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The Hotbed
by Hotbed Collective
Do the words 'let's talk about sex' make you cringe? Join the Hotbed Collective for funny, frank, non-cringey sex chat, with help from sex experts, comedians and confidence coaches. We're making the world a better place, one orgasm at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Is your libido on lockdown? with Dr Karen Gurney
Have you been at it like rabbits in Lockdown 3 or have you found sex is the last thing on your mind? Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams discuss the trials of lockdown love, why Anniki wants a chin-lift, sexy new TV – from Lover's Rock to Bridgerton – and the now-legendary BBC dildo appearance....
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Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?, with Professor Kristen R Ghodsee
Good sex starts with doing the recycling, Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams have always maintained. To develop this thought, they discuss what socialist ideals – more free childcare, laundry and food services - would lead them to having better sex, prompted by Lisa reading Professor Kristen R...
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Normal People, Extraordinary Times, with Dr Karen Gurney
Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams record a special socially-distanced episode to talk about the lives under lockdown, the BBC Three adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People, and how they're feeling about their lockdown looks. There's also a guest spot by Dr Karen Gurney, giving advice on...
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I'm Too Old For This Sh*t, with Dr Philippa Kaye
The Hotbed welcomes its first-ever co-host: Karen Arthur of #WearYourHappy to talk about menopause, mental health and things we’re too old to care about any more. Lisa also interviews Dr Philippa Kaye about what the perimenopause is, what treatment there is for menopause symptoms, and how female...
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Book special: More Orgasms Please and Motherwhelmed
The Hotbed Collective's book More Orgasms Please: Why Female Pleasure Matters is out in pretty paperback now: Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams talk about how they wrote it and why they wrote it, give their tips on getting a book published and their thoughts on why female pleasure matters....
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Get Lippy, with Dr Anita Mitra aka Gynae Geek
Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams talk about vulvas: cervical screenings, gynae cancer, thrush and nicknames for ‘vulva’. They set up a folk duo and do an impromptu song about incontinence, while Lisa interviews the ever-calm and ever-clever Dr Anita Mitra, AKA Gynae Geek about The Eve…
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All About Desire, with Dr Karen Gurney and Kelly Ford
At a special live show of The Hotbed, recorded live at Soho Radio pre-lockdown, Hotbed favourite Dr Karen is here to explain why everything you believed about desire is WRONG! We talk about the 237 reasons we have sex, what (and who!) makes us feel sexy, how contraception can mess with your mood,...
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The Rampant Rabbit, with Jacqueline Gold
Jacqueline Gold CBE is the chief executive of Ann Summers and estimated to be the UK’s 16th richest woman. She talks to Cherry Healey and Anniki Sommerville about the sex toy made famous by Sex in the City, how she turned the chain around to make it more welcoming for women, and her experience of...
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Before You Say You're Leaving, with Cat Sims
Cherry Healey and Anniki Sommerville are back with the first episode of the sixth series! Recorded in COVID-19 free times, this is stress-free listening that may be particularly appropriate now we’re living in lockdown. If you’re in a long-term relationship and struggle sometimes, you will love...
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The Hotbed Season 6 Trailer - Starts Wednesday April 15th
The Hotbed Collective are back with series six of their hit podcast The Hotbed. Life is weird but stick in your headphones and listen to Lisa Williams, Cherry Healey and Anniki Sommerville discuss topics such as sex shops, perimenopause and marriage counselling with a variety of brilliant guests....
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The Hotbed Season Finale LIVE from Camp Bestival
In this the finale episode in the series, ‘The Hotbed’ trio are reunited: with Lisa, Anniki and Cherry taking on Camp Bestival in a special LIVE podcast also starring Carrie Anne AKA @mre.soeur and Kate from @lesbemums. They discuss why relationships are so hard after kids, how communication can…
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The Fit Feminist, with Shona Vertue
Cherry Healey talks to ‘the fit feminist’ Shona Vertue about the many reasons to be fit and strong (none of which are to look a certain way), they talk about Cherry has been doing her pelvic floor squeezes all wrong until now, and Shona answers some listeners’ questions about diastasis recti and...
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I'm In My Sexual Prime, with Tova Leigh
Hotbedder-at-large Cherry Healey is back in the fold for this episode, which centres on sex and ageing, and what that can mean for a relationship, the stairpile and your orgasm rate. She interviews comedian Tova Leigh about the midlife crisis which led to her rediscovering her sexuality…
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How are your hormones?
We have a juicy chat with sex educator, YouTuber and all-round good egg Hannah Witton about hormones, sex education and masturbation, in which we reveal orgasm tips, what we’d wished our parents has taught us about sex, and why talking about sex is important work. Hannah’s book The Hormone…
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Beach Body Ready, with Natalie Lee/Style Me Sunday
How do we resist the pressure to get 'beach body ready' as summer holiday season approaches? Lisa Williams quizzes Natalie Lee, AKA Style Me Sunday, about how to be a warrior woman on the beach and by the pool, how being a midwife helped her become body positive, and how body positivity compares…
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Position of the Fortnight with Lisa Smosarski
In this week's episode The Hotbed talk frankly about what they’ve been up to since season 4 ended (for a start they’ve got a BOOK coming out called ‘More Orgasms Please,’). They also discuss Love Island, and what their favourite sexual position is (as an ode to More magazine’s 'Position of The...
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None of My Best Friends Are Trans
*Trigger warning: This episode makes references to self-harm and suicide** To round off the fourth series we interview a MAN for the first time on the podcast! Buck Angel is an LA-based activist who is known in the trans community as ’Tranpa’ because he enjoys teaching and preaching about...
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How Not to Hate Your Partner After Kids with Jancee Dunn
In this episode Anniki and Lisa discuss what happens to your relationship after you have kids. Why is it that we often get locked into the same arguments and are there any strategies to break free? Why do some new mothers resent their partner when they try to help and then hate them when they...
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I Wanna Know What Self-Love Is
Our lives are getting increasingly stressful and the overwhelm is real, so how do we carve out time for self-love and what does it look like? For this special live episode, recorded at White City House, we explore self-love in all its forms. Co-hosts Lisa Williams and Anniki Sommerville haven’t…
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Only an Actual Movie Star, with Rose McGowan
*Trigger warning: This episode contains mild references to consent* Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams were over the moon to host Charmed and Grindhouse star Rose McGowan in the Hotbed. She talks about the male gaze, the #MeToo the movement, growing up in a cult and her book Brave, her frank...
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Help, my vulva is broken! With Clemmie Hooper
The Hotbed Collective kicks off the fourth series of the Hotbed podcast by talking to midwife and Instagram star Clemmie Hooper, aka Mother of Daughters. We interview her about the wonderful world of vulvas, body knowledge, post-birth recovery and how Clemmie herself manages to get her leg over...
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It's the Moist Wonderful Time of the Year
Why do women have such rubbish words to describe their sex drive, rude bits and nice things that can be done to us? We talk to poet Hollie McNish about why sexy words are often super-cringe and what we can do about it (Oxford English Dictionary, are you listening?). We also talk about the orgasm...
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I Took The Cat, with Rebecca Humphries
Rebecca Humphries hit the headlines when her then-partner Seann Walsh was papped snogging his Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones. Rather than sell her story, she released a powerful statement on Twitter, reframing herself not as a victim, but as a woman strong enough to leave - taking the...
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Maybe It's A 'Girl Crush', Maybe You're Queer
What is the sexuality spectrum and where on it would you put yourself? Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams discuss the Kinsey Scale, the 'girl crush' and the 'wand' sex toy. Lisa speaks to Alright For A Mum podcaster Remi Sade (@booksbabyandback) about dating a woman for the first time and why…
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Ditch the Diet, with @BodyPosiPanda
This week, we are joined by body positivity campaigner Megan Jayne Crabbe, otherwise known as Instagram phenomenon @BodyPosiPanda (she has a million followers, and there’s a good reason for this!). She tells us how ditching diet culture for good has meant amazing things for her body confidence,...
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The Maintenance Shag, with Sali Hughes
When you’re in a relationship, how long between shags is too long? Anniki Sommerville discusses sex droughts and the ‘maintenance shag’ with beauty journalist Sali Hughes. They offer up tips on how to make sex a fun and easy part of living together, why it’s unfair to decide that you’re just not...
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The Hotbed Live at Sh! Women’s Store
A very special live edition of the Hotbed, recorded at Sh! Women’s Store in London. Cherry Healey, Anniki Sommerville, Lisa Williams, and their gaggle of gorgeous listeners hear store manager Renee demonstrate the sex emporium’s best-selling toys, including the ‘sucker’, the male masturbator and...
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That Was Shit, Mate: With Jess Phillips MP
We head to the Houses of Parliament to speak to Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, about sex and relationships education in schools: why kids should learn about pleasure as well as pregnancy, how growing up in an open 'naked' household paved the way for her career in politics, and which...
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Confidence is a Preference...
In our first episode in the new series, Lisa Williams and Anniki Sommerville focus on the pressing issue of confidence and how to have more presence and VA VA VOOM in your life. This might be when attending an intimidating event, getting ready for a speaking opportunity, or broaching a difficult...
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The Hotbed Season 3 - Trailer
Do the words 'let's talk about sex' make you cringe? Join Cherry, Anniki and Lisa of the Hotbed Collective for funny, frank, non-cringey sex chat, with help from sex experts, comedians and confidence coaches. We're making the world a better place, one orgasm at a time. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Yoni Live Once
*WARNING: DUE TO A STUDIO BLIP, SOUND QUALITY ON THIS EPISODE IS NOT GOOD* How can yoga help us have better orgasms? Is there a quick way of doing tantric sex? And will a crystal dildo be the sex toy Anniki Sommerville finally bothers to try? The Hotbed Collective answer these questions and more,...
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Let’s Write About Sex Baby
In this weeks episode The Hotbed Collective talk all about writing and sex. What makes a good sex scene in a book? What words turn us on? What descriptions make us cringe? We re-visit classics by Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper and also discuss ‘50 Shades of Grey,’ with our guest - writer Tetyana...
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Dr Karen, Dr Karen, Dr Karen
Sex doctor Dr Karen Gurney is in the house to give us a load of tips in this bumper episode. How can women get the horn more easily? And how can men feel less inadequate? Is ‘date night’ a good idea? Dr Karen, Lisa Williams and Anniki Sommerville also discuss Naked Attraction, snogging in public...
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Sweat, Wobble and Roll
Did you see the London Marathon this year? Did you see the two women who ran it in their underwear to prove that people of all shapes and sizes can take part? Bryony Gordon and Jada Sezer made a big impression on the Hotbed Collective (Cherry Healey. Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams). In this...
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I Hate You So Much Right Now
How do you stay in love with your other half when you kind of hate them a little bit? And how do you keep up the orgasm count when you spend more time sorting the recycling than snogging on the sofa? Cherry Healey, Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams debate the ‘seven year itch’ and work out…
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Just Relaxing Won’t Make Me Pregnant
In this weeks episode The Hotbed Collective tackle the thorny issue of trying to conceive. With special guest Kelly Ford AKA @bookofmum we discuss the frustrations when the one thing you really want to happen WON’T. There’s also an honest and frank interview with Cat Strawbridge and Kate Meakin –...
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The Most Exhilarating Sex of My Life
Pregnancy sex, birth injury and being a MILF: all in a day’s work for the Hotbed Collective, this week made up of Lisa Williams, Anniki Sommerville and guest host Remi Sade. They also work out all the things they don’t feel guilty about, and talk to The No-Guilt Pregnancy Plan author Rebecca...
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It's Only Blood
The Hotbed podcast is back for series two! We hope you've had some good orgasms since we were away. And now we're straight in at the deep end again, talking about periods: period shame, period education, period sex, period poverty and period politics. It's a good one! The Hotbed Collective…
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Like being in our own budget rom-com
It’s the end of the first series, and presenters Anniki Sommerville, Lisa Williams and Cherry Healey reflect on what has surprised them the most about doing this podcast. They review the Pillow app which helps to reconnect couples, hear from life and confidence coach Mary Meadows about dating…
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Watching all the hot doctors on Grey’s Anatomy
Following on from their hit episode about feminist porn, Anniki Sommerville, Lisa Williams and Cherry Healey discuss sex on screen more broadly: why do film and TV sex scenes so often show a woman coming to a screaming climax after a few thrusts, and does this do a disservice to both women and…
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I’d like something up my bottom, please
More people are having anal sex than ever before, but do you, could you, would you? And if so, then how? The Hotbed Collective gives you their bum sex dos and don’ts with some help from comedian Kelly Ford and sex expert Dr Karen Gurney, who also gives the lowdown on the female g-spot and female...
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Can Feminist Porn Give You The Horn?
Women are watching increasing amounts of porn, but is it doing us any good? Lisa Williams, Anniki Sommerville and Cherry Healey discuss the ins and outs – ooh er! – and report back from their ventures into feminist porn. What is it? How is it different? And can it give you the horn? In a segment...
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Just Look at the State of Me
Why do so many women feel so crap about their bodies, and how does this affect them in the bedroom and beyond? Cherry Healey, Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams discuss the issue, taking in the dangers of female objectification and the joys of dry-humping along the way.Anniki talks to life…
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The Pelvic Paw Patrol (How to get in the mood, pelvic floor health, Elvie review)
What the hell is the pelvic floor and why is it important? Cherry, Anniki and Lisa get squeezing, and talk to the women who are campaigning for better awareness of that core area. They once used the hashtag #PelvicPawPatrol as a joke but Lisa runs with it and makes it official. The trio review...
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The Dangerwank (Masturbation, Menopause, Meg Matthews interview)
It’s the difficult second episode but it’s a juicy one: Cherry, Anniki and Lisa talk about masturbation and the female orgasm. They try to take it seriously but they struggle. Luckily Dr Karen Gurney is there with some eye-opening facts, and comedian Kelly Ford praises the dangerwank. Anniki…
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From Sexy Beast to Horrible Slob
Cherry Healey, Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams talk edible knickers, sex after kids, and why 'a weekend away' is sometimes the least sexy thing a couple can do. They also talk to resident sex expert Dr Karen Gurney about why women feel the horn less than men, and what we can do about it.…
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The Hotbed - Trailer
Do the words 'let's talk about sex' make you cringe? Join Cherry, Anniki and Lisa of the Hotbed Collective for funny, frank, non-cringey sex chat, with help from sex experts, comedians and confidence coaches. We're making the world a better place, one orgasm at a time. Hosted on Acast. See...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Do the words 'let's talk about sex' make you cringe? Join the Hotbed Collective for funny, frank, non-cringey sex chat, with help from sex experts, comedians and confidence coaches. We're making the world a better place, one orgasm at a time.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hotbed Collective
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Do the words 'let's talk about sex' make you cringe? Join the Hotbed Collective for funny, frank, non-cringey sex chat, with help from sex experts, comedians and confidence coaches. We're making the world a better place, one orgasm at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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