BONUS: Digital Dangers - The New Rules, with Netsafe's Sean Lyons
12/06/2026 | 26 mins.
You don't have to do anything to become a victim of image-based sexual abuse. AI can now fabricate intimate images from a single photo - and the shame, fear, and coercion that follow are just as real as if it had actually happened. Melody talks to Netsafe's Sean Lyons about deepfakes, sextortion, nudify apps, and the organised crime networks behind them. Essential listening - especially if you have kids online.
Make a submission to the deepfake digital harm and exploitation bill here Get in touch with Netsafe here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS: Sex Bots & Data Dilemmas with Dr Rebecca Saunders
11/06/2026 | 38 mins.
Your data knows who you're attracted to. Your apps are learning how you love. And somewhere, an AI is waiting to be your perfect partner. Dr Rebecca Saunders talks to Melody about sex bots, relationship mediators, and the very human desires fuelling a very profitable industry.
Dr Rebecca Saunders' Book Bodies of Work can be bought here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Artificial Intimacy
09/06/2026 | 43 mins.
Meet the new third wheel in modern dating: a chatbot. This episode digs into AI in our sex and love lives - Helen uses it to game the dating apps, until it works a little too well… and Rob turns to AI roleplay to explore his sexuality. But whose interests does it really serve - and what is it shaping us to desire?
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TRAILER: The Good Sex Project is back for Season 3!
04/06/2026 | 1 mins.
Eight episodes diving into the tricky topics - age gaps and AI, betrayal and repair, singleness and shame, sex work and saying things out loud, and the question of what it takes to become an extraordinary lover. Honest, human, funny and sometimes uncomfortable - It’s gonna be a ride! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
LOVE BITE: Charlie
26/05/2026 | 28 mins.
We meet Charlie, who charts a course through a restrictive childhood, people pleasing, mirroring, and an abusive relationship to thriving as a solo non-monogamous person living with various mental and physical health issues. Can rejecting the ‘rules’ of monogamy help you feel safer, freer, and more yourself?
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A podcast about good sex, good relationships and how to have them. Follow creator and host Melody Thomas as she meets everyday New Zealanders, who speak with striking openness and vulnerability about real issues in their sex and love lives. Meet internationally renowned experts with practical advice that you can use in your own life. The Good Sex Project is an internationally-award winning sexual revolution in podcast form. Get listening now! The Good Sex Project is made with the support of New Zealand on Air. If you want to get in touch with Melody or the team, please send us a message on Instagram - @goodsexproject - or email goodsexproject@gmail.com. WARNING: This podcast contains frank conversations about sex and relationships, and includes some swearing. Some episodes also deal with themes around toxic relationships. WHERE TO GET HELP: Victim Support – 0800 842 846 (24-hour service). Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor. Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234, email: talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat. Rape Crisis – 0800 88 33 00 (will direct you to a nearby centre). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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