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The Hook Up

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The Hook Up is about love, sex and relationships. We answer your questions, learn things together, cry over heartbreak and normalise shit. Every Tuesday Dee and Pip debate your dating dilemmas and hear your cooked stories. Every Thursday it's the sex ed you never had — we call on an expert to go deep and find answers with Dee.
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Episodes

Madeleine Stewart: Talking Dating With A Disability

Did you know if you’re on the disability support pension it might stop you from taking your relationship to the next level? Award winning writer, stand up comedian and disability advocate Madeleine Stewart joins Pip to chat about what’s going on.

Jan 01, 202438 min

Your Most Cooked Sunday Secrets

Every Sunday on our insta @triplejthehookup we get your raunchiest secrets, honestly they leave us gooped, gagged and gazumped. In this special ep - you’ll hear some of the most cooked Sunday Secrets from 2023, from a missing butt plug, a sneaky rideshare hook up, and getting caught mid dildo.

Dec 25, 202319 min

All The Cooked Things From 2023

It’s been a hell of a year. From Jonah Hill's therapy speak, the orchestra orgasm, and Sam Levinson's controversial show The Idol and Anna Paul's break up that rocked world – we take wrap 2023's biggest moments in love, dating, sex and relationships.

Dec 18, 202338 min

How To Open Up And Embrace Vulnerability

A lot of guys still associate vulnerability with weakness. But you told us that it’s messing with your mental health and your relationships - as you suffer in silence.

Dec 12, 202337 min

A Chat With Dr Zac Seidler On Masculinity

Dee chat's to clinical psychologist and men's mental health expert Dr Zac Seidler about the spotlight on masculinity at the moment, why so many young guys are obsessed with Andrew Tate and the importance of male friendships for men's mental health.

Dec 07, 202335 min

We Need To Talk About Masculinity

A lot of guys have told us they’re feeling super confused atm about how to act and what it means to be ‘a man’.

Dec 05, 202333 min

How To Open Up Your Relationship

Keen to get with other people but have no idea how to ask your partner? Going from monogamous to ethical non-monogamous sounds hot and exciting, but there’s a lot of work that goes into keeping your relationship healthy and happy. So here’s how to do it.

Nov 28, 202330 min

Why Do We F*ck People We Hate

We’re so obsessed with the enemies to lovers trope in movies, books and tv - but can it happen irl? Turns out yes, and the most common way to catch feelings for your arch nemesis is through hatefucking, so we chat the experts on how sexual chemistry can mess with your head and your heart

Nov 21, 202323 min

What It’s Like To Date With ADHD

Loads of people are getting later in life diagnoses of ADHD which has helped a lot you figure out the way you work – but what about the way you date? We’re investigating how symptoms like hyperfixation vs distraction/loss of interest, impulsive behaviour and overstimulation/hypersensitivity can affect your relationships and sex life.

Nov 07, 202329 min

TF Is A Coregasm And How Do I Have One?

Exercise might give you endorphins but it also might give you an orgasm. It’s actually more common than you think. We get your coregasm stories and find out what exercises to do/avoid.

Oct 24, 202318 min

When Your Body Image Is Ruining Your Sex Life

Most of you told us you’ve felt insecure about your body during sex, so how do you stop that negative self-talk and learn to accept yourself just the way you are? In this episode, we tackle body image during sex with body image advocate Bella Davis and find out how to feel confident to fuck with the lights on.

Oct 17, 202334 min

A Chat With Madison Griffiths on Abortion

In this bonus episode, writer, artist and producer Madison Griffiths chat to Dee about her new book Tissue. Tissue is Madi's raw and vulnerable reflection on a pregnancy she terminated during lockdown in 2021 and the complexities that come with getting an abortion for so many people in our current political climate.

Oct 12, 202330 min

How To Deal If You Keep Getting UTIs

Getting a urinary tract infection can be one of the most painful experiences, and if you're getting them all the time, they can cause a lot of anxiety around sex. So in this ep, we chat to a urologist, sexologist and pelvic floor specialist about how to cope with chronic and recurrent UTIs and find out if a UTI isn't causing your pain, then what the hell is?

Oct 10, 202346 min

Can Anxious-Avoidant Relationships Ever Work?

Everyone’s obsessed with attachment theory atm! But even if you don’t subscribe - it’s a pretty common relationship dynamic where someone can be more avoidant and need space and someone can be more anxious and clingy. So here’s Stephanie Rigg from the On Attached pod, and Psychologist Chris Cheers on how to make it work.

Oct 03, 202338 min

What You Need To Know About Consent With Chanel Contos

She’s the activist who helped make consent education mandatory in the Australian curriculum and now Chanel Contos has written her first book Consent Laid Bare. In this episode, Chanel chats to us about some of the ways rape culture is reinforced in Australia and what needs to change.

Sep 26, 202335 min

BONUS: Getting To Know Girthmasterr

From posting dick pics on tumblr to now sitting in top 0.1% on OnlyFans, we get to know one of Australia’s biggest adult content creators - Girthmasterr.

Sep 21, 202331 min

How To Find The G-Spot, A-Spot, C-Spot & P-Spot

You’ve probs heard of the G spot, maybe the P spot - but what about the A and C spot? We chat to Georgia Grace (aka @g.spot) and learn about the erogenous zones that will level up your sex and solo play.

Sep 19, 202328 min

Sex And Dating In A Wheelchair

There’s so much misconception around people who use a wheelchair - one being that they’re not interested in or capable of sex and intimacy. But this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Sep 13, 202326 min

Why So Many Of Us Fake Orgasms

Nearly 70% of you told us you’ve faked an orgasm before! So why are we all out here pretending we’re having a good time? We chat to sexologist Laura Miano @lauramianosexology about the orgasm gap and how to close it with a conversation.

Sep 05, 202326 min

Struggling To Sleep Next To Your Partner?

Attention chronic snorers, blanket hoggers, alarm snoozists – this ep is for you, because sleeping in bed with a partner can be a real struggle for a lot of us.

Aug 29, 202325 min

BONUS: Dr Karl and Dr Theresa Answer Your Sex Questions

What’s the science behind libido? Why do I get migraines after orgasming? Does pineapple juice really change the taste of your cum? Is skipping your period bad for you? Dr Karl and Dr Theresa Larkin answer all your sex, body and love questions.

Aug 24, 202333 min

How To Dump Someone, Respectfully

ICYMI - TikTok star Anna Paul and her boyfriend Glen broke up :’( She said “it’s the most healthy breakup you could imagine,” so in this ep - we find out the best, most respectful way to dump someone.

Aug 22, 202327 min

How To Spot Emotional Cheating In Your Relationship

What do you reckon emotional cheating is? And do you think it’s worse than physical cheating? In this episode, we get your hot takes, and chat to couples therapist Jill Dzardey about why people do it, and how to deal if you’re being emotionally cheated on.

Aug 15, 202334 min

Ball Play 101

Are you leaving the balls out of the bedroom routine? A lot of us simply don’t know how to handle them, so these pleasure plums end up just chillin’ behind the dick getting no love. In this episode, we give you some guidance on the gonads, so you can be a demon (in and around) the sack.

Aug 08, 202319 min

AMA With Sexologist Lauren French Part Two

We get some of the best questions from you in our dms so we thought it’s about time we did an ‘ask us anything’ episode! Sexologist Lauren French tells us how to deal with hectic UTIs, breathing for a better orgasm, how to move on from your ex's perfect dick, how to have sex after sexual trauma, and why some positions might hurt.

Aug 01, 202329 min

AMA With Sexologist Lauren French Part One

We get some of the best questions from you in our dms so we thought it’s about time we did an ‘ask us anything’ episode! Sexologist Lauren French tells us why we might avoid eye contact during sex, what to do if cum makes you physically sick, how to manage a healthy sex life when a partner is grieving, advice on squirting, and what to do if your dick is oversensitive in different sex positions.

Jul 25, 202325 min

BONUS: Getting Therapy With Therapy Gecko

Lie back on your leather couch coz it’s time to get therapised with one of the best in the biz. In this bonus ep, Therapy Gecko chats about his therapeutic journey, from streaming on Reddit in his mum’s basement to having 2.5 million followers on TikTok and now doing a world tour. Plus Geck interns Dee and Pip learn the art of listening and hearing people’s deepest secrets. *just in case the gecko outfit didn’t give it away, he’s not a real therapist btw.

Jul 19, 202330 min
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