The Hook Up
ABC Podcasts
The Hook Up is about love, sex and relationships. We answer your questions, learn things together, cry over heartbreak and normalise shit. Every Tuesday Dee and Pip debate your dating dilemmas and hear your cooked stories. Every Thursday it's the sex ed you never had — we call on an expert to go deep and find answers with Dee.
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Mar 8, 2023 • 19min
QUEER LOVE BITES: An Asexual Love Story
To celebrate WorldPride this month, we’re hearing your queer bite-sized love stories - and now it's time for the big finale.
Mar 7, 2023 • 32min
What's Performance Anxiety? And Why Can It Cause Erectile Dysfunction?
If you’ve struggled to get hard or ‘get it up’ it might be because you’re stressed or anxious about being good in bed.And so many of you told us you have so much shame around erectile dysfunction. In this ep, we find out what performance anxiety is, how to cope, and how to best help as a partner.
Mar 1, 2023 • 8min
QUEER LOVE BITES: The Art Collector and The Artist
To celebrate WorldPride this month, we’re hearing your queer bite-sized love stories. And nothing screams modern gay love like a grindr hook up that turned into the love of your life moving into your place the very next day. That’s what happened to art collector Wade who fell in love at first sight with artist Teejay.
Feb 28, 2023 • 25min
How To Date And Find Love In A Small Town
Dating in regional or rural Australia can be pretty tough. There’s like five people on the apps, everyone knows everyone’s business and you have to be careful you don’t accidentally go on a date with your second cousin.
Feb 22, 2023 • 7min
QUEER LOVE BITES: Kitchen Encounter
To celebrate WorldPride this month, we’re hearing your queer bite-sized love stories.
Feb 21, 2023 • 35min
When Is The Right Time To Move In Together?
Moving in with your partner can make or break a relationship - you might see a bunch of red flags or it might make you closer than ever. We find out if there's a right time to do it, and get some hot tips from you on how to make it work.
Feb 14, 2023 • 33min
How To Explore And Embrace Your Bisexuality
You told us that dating as a bisexual person can be a really shit time. You've had people say stuff like "it’s just a phase" or "pick a side."
Feb 7, 2023 • 28min
Can Friends With Benefits Really Work?
Friends with benefits can be a really great way to have no strings attached sex, but it can also get really messy, especially if someone catches feelings.So is it possible to bang your mates without ruining the friendship? We’ll get your hot tips and chat to a sex and relationships therapist about how to nail the FWB.
Dec 13, 2022 • 37min
How to survive your first holiday together
So you’re about to go on your first vacay with bae. Maybe you’re going overseas, road tripping in a van or meeting the their fam for the first time.
Dec 6, 2022 • 25min
Should you tell someone if you know they’re being cheated on?
If you knew someone was being cheated on, would you tell them? Or just keep it to yourself?
