“It’s super powerful to go into a space, a group of people who don’t know anything about you, and you have that connection and that community.” Drag is more than just a performance of heightened gender expression; it’s a safe and affirming space for exploration.   This honest and nuanced conversation explores the intersection of drag and the LGBTQIA+ community. It’s not drag 101, it’s a deep and vulnerable conversation about the role that drag plays in LGBTQIA+ advocacy.  Maddy and Winnie yap with three incredible local Wollongong drag stars; Cherry-Ripe (she/her), Roxee Horror (she/her), and Lawrence of Australia (he/him) about the rise of drag in pop culture, performer and audience consent and drag as an ever-evolving industry.  Get ready to have a laugh, be challenged and experience the personal stories that provide a unique insight into the heart of drag culture.  This episode was recorded in March 2025     Read transcript here           Check out our webpage for more information     Follow us on Instagram and Facebook        Recommendations   Roxee Horror  Cherry Ripe  Lawrence of Australia  References   Understanding Drag Article  Courtney Act  Ru Paul’s Drag Race  Drag Expo Au  Rocky Horror Picture Show  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert  To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar  Mrs Doubtfire  Dating The Enemy  White Chicks  Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette  Communicative Approach to Consent with Dr Joy Townsend  TransHealth, Medical Consent, Disability & Queer Healthcare with Axel-Nathaniel Rose  Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee  LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers  Language, Feminism & the Queer Space with Kirli Saunders    Credits      Host: Winnie Adamson & Maddy Stratten  Guest: Roxee Horror, Cherry-Ripe & Lawrence of Australia   Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson   Editing: Winnie Adamson   Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)       NSW Health social media community guidelines

Join us as we host Tom (he/him) and Adie (she/her) to discuss sex, relationships and consent and their work in answering young people’s sticky questions. Tom and Adie talk about their experiences working at Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) and the inspirations that drove the production of the Sticky Q’s podcast as an educational tool. Sticky Q’s is a podcast where they answer anonymous questions, written on sticky notes from real life consent education classes. Listen as Tom and Adie share the frameworks they use to answer these sticky questions from young people. This episode was recorded in May 2025 Read transcript here Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook Recommendations Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society Australian National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH survey) Report References Sticky Q’s Podcast Sticky Q’s Instagram Sexual Assault Support Service Tasmania TED Talk: Adie Delaney An Aerialist on Listening to your Body’s Signals Safe Schools Australian Secondary Schools Survey Pop Culture Parenting Connor Beaton – Man Talks Public Health Student Placement & Podcasting with Jade Scott Society, Social Scripts & the Study of Sex with Jennifer Power Young People’s Digital Cultures & Sexual Health with Kath Albury Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers What We’re Reading Caddyshack Project on Goodreads Play Safe Play Safe Pro Sexual Health InfoLink Credits Host: Winnie Adamson & Maddy Stratten Guest: Tom Duff & Adie Delaney Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Editing: Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) NSW Health social media community guidelines

Join Naomi as she chats with Jennifer Power, a Principal Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University.   Jennifer explores her research focused on sexuality, sexual health and HIV with Naomi, discussing her work on the Secondary Students and Sexual Health Survey and other studies relating to LGBTQIA+ wellbeing, young people and sexual health, and digital sexual health literacy.    This episode was recorded in March 2025     Read transcript here         Check out our webpage for more information     Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

Join Maddy as she sits down with Kath Albury to explore the digital cultures and sexual health of young people in Australia.  Kath, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and Associate Investigator in the Swinburne Node for ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADMS), shares her Fellowship research which explores the impacts of digital transformation, ranging from enterprise technologies to everyday digital practices, on the sexual and reproductive health workforce.   This episode was recorded in February 2025

“Awareness dosen’t come about by silence”. Naomi is joined by Naomi Hoffman, a clinical sexual health nurse and HIV positive speakers Tasha and Mel. Listen as they discuss testing and treatment options available in Australia and the importance of raising awareness of women and HIV.  Naomi shares her clinical experience working with and supporting women living with HIV in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Sexual Health Clinic. As a proud Kamilaroi women, Naomi works to educate the wider community to remove stigma associated with HIV.  Tasha and Mel, from the Positive Speakers Bureau, share their lived experience with HIV, their advocacy for marginalised communities and their impact in education and prevention.   Take some time and experience the real and honest stories from Tasha and Mel and expand your knowledge of HIV through a new lens.  This episode was recorded in November 2024   CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references physical and emotional trauma    Read transcript here     Check out our webpage for more information   Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

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    Read transcript here   Check out our webpage for more information  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook     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)    NSW Health social media community guidelines  

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     Read transcript here  Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook       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)    NSW Health social media community guidelines

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   Read transcript here  Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook    Recommendations   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)    NSW Health social media community guidelines  

”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 Read transcript here Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

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   Read transcript here Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook   Recommendations 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)    NSW Health social media community guidelines  

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   Read transcript here Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook   Recommendations  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)    NSW Health social media community guidelines

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.   Read transcript here Check out our webpage for more information Follow us on Instagram and Facebook   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)    NSW Health social media community guidelines

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

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

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

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

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.

Curious about sexology and the difference between a sex therapist, body therapists, 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.

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

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