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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 PhD research and elaborates on the role the NDIS plays in the disability communities' access to sex worker services. Mohammed eloquently shares his own lived experience and how sex worker services have transformed his life.

    This episode was recorded in September 2024

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    References

    Charles Sturt University

    Co Culture Communication

    Petbarn

    NDIS

    Administrative Review Tribunal

    Changes to NDIS Legislation

    Bill Shorten

    Rachel Wotton PASA - Research

    PTSD

    Rachel Wotton TED Talk - Open Your Mind to What Goes on Behind Closed Doors

    Rachelwotton.com

    PLISSIT Model

    Bumble

    Tinder

    Hinge

    Scarlet Road Website

    Caddyshack Instagram

    Caddyshack Facebook

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guest: Rachel Wotton & Mohammed Samrah

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

  • 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 recorded in October 2024

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    References

    Caddyshack Project On The Couch

    The Infinite Dial 2023 Australia from Edison Research

    Keegan Julia, Cooper Spring Chenoa, Porter Andrew, Ciervo Courtney, Khalid Rafia (2023) Unlearning and relearning sexuality: a qualitative exploration of The Sex Wrap, a sex education podcast. Sexual Health 20, 531-537.

    Talking Frank

    Love Clews

    Sticky Q’s

    Sydney Sexual Health Centre

    Sexual Health Matters

    Doing ‘IT”

    University of Wollongong

    Sexual Health Victoria

    Sexual Assault Support Service

    Sydney Sexual Health Centre

    University of Technology Sydney

    Caddyshack Instagram

    Caddyshack Facebook

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Guest: Jade Scott

    Producers: Maddy Stratten, Winnie Adamson & Jade Scott

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 creating the Respect Collective: Relationships and Sex Education for the Real World. Respect Collective is an online hub for High School educators to create safe and engaging spaces where students can explore and develop health attitudes toward relationships and sexuality.

    This episode was recorded in September 2024

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma

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    Respect Collective

    References

    Co-Culture Communications

    In your Skin

    Adrienne Maree Brown

    Respect Collective

    Society of Australian Sexologists

    Caddyshack Project On The Couch

    The Commonwealth Consent Policy Framework

    Triple J Hack Misogyny Forces Teachers to Quit

    Fiona Vera Gray

    Giselle Woodley

    Kris Taylor

    Who is Andrew Tate - BBC News

    Credits

    Host: Winnie Adamson

    Guest: Tessa Opie & Kerrin Bradfield

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

  • "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 importance of centering young people in our work and ensuring their voices are heard and respected.

    This episode was recorded in August 2024

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma

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    Growing Up Clueless & This is ADHD

    References

    Youth Affairs Council of Victoria

    Australian Youth Affairs Coalition

    Growing Up Clueless

    Co Culture

    Time to Talk

    Respectful Relationships Program

    Kyneton Community House

    Zonta club of Kyneton

    Queefing

    Affirmative Consent legislation for Victoria

    Stealthing video

    Yeah Nah campaign

    The Hum Academy

    National secondary students' sexual health survey

    Play Safe Pro – condom ordering

    Caddyshack Project Condom Dispenser Project

    Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

    Chantelle Otten

    Chanelle Moriah author of I Am Autistic and This Is ADHD

    Caddyshack Project What We're Reading

    Caddyshack Project Goodreads profile

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten

    Guest: Laura Crozier

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

  • 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 aid and healing centered approaches. Working within the LGBTQ2IA+ community, they dream of helping people heal their relationships with themselves and others to create systemic change and liberate each other. A thought-provoking episode full of depth, this is one not to miss.

    This episode was recorded in June 2024

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma

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    Co-Culture Communication & Magkasama

    References

    Lean Manaema from Co-Culture Communication

    Magkasama

    Neurodivergent

    Diaspora

    LGBTQ2IA+

    POC Queerness

    Victoria Cruz at the Anti-Violence Project

    Rebecca Howe

    Radical love

    Sekneh Hamoud Beckett

    Vikki Reynolds

    Centrelink

    White saviour

    Inclusive Therapists

    Internal family systems

    Trauma informed practice

    Healing centered engagements

    Not On Our Backs – Vikki Reynolds

    Emergent strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown

    Abolition is love by Marcus Syrus Ware

    Biomimicry

    Mutual aid YouTube video

    Mutual aid by Dean Spade

    Mia Mingus

    Tian Zhang

    Manifesto for Radical Care ( or How To Be Human in the Arts)

    The Value of Experiential Learning and Lived Experience with an OT Training

    Sweatshop

    Povo

    Gleebooks

    Caddyshack Project What We're Reading

    Caddyshack Project Goodreads profile

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten

    Guest: Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 she works with compassion and gratitude.

    This episode was recorded in March 2024

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma

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    Comfortable in my skin & More than a body

    References

    Institute of Somatic Sexology

    Wheel of Consent by School of Consent

    Urban Tantra Professional Training Progam

    Barbara Carellas

    Dossie Easton

    BDSM

    Scar Tissue Remediation

    Ellen Heed

    Abundant Body

    National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guest: Stella Topaz

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 episode challenging necessary system change and inspiring individual advocacy.

    This episode was recorded in February 2024.

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references medical abuse, explicit transphobia, sexual violence, and transphobic and misogynistic public policy.

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    Recommendations

    The Pronoun Lowdown & Ask: Building Consent Culture

    References

    University of New South Wales

    The C-Word (Learning Consent Blog)

    Learning Consent

    Liz Kelly (Continuum of Sexual Violence)

    Kitty Stryker

    Ask: Building Consent Culture

    Carol Queen

    Laurie Penny

    Nevo Zisin

    Quinn Eades

    They Thought It Was An Obsession Article

    Trans Broken Arm Syndrome

    UNSW Interview (Accessible Healthcare for the Trans and Gender Diverse Community)

    TransHub

    ACON

    Disability Discrimination Act 1992

    Sex Discrimination Act 1984

    International Transgender Day of Visibility

    The Gender Centre

    The Albion Centre

    On The Couch Caddyshack Project discussions

    Sage @sagescrittore (Ursula Le Guin Quote)

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guest: Axel-Nathaniel Rose

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 institutions and organisations. Joy shares with Naomi her passion for helping young people to catch a vision for how great communicative, connected and pleasurable sex can be.

    This episode was recorded in March 2023

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual assault and sexual violence 

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    Welcome to Consent , Teaching Consent & 1800Respect

    References

    Learning Consent

    Joy’s PHD “Her sexual self: A narrative investigation of young women’s sexual subjectives”

    Marie-Pierre Cleret

    UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education

    Comprehensive Consent Sarah Casper

    French Philosopher – communicative approach to consent

    Bad sex vs sexual violence blog

    Laurie Penny

    Secondary School Survey 

    Liz Kelly’s Continuum of sexual violence

    Professor Michael Flood

    Porn literacy curriculum

    Betty Dodson

    National Student Safety Survey

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guest: Joy Townsend

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 importance of community advocacy in ensuring accessible healthcare for the trans and non-binary community.

    This episode was recorded in August 2023

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    T150 & He She They

    References

    Albion Centre

    Australian Professional Association for Transgender Health (AUSPATH)

    Australian Sexual Health and HIV Nurses Association (ASHHNA)

    The Gender Centre

    Brotherboys and Sistergirls

    First Nations People

    Cervical Screening (Pap Smear)

    Transgender Definition

    Dr Melissa Kelly

    World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)

    Maple Leaf House

    Binary and Non-Binary

    ACON

    Pre-Exposure prophylaxis - PrEP

    Gender affirming health care - Transhealth

    Reassignment surgery

    Cis

    Pronouns

    Medicare

    Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme

    Reandron

    Decanoate

    ERMS

    IMS

    Blood Borne Viruses precautions

    MDA National

    Risk of Regret

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guest: Maggie Smith

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 is important in delivering sexual health services for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Australia.

    This episode was recorded in June 2023

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    The International Students Health Hub & Sydney Sexual Health Centre

    References

    Sydney Sexual Health Centre

    International Student Health Hub

    RMB – Chinese Yuan currency

    The Guardian

    The Daily Telegraph

    CPR training

    Vaginal douching

    Sexual Health Infolink

    Australian Healthcare System

    Provincial – China health/hospital cover

    Medicare

    ACON

    Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service

    Translating and Interpreting services

    PrEP campaign – ending HIV

    Caddyshack Project Instagram

    Caddyshack Project Facebook

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten

    Guest: Ruiqi Fan

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 improve wellbeing. Providing individual psychology services and workshops to artists and creatives, and the LGBTQIA+ community, Chris is passionate about creating accessible, accepting and safe spaces.

    This episode was recorded in May 2023

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    Recommendations   

    The New Rulebook & QLife

    References  

    Emotional Agility Susan David

    Acceptance commitment therapy

    Viktor Frankl Man’s search for meaning

    Friends by Robin Dunbar

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret  

    Guest: Chris Cheers

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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, racial equality and LGBTIQA+ rights. In this episode Kirli shares her passion for continuing connection to Country and reads a powerful poem called Based On Us from her book Returning.

    This episode was recorded in October 2022

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the name of and discussion around a deceased person. This episode may contain words, descriptions and terms which may be culturally sensitive and reflect the views of those at the period in which the content was created.

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    Recommendations

    AIATSIS, Kindred & Returning

    References

    Vale Aunty Velma Mulcahy 

    Cyanotype

    Joyce Saunders

    The Incredible Freedom Machines

    Matt Otley

    Bec Young

    Red Room Poetry

    Tamryn Bennett

    Jo Featherstone

    Kirli Saunders Consulting

    Bindi

    Kindred

    Returning

    Going Home Play

    Department of Education on language

    United Nations Indigenous Decades of Language

    Brotherboys and Sistergirls

    Uluru Statement

    Griffith Review Dr Lilly Brown and Genevieve Grieves

    Raise the Age

    Alok

    Heartbreak High

    Tony Birch The White Girl

    Melissa Lucashenko

    Ellen Van Neerven

    Jazz Money

    Florence Given

    The Front Left

    Gang of Youths

    Frontier War Stories

    Horror Show

    Based On Us – Poem from Returning

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten

    Guest: Kirli Saunders

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 Buffet and Queering Sex concepts and how to put pleasure and desire on the menu.

    This episode was recorded in September 2022

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual trauma

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    Recommendations

    The Pleasure Centre & The Science of Sex

    References 

    Tanya Koens

    Matt Tilley

    PLISSIT model

    Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges

    Sapiens

    Schitts Creek

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten

    Guests: Aleks Trkjula

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson  

    Music:  Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 team approach answering questions without judgement, making health information accessible and inclusive.

    This episode was recorded in June 2022

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    Recommendations

    Nurse Nettie & Sexual Health Infolink (SHIL)

    References

    Nurse Nettie

    NSW Health Play Safe

    Pronouns

    Sexual Health Infolink

    LGBTIQA+ community

    Labia Library

    FemFresh

    NSW Health

    Caddyshack Project

    Medicare Card

    Herpes

    Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

    Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs)

    Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)

    Sexual Health Clinics

    Aboriginal Medical Services

    Child Protection Units

    Mandatory Reporting Guidelines (MRG)

    Can I get an STI from that?

    Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

    Cervical Screening (Pap Smear)

    Diethylstilboestrol (DES)

    Premature ejaculation

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

    Citalopram

    Credits

    Host: Maddy Stratten

    Guests: Frances Turner from Nurse Nettie

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson  

    Music:   Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 a friend or an intimate companion, is a drive that defines a person in a way that no disability ever can.

    This episode was recorded in May 2022

    CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual assault

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    Recommendations

    Planet Puberty & Sexuality, Education, Counselling and Consultancy Agency (SECCA)

      

    References

    Relationships and Private Stuff

    Lotus Project

    Family Planning

    Dateables

    Love on the Spectrum

    Sex, safe and fun guide

    Shine SA

    National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

    Jewish Care

    Participate Australia

    Anglicare

    Credits

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guests: Liz Dore & Jan McGuire

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson  

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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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 and non-binary experience.

    This episode was recorded in February 2022

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    Transhub & Disclosure

    References

    Transhub

    ACON

    Trans Definition

    Census

    Marriage equality

    Asexual

    Gender identity vs Sexual orientation

    Cisgender

    Cisalpine and Transalpine Gauls

    Pronoun

    Gender dysphoria

    Elagabalus

    Brotherboys and Sistergirls

    Gender Fluid

    Social affirmation

    Legal affirmation

    Medical affirmation

    Gender affirming doctors

    Informed Consent Medical guidelines

    Top surgery

    Tucking

    Binding

    Transphobia

    Pansexual

    RuPaul's Drag Race

    Courtney Act

    Disclosure

    Norman Bates (Psycho movie)

    Ally

    Credits 

    Host: Naomi Viret

    Guests: Sophie Keeffe

    Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson  

    Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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