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We need to have difficult conversations about cancel culture

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Neuroscientist on the science of falling in love

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Comedian Andrew Hunter Murray: ‘The political landscape is ripe for satire’

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Otegha Uwagba on how Instagram fuels self-doubt more than a catwalk

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Tom Walker: ‘Songwriting is my therapy’

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Author Ela Lee: ‘We need to start taking blackout sex seriously’

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Journalist Bryony Gordon: ‘If men went through menopause, we’d never hear the end of it’

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Female rage, Tom Cruise, and pickles: Best moments from Love Lives in 2023

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Singer-songwriter Tom Grennan: ‘I need to live like an athlete so I can perform’

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Writer Emma Forrest: ‘Trump’s election made me want to be celibate’

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‘Bellies’ author Nicola Dinan: ‘Trans characters should have the right to be fallible too’

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Author Poorna Bell on the power of withdrawing from one-sided friendships

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Singer Zara Larsson on being in the 'power of wanting to do it for yourself'

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Author Megan Nolan: ‘I want to avoid using trauma to excuse all bad behaviour of my characters’

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Author Lorraine Candy: ‘Perimenopausal rage made me feel I was unravelling’

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Singer Freya Ridings: ‘I was an outcast until I found out I could sing’

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Mission Impossible star Hayley Atwell on how she helped create her character

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Caroline O’Donoghue: ‘I shouldn’t believe in love at first sight’

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Naoise Dolan: 'It’s rare that fiction doesn’t problematise queer relationships'

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SNL, romantic comedies and the Pete Davidson effect - with Curtis Sittenfeld

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Introducing Love Lives

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Author Louise O’Neill on redefining boundaries in a post-Me Too world

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Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan on gender identity and how to untangle a toxic political debate

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Adult filmmaker Vex Ashley on feminist porn, sex work and the female gaze

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Celebrity psychic Chris Riley shares what a reading could do for your relationship

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Soma Sara on how sex education perpetuates rape culture and harmful myths about sex

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Comedian Jack Barry on threesomes, lockdown sex, and why monogamy is outdated

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Beam Me Up Softboi’s Iona David examines the different types of softbois on dating apps

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Love Island’s Amber Gill discusses finding holiday romance, the pressures of coming out, and life after the villa

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Rebecca Humphries on emotional abuse, toxic love and her night out with a disappearing softboi

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Dr Hazel Wallace busts myths around the clitoris, female masturbation, and the ‘orgasm gap’

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Love Island’s Yewande Biala discusses ‘racialised renaming’ and dating as a Black woman

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Writer Salma El-Wardany discusses the importence of female friendship

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Intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien on how to choreograph the perfect sex scene

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Roxie Nafousi on manifesting the relationship you deserve

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Carrie Hope Fletcher on loneliness, fantasy, and leaving long-term relationships

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Lalalaletmeexplain on abusive relationships and toxic femininity

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Sophia Smith Galer on sex myths, virginity and virility

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Laura Bates on how misogyny is damaging our relationships

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Raven Smith on masculinity, fake orgasms, and #MeToo

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Dr Michaela Dunbar on transforming your love life with the help of psychology

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A conversation with the women in The Tinder Swindler

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Emily Ratajkowski on sexual violence, feminism, and learning to say 'no'

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Turning your dating disasters into comedy, with Diana Vickers and Chiara Hunter

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Toxic relationships, narcissistic abuse, and attachment types, with Toni Tone

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Sex Education’s George Robinson on playing Isaac, ableism and intimacy co-ordinators

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Join Millennial Love LIVE on Wednesday!

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Having an eco-friendly love life, with Aja Barber

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Being single, fabulous and living life on your own terms, with Paris Lees

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What’s the difference between a Soft Boy and a F*** Boy? With Maisie Peters

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Shame and sexuality, with Will Young

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Interracial relationships, narcissistic men and Love Island, with Candice Brathwaite

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The pain and pleasure of crushing on someone for over a decade, with Natasha Lunn

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Abusive relationships, love-bombing, and female sexuality, with Charli Howard

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Bonus episode: An exclusive extract from the Millennial Love book

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Why we all need to stop people-pleasing in relationships, with Emma Reed Turrell and Michelle Elman

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Playing it straight in the fashion industry and beyond, with Jack Guinness

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Maybe it’s time we stopped believing in fairytale romance, with Niomi Smart

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Romantic fiction, cheating and heartbreak, with Georgia Toffolo

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How being a Jehovah’s Witness shapes your views on sex and dating, with Jodie Chapman

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The joys of being single and our obsession with romantic relationships, with Francesca Specter

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Cheating, arguments and blackout sex: How alcohol affects the way we date, with Millie Gooch

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Unrequited love and why we need to make romance more inclusive

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'Situationships' and the ambiguity surrounding queer relationships, with Naoise Dolan

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How the decision to have children can define our dating lives, with Nell Frizzell

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Falling in love in your 30s, with Camille Charrière

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Getting over a breakup by gardening, with Alice Vincent

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Christmas Special with Charly Cox

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The ups and downs of female friendship, with Gemma Styles

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Celibacy, Saturn Returns, and craving instability, with Caggie Dunlop

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How do our relationships impact our body confidence?

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Masturbation and arranged marriages, with Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani

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How A.I. could change dating, with Tabitha Goldstaub

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James McVey on body dysmorphia

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Talking porn with Erika Lust

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Megan Barton-Hanson on slut-shaming and the stigma against sex work

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Motherhood and choice, with Sophie Mackintosh

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Diversity in love stories, with Bolu Babalola

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Why we need to talk about porn, with Sara Pascoe

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Florence Given on female sexuality and internalised misogyny

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Grace Beverley on the weirdness of dating in the public eye

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Raven Smith on the problem with dating apps

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‘I was in quarantine with the man who catfished me’

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Why we needed a transgender Alice in Wonderland, with Juno Dawson

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Listeners share their socially distant date stories

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Fleur East reveals how to keep the spark alive in long-term relationships

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We got a book deal!

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Grace Campbell on why you should date a feminist

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Phone-in special: Listeners' love lives in lockdown

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Love in the time of corona

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Ella Eyre on dating and friendships

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Emma Louise Connolly and Oliver Proudlock on Instagram in relationships

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Dani Dyer on relationships in the public eye

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Season 3 of Millennial Love is back TOMORROW

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Victoria Pendleton and Sophie Everard on how to deal with a break up

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Cariad Lloyd on grief in relationships

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Sacrifice in relationships

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Gender fluidity and masculinity with Courtney Act

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How to have feminist sex, with Gina Martin and Flo Perry

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Jordan Stephens discusses how #MeToo has changed the way we date