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The Intimacy Inquiry

Welcome to The Intimacy Inquiry. Join us for open, curious, and non-judgmental conversations exploring the vast landscape of intimacy and sexuality. We delve into everything, including but not limited to, the value of good sex education to the importance of exploring and understanding our own bodies, overcoming trauma, and how to forge deeper connections with your partner, .Our expert guests include sex therapists, adult content creators, sexologists, authors, somatic healers, porn addiction

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67:52

Porcelain Victoria: Inside the Real Life and Business...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/10/07

Professional dominatrix Porcelain Victoria, who hosts the podcast Behind the Paddle and runs her own dungeon in Scotland, joins Andrew Phipps for a frank conversation about a decade in kink. She talks about discovering BDSM as a self-taught teenager, the accidental booking that turned her into a professional dominant, and why she found the same relief in consensual spanking that she once found in self-harm. The conversation covers aftercare, the emotional demands of the job, what clients are really

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62:21

From Sexual Assault Hotline to Sex Shop Owner: Jenn...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/09/30

Certified sexologist and sex coach Jenn Mason, founder of the inclusive Bellingham sex shop Wink Wink and an elected member of the Bellingham School Board, joins Andrew Phipps to talk about pleasure after trauma, the sex education most of us never got, and why she believes a solo pleasure practice matters as much as a partnered one. The conversation ranges from the impossible gap between a puritanical culture and unlimited online pornography, through desire in long, logistics heavy relationships, to

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62:55

"I Banned the Word Sex From My Practice," and Here's...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/09/22

Dr Lori Davis, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, AASECT certified sex counsellor and Relational Life Therapy coach, joins Andrew Phipps to unpack why she's banned the word "sex" from her own practice, and why what most couples call "mismatched desire" is better understood as a desire bind, a shared dynamic rather than one partner's fault. The conversation ranges across menopause and hormone therapy, the somatic roots of shame and desire, pornography's "fast food" effect, and whether monogamy is really

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67:28

Kiki Maree: Why Consent Isn't a One-Time Checkbox

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/09/15

Kiki Maree is a trauma-informed sexologist, inclusive sex educator and sexological bodyworker based in Sydney, Australia, specialising in women's and vulva-owner's sexuality and partnered intimacy. She's the founder of Yonilicious Academy, an international training school certifying somatic sex coaches and yoni massage practitioners, and the author of a series of children's books on bodies, boundaries and consent.Kiki and Andrew talk about the shame she grew up with around her own body, how the kink

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70:19

Pamela Madsen: The Biological Clock Is Finite, the...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/09/08

Pamela Madsen is a somatic wellness educator and founder of Back to the Body, a series of immersive retreats where women explore touch, pleasure and embodiment in a safe, structured space. Before this work, she was a nationally known fertility advocate and founding executive director of the American Fertility Association, where she coined the term "biological clock." Her memoir, Shameless, tells the story of a married mother who, decades into her marriage, went looking for a more honest relationship

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59:39

Nikkiema Rai: What a Desire Mismatch Is Really About

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/09/02

Nikkiema Rai is a somatic sexologist, self-discovery coach and international speaker based in Melbourne, Australia. With almost a decade of experience, she works at the intersection of somatics, NLP, sexological bodywork and what she calls "the erotic mysteries," helping career-driven women move out of overwhelm and back into genuine connection with themselves and the people they love.Nikkiema and Andrew talk about why so many successful women feel disconnected from their own bodies, what a session

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66:09

Heather "Lulu" Mazzei: From Polyamorous Sex Therapist...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/08/25

Heather "Lulu" Mazzei is a licensed clinical social worker, certified psychedelic-assisted therapist, and practitioner of tantra and sacred sexuality. Three years ago she left a thriving sex therapy practice and burlesque career in LA, moved from solo polyamory to a monogamous marriage, and relocated to a small community in the Sacred Valley of Peru, tracing a path toward what she now calls "spirit-centered sexuality." She's the author of the guidebook Spirit Sex.Lulu and Andrew talk about the night

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62:54

Kori Strobl: Why Setting a Boundary Isn't the Same as...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/08/18

Kori Strobl spent two decades doing the emotional labour of people-pleasing before learning to hold boundaries instead of just setting them. A self-leadership and relationship coach with a master's in spiritual psychology, she works with couples both individually and together, a combination most therapists are trained to avoid.In this conversation, Andrew and Kori talk about the real difference between a boundary and a request, why chemistry so often gets mistaken for compatibility, how

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54:11

Dr. Anna Elton: Desire Doesn't Fade, It Redirects

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/08/11

Dr. Anna Elton is a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical sexologist with over 15 years of clinical experience. She's the author of Couples Therapy in the Digital Age, and her new book, The Formula of Desire, draws on research with over 700 couples to explain what actually sustains attraction over time.Andrew and Anna talk about why desire in long relationships doesn't disappear, it redirects, sometimes toward parenting or career, sometimes toward AI companions, and what that means for

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66:45

Shoshanna Blanca (AKA Jesus Christ Pornstar):...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/08/04

Shoshanna Blanca, known publicly as Jesus Christ Pornstar, is a sex writer, adult performer, sexologist and PhD candidate in clinical sexology. She talks with Andrew about how psychedelic experiences, from MDMA and mushrooms to ayahuasca and iboga, helped her recognise and work through patterns of workaholism, disordered eating and self-rejection.The conversation covers why she believes many men are unsettled by a woman who openly knows and states her own desire, the double standards sex workers

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63:58

Sex Begets Sex | Caroline Hood on Reclaiming Desire,...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/07/28

Caroline Hood grew up in a religious family and religious school, learning virtually nothing about sexuality except that it was something to be ashamed of. What stayed with her was a nagging suspicion that it couldn't be right: something so universal couldn't also be shameful. That suspicion became a career, a book, and a practice she calls Desire in Real Life, dedicated to the conversations women wish they could have with a trusted friend who happens to be a sex therapist.In Sex Begets Sex:

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57:06

Functioning Is Not Thriving | Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/07/21

Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer is a doctor of nursing practice, certified nurse practitioner, and the founder of Revive Institute of Sexual Health, a cash-based clinic dedicated to hormone optimisation and sexual wellness. She also hosts the podcast Between the Sheets with Dr. Z. Her path into this work began in cardiac, surgical, and geriatric nursing, but it was urology and sexual medicine that changed everything: saving relationships, addressing erectile dysfunction and vaginal pain, and realising that

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78:44

The Opposite of Love Is Indifference | Amanda Montoni...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/07/14

Amanda Montoni describes herself as the kind of person strangers tell their life story to in a grocery queue. At 32, married, newly sober, raising two children, and several months into her decision to go no contact with her mother, she has more than earned that description.Raised between South Carolina and El Paso by a young single mother, Amanda learned early to adapt herself to whatever environment she was in. Outwardly confident, top of her class, socially fluent; inwardly fighting an eating

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95:24

Why Everything You Were Told About Female Sexuality...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/07/07

Natasha Senjanovic is an award-winning journalist, gender violence reporter, and the host and creator of Women Like Sex, a myth-busting, research-driven podcast dedicated to dismantling the misinformation, biases, and taboos that have long distorted understanding of female sexuality. A co-creator of the media training course I Wish I'd Known, she holds a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for feature reporting and spent years reporting from Rome before specialising in domestic and sexual violence

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67:42

Jennifer Douglas: Modeling at 43, Fighting Human...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/06/30

Jennifer Douglas, known as Inked Mom 3 to her many thousand Instagram followers, is a South Carolina-based model, wife, and mother of three who launched her modeling career at 43 after a boudoir shoot for her husband took an unexpected turn. She won the 2025 Best New Model award for a style she describes as raw and authentic: tattooed, entirely natural, and unapologetically herself.Jennifer's path to the camera ran through a childhood defined by emotional neglect and sexual abuse. Molested at 10 by

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59:13

Erika Shershun: Healing Sexual Trauma Through the...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/06/23

Erika Shershun is a somatic psychotherapist and EMDR practitioner based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specialising in healing sexual trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD. After a career in the arts she retrained in somatic psychology, drawing on organic intelligence, brainspotting, somatic experiencing, and internal family systems. She is the author of the Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook and the Healing Sexual Trauma Guided Journal, with a new book for practitioners forthcoming from PESI.Erika's path to this

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70:09

Fran Frye on Rape Recovery, BDSM Healing, and Why Men...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/06/15

Fran Frye https://www.franfrye.com/ is a certified sex educator, counselor, and clinician trained in compulsive sexual behaviours, and a somatic sex practitioner based in Charleston, South Carolina. She holds certifications from the Sexual Health Alliance, the American Board of Sexology, and the Somatic Institute. She also brings to this conversation something rarer: her own lived experience as a sexual assault survivor, a former military spouse, and a hospice volunteer.Fran describes a childhood

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60:02

From Strip Club to Sacred Work: Tantra, Menopause,...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/06/10

What if everything you were taught about sex was designed to disconnect you from your own body? In this episode of The Intimacy Inquiry, Andrew Phipps sits down with Maria Merloni, psychotherapist, sex and relationship coach, and sacred spot massage practitioner, for one of the most honest and wide-ranging conversations the show has produced. Maria's story begins in a Catholic household where sex was never mentioned but nudity was ordinary. She became a nude model at university, then an exotic

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51:52

Jesus Christ Porn Star: Healing Sexual Shame Through...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/06/08

What happens when a feminist writer, therapist, and sex educator takes an ibogaine trip and emerges with a calling to bridge the sacred and the sensual? Shoshanna Blanca joins Andrew Phipps on The Intimacy Inquiry to share the story behind Jesus Christ Porn Star, a spiritual erotic performance art project on OnlyFans that blends singing, prayer, worship, vlogging, and explicit imagery to challenge the religiously rooted sexual shame that has shaped Western culture for centuries.Shoshanna traces the

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57:06

She Films Her Real Sex Life, Loves Life As a Mom, and...

The Intimacy Inquiry ·

2026/05/27

She films her real sex life, raises her kids, runs a spray tan and massage business, and just moved to Miami to build an empire. This is Michelena Rose, and she holds nothing back.In this episode of The Intimacy Inquiry, Andrew Phipps sits down with Michelena Rose, Playboy cover model and Playmate, international model, adult film star, licensed massage therapist, and sex and relationship coach. Based in Miami after building her brand in Myrtle Beach, Michelena films her actual sex life on her own

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