The Hook Up

We live, laugh, love comedian, presenter, and writer Louis Hanson.As your 2024 Mardi Gras host - he’s got your pride survival guide for your gay christmas.

You told us about how you've self sabotaged your way out of healthy, secure relationships with green flags - but how can you stop this pattern from ruining a good thing?Psychologist and author Chris Cheers joins Dee to chat about why we get addicted to red flags and how you can rewire your brain.

If you've been in a toxic relationship or you only date red flags, do you find it hard when someone healthy, secure and safe comes along? You tell us your experience of what it's like dating from problematic to perfect, from feeling boredom, picking fights to self sabotage. 

She’s the founder and CEO of Cheek Media, author of Bite Back, and podcast host of Big Small Talk - Hannah Ferguson put the ultimate group date to the test, and says it was the best date she’s ever been on.So here’s how she pulled it off and why she thinks group dates are going to make dating apps fun again.

If you’re living with your parents (maybe you’re studying, or for cultural reasons, or just coz cost of living is fkd) you might be struggling to have any kind of sex life. We hear your horror stories of getting caught, getting creative and getting off.

We yappa yappered about timing, but now it’s time to hear from an actual expert.Dee chats to couples therapist Megan Kozak about how much timing actually matters in relationships, and how to deal if you’re going through a break up because of it.

Have you ever met someone who ticks all the boxes, you have great chemistry, you could honestly see a future with them… but the timing isn’t right? Like maybe they’re about to move overseas for work/study, maybe they’re not over their ex - or sometimes it’s just a case of “I need time to work on myself”. So how much does timing really matter? - and is it something you can overcome if you actually wanna be with someone.

If you wanna start using your backdoor in the bedroom but don't know where to start, we got chu. Sex coach Georgia Grace and founder of sexual wellness brand NORMAL Lucy Wark chat to us about all the basics of butt play. 

83% of you reckon we live in a low effort dating culture. Where people never put in effort and everyone just bails or ghosts each other. So are Australians just lazy or have dating apps made everyone burnt out?Also is it actually a bad thing? Should you expect so much effort at the start of getting to know someone? Dee and Pip hear your hot takes and chat it out.

It’s finally happened, The Imperfects are on The Hook Up <3 If you don’t know - The Imperfects are a hugely popular podcast where some of the most well-known guests jump on to share their insecurities and all the ways they feel imperfect. Comedian Ryan Shelton and Josh Van Cuylenburg chat to Dee and Pip about the power of vulnerability and what they’ve learnt from hearing so many people’s incredible stories.