• 33 minutes 50 seconds
    I want you to be more dominant - Julia

    Julia shares an awkward role-playing attempt, the pleasure of surrendering control and entering subspace, and deeply trusting sexual relationships.

    TOPICS COVERED:
    • Pretending to enjoy a sexual experience to avoid hurting a partner's feelings
    • Laughter during sex, including the difference between playful laughter and embarrassment
    • Negotiating sexual fantasies and finding ways to make role-playing enjoyable for both partners
    • Communication, preparation, and consent when exploring sexual fantasies
    • Acknowledging positive experiences in a relationship that later turned bad
    • Leah's experience with role-playing and feeling unsettled by a partner's convincing performance
    • Adopting different personas during sex versus everyday life
    • Julia's first experience entering subspace during BDSM play
    • How subspace quieted Julia's ADHD brain
    • Trust and emotional safety in dominant/submissive dynamics
    • Topping from the bottom
    • Christian BDSM and the relationship between submission, patriarchy, and power
    • Finding fantasies that feel comfortable and authentic

    LINKS:

    🎡 Want to submit a question for potential inclusion on the wheel? Drop a comment at Substack!

    10 November 2026, 9:00 am
  • 34 minutes 55 seconds
    Nana - Younger men are less patriarchal

    Nana lives in Ghana and talks about dating younger men, defying patriarchy, and her vision for bringing the African tradition of sexual aunties into modern sex education.

    TOPICS COVERED:

    • Leah getting involved with a married man at age 21

    • Nana's recent sexual experience with a man 20 years younger

    • Patriarchy and why Nana prefers dating younger men

    • Age-gap relationships

    • Dating and marriage in Ghana

    • The challenge of finding partners who practice honest, ethical non-monogamy

    • When partners dismiss or question clearly stated relationship boundaries

    • How sexual relationships can be different from romantic partnerships

    • Homophobia in Ghana and finding queer women to date

    • How Nana meets people in Ghana and when she's traveling

    • The traditional practice of ssenga (sexual aunties) in Uganda

    • Creating modern versions of sexual aunties and uncles to support young people's sexual education

    LINKS:

    🎡 Want to submit a question for potential inclusion on the wheel? Drop a comment at Substack!

    3 November 2026, 9:00 am
  • 27 minutes 32 seconds
    Sophia - Orgasm and climax are different

    Sophia returns to talk about how a spiritual connection makes sex deeper and more satisfying for her.

    TOPICS COVERED:

    • Sex motivated by emotional and spiritual connection rather than horniness
    • The difference between orgasm and climax
    • Exploring Tantra without the traditional masculine/feminine language
    • Learning what feels right sexually rather than a predictable script
    • Sophia's evolution into polyamory since her original interview
    • Kitchen-table polyamory and building a chosen family
    • Sophia's relationships with her partner, metamour, and their children
    • Preparing to tell children and older parents about the polycule
    • Polyamory as expansive love rather than primarily about sex
    • Questioning conventional relationship structures, including within queer relationships
    • Dating and developing new connections while polyamorous
    • Relationship anarchy and valuing romantic and platonic relationships without an automatic hierarchy

    LINKS:

    27 October 2026, 6:00 am
  • 30 minutes 25 seconds
    Gretchen - My body didn't change, my brain did

    Gretchen returns to talk about the freedom to choose the sexual experiences she actually wants.

    TOPICS COVERED:

    • Gretchen's late-in-life sexual awakening after years of believing sex wasn't something she would get to have
    • Moving from sexual scarcity to feeling able to choose partners and experiences
    • Working with a sex worker to transform her relationship with her body and sexuality
    • The difference between talk therapy and embodied approaches to sexual healing
    • Developing confidence in sexual desires and asking for what you want
    • The value of skilled, attuned touch and paying attention to bodily responses
    • Leah's parallel experience working with a sex worker
    • How conventional sex education neglects pleasure and nuanced consent
    • How popular culture centers the male perspective in its informal sexual education
    • Gretchen becoming a sex coach and working with couples navigating non-monogamy

    LINKS:

    20 October 2026, 6:00 am
  • 27 minutes 14 seconds
    Annie - My body doesn't know how to 'speak' sex

    Annie explores her "straight-ish" sexuality, low sex drive, and desire for sex that grows out of deep emotional and intellectual connection.

    TOPICS COVERED:
    • Annie's evolving understanding of her sexuality and identifying as "straight-ish"
    • Being "philosophically queer" while primarily attracted to men
    • Feeling different from people who experience a strong or spontaneous sex drive
    • Wanting emotional and intellectual connection before sexual connection
    • Sex as a form of connection rather than primarily physical pleasure or release
    • The importance of feeling deeply known and seen by a sexual partner
    • The usefulness — and limitations — of sexuality labels
    • Wanting companionship, romance, commitment, and partnership even when sex isn't a high priority

    LINKS:
    13 October 2026, 6:00 am
  • 48 minutes 32 seconds
    The WELCOME BACK episode
    TOPICS INCLUDE:
    • Why I ended the podcast two years ago
    • The health crisis that caused the slow down, and eventual end, of the first incarnation of Good Girls Talk About Sex
    • Discovering I have narcissistic abuse syndrome
    • Reconsidering my mom's role as the "safe" parent
    • Why I'm rebooting the podcast now
      • Missing the conversations
      • Wanting to reconnect with listeners
      • Finished writing my memoir
      • Heated Rivalry … because, of course…
    • The new podcast format
      • How I'm restructuring it to (hopefully!) make it sustainable
      • There's audio AND video, plus an aftershow!
    • Some of my fears about restarting the podcast
    • The realities of using the word "sex" publicly in today's political climate
    • How you can be part of the show

    LINKS:

    6 October 2026, 6:00 am
  • 40 minutes 44 seconds
    The Goodbye Episode

    In the final episode of Good Girls Talk About Sex, I talk about why I've decided to end the podcast and what's coming next.

    For those wishing to keep the podcast legacy alive, the archives are available for download at leahcarey.com/audio. Safeguard this invaluable content before any legal restrictions come into play.

    A heartfelt thank you for your unwavering support through the years. Though the podcast is ending, our conversation is not. Join me on YouTube, and let's keep working to make a more positive world.

    With love and gratitude, Leah 💕

    OTHER LINKS:

    Update: Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now:

    EPISODE CREDITS:

    Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco

    Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak

    12 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 54 minutes 1 second
    The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards - Coaching session with Jessica Waite

    Jessica's world was turned upside down when her husband died suddenly and she uncovered evidence of his endless lies and a second life that she'd known nothing about.

    Had she been blind to the red flags her husband was waving? Or did she know more than she allowed herself to admit?

    In this special (mid-hiatus!) episode, Leah talks with Jessica Waite whose book "The Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards" is available today from Atria.

    They focus on a pivotal chapter from the book, exploring the questions that still linger for Jessica: What did she know? What was she intentionally blind to? And what could she have noticed if she had known what to look for?

    Get "The Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards" today here: https://amzn.to/4di2Vgy

    Update: Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now:

    EPISODE CREDITS:

    Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco

    Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak

    30 July 2024, 7:00 am
  • 29 minutes 48 seconds
    Never go to bed angry & other terrible advice - Leah speaks

    Some people swear by Dear Abby, others swear at Dear Abby. Today we look at some of Dear Abby's terrible advice.

    PLUS: Stay until the end to hear an important announcement about the podcast going on hiatus so Leah can take a well-deserved rest.

    Full episode show notes: https://www.goodgirlstalk.com/posts/podcast/go-to-bed-angry

    Update: Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now:

    EPISODE CREDITS:

    Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco

    Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak

    2 May 2024, 7:00 am
  • 51 minutes 40 seconds
    Road trips and sex without shame - Pop Culture Breakdown

    In this Pop Culture Pillow Talk, I talk with pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer about two great movies:

    • Joy Ride
    • Plan B

    You can find Kristen at:

    Full show notes: https://www.goodgirlstalk.com/posts/podcast/road-trips/

    Update: Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now:

    EPISODE CREDITS:

    Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco

    Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak

    18 April 2024, 7:00 am
  • 7 minutes 1 second
    Bonus quickie

    Plan B - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13172796

    Joy Ride - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15268244

    Update: Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now:

    EPISODE CREDITS:

    Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco

    Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak

    11 April 2024, 7:00 am
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