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Growing Up Clueless, hosted by Laura & Miranda, is a podcast centred around issues that young people are facing but aren't being spoken about in mainstream education. From relationships & consent, to how to talk to your doctor about getting an STI check, to navigating mental health struggles - we are here to help you feel more empowered to have the tough conversations & change the narrative around these taboo topics.
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Caddyshack Project host the On The Couch podcast series where guests discuss and explore current social themes and sex positive topics. We collaborate with experts, practitioners authors, advocates and influencers to share stories and insights that matter.
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Sex, Disability and Human Rights with Rachel Wotton & Mohammed Samrah
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Join Naomi as she chats with Rachel Wotton and Mohammed Samrah about the importance of people with disability’s access to sexual and reproductive health services. Rachel, a sex worker and academic in the field and Mohammed, a man of lived experience have a dynamic and eye-opening conversation about sex as a human right. Rachel shares parts of her P…
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Public Health Student Placement and Podcasting with Jade Scott
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In this special edition mini-episode, Maddy and Winnie sit down with Public Health Placement Student Jade Scott at the University of Wollongong recording studio. Listen as they reflect on Jade’s project that explored podcast production and how it can be better used as an innovative tool for sexual health education and promotion. This episode was re…
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Healthy Relationships, Porn Literacy and Sex Education with Tessa Opie & Kerrin Bradfield
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Join Winnie as she sits down with Tessa Opie and Kerrin Bradfield in a nuanced discussion on consent, sex education and porn literacy education for young people. Tessa and Kerrin are dedicated and passionate in empowering others to develop healthy attitudes toward relationships, consent and sex. Listen as they share their dynamic collaboration in c…
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Ethical Consent & Empowering Young People with Laura Crozier
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"Young people are experts in their own experiences." Maddy chats with Laura Crozier a victim survivor, passionate youth advocate, Affirmative Consent Project Officer, a podcast co-host and ice hockey enthusiast. Laura shares how our life experiences shape not only who we are, but how we can help others. In this episode we are reminded the importanc…
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Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee
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People are not the problem, the problem is the problem. Maddy sits with mental health social worker Danyelle Mei Kaplan and massage therapist Egan Magee. They spend time sharing their coordinates of belonging and explore autonomy and dignity over their own fields of existence. A powerful conversation collating thoughts on collective holding, mutual…
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Sexological Bodywork & The Somatic Therapy Approach with Stella Topaz
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Have you ever wanted to know more about sexological bodywork? Together, Naomi and Stella Topaz from Abundant Body talk through the wheel of consent and the somatic therapy approach of sexological bodywork and how it varies from other types of therapy and sexology. Stella reveals the inside of a sexological bodywork session and walks us through how …
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TransHealth, Medical Consent, Disability & Queer Healthcare with Axel-Nathaniel Rose
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Spend some time and listen to an honest and open conversation about medical consent, consent culture, TransHealth, queer and disability healthcare with Axel Nathaniel Rose. Axel shares with Naomi his lived experience as a queer, transgender, and disabled man, reflecting on the life-long impacts of when medical consent is not given. An empowering ep…
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A Communicative Approach to Consent with Dr Joy Townsend
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How can we include pleasure in the consent conversation? Listen as founder of Learning Consent Dr Joy Townsend goes beyond the traditional definition of consent and discusses effective role modelling and consent culture in todays society. Learning Consent delivers comprehensive relationships, sexuality and consent education programs for educational…
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TransHealth is a Human Right with Clinical Nurse Consultant Maggie Smith
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Naomi is joined by Maggie Smith, a Clinical Nurse Consultant from the T150 clinic at the Albion Centre in Sydney. T150 is an innovative specialist HIV and Sexual Health Service providing holistic care for the transgender and gender diverse community in a dedicated clinical space. Maggie provides clinical insight into TransHealth and unpacks the imp…
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From International Student to Sexual Health Nurse with Ruiqi Fan
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Join Maddy as she sits down with Ruiqi Fan, a clinical nurse specialist working at the Sydney Sexual Health Clinic. Ruiqi talks about being an international student to now working with international students in a clinical setting, providing insight into the experience. Listen as we better understand why having multilingual nurses and interpreters i…
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LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers
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How can we treat ourselves with kindness when unexpected emotions arise? Naomi sits down with psychologist Chris Cheers and reflects on the mental health impacts of lockdown on the queer and creative community. His book, The New Rulebook is a practical game changing guide to embracing uncertainty offering radical, evidence-based solutions to improv…
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Language, Feminism & The Queer Space with Kirli Saunders
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Maddy catches up with Kirli Saunders and dives into the importance of language, decolonization, feminism and queer space. Kirli is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning multidisciplinary creator and consultant. Awarded NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year in 2020, Kirli is an experienced speaker and facilitator advocating for the environment, gender, r…
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Sex, Pleasure & Desire with Sex Therapist Aleks Trkulja
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Curious about sexology and the difference between a sex therapist, body therapist, sex coach and sex worker? Maddy chats with Aleks from The Pleasure Centre to explore why an individual or couple may seek sex therapy. Offering a safe and inclusive place, Aleks' practice is guided by multiple evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Hear about the Sex…
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The Top 10 Sexual Health Questions Answered by Nurse Nettie
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Join Maddy in conversation with Frances Turner from Nurse Nettie, answering the most commonly asked sexual and reproductive health questions by young people. Nurse Nettie is an online service that provides qualified sexual health information to young people living in New South Wales, Australia. Fran provides a glimpse behind the curtain of how the …
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Disability, Dating & Relationships with Liz Dore & Jan McGuire
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Listen as Naomi chats with Liz and Jan from Relationships and Private Stuff about their lived experience of working with people with disability. People on the autism spectrum, with disability or brain injury face the same issues as other people when it comes to relationships. Friendship is important. And the desire to love and be loved, whether as …
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Understanding the Transgender Lived Experience with TransHub
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Join Naomi as she unpacks the transgender experience with Sophie from ACON’s TransHub. TransHub is a digital and resource platform providing clear and easy information about gender affirmation and healthcare for all trans and gender diverse people in NSW. Sophie dives deep into the history of transgender language and provides insight into the trans…
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S2E02 - Rewriting His Story: Changing the Narrative for Victims of Domestic Violence
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Hey listeners!! 2 months in a row - how's that for consistency?? Today we are joined by the inspiring Conor Pall - a victim-survivor of domestic violence who is actively using his experience to shake up the family violence system that ultimately, failed him. With Conor, we deep dive into how his experience impacts him to this day, and how he's mana…
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After a bit of a hiatus, Laura and Miranda are back! With a new season comes new topics, new guests, and new segments. To kick off the year, it's time to catch up with these 2 co-hosts who have missed you dearly! We're catching up on life talking about all things from travel, to neurodivergence, to awkward encounters with slippery snakes! Listen in…
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Happy New Year friends! To send off 2022 we wanted to take a look back at the past year. Our highlights, our lowlights, the moments we're proud of and what we've learned. This episode is our way of signing off the first season of Growing Up Clueless. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us so far! We will be back bigger and better than ev…
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Hey Clueless Crew! A quick trigger warning before you jump into this episode - we are speaking about sexual assault in this episode so please, if this is a topic that you think you might struggle with, feel free to skip this one. This episode, Miranda interviews Laura about her experience as a survivor of sexual assault. We dive into what it is lik…
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S1E03 - Sexuality on a Spectrum: Our Queer Experience
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Hey Clueless Crew! We are back with our third episode talking all things sexuality! We deep dive into our personal journeys as young queer women & how we fit into the queer experience. This episode we have an incredible interview from a queer woman who came out only to be met with rampant homophobia amongst her family. Tune in to hear her talk all …
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Hello hello! Long time, no episode!! Here is a quick little update about why we've been so absent lately. We wanted to explain & let you know that we are coming back better than ever! Let this be a reminder that it is okay to take time to look after yourself. We did what we needed to do & now we can give this podcast all the time & energy it deserv…
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S1E02 - Accessing Sexual Healthcare
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On todays episode we discuss everything from STIs to contraception & what it's really like to go to a sexual health clinic! A big thank you to the lovely Ange for joining us on this episode to give us insight into what a sexual healthcare appointment may look like. Any questions or embarrassing stories you'd like to share? Head over to our instagra…
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For our very first episode we are tackling public high school sexuality education! From the minimal highs & the frequent lows, we are here to discuss the gaps that we noticed in our own sex ed & how underprepared we felt when it came to discovering our sexuality. We explore not only the things we learned, but also the information we would have love…
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