Episodes
Welcome to the very last episode of Doing It! Aaahhh its the end! What an incredible 4 years and 7 seasons of podcasting it has been ✨🎙️ To wrap up the podcast, Hannah, producer Mia Zur-Szpiro, and creative assistant Moog Florin, answer your questions about season 7 and the podcast as a whole, share some of their favourite behind the scenes moments, and what’s next for everyone. CW: discussion of paedophilia and child abuse 💛FIND HANNAH ELSEWHERE💛 PatreonInstagramYouTubeNewsletter 💜MIA...
Published 12/20/23
Welcome to the very last episode of Doing It! Aaahhh its the end! What an incredible 4 years and 7 seasons of podcasting it has been ✨🎙️ To wrap up the podcast, Hannah, producer Mia Zur-Szpiro, and creative assistant Moog Florin, answer your questions about season 7 and the podcast as a whole, share some of their favourite behind the scenes moments, and what’s next for everyone. CW: discussion of paedophilia and child abuse 💛FIND HANNAH ELSEWHERE💛 PatreonInstagramYouTubeNewsletter 💜MIA...
Published 12/20/23
Published 12/20/23
Did you ever get “the talk” from your parents? In the final episode of Doing It: Deep Dives, we’re talking all about sex positive parenting. How can we embody and express the sexual and relational values we want to pass on to our young people? Why are sex positive parenting and gender affirming care so stigmatized? What role do parents actually have in providing sex ed? Join me, Hannah Witton, sex educator Marisol (The SexEd Mum), researcher Marcelle Kosman, and some returning guests, as we...
Published 12/06/23
Is porn warping our view of sex? In this week’s episode, we’re diving into t, and how it can impact our experiences of sex, relationships, our bodies, and our identities. Why is porn such an emotive subject? Is porn actually harmful in all the ways people claim it is? And can ethical porn ever really exist? Join me, Hannah Witton, and guests professor Alan McKee, therapist and porn producer Jet Setting Jasmine, and sex educator and porn maker Billy Lore, as we explore the stigma, myths, and...
Published 11/22/23
No more simply mentioning it in passing: in this week’s episode, we properly dive into capitalism and money, and how they both shape our experiences of sex, relationships, our bodies, and our identities. How does capitalism affect our experience of gender? If we all need money to survive, why is there a stigma around selling sex for money? Do you feel pressure to treat your sexuality as a self-improvement project? Join me, Hannah Witton, and guests author Sophia K Rosa, writer and editor...
Published 11/08/23
Today’s episode is all about sex and disability. Why do we imagine disabled people aren’t desirable? What internalised assumptions do we have about what it means to be disabled? What does disability-inclusive sex education actually look like? Join me, Hannah Witton, as we investigate further with actress and influencer Lolo Spencer, founder and CEO of Enhance the UK Jennie Williams, and sex educator and author Cory Silverberg. 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND...
Published 10/25/23
Welcome to Doing It Podcast: Deep Dives, where we get unapologetically nerdy about sex! Over this season, we’ll be exploring some of the biggest taboos that impact our relationship with sex, our bodies, and the people in our lives. Our first episode is all about sex therapy! What actually is it? Why do people choose to go to sex therapy and what happens when you sit down on a sex therapist's couch? Let's deep dive into how sex therapy can transform people's confidence, why we're all so bad...
Published 10/11/23
Welcome to the end of season 6 Q&A! In this episode, Hannah and her producer Mia answer some listener questions about making the podcast and the topics and guests from the past season, and then get into some more personal and advice-type questions too. 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR...
Published 03/15/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Chantel Houston, who is a director, producer, and editor, and cohost of the Money Honeys Podcast. Chantel discusses how being demisexual has made her romantic choices more deliberate and gives advice for people exploring their own sexuality. She and Hannah talk about how money impacts romantic relationships, discussing finances with your partner, and the risk of resentment building in relationships due to money issues. Chantel also talks about how people...
Published 03/08/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Emerson Karsh, who is a sex and kink educator, content creator, and writer. Emerson discusses the importance of proper kink education, how helpful kink communities are for understanding what healthy kink dynamics are, and how learning about consent during her human sexuality degree helped her realise that the relationship she was in was actually abusive. She and Hannah talk about pros and cons of the show How to Build a Sex Room, as well as about...
Published 03/01/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Cody Daigle-Orians, an asexuality educator, writer, and creator of Ace Dad Advice. Cody talks about how to know if you’re asexual, the different identities under the asexual umbrella, and the difference between sexual attraction, romantic attraction, and lots of other kinds of attraction too. He and Hannah talk about Cody understanding he was asexual later in life at 42, how the language of asexuality helped him understand that he wasn’t broken, and how he...
Published 02/22/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Dee (they/them), who is a non-binary qualified sex educator in the UK. Dee tells us all about their MA in gender, sex, and sexuality at Birkbeck, and the complexities of looking back at gender diversity in history. They and Hannah talk about why it’s important to feel free to try or change labels, and Dee’s relationship with the labels trans and non-binary. Dee discusses how masturbation as a non-binary person allows them to to explore their own sexuality...
Published 02/15/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Charlie Amáyá Scott (they/she), a Diné scholar who reflects, analyzes, and critiques what it means to be queer, trans, and Diné in the 21st century. Charlie talks about growing up in Navajo Nation, exploring her queer and trans identity as an Indigenous person, and the misconceptions that Navajo Nation is very inclusive of queer and gender diverse people. They also talk about Two Spirit identity, an identity specific to Indigenous cultures in North...
Published 02/08/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Jennifer Savin, who is the features editor at Cosmopolitan UK. Jennifer talks all about deepfake porn, why women are more likely to be impacted by it, and how long it can take laws to catch up with technology. What’s the balance between protecting yourself from internet image abuse while not censoring yourself online? Jennifer and Hannah also talk about how damaging break-ups can be to people’s mental health, whether you can or should avoid being in...
Published 02/01/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Louie Läuger, who is an illustrator and author based in Germany. Louie talks about how constrictive it is that German only has one word for gender and sex, and how people are creating new gender neutral terms instead of using gendered nouns, and the current state of trans rights in Germany. They and Hannah discuss how to create gender diversity in art without falling into tropes or stereotypes around the appearance of non binary and trans people, and how...
Published 01/25/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Catherine Harry, who is a feminist vlogger and sex educator. Cath talks about growing up in Cambodia’s conservative purity culture, being made to memorise the women’s code of conduct at school, and when she started questioning what she’d been taught. She gets into why she makes videos in Khmer, her most requested video topics, and how the people that take the biggest issue with her work are actually western white men. Cath discusses what intersectional...
Published 01/18/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Jimanekia Eborn, who is a queer sexual assault and trauma expert, trauma media consultant, and comprehensive sex educator. Jimanekia and Hannah talk about why Jimanekia calls herself the trauma queen, how her personal experience of trauma led to her working in mental health and sex ed. Jimanekia discusses why trauma consultants for screen are so important, her work in diversifying intimacy coordination, and training coordinators to work with themes of...
Published 01/11/23
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Sophia Smith Galer, who is an award-winning journalist, author of Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century, and Tiktok creator. Sophia unpacks the main sex myths she tackles in her book from virginity to the hymen, and also shares how she identified the gap in social sex education to start with. She and Hannah talk about Sophia’s journey into becoming a TikTok journalist as well as social media’s censorship of sex education and how Sophia hopes SexTok...
Published 12/21/22
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, who is a sexual communication expert, podcaster, and tenured professor. Dr Tara chats about how effective sexual communication is the most important indicator of sexual satisfaction and gives some advice on getting started. She and Hannah talk about aftercare and checking in with partners after sex, misconceptions around sexuality in Thai culture, and what sexual meditation is. Dr Tara discusses how to build your own...
Published 12/14/22
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Cate Osborn, who is a certified sex educator with ADHD, a mental health advocate and full-time content creator. Cate joins Hannah to talk about how typical understanding of ADHD has let down women and minority genders, having ADHD and dating, and how ADHD and kink can intersect. Cate unpacks rejection sensitivity and time blindness, discusses the relationship between ADHD and consent, and shares her opinion on why kink is a great tool for managing...
Published 12/07/22
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Nour Emam, the founder & CEO of Motherbeing, as well as a sexual health educator and birth worker. Nour and Hannah talk about the lack of sex education in Egypt as well as the harmful attitudes around virginity. Nour shares how experiencing a traumatic birth and postpartum depression led her into working as a doula, and how that led to her work creating for Egyptian and MENA women around sex education. Finally, Nour talks about her course, Bridal...
Published 11/30/22
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Ben Hurst, who is an activist, educator, and the head of facilitation and training at Beyond Equality. Ben discusses dismantling concepts of masculinity and combating misogyny in his work with boys in schools, starting with his own journey getting into this line of work. He and Hannah talk about the pressure on young boys from their peers to be interested in sex, how he helps them deconstructs messages they might have learned from porn, and the problems...
Published 11/23/22
In this episode, Hannah is joined by April Lee and Renee Wong, platonic life partners originally from Singapore and now based in LA. April and Renee tell Hannah all about their personal story and what led to them becoming platonic life partners, what a PLP actually is, and how to tell the difference between a best friend, a potential PLP, and a romantic love connection. They talk about getting to handpick things that create security and commitment in their partnership without having to deal...
Published 11/16/22
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Dr Veronica Ivy, who is an interdisciplinary scholar and professional athlete. Veronica talks about what it’s like navigating the sporting world as a trans woman, the recent increase in transphobia in sports, and what she means by sport being a human right. She debunks so many myths around hormones, trans people, and performance, and shares perspective on how the socialisation of children of different genders impacts their sports performance. Finally,...
Published 11/09/22