Episodes
On the final episode of this series, Jennie and Zoe chat to ETUK's brand new Quest range ambassador, disability activist, Roxy Murray.
They chat about her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, dating, her podcast and her campaign work.
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Published 12/12/23
On this episode, hosts Jennie and Zoe chat to campaigner and alopecia advocate Laura Mathias. They talk about learning to love yourself, dating and life without wigs.
Published 11/28/23
On this episode, hosts Jennie and Zoe chat to actress, presenter, and disability activist Samantha Renke. They have a very open and honest talk about relationships, dating and intimacy.
This episode contains explicit content.
Published 11/14/23
On this episode hosts Jennie and Zoe chat to Kris Aves, a former Metropolitan police officer who was paralysed from the Westminster Bridge terror attack in March 2017, when he was hit by the van driven by the terrorist.
We talk about the attack, how his life has changed, his relationships and more.
Published 10/31/23
In this episode of The Undressing Disability podcast, hosts Jennie and Zoe chat to actress and author Samantha Baines.
She chats about her hearing loss diagnosis, her career, dating, and her book Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness.
Published 10/17/23
On this episode of The Undressing Disability Podcast, Zoe and Jennie chat with Ben about his time as a carer, and how he helped a client with their first sexual experience.
Published 10/03/23
Hosts Jennie and Zoe chat to TV personality and pundit Asta Philpot. Asta was born with Arthrogryposis, a condition called that impairs physical movement.
They about his first sexual experience, care homes, and how he found his true love.
Follow Asta on instagram @astaphilpot or visit www.astaphilpot.com
Contains explicit content
Published 09/18/23
Welcome back to our Undressing Disability podcast!
Hosts Jennie and Zoe kick off series 3 chatting to John and Jade Reynolds.
Jade was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis of her spinal cord when she was just 12 years old.
In this episode, they chat about how they met, dating, parenting and their hilarious TikTok account.
Follow John and Jade on TikTok @johnejreynolds
Published 09/05/23
In this special episode, CEO Jennie Williams talks to colleague Claire, about her experience with sexual violence, as part of the Enhance The UK’s Sexual Violence and Disability campaign. This seeks to raise awareness about the impact of sexual violence on disabled people.
Trigger warning:
Please note that this episode contains content that some people may find disturbing or upsetting.
Published 12/06/22
In this final episode of series 2, hosts Jennie and Damian talk to sex coach Ruth Ramsay.
Ruth talks about her work as a sex coach and what that entails.
The conversation then moves on to Ruth talking about how she worked as an award winning stripper and how this work led to her working with disabled people.
It is fascinating to hear Ruth explaining how she did striptease for people with visual impairments.
We hope you've enjoyed this series and we can't wait to be back talking all...
Published 02/25/22
In this episode, Damian talks to Matilda Lawrence-Jubb and Anna Alexander who are the co founders of Sex Education company Split Banana.
Anna and Matilda tell Damian why they set up the company and how they help young people to have healthy relationships with their minds, their bodies and each other.
They then discuss the topics of sex education and pleasure, pornography and how Sex Education can be improved in S.E.N schools.
Published 02/11/22
In this episode Damian talks to Cindy Gallop who is the self-proclaimed Michael Bay of business as she “likes to blow shit up”.
Cindy was born in the UK, lived much of her childhood in Brunei, Borneo, and returned to the UK for university education in Oxford. She has lived in New York for the last 23 years and here we talk to her about one of her ventures, Make Love Not Porn, of which she is the founder and CEO.
Make Love Not Porn is the world's first user-generated, human-curated social...
Published 01/27/22
In this episode, host Damian talks to Sensual Masseuse Jo Silby and this time the tables are turned as our very own Jennie Williams becomes a guest!
Jo talks a little about herself and explains to the listeners what a Sensual (sexual) Massage in comparison to an ordinary massage.
Jennie shares her personal experience of suffering with Vulva pain due to having Lichen Sclerosus and how she went to Jo for a massage and the positive impact it had.
Jo also talks about how sensual massage can help...
Published 01/10/22
In this episode Jennie and Damian talk to Eleanor Hancock who works as a Sex Tech researcher for Kiiroo.
They discuss Sex tech including some of the products that Kiiroo make, and how technology can be used to make sex toys more accessible for disabled people.
Eleanor gives us some insight into how she thinks Sex Tech will progress in the future including the emergence of Sex robots.
Published 01/01/22
**This episode contains explicit content of a sexual nature. There is also a lot of swearing so you may not want to play this where young ears could be listening. **
In this episode Jennie and Damian talk to Reed Amber who is a sex-positive mental health advocate, nudity, kinks and fetishes anti-shamer.
Reed tells us about herself and the sex positive work she does and how her aim is to talk about subjects that some people may feel uncomfortable discussing. She talks about the positives...
Published 12/12/21
This week, our hosts Jennie and Damian chat with Kelly Gordon about loneliness and dating as a disabled person.
Kelly Gordon is a 32 year old entrepreneur and consultant based in the West Midlands, UK. She has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 which is a genetic disability meaning for her, that she uses an electric wheelchair to get around. Kelly's condition is progressive and has meant that she has faced losing her ability throughout her life especially when her body faced big changes and...
Published 12/05/21
This week we are joined by Tina Rycroft whose son, Charlie, has Microtia meaning he is deaf in one ear as it is underdeveloped. She talks about Charlie's attitude and confidence amongst his peers and how his differs from the medical model of disability.
Tina works for the charity Microtia UK, heading up the fundraising and communication initiatives. She had the great idea of creating a children's book where a character has Microtia. This is where our next guest comes in - Adam Rood took...
Published 11/23/21
Damian welcomes Jamie Finch from the podcast' Let's Talk About Sex, Jamie'. This episode is a frank, open chat which challenges many people's perceptions of the use of sex toys for men.
They discuss:
sex educationsex addictionsex toys and disabilitythe progress of sex toys and Virtual Reality and the difference in perception of sex toys between all genders.
Published 11/07/21
Welcome back to our Undressing Disability podcast!
We kick off series 2 with a chat about what it means to have a social media presence, celebrating your identity.
Our host Jennie welcomes Disabled Eliza who is a disabled LGBQT+ Content creator and activist.
Listen to Jennie and Eliza discussing how Eliza is 'Loud and Proud' about being disabled and part of the LGBQT+ community.
Eliza talks about their disabilities and the journey of discovering what certain labels meant personally.Eliza...
Published 10/28/21
It's our last podcast for this series! And we have the lovely Dr Mitchell Tepper from Atlanta in the U.S. He has a PhD in human sexuality education. He did laboratory based research on pleasure and orgasm in women with spinal cord injury. But anyone can benefit from his findings, and indeed this podcast - not just those who have SCI's.
Listen to Jennie and Dr Tepper discuss many areas of what sex may look like in your relationship. It might not conform to society's perceptions of sex...
Published 06/07/21
This week we welcome Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Staff Disability Advisor and Trans Lead at University of Oxford. Sarah is a disabled person who also identifies as lesbian and is a trans woman.
ETUK are proud that this podcast provides a fantastic opportunity for us to hear Sarah’s deeply honest account of her life journey, becoming part of the Trans Disabled Community. A section of society that doesn’t get much representation on other platforms.
Sarah’s story is so interesting and multi...
Published 05/13/21
Our CEO Jennie Williams, welcomes Sarah Dopp, founder of Queer ADHD for this week's podcast.
Based in California, Sarah has set up her website offering coaching for the worldwide LGBTQIA+ community who also have ADHD.
This insightful and warm chat discusses the supportive, informative platform she has created for the community. This podcast looks at self discovery, what diagnosis means for an individual and how the ADHD journey and the 'coming-out' journey have many parallels.
To...
Published 05/06/21
We have a different type of podcast this week! Zoe and Damian take a look at a question that has been sent in to us at the Love Lounge at Enhance the UK. What do you do when you're in a relationship with a disabled partner and your parents have big...
Published 04/21/21
We hear from Roisin Delaney from Cannavist magazine and Larry Cavill from Medelicious in this podcast. Have you wondered how CBD may benefit you? Do you have certain fears and misconceptions around it? This very informative podcast will arm you with...
Published 04/05/21