On The Couch

Young People’s Digital Cultures & Sexual Health with Professor Kath Albury

Join Maddy as she sits down with Kath Albury to explore the digital cultures and sexual health of young people in Australia. 
Kath, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and Associate Investigator in the Swinburne Node for ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADMS), shares her Fellowship research which explores the impacts of digital transformation, ranging from enterprise technologies to everyday digital practices, on the sexual and reproductive health workforce.  
This episode was recorded in February 2025 
   
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Never Say You Can’t Survive 
Heather Corrina – What Fresh Hell is this?   
Zahra Stardust's Indie Porn 
Olivia Laing 'Everybody: a book about freedom' 
  
References 
Family Planning NSW 
Andrea Dworkin and Andrea Dworkin on Goodreads 
Playboy  
Catharine A MacKinnon and Catharine A MacKinnon on Goodreads  
Catherine Lumby 
Tobin Saunders 
Vanessa Wagner 
Big Brother 
Chinwag Chat 
International AIDS Conference 
Our Bodies Ourselves 
Picture and People magazine  
Zines  
Digital capability vs Digital literacy  
Hot Docs 
Discord 
PrEP 
Medicare 
Digital Culture 
Meta 
Digital Footprint 
Tumblr 
Community of Practice 
Lave and Wagner 
Twitch 
Manosphere 
Learning Consent 
Alannah & Madeline Foundation 
Crushed But OK 
Process evaluation of Crushed But Okay campaign 
Swinburn University of Technology 
DeepSeek 
NAPWA 
ARC Centre of Excellence Automated Decision Making and Society. 
Building digital and data capabilities for sexual policy and practice stage two report 
Information, influence, ritual, participation: Defining digital sexual health - Kath Albury, Natalie Hendry, 2023 
Safety, risk and wellbeing on dating apps: final report 
Young people and sexting in Australia: ethics, representation and the law 
What We’re Reading 
Caddyshack Project on Goodreads 
Play Safe 
Play Safe Pro 
Sexual Health InfoLink 
 
Credits    
Host: Maddy Stratten 
Guest: Kath Albury  
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Editing: Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)  
 
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Education & Advocacy of Women Living with HIV from Positive Speakers Bureau & Clinical Sexual Health Nurse Naomi Hoffman

“Awareness doesn't come about by silence”. Naomi is joined by Naomi Hoffman, a clinical sexual health nurse and HIV positive speakers Tasha and Mel. Listen as they discuss testing and treatment options available in Australia and the importance of raising awareness of women and HIV. 
Naomi shares her clinical experience working with and supporting women living with HIV in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Sexual Health Clinic. As a proud Kamilaroi women, Naomi works to educate the wider community to remove stigma associated with HIV. 
Tasha and Mel, from the Positive Speakers Bureau, share their lived experience with HIV, their advocacy for marginalised communities and their impact in education and prevention.  
Take some time and experience the real and honest stories from Tasha and Mel and expand your knowledge of HIV through a new lens. 
This episode was recorded in November 2024  
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references physical and emotional trauma
  
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Recommendations 
Positive Speakers Bureau 
World AIDS Day 
National HIV Testing Policy 
NSW Health DBS (dried blood spot) Testing 
My Test 
Positive Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Network (PATSIN) 
 
References    
Positive Speakers Bureau 
Positive Life NSW 
Shingles 
AZT 
Red Cross 
Albion Centre 
Disability Support Pension (DSP) 
T150 
ACON 
You Can't Ask That 
CALD 
IBAC Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital 
National Association of People With HIV Australia (NAPWHA) 
ASHM 
Pregnancy and HIV 
Ending HIV - Injectable HIV Treatment 
PrEP 
PrEP Access Now (PAN) 
U=U (ASHM) 
Word On The Sheets 
Gilead 
 
Credits   
Host: Naomi Viret  
Guest: Naomi Hoffman, Tasha and Mel 
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson  
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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Sex, Disability & Human Rights with Rachel Wotton & Mohammed Samrah

Join Naomi as she chats with Rachel Wotton and Mohammed Samrah about the importance of people with disability’s access to sexual and reproductive health services. Rachel, a sex worker and academic in the field and Mohammed, a man of lived experience have a dynamic and eye-opening conversation about sex as a human right. 
Rachel shares parts of her PhD research and elaborates on the role the NDIS plays in the disability communities' access to sex worker services. Mohammed eloquently shares his own lived experience and how sex worker services have transformed his life. 
This episode was recorded in September 2024 
 
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References   
Charles Sturt University 
Co Culture Communication 
Petbarn 
NDIS 
Administrative Review Tribunal 
Changes to NDIS Legislation 
Bill Shorten 
Rachel Wotton PASA - Research 
PTSD 
Rachel Wotton TED Talk - Open Your Mind to What Goes on Behind Closed Doors 
Rachelwotton.com 
PLISSIT Model 
Bumble 
Tinder 
Hinge 
Scarlet Road Website 
Caddyshack Instagram 
Caddyshack Facebook 
 
Credits  
Host: Naomi Viret 
Guest: Rachel Wotton & Mohammed Samrah 
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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Public Health Student Placement & Podcasting with Jade Scott

In this special edition mini-episode, Maddy and Winnie sit down with Public Health Placement Student Jade Scott at the University of Wollongong recording studio. Listen as they reflect on Jade’s project that explored podcast production and how it can be better used as an innovative tool for sexual health education and promotion.  
This episode was recorded in October 2024 
  
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References  
Caddyshack Project On The Couch 
The Infinite Dial 2023 Australia from Edison Research 
Keegan Julia, Cooper Spring Chenoa, Porter Andrew, Ciervo Courtney, Khalid Rafia (2023) Unlearning and relearning sexuality: a qualitative exploration of The Sex Wrap, a sex education podcast. Sexual Health 20, 531-537. 
Talking Frank  
Love Clews  
Sticky Q’s  
Sydney Sexual Health Centre  
Sexual Health Matters  
Doing ‘IT” 
University of Wollongong 
Sexual Health Victoria 
Sexual Assault Support Service 
Sydney Sexual Health Centre 
University of Technology Sydney 
Caddyshack Instagram 
Caddyshack Facebook 
 
Credits 
Host: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Guest: Jade Scott
Producers: Maddy Stratten, Winnie Adamson & Jade Scott
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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Healthy Relationships, Porn Literacy & Sex Education with Tessa Opie & Kerrin Bradfield

Join Winnie as she sits down with Tessa Opie and Kerrin Bradfield in a nuanced discussion on consent, sex education and porn literacy education for young people. Tessa and Kerrin are dedicated and passionate in empowering others to develop healthy attitudes toward relationships, consent and sex. Listen as they share their dynamic collaboration in creating the Respect Collective: Relationships and Sex Education for the Real World. Respect Collective is an online hub for High School educators to create safe and engaging spaces where students can explore and develop health attitudes toward relationships and sexuality.
This episode was recorded in September 2024   
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
 
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Recommendations  
Respect Collective 
    
References 
Co-Culture Communications 
In your Skin  
Adrienne Maree Brown 
Respect Collective 
Society of Australian Sexologists  
Caddyshack Project On The Couch  
The Commonwealth Consent Policy Framework 
Triple J Hack Misogyny Forces Teachers to Quit   
Fiona Vera Gray 
Giselle Woodley 
Kris Taylor 
Who is Andrew Tate - BBC News 
 
Credits 
Host: Winnie Adamson 
Guest: Tessa Opie & Kerrin Bradfield 
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson  
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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Ethical Consent & Empowering Young People with Laura Crozier

"Young people are experts in their own experiences." Maddy chats with Laura Crozier a victim survivor, passionate youth advocate, Affirmative Consent Project Officer, a podcast co-host and ice hockey enthusiast. Laura shares how our life experiences shape not only who we are, but how we can help others. In this episode we are reminded the importance of centering young people in our work and ensuring their voices are heard and respected.
This episode was recorded in August 2024  
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
 
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Recommendations 
Growing Up Clueless & This is ADHD 
   
References 
Youth Affairs Council of Victoria 
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition 
Growing Up Clueless 
Co Culture 
Time to Talk 
Respectful Relationships Program 
Kyneton Community House 
Zonta club of Kyneton 
Queefing 
Affirmative Consent legislation for Victoria 
Stealthing video 
Yeah Nah campaign 
The Hum Academy 
National secondary students' sexual health survey 
Play Safe Pro – condom ordering 
Caddyshack Project Condom Dispenser Project 
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District 
Chantelle Otten 
Chanelle Moriah author of I Am Autistic and This Is ADHD  
Caddyshack Project What We're Reading  
Caddyshack Project Goodreads profile  
 
Credits
Host: Maddy Stratten
Guest: Laura Crozier
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee

People are not the problem, the problem is the problem. Maddy sits with mental health social worker Danyelle Mei Kaplan and massage therapist Egan Magee. They spend time sharing their coordinates of belonging and explore autonomy and dignity over their own fields of existence. A powerful conversation collating thoughts on collective holding, mutual aid and healing centered approaches. Working within the LGBTQ2IA+ community, they dream of helping people heal their relationships with themselves and others to create systemic change and liberate each other. A thought-provoking episode full of depth, this is one not to miss. 
This episode was recorded in June 2024 
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
 
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Recommendations
Co-Culture Communication & Magkasama 
  
References
Lean Manaema from Co-Culture Communication 
Magkasama 
Neurodivergent 
Diaspora 
LGBTQ2IA+ 
POC Queerness 
Victoria Cruz at the Anti-Violence Project  
Rebecca Howe 
Radical love 
Sekneh Hamoud Beckett 
Vikki Reynolds 
Centrelink 
White saviour 
Inclusive Therapists 
Internal family systems  
Trauma informed practice 
Healing centered engagements 
Not On Our Backs – Vikki Reynolds 
Emergent strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
Abolition is love by Marcus Syrus Ware
Biomimicry 
Mutual aid YouTube video 
Mutual aid by Dean Spade
Mia Mingus 
Tian Zhang
Manifesto for Radical Care ( or How To Be Human in the Arts)
The Value of Experiential Learning and Lived Experience with an OT Training 
Sweatshop
Povo 
Gleebooks 
Caddyshack Project What We're Reading 
Caddyshack Project Goodreads profile 
 
Credits
Host: Maddy Stratten
Guest: Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee 
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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Sexological Bodywork & The Somatic Therapy Approach with Stella Topaz

Have you ever wanted to know more about sexological bodywork? Together, Naomi and Stella Topaz from Abundant Body talk through the wheel of consent and the somatic therapy approach of sexological bodywork and how it varies from other types of therapy and sexology. Stella reveals the inside of a sexological bodywork session and walks us through how she works with compassion and gratitude.  
This episode was recorded in March 2024 
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
 
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Recommendations 
Comfortable in my skin  & More than a body  
  
References
Institute of Somatic Sexology 
Wheel of Consent by School of Consent 
Urban Tantra Professional Training Progam 
Barbara Carellas
Dossie Easton
BDSM
Scar Tissue Remediation 
Ellen Heed
Abundant Body 
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) 
 
Credits
Host: Naomi Viret
Guest: Stella Topaz
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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TransHealth, Medical Consent, Disability & Queer Healthcare with Axel-Nathaniel Rose

Spend some time and listen to an honest and open conversation about medical consent, consent culture, TransHealth, queer and disability healthcare with Axel Nathaniel Rose. Axel shares with Naomi his lived experience as a queer, transgender, and disabled man, reflecting on the life-long impacts of when medical consent is not given. An empowering episode challenging necessary system change and inspiring individual advocacy. 
This episode was recorded in February 2024.  
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references medical abuse, explicit transphobia, sexual violence, and transphobic and misogynistic public policy.
 
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Recommendations
The Pronoun Lowdown & Ask: Building Consent Culture 
 
References
University of New South Wales
The C-Word (Learning Consent Blog)
Learning Consent 
Liz Kelly (Continuum of Sexual Violence) 
Kitty Stryker
Ask: Building Consent Culture  
Carol Queen
Laurie Penny
Nevo Zisin 
Quinn Eades 
They Thought It Was An Obsession Article
Trans Broken Arm Syndrome 
UNSW Interview (Accessible Healthcare for the Trans and Gender Diverse Community)
TransHub
ACON
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 
International Transgender Day of Visibility
The Gender Centre
The Albion Centre 
On The Couch Caddyshack Project discussions 
Sage @sagescrittore (Ursula Le Guin Quote) 
 
Credits
Host: Naomi Viret
Guest: Axel-Nathaniel Rose
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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A Communicative Approach to Consent with Dr Joy Townsend

How can we include pleasure in the consent conversation? Listen as founder of Learning Consent Dr Joy Townsend goes beyond the traditional definition of consent and discusses effective role modelling and consent culture in todays society. Learning Consent delivers comprehensive relationships, sexuality and consent education programs for educational institutions and organisations. Joy shares with Naomi her passion for helping young people to catch a vision for how great communicative, connected and pleasurable sex can be.
This episode was recorded in March 2023
 
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual assault and sexual violence  
 
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Recommendations
Welcome to Consent , Teaching Consent & 1800Respect 
 
References
Learning Consent 
Joy’s PHD “Her sexual self: A narrative investigation of young women’s sexual subjectives” 
Marie-Pierre Cleret 
UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education 
Comprehensive Consent Sarah Casper 
French Philosopher – communicative approach to consent 
Bad sex vs sexual violence blog 
Laurie Penny 
Secondary School Survey  
Liz Kelly’s Continuum of sexual violence 
Professor Michael Flood 
Porn literacy curriculum 
Betty Dodson 
National Student Safety Survey 
 
Credits
Host: Naomi Viret
Guest: Joy Townsend
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 
 
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