The Pleasure Issue: Orgasms, Divorce Dating & Sarah Pidgeon
episodePreviously titled “The Pleasure Issue: Orgasms, Divorce Dating & Sarah Pidgeon | Marie Claire” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 5, 2026
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What is the Pleasure Issue and why is it important?
This is an R Media podcast. Marie Claire presents You're Gonna Want to Hear This. Apparently, single women who garden live longer. Where is that stat from? In other words, when it comes to sexual satisfaction, women are statistically... being left behind.
How on earth are you ever going to tell anyone else what makes you feel good if you don't know about it yourself?
On the cover is someone I'm obsessed with, Sarah Pigeon. Beautiful Sarah. Look at her. She's heaven.
How to close the orgasm gap.
Get a divorce. Get a divorce. Hello and welcome to You're Going to Want to Hear This. I'm Georgie McCourt, editor of Marie Claire, and I am here with my work wife.
Me, Mel Gordren. Deputy editor of Marie Claire.
Now, this episode is a little bit different because we are essentially taking you inside the pages of the new issue of Marie Claire magazine, which is on sale now.
Ta-da!
Ta-da!
This issue was particularly fun because the theme of the issue is the pleasure issue. And as you can imagine, given this theme, we talk a lot about orgasms. I think I laugh so much putting this together. But there is more to pleasure than climaxing. Did you know that? Well, I know it now. You know it after doing this issue. So there's a feature that we're going to start with. And it's called The A to Z of Pleasure, and it's written by our features editor, Alex English. And she came up with a list of the 26 best things that life has to offer.
So what's A? A is act like a nine-year-old, which I really liked because I'm very good at that myself, I must say. I'd say like seven or eight. Yeah, no, I'm peaking a bit high. I'm going a bit high, I must admit. Nine to mature. This is what she says in the mag. Laughing is one of the most pleasurable experiences you can have.
How can we address the orgasm gap for women?
In fact, studies show that laughter relieves muscle tension, produces the mood-boasting hormone serotonin, and can lower the risk of infection. Who knew? And heart disease. Also, it just feels bloody good. And then it pivots and it says, you know who loves to laugh? Kids. And so if ever you want to feel good, just an instant hit, just think, what would a kid do? They also love to cry, kids. Look, don't get into the detail, mate. Little tip to living, really. Exactly. To just be a big whopping kid. Yeah. Never growing up. What else did Alex say?
Okay. So, B, I love that she came up with this list. This I would never, ever do. B, she has said baths in the morning. Yeah. Like I can't, and I'd love to know if you can, but I don't have the patience for a bath, like let alone at night. And, you know, there's those people who say that they love like a Sunday afternoon ritual where they have a bath. I find it so boring. I get really hot and like sweaty and like, or I'll want to do something because of like my ADHD. I'll be like, well, I'll use the time to shave my legs. And it's just disgusting because I'm like sitting in all my like shaved leg hair and
That's painted a nice picture. Thanks for that. I'll be thinking of that next time I look at you. Think about that when you have a bath.
Or eat a soup. Or eat soup, exactly. I would never have a bath in the morning.
Would you? No. No way. I couldn't think of anything. But clearly for Alex, she loves it and that's what we're all about, just coming up with like little things that mightn't work for you but certainly will work for me. I really liked her idea that F is for 5%. So no matter what you do, try and find that tiny little – percentage to make things better. So if you're on a long commute or something like that, play a playlist that you really love or listen to a really super cool podcast, cello, and it's just finding that tiny bit to make things just that little bit better rather than going, I've heard everything, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Like, okay, using a detergent that smells really good if you're cleaning the house. So you know that I love to clean.
You are such a clean freak. I've got to tell you, if I was using a detergent that smelled really nice, I would still be there going, I'm fucking here using a detergent.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Pleasure Issue and why is it important?
0:04–2:01
2
How can we address the orgasm gap for women?
2:01–5:15
3
What challenges do women face when dating after divorce?
5:15–7:26
4
Who is Sarah Pidgeon and what role does she play in the new series?
7:26–8:16
5
How do sex toys impact desire in long-term relationships?
8:16–9:34
6
What insights do we gain from discussing pleasure openly?
9:34–9:37
7
Why is kissing still significant in relationships?
9:37–10:57
8
What are the benefits of hobbies that don't make money?
10:57–36:31
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from You’re Gonna Want To Hear This
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