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Close Encounters

The Guardian

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In this podcast, journalist and sex educator Alix Fox visits individuals and couples who have something interesting to say about their past and present loves, taking us through their sexual encounters from the first time to the last. It will be messy, sometimes sticky and often downright rude. So you might want to wear headphones

Recent Episodes

JUL 1, 2021
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
In the first episode of our new podcast, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace Dent about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how his husband’s death informed his TV series It’s a Sin
39 MIN
FEB 8, 2021
Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series
In the first episode of our new series, Reverberate, we hear from Kashy Keegan – the unlikely voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement
25 MIN
AUG 3, 2020
Innermost: another episode of our new series
Two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences
20 MIN
JUN 25, 2020
Innermost: episode 1 of a new series
In our first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways.
16 MIN
SEP 26, 2016
Listener feedback with Jacqui Gabb - Close Encounters sex podcast
Episodes six to eight of our Close Encounters sex podcast got people talking. Here we share listeners’ own tales, comments and questions WARNING: explicit content
26 MIN