The Hotbed Podcast
1) Is your libido on lockdown? with Dr Karen Gurney
Have you been at it like rabbits in Lockdown 3 or have you found sex is the last thing on your mind? Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams discuss the trials of lockdown love, why Anniki wants a chin-l...Show More
2) Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?, with Professor Kristen R Ghodsee
Good sex starts with doing the recycling, Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams have always maintained. To develop this thought, they discuss what socialist ideals – more free childcare, laundry and fo...Show More
Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?, with Professor Kristen R Ghodsee
42:00 | Jun 3rd, 2020
3) Normal People, Extraordinary Times, with Dr Karen Gurney
Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams record a special socially-distanced episode to talk about the lives under lockdown, the BBC Three adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People, and how they're feeli...Show More
4) I'm Too Old For This Sh*t, with Dr Philippa Kaye
The Hotbed welcomes its first-ever co-host: Karen Arthur of #WearYourHappy to talk about menopause, mental health and things we’re too old to care about any more. Lisa also interviews Dr Philippa Kaye...Show More
5) Book special: More Orgasms Please and Motherwhelmed
The Hotbed Collective's book More Orgasms Please: Why Female Pleasure Matters is out in pretty paperback now: Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams talk about how they wrote it and why they wrote it, g...Show More
6) Get Lippy, with Dr Anita Mitra aka Gynae Geek
Anniki Sommerville and Lisa Williams talk about vulvas: cervical screenings, gynae cancer, thrush and nicknames for ‘vulva’. They set up a folk duo and do an impromptu song about incontinence, while L...Show More
7) All About Desire, with Dr Karen Gurney and Kelly Ford
At a special live show of The Hotbed, recorded live at Soho Radio pre-lockdown, Hotbed favourite Dr Karen is here to explain why everything you believed about desire is WRONG! We talk about the 237 re...Show More
8) The Rampant Rabbit, with Jacqueline Gold
Jacqueline Gold CBE is the chief executive of Ann Summers and estimated to be the UK’s 16th richest woman. She talks to Cherry Healey and Anniki Sommerville about the sex toy made famous by Sex i...Show More
9) Before You Say You're Leaving, with Cat Sims
Cherry Healey and Anniki Sommerville are back with the first episode of the sixth series! Recorded in COVID-19 free times, this is stress-free listening that may be particularly appropriate now we’re ...Show More
10) The Hotbed Season 6 Trailer - Starts Wednesday April 15th
The Hotbed Collective are back with series six of their hit podcast The Hotbed. Life is weird but stick in your headphones and listen to Lisa Williams, Cherry Healey and Anniki Sommerville discuss top...Show More