Close Encounters
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known gu...
Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from a...
Innermost: another episode of our new series
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relat...
Innermost: episode 1 of a new series
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind ...
Listener feedback with Jacqui Gabb - Close Encounters sex podcast
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Episodes six to eight of our Close Encounters sex podcast got people talking. Here we share listeners’ own tales, comments and questions WARNING: ex...
Sex when you're asexual – Close Encounters podcast
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: explicit content Jords has always known he was asexual, but his partners have struggled to understand. Can you compromise over your sexuality...
Polyamory, sexual unicorns and Google Calendar – Close Encounters sex podcast
27 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT Michelle and Reuben live together, sleep together and date other people together. Alix Fox finds out how their polyamorous r...
Be brave, but don’t be stupid - Close Encounters sex podcast
20 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Omar speaks to Alix Fox about his sex life. As a gay man of Pakistani descent, how has his choice of relationships been influenced by his parents?
Listener feedback with Miranda Sawyer - Close Encounters sex podcast
13 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Episodes one to four of our Close Encounters provoked a big reaction. Here we share listeners’ own tales, comments and questions
Two vaginas and lots of questions – Close Encounters sex podcast
02 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hazel has an unusual case of uterus didelphys: put simply, she has two vaginas. What does this mean for her love life? WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT
Learning to love my small penis – Close Encounters sex podcast
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The latest in our series of podcasts about real, revealing and revelatory stories of sex and relationships. Ant’s penis is officially smaller than a...
Kirsty's Close Encounters: tight vaginas and fishnet baby-grows
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition we hear from Kirsty who has a set of Russian-doll-style dildos, which start off tiny and grow in size. But why? WARNING: EXPLICIT CONT...
Simon's Close Encounters: cookies, calamity and sex without erections
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon’s love life changed dramatically after an accident two years ago just before his honeymoon. Alix Fox hears what happened and how he and his pa...
Close Encounters: the Guardian's new sex and relationships podcast – trailer
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Coming soon: the latest podcast from the Guardian is an honest, unguarded series of conversations about sex and relationships, with journalist and sex...