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Ladies, We Need To Talk

Ladies, We Need to Talk goes deep on the women"s health and relationship issues that are setting your group chat on fire. Come hang with the fabulous Yumi Stynes as she takes a candid, non-judgemental and often hilarious look at the deeply personal stuff that"s hard to bring up, even with your closest mates. You"ll meet incredible experts to help you improve your wellness, manage the mental load; survive break-ups and prioritise your mental health. With sensitivity, personal stories from real

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0:33:00

Sugar babies — dating men for money

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/04/07

Charlotte's sugar daddy took her to the fanciest restaurant in Melbourne. Soraya's gave her a trust fund. Meet the attractive young women dating rich older men as Yumi Stynes peeks into the lives of sugar babies. Find out how the online sugar dating world (the sugar bowl) facilitates the kind of romance you pay for, and what can go wrong when sex mixes with money, wealth and power. Yes, there's a holiday in Thailand that goes terribly awry (think White Lotus, with less guns). Plus,

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0:32:00

'All Women Want' — how to have great sex, with Alyx...

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/03/31

Great sex isn't inevitable. If you're a straight woman, chances are you've enjoyed far fewer orgasms than your sexual partner(s). And yes, we know, it's not just about the big O, but isn't it time the ladies got on equal frotting footing and closed the pleasure gap? Enter: Alyx Gorman.In her book All Women Want, Alyx investigates what makes for the best sex, how to get there, and how to communicate what you want. She interviews women of different ages and life stages, dives in the

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0:33:00

Perimenopause: but aren’t I too young?

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/03/24

If you think perimenopause is reserved for mid-life, think again.When other 20 and 30-somethings are out partying or decorating the nursery, how do you cope with night sweats, hot flashes, brain fog and a tired libido?What's it like to have the body of a young woman, filled with the hormones of someone decades older?Yumi Stynes meets women going through perimenopause far earlier than they expected to learn how they manage their symptoms and cope with the prospect of infertility.She

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0:27:00

Perimenopause: how to get your sex life back on track

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/03/17

What happens to your sex life in perimenopause? When Salt-N-Pepa wrote Let's Talk About Sex, they didn't get to that bit. Well, Yumi Stynes is here to update the lyrics! In this no-holds-barred episode she meets women who have experienced changes to their libido and sexual function during this phase of life and finds out what help is at hand. Yumi chats to women about what got them back in the groove and sits down with sex and perimenopause specialist Dr Sheryl Kingsberg, Professor

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0:27:00

Perimenopause: why you can't think straight

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/03/10

Is perimenopause brain fog jamming up your workday? Are you constantly in a bad mood or irrationally angry at your kids who are only as annoying as usual? Is your memory failing you for the simplest words?Riding the hormonal rollercoaster of perimenopause has a huge impact on our brains — from mood to memory, sleep to stress.Come hang with Yumi Stynes as she meets women convinced that they're losing their minds or even going through dementia, but are, in fact, in the depths of

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0:31:00

The perimenopause diaries: bodies

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/03/03

Hot flashes. Night sweats. Aching joints. Sore boobs. Welcome to your body in perimenopause!In episode one of this four-part series, Yumi Stynes speaks to women in the thick of perimenopause and battling physical symptoms. She also sits down with Dr Susan Davis, endocrinologist and world-leading expert on sex hormones and ageing to learn the best treatments for bothersome symptoms and how look after yourself in this stage of life. No sweat!Essential listening if you're going

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0:03:00

INTRODUCING – The perimenopause diaries

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/02/26

Perimenopause: it's a huge physical, mental and sexual upheaval in a woman's life and yet, there's so much confusion as to how to make it through.Perimenopause is the months and years leading up to the last period, where a woman's hormones get feisty on their way down to retirement. This hormone fluctuation can lead to a range of symptoms, from hot flashes and night sweats to painful sex, mood swings and RAGE!In this four-part series, Yumi Stynes speaks to women in the thick of

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0:30:00

Being a surrogate

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/02/24

What's it like to carry and give birth to a child for someone else? What compels a woman to take on something so profound? There's more to surrogacy than cooking a bun in an 'oven', it's complex as hell.In this episode Yumi Stynes meets women who have been surrogates and hears about the joy and the heartache the experience can bring.

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0:27:00

Should I have a kid? The mother of all decisions with...

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/02/17

Babies. Some women know they want them, others know they absolutely don't, and then there are the women who find themselves trying to make the call one way or another before biology beats them to it.But how do you weigh up something so monumental? And can you ever be sure that you've made the "right" decision when it comes to starting a family?Yumi Stynes sits down with journalist and writer, Gina Rushton and comedian, Penny Greenhalgh to discuss this mother of all decisions.

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0:27:00

The pain of friendship break-ups

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/02/10

Our best friends are our ride-or-die, snort-laughing, crisis solving buttresses. But what happens when a friendship ends?In a romantic break-up, there's a cultural handbook instructing us all to sanctioned crying, bitching and ice-cream eating. Playlists, movies and a canon of literature are ready to validate the catastrophic pain of heartbreak. But with romantic break-ups, there aren't the same support systems in place to help us put back together the pieces.Yumi Stynes speaks to

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BONUS — Quitting men: Hope Woodard's 'boysober' movement

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/02/05

Swipe, date, sex, repeat. So went the life of Hope Woodard, constantly on the apps and looking for validation in the form of male attention. This perpetual cycle started from a young age and by the time she was in her mid-twenties, Hope was done. Done with terrible first dates. Done with being ghosted. Done with men. So, she set herself a challenge, to give up dating and sex for a year. Hope was going boysober.Hope chats with Yumi Stynes about the pleasure of finally getting to

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0:26:00

The science of sex with Dr Rena Malik

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/02/03

When Dr Rena Malik posted a video on her YouTube channel called 'Where's the G-Spot?', twelve million people tuned in to hear the answer. The urologist and sex educator has carved out a space as a reliable and trustworthy source of sex education.But Dr Rena hasn't always been so open. She grew up in an Indian family that didn't talk about sex, no sir. Then she went to medical school, where she learnt about the female body and its magical powers. She says the more you know about

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0:00:55

Send us your stories of loneliness

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/01/29

Sometimes, even in the middle of a busy life, we can be overcome by loneliness. It could be a feeling that has been simmering beneath the surface, or a sudden change in circumstances might have slapped it in our face. But loneliness can reach all of us. Whether you have moved somewhere new, left a relationship, or just not connecting with the people in your life....We'd are hoping you can share your stories for an upcoming episode on loneliness.Send us a voice note or an email to

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0:24:10

Free to bleed: escaping the shame of menstruating

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/01/27

Menstruating. An ordinary bodily function. Like breathing or sweating or digesting, it's as natural as the hairs on our heads, period (pun intended). And even though there has been some progress in our openness in talking about periods, we're still largely a bit…grossed out.Yumi Stynes investigates the lingering shame around women's bleeding and speaks to women who are shifting the tide on how we think about periods. (R)

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0:29:42

Getting on: what ageing means for women

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/01/20

Saggy boobs, leathery skin, becoming invisible... is getting older as grim as it sounds? Ageing presents a unique challenge to us ladies, and while there's no stopping gravity, there are things to be excited about — from giving less f#*@% to not being afraid to ask for what you want in the bedroom.Yumi Stynes gets the low-down on what the hell happens to our bodies, brains and spirits as we age and how best to take care of ourselves. (R)

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0:27:00

Sex life revival

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/01/13

Mind-blowing. Intoxicating. Earth-shattering. Meet the women having the best sex of their lives after years on end of ho-hum humping.Yumi Stynes speaks to ladies who have levelled up their sex lives, learns how they made it to the promised land, and whether there's room for us all to join them. (R)

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0:28:00

The power of one: the single ladies owning it

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2025/01/06

What if being single wasn’t a problem to be solved but a state of bliss? For some women, living without an “other half” is the key to being complete. But even though more women than ever are single by choice, we live in a society that values couple-dom. Marriage and motherhood are still held up as the ultimate end goals. Single women are viewed with pity or worse, scorn. Living alone? Cue the lady jokes. Yumi Stynes talks to women who are happy to be free from romantic

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0:22:00

When drinking becomes dangerous

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2024/12/30

Cheers! For a lot of us alcohol is a reward after a hard day, a way to unwind, a key part of our celebrations, but our love of a drink comes at a cost. Some women are regularly drinking at dangerous rates while others find it difficult to go without. Beyond the hangover fuzz, booze can take a toll on our health and relationships. So why are we so keen on a drink despite knowing the risks? And how can we learn to put the cap back on the bottle when we’ve had enough? Yumi Stynes

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The 'joy thief' — Penny Moodie on living with OCD

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2024/12/23

Penny Moodie’s childhood was marked by catastrophic thoughts: that her parents would die in an accident, that she had contracted HIV, that she was pregnant, even though she’d never had sex. These all-consuming anxieties wouldn't leave Penny, they occupied a huge part of her life, and she developed compulsions around them which she believed would keep her and the people she loved safe.

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Hey Yumi! I'm sick of doing all the work at Christmas

Ladies, We Need To Talk ·

2024/12/16

Ahh Christmas, the festival of eating, drinking and cranky mums. Because in order to have the beautifully set table, thoughtful presents and delicious glazed ham, someone's got to prepare and plan it all. And that someone, is usually a woman, who, by 5pm, has had enough.Is there a Christmas elf who can help out? Or maybe it's time for blokes to step up and take on their fair share of the mental load.Yumi Stynes and Monty Dimond share their tips on how to redistribute the labour on

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