Episodes

  • Love Without Limits: A sneak peek

    Love Without Limits: A sneak peek
    Jun 24 2025
    Love Without Limits is an unapologetically funny, modern, and fearless new series that peels back the curtain on the real-life experiences of dating and intimacy for disabled people. Hosted by disability advocates and comedians Madeleine Stewart and Alistair Baldwin, this bold new series challenges tired narratives with honest, cheeky, and deeply human stories. Each episode features candid conversations with guests who share personal tales of love, sex, dating, and relationships—from burgeoning romances and long-term partnerships to flings, friendships, self-love and everything in between. No topic is off-limits, with discussions delving into sexual health, relationship dynamics, and overcoming the barriers to intimacy that people with disability can face.
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    2 mins
  • Why is Sex and Disability Still So Taboo?

    Why is Sex and Disability Still So Taboo?
    Jul 1 2025
    Growing up, Leisa Prowd often wondered if she could ever be seen as desirable. As a person with dwarfism, Leisa has at times been subjected to an infantilising gaze. Even as an adult, she faces ongoing discrimination and stigma. But through her dance and artistic practice, she’s reclaimed her body and is redefining what desire looks like. In this refreshingly frank and funny episode, Leisa joins hosts Madeleine Stewart and Alistair Baldwin to talk all things sex, stigma, and why disability is still treated like a taboo in the bedroom. Occupational Therapist Anita Brown-Major also joins the conversation, sharing her expertise on educating people about sexual pleasure.
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    36 mins
  • Why Sex Worker Services Matter For People With Disability

    Why Sex Worker Services Matter For People With Disability
    Jul 8 2025
    In this open and honest episode, we dive headfirst into the often-taboo topic of disability and sex work. James Harkness is Autistic and has schizophrenia and psychosis. He regularly uses the services of sex workers—for connection, confidence, and intimacy. For James, it's simple: disabled people deserve fulfilling sex lives too. And he’s calling on the NDIS to reinstate funding for sex worker services, because intimacy is fundamental to human well being. Hosts Madeleine Stewart and Alistair Baldwin are tackling the taboos, breaking down tired stereotypes, and asking: why is society so uncomfortable with disabled people using the services of sex workers?
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    31 mins
  • Disability, Sex and What’s Missing on our Screens

    Disability, Sex and What’s Missing on our Screens
    Jul 15 2025
    Despite growing conversations around representation, one area continues to be left behind: authentic representation of disabled people as sexual beings in film and television. In this episode, actor and Deaf advocate Nathan Borg and writer, actress, and activist Hannah Diviney dive deep into the ongoing invisibility of disabled people in stories about sex, intimacy, and romance — and how they’re working to change that.
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    32 mins
  • Disability and Dating: Looking for Love

    Disability and Dating: Looking for Love
    Jul 22 2025
    In this candid and hilarious episode, Lebanese Australian comedian and actor Imaan Hadchiti joins disability advocate and model Alex Reimers to unpack the highs and lows of dating and looking for love in an often ableist world. Imaan, who is short-statured, reflects on how dating apps often amplify ableism, especially by placing unnecessary emphasis on height. Meanwhile, Alex, a wheelchair user who communicates via an assistive communication device, shares how dating has been an emotional rollercoaster, including a time when her date fell in love with her support worker instead of her. Join our guests on their wild and unpredictable journeys through love, rejection, resilience, and self-worth.
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    33 mins
  • Acquiring a Disability: Intimacy, Reimagined

    Acquiring a Disability: Intimacy, Reimagined
    Jul 29 2025
    When Mandy McCracken acquired sepsis and lost both her hands and feet, her world was turned completely upside down. Overnight, she lost not just her limbs, but the physical ease and emotional familiarity that had defined her relationship with her husband. The couple found themselves having to rebuild their connection from the ground up - emotionally, physically, and intimately. In this powerful and deeply candid episode, Mandy shares the raw, often unspoken truth about adjusting to life in a new body, and how she and her husband set about relearning intimacy. Joining the conversation is Tori Bellentina, a qualified functional sexologist who specialises in working with people with disability. Join both as they chat with hosts Madeline and Alistair in a celebration of resilience, adaptation, and redefining intimacy when acquiring a disability.
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    29 mins
  • Dating with an intellectual disability

    Dating with an intellectual disability
    Aug 5 2025
    Too often, people with intellectual disability are left out of conversations about love, intimacy, and desire. In this episode, John O’Donnell shares what it’s like to navigate dating with an intellectual disability. John speaks openly about the challenges he faces, from being misunderstood at clubs to being excluded from dating apps because of his difficulty with reading and writing. Joining the conversation is First Nations disability advocate Madeline Prasad, and Zoe Broadway from VALID, to talk about the importance of visibility, autonomy, and representation in relationships.
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    25 mins
  • Love, Sex and Chronic Illness

    Love, Sex and Chronic Illness
    Aug 12 2025
    Sex and intimacy are rarely talked about in the context of chronic illness. Navigating pain, fatigue, and fluctuating energy are only part of the story. There’s also the emotional toll of societal perceptions, the impact on self-image, and figuring out where to turn for understanding. In this episode, writer and activist Carly Findlay opens ups about her own journey with chronic illness, and psychologist Liel Bridgford brings both professional insight and lived experience to unpack the role of communication, self-love, and reimagining intimacy when bodies and abilities change.
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    35 mins