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We live, laugh, love comedian, presenter, and writer Louis Hanson.As your 2024 Mardi Gras host - he’s got your pride survival guide for your gay christmas.

You told us about how you've self sabotaged your way out of healthy, secure relationships with green flags - but how can you stop this pattern from ruining a good thing?Psychologist and author Chris Cheers joins Dee to chat about why we get addicted to red flags and how you can rewire your brain.

If you've been in a toxic relationship or you only date red flags, do you find it hard when someone healthy, secure and safe comes along? You tell us your experience of what it's like dating from problematic to perfect, from feeling boredom, picking fights to self sabotage.

She’s the founder and CEO of Cheek Media, author of Bite Back, and podcast host of Big Small Talk - Hannah Ferguson put the ultimate group date to the test, and says it was the best date she’s ever been on.So here’s how she pulled it off and why she thinks group dates are going to make dating apps fun again.

If you’re living with your parents (maybe you’re studying, or for cultural reasons, or just coz cost of living is fkd) you might be struggling to have any kind of sex life. We hear your horror stories of getting caught, getting creative and getting off.

We yappa yappered about timing, but now it’s time to hear from an actual expert.Dee chats to couples therapist Megan Kozak about how much timing actually matters in relationships, and how to deal if you’re going through a break up because of it.

Have you ever met someone who ticks all the boxes, you have great chemistry, you could honestly see a future with them… but the timing isn’t right? Like maybe they’re about to move overseas for work/study, maybe they’re not over their ex - or sometimes it’s just a case of “I need time to work on myself”. So how much does timing really matter? - and is it something you can overcome if you actually wanna be with someone.

If you wanna start using your backdoor in the bedroom but don't know where to start, we got chu. Sex coach Georgia Grace and founder of sexual wellness brand NORMAL Lucy Wark chat to us about all the basics of butt play.

83% of you reckon we live in a low effort dating culture. Where people never put in effort and everyone just bails or ghosts each other. So are Australians just lazy or have dating apps made everyone burnt out?Also is it actually a bad thing? Should you expect so much effort at the start of getting to know someone? Dee and Pip hear your hot takes and chat it out.

It’s finally happened, The Imperfects are on The Hook Up <3 If you don’t know - The Imperfects are a hugely popular podcast where some of the most well-known guests jump on to share their insecurities and all the ways they feel imperfect. Comedian Ryan Shelton and Josh Van Cuylenburg chat to Dee and Pip about the power of vulnerability and what they’ve learnt from hearing so many people’s incredible stories.

She’s one of our favourite brains in the whole wide world - historian, writer and TikTokker Esme Louise James is back with some more kinky history for you.

We chat to author and cartoonist Lily O’Farrell – you might know her as Vulga Drawings on Instagram, and she’s just released a podcast about how internet culture is shaping dating, sex, pleasure and the patriarchy.

Dylan Buckley is an ex AFL player now turned podcaster - who you’d probs know from Dyl & Friends - a podcast where (mainly AFL players) are open, vulnerable and share their stories. Dee chat’s to him about masculinity, social pressure, his AFL career, vulnerability, being an emotional guy, embracing your insecurities, and the importance of male role models.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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

ICYMI, you don’t have to have a foot fetish to be into feet.

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.

Imagine if you could have sex with yourself. That’s the dream for people who’re autosexual. We delve deep into the sexuality we had no idea even existed.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Comedy content kings Swag On The Beat aka Jack, Isaac and Sam joined us in the studio to spill some secrets and share their cooked dating stories.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.