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Everything You Were Never Taught About Sex, Love & Pleasure | Sex Professor Dr. Nicole McNichols

What's really happening to sex, intimacy, and relationships in the age of smartphones, porn, and AI companions? Dr. Nicole McNichols is a sex educator, researcher, and professor whose work focuses on helping people have more satisfying, fulfilling sex lives. In this episode, she breaks down what science actually says about desire, pleasure, and intimacy; and why so many people are struggling in silence. We Discuss: * Why porn is giving young people (and adults) deeply unrealistic expectations about sex * How loneliness and lack of intimacy is becoming a modern mental health crisis * Why faking orgasms is quietly destroying communication in relationships * The truth about female anatomy and pleasure that most people were never taught * How AI companions and digital relationships are changing human intimacy * Whether penis size actually matters (she settles it once and for all) 📚 Dr. Nicole's Book — You Could Be Having Better Sex [https://www.amazon.com.au/You-Could-Having-Better-Sex/dp/1668053772 ]: 🌐 Website [https://nicolethesexprofessor.com/] 🔗 Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/nicole_thesexprofessor/] 🐦 Twitter/X [https://x.com/Nicole_SexProf] Join our waitlist to stay up to date on our events and connect with our community : https://boomstudio.ai/soniaandsimon [https://boomstudio.ai/soniaandsimon⁠]

The First 3 Minutes of a Fight Predict Your Relationship's Future | Dr. John & Julie Gottman

Most relationships don't end because of one big betrayal. They die slowly through small moments of disconnection. Drs. John and Julie Gottman are the world's leading relationship researchers, having studied couples for over 40 years, publishing more than 200 academic journal articles and 46 books. They are the co-founders of The Gottman Institute and the renowned Love Lab. In this episode, they break down what decades of research on thousands of couples reveals about communication, trust, and what actually destroys love. We Discuss: * Why small daily interactions matter more than grand romantic gestures * The Four Horsemen of relationship destruction: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling * How to build and update Love Maps for deeper emotional connection * Why emotional neglect is more damaging than conflict * How smartphones are quietly eroding intimacy * Whether relationships can truly recover after betrayal and infidelity 📱 Gottman Card Decks App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gottman-card-decks/id1071747474 [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gottman-card-decks/id1071747474] 📚 The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553447718 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553447718] 📚 The Relationship Cure: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553384393 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553384393] 🔗 The Four Horsemen Explained: https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen/ [https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen/] 🌐 Visit the Gottman Institute: https://www.gottman.com/ [https://www.gottman.com/] Join our waitlist to stay up to date on our events and connect with our community : https://boomstudio.ai/soniaandsimon [https://boomstudio.ai/soniaandsimon]

Why Your “Type” Is Ruining Your Love Life | Paul Eastwick

Most people believe they’re clear on what they want in a partner. Science says they’re not even close.Paul Eastwick, one of the world’s leading relationship scientists, breaks down what decades of research actually reveal about attraction, dating, and long-term compatibility.We Discuss: * Why your “type” is a poor predictor of real attraction * The disconnect between preference and behaviour in dating * How dating apps may be distorting who we choose * Why love languages aren’t predictive of relationship success -Follow Dr Paul Eastwicks new Podcast here:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...]Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6D0q5uD... [https://open.spotify.com/show/6D0q5uD...]Everywhere: https://episodes.fm/1766543146 [https://episodes.fm/1766543146]Order his book Bonded by Evolution here [https://bit.ly/4w94Q19]

AI Won’t Replace You… But Someone Using It Will | Conor Grennan

AI isn’t coming it’s already here. And most people are completely unprepared.Conor Grennan Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern School of Business and founder of AI Mindset, breaks down what we are getting wrong about AI and why the biggest risk right now isn’t AI itself… it’s how slowly people are adapting to it. Conor works with Fortune 500 companies, training leaders to actually integrate AI into how they think and operate. His core message is blunt: people aren’t falling behind because they lack tools ,they’re behind because of behavior.We Discuss: * The mindset shift required to stay relevant in the next 3–5 years * How AI is changing the way we work, learn, and create * The biggest mistakes people make when using AI * Why we are prompting our AI chatbots all wrong Connect with Conor:🌍 https://www.ai-mindset.ai/ [https://www.ai-mindset.ai/]https://www.youtube.com/c/ConorGrennan [https://www.youtube.com/c/ConorGrennan]

How Mortgage Debt Is Driving Australia Toward Crisis | Prof Steve Keen

He predicted the 2008 crash, now Australia could be next. Prof Steve Keen breaks down why Australia’s housing market, global energy systems, and food supply chains are far more fragile than they appear and how rising debt is quietly driving it all.From the truth about mortgage debt and skyrocketing house prices, to the real impact of climate change, energy shortages, and fertiliser dependence, this episode challenges the economic narratives we’ve all been taught. We Discuss: * Why rising house prices are driven by debt, not demand * The hidden fragility of Australia’s economy * Energy shortages, food security & global supply risks * The future of work in an AI-driven world * Climate change and the economic shocks ahead Connect with Prof Steve Keen: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ProfSteveKeen [https://www.youtube.com/ProfSteveKeen] X: https://x.com/ProfSteveKeen [https://x.com/ProfSteveKeen] You can purchase Steve's book, 'The New Economics: A Manifesto', Here [https://bit.ly/4uAF6JD]