Faith. Paloma and Mika have a very candid chat about our relationships with their Mothers, the impact of having children on women, and how to stay fierce and buoyant in an industry designed for men. This episode …
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Kevin has a fun chat with Zach Rodgers, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Marketecture Media, a new media venture that helps people navigate the world of marketing technology. Zach also ran AdExchanger’s editorial operations and supported programming strategy for the company’s Programmatic IO and Industry Preview Events. Zach and Kevin discuss edit…
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Jennifer Sey is an author, business executive, and retired artistic gymnast. She’s also known in the marketing world for spending a great deal of time with Levi Strauss, as she managed all aspects of the brand as brand president, including product. Jennifer and Kevin talk about the hypocrisy of woke capitalism, and why brands should focus on having…
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In the Season 5 finalé of The Happy Vagina podcast we are joined by the actress and New York Times best selling author, Jennifer Grey who shares her deepest feelings on being misunderstood as a young starlet and how she fought to remain out of the corner and find a deep sustainable confidence. Just like her memoir, this episode is a coming-of-age s…
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In this episode we are joined by the phenomenal Ellie and Helen from the Scummy Mummies and star of stage and screen Amanda Abbington live at London Podcast Festival. The whole episode is a master class in how to live your very boldest life. You might just need to pause it at regular intervals to catch your breath, because these women are very, ver…
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We are almost at the end of Season 5, and this week I am absolutely honoured to be chatting to the brilliant Nell Hudson. Join us as we do a deep dive into objectification and why comparison of and between women is not just as Roosevelt said - the thief of joy - but the most corrosive thing to our confidence, our solitary and to feminism. Nell Huds…
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✨TRIGGER WARNING ✨ FERTILITY. In this bonus episode of THV podcast I sat down with Dr Geeta Nargund and @abcivf patient Mel Rutherford to discuss her journey of egg freezing. A process that Dr Geeta Nargund has worked tirelessly to make@more affordable, for those who do want to explore taking control of their own fertility. Link in bio to listen to…
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This week on The Happy Vagina podcast Mika is joined by the absolutely divine Salma El Wardany who shares her forward thinking ideas on the faith, what the Koran really says about sex and the power of the Burqa. Salma is an author, activist, poet and one of the women behind the period emoji. in her essay A Gender Denied: Islam, Sex and the Struggle…
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This week, we are joined by Caterina Scorsone - Mom, qualified doula and star of Shondaland's Grey's Anatomy, for an extraordinarily powerful episode that is an absolute must listen. Caterina opens up about how her attempts as a teenager to 'out' a sexual predator in the entertainment industry were ignored and the subsequent gaslighting. We also di…
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Season 5, Episode 2 and we are joined by British-born, Kenyan actress Patricia Allison who played Ola in Netflix's Sex Education. Tricia shares the top tips she learnt from working with an intimacy coach and why she is determined to raise her voice for change. Following a string of guest appearances on television Patricia landed her first major rol…
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Kick starting Season Five with trail blazing, truth seeking, actress Kate Walsh with a deep dive into how to live your very bravest life and find deep acceptance - from fertility and hormone challenges to medical gaslighting and building a business. Kate Walsh is an award winning actress and star of some of the most loved TV and Feature Films - Gre…
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Kevin welcomes Chris Cunningham, a true living legend in the digital space and a 20-year media and tech veteran who is a serial entrepreneur turned early-stage venture capitalist. Chris recently launched a $10 million early-stage venture to fund the C2V brand. He talks about how they select the brands in their portfolios. The guys give their real t…
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Kevin first gives his take on the slap heard across the world and then welcomes guest Mike Shields, Founder of Shields Strategic Consulting, host of Next in Marketing Podcast, and former writer and editor at Business Insider, Digiday, Adweek, and Wall Street Journal. They discuss how the world of online gaming is changing our society, a few importa…
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Mark Naples is the founder of WIT Strategy and has led strategic efforts on behalf of more than 450 companies, complete company re-positioning campaigns, and dozens of corporate and product launches. He joins the show today to talk about keeping your ego checked, why “bro culture” holds back brands, the importance of setting ground rules and keepin…
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It's the SEASON 4 FINALÉ of The Happy Vagina Podcast and we are joined by bright, young star of Netflix's Sex Education, Chinenye Ezeudu. Chinenye joins us to discuss her character Viv's new found rock and roll image, exploring self-pleasure in bathrooms, why we need more black women represented on screen and what needs to change to make that happe…
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EDITORIAL EPISODE: This week on The Happy Vagina podcast we are joined by health and nutrition coach Karen Cummings-Palmer and entrepreneur, and chair of Lumity Life, Janice Gammell who share all their deepest secrets on finding balance and ageing gracefully, without judgement. Karen, an extraordinary coach, shares her top tips on how to use nutrit…
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This week on The Happy Vagina podcast we are joined by phenomenal LGBTQ+ activist, pioneering female athlete, Olympian and Great Britain’s most successful boxer - the Lioness herself - Nicola Adams OBE. We do a deep deep into what it takes to be a female athlete, the impacts of the training on mental and physical health, and discuss gender equality…
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This week on The Happy Vagina Podcast we are joined by the multi talented musician turned miscarriage warrior - Myleene Klass. Having experienced four miscarriages in three years, Myleene has turned her attention to demanding better healthcare for women hoping to conceive, enabling a better future for both women and men. We also do a deep dive into…
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Finally an expert on The Happy Vagina podcast! You know we love an opinion, but when Dr Zoe Williams joins us this week we got some bonfide, exceptional insights into women's health and why we should all still believe in love at first sight. Tune in to here Zoe speak candidly with us about her joys and challenges as a new Mum, and shares some top t…
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This week on The Happy Vagina Podcast we have phenomenal woman and founder Chloe Macintosh who joins us to talk about her journey from starting Made.com, where she revolutionised the way people buy furniture, to her latest entrepreneurial mission at KAMA - the phenomenal sexual wellness platform for education and exploration. Chloe speaks candidly …
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This week on The Happy Vagina Podcast we are joined by the super talented, politically charged star of Game of Thrones Lena Headey. We chat about whats changed for women in the entertainment industry, what still needs to change and celebrate the fact that today, finally - women really are supporting women. Lena Headey is an English actress, Directo…
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The Happy Vagina podcast is a back for Season 4 with the ultimate sexual wellness Goddess Gwyneth Paltrow who joins us to share her most exquisite feelings about Sex, Love and goop, why being true to yourself is the ultimate freedom and how communication is the thing that has enhanced her relationship the most. Gwyneth Paltrow has dedicated her lif…
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Kate Kaye is an award-winning tech journalist who has published work in many places including MIT Technology Review and NPR. Kate covered the data industry for Ad Age and digital political campaigns for ClickZ. She joins Kevin this week to talk about Google’s Privacy Budget, the Privacy Sandbox Initiative, and how we get people to care about the di…
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This week, Kevin welcomes Jonathan Elist, CEO of Penuma, an amazing solution for men that is not your traditional product. Jonathan discusses what Penuma is, and how radical transparency and trust are at the top of Penuma’s core values. He talks about some of the challenges in building the community, and how they balance both in-house marketing wit…
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The digital transformation is changing every aspect of how companies do business, and the most successful companies are those who are leaning into these changes. Nita Sanger joins the show as the director of digital advisory practice at Cherry Bekaert and master of strategic intelligence, common sense, and in-practice digital transformation. She ha…
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Elizabeth Nader can tell right away whether she is coaching someone that has what it takes to succeed. Yes, talent and intelligence are important, but the ability to be coached is what takes someone that extra step further and gets them to grow past their limiting beliefs. As a coach, entrepreneur, author, and speaker, Elizabeth’s mission is to hel…
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Kathryn Guess is a Product Manager for Microsoft, who built Game Stack and Azure PlayFab brands from the ground up. She joins the show this week to talk about how gaming isn’t the isolating experience one thinks it may be, and how gaming actually helps build communities and join people together — especially during the pandemic. She talks about the …
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BONUS episode of The Happy Vagina with the amazing Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani, hosts of the Brown Girls Do It Too podcast. Poppy and Rubina open up about navigating their relationships with their bodies as brown girls in the UK. Plus we dive deep into some #VULVATALK as they share their journeys with their vulvas, from shame to empowerment, and th…
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We've added in an extra bonus episode of The Happy Vagina this week with Paxton Smith, the 18 year old brave valedictorian graduate who used her speech to protest the new Texas anti abortion laws. Tune in to hear her tell what she feels about freedom to choose, sex education and her plans for the future. This episode was a live recording on Instagr…
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We’ve all dealt with clients that are directly problematic, or ones that mean well, but can have moments of toddler-like temper tantrums. Enter Carla Rover, an outspoken, very witty, and widely published writer, to help us navigate these waters. Carla talks about the reasons you may be getting ghosted after a job interview, content mapping and her …
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Season 3 finalé and we are joined by British supermodel Erin O'Connor MBE. Erin asks "Why do we hold such a limited remit of what beauty really means?" and shares her experiences of growing up in an industry that holds and enforces a specific standard of beauty, what it was like to be told she was outside of that, and how she learned to see her str…
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This week, Kevin welcomes cellist Elham Al Marzooqi to the show. Elham is the first female cellist in the Emirates, along with being a Senior Legal Counsel for Flash Entertainment. Elham speaks about how she adjusted as a musician during the pandemic to connect with her audience online, and ways that she feels our society could better recognize and…
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This week on The Happy Vagina podcast we're joined by Alex Light for a deep dive into body confidence. Not only being confident in your body, but being confident, and free, to explore your own desires. From diet culture & disordered eating, to make-up and body hair, we discuss the essence of feminism for us - a woman's right to choose. This episode…
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This week on The Happy Vagina Podcast we are joined by the amazing Dita Von Teese who dives deep into finding her true self through erotica, building a life she loves and how being true to ourselves is the ultimate freedom. Dita has spent her life breaking down taboos for women and continues to champion diversity and representation in acts. We talk…
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This week on The Happy Vagina Podcast we get the lowdown on libido from pleasure expert and host of @sexwithemily podcast Dr Emily Morse. We dive deep into what low libido is and how can you can harness your own, by exploring your body and becoming your own expert. Because we all deserve more pleasure, whatever that looks like. Emily Morse is an Am…
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Joey Dumont returns to the show to share the inspiration behind his poignant, touching, and raw new book, Joey Somebody: The Life and Times of a Recovering Douchebag. Out now and available in stores, Joey’s book is relatable and all too typical for those who have struggled with addiction, abuse, and any type of loss or trauma. Joey talks about gett…
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This week on The Happy Vagina Podcast we are joined by Sex Educator and Body Positive campaigner Ruby Rare who shares her personal insights into finding and loving your true sexual self. We also dive deep into consent and Ruby shares her top tips on how to make consent a conversation. Listen now for everything from science, to sex, to self-love, pl…
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This week we are joined by Burlesque expert @lesliezemeckis who educates us on how the women at the beginning of the 20th century found freedom and preempted feminism in Burlesque. The women of America's old school Burlesque scene took their own opportunities, to make their own art and their own money. Leslie is an actress and award wining author a…
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This week on The Happy Vagina podcast we are joined by Erika Lust the Swedish born, Barcelona based erotic film director, screenwriter and producer who has dedicated her life to reframing pornography into the feminist space Since the debut of her first indie erotic film The Good Girl in 2004, Lust has been instrumental in promoting the aims of the …
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This week on The Happy Vagina podcast we are joined by award winning political activist and undefeated 'fanny defender' Nimco Ali OBE. A survivor of FGM here she teaches us all about how to be a campaigner - not a complainer! Nimco Ali OBE is a British independent government adviser on tackling violence against women and girls, and author of What W…
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This week on The Happy Vagina podcast campaigner, star of Channel 4's Bring Back the Bush and Cosmopolitan's Health and Well-being Influencer of the year 2019, nominee Jessica Megan shares her top tips on how to break free of the systems and thought patterns that that bind us and hold us back from true freedom Jessica Megan is a body-positive activ…
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