Big Sexy Talk

By: Informing Choices NI
  • Summary

  • Highly commended in the Irish Podcast Awards 2023 – Best Sex & Relationships podcast

    Do you remember all the family gatherings spent discussing the joys of sex around the dinner table? Or the classes in school where your RE teacher showed you how to put a condom on a demonstrator? No? REALLY! If, like us, you didn’t have those cosy conversations about sex growing up, then this is the podcast for you! Big Sexy Talk is brought to you by Informing Choices NI. It is produced in mini-series format, with each collection of episodes focusing on a different area of sexual and reproductive health. We conduct in-depth interviews with key influencers, and provide information on sexual and reproductive health services. Join us on a journey as we create a culture of openness about sexual and reproductive health and empower people with the information they need to make informed choices. After all this is a sexual health podcast, so it is.

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Episodes
  • Trailer
    Feb 2 2023

    Introducing Big Sexy Talk.

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    1 min
  • 1.01: (Georgie McCormick) - Abortion in the Yellow Pages
    Feb 14 2023

    This episode contains an in-depth interview with Georgie McCormick. Georgie joined the Family Planning Association (FPA) in Northern Ireland in 1986 and is an experienced trainer and facilitator in all areas of sexuality.

    Georgie discusses delivering sexual health workshops in community settings in the 1980s and 90s; the impact of the conflict in Northern Ireland on reaching out to groups; working with men on sexual health issues; the advancements in pregnancy testing; the formation of FPA's pregnancy counselling service; the barriers facing women accessing abortion services; the importance of non-directive information and support when discussing pregnancy options; interactions with healthcare professionals; and her aspirations for sexual health going forward. After the interview the host and co-host discuss some of the key issues raised.

    If you would like support around a sexual health issue you can call the Sexual Health Helpline on 028 9031 6100.

    Useful links
    https://informingchoicesni.org/pregnancy-choices-counselling
    https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/abortion-services

    Resources
    Directions from Northern Ireland to an abortion clinic in the Netherlands - FPA NI information sheet which was provided to women travelling from Northern Ireland to the Netherlands to access abortion care.


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    46 mins
  • 1.02: (Audrey Simpson) - What about the women?
    Feb 21 2023

    This episode contains an in-depth interview with Audrey Simpson. Audrey joined the Family Planning Association (FPA) in Northern Ireland as their Director in 1988 and maintained this role until her retirement in 2015. She led the first ever legal challenge into the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland and was awarded an OBE for promoting women’s healthcare.

    Audrey discusses her experiences of sex education in post primary schools; the firebombing and subsequent closure of the Ulster Pregnancy Advisory Association; the establishment of FPA’s pregnancy counselling service; FPA’s judicial review to seek guidelines for healthcare professionals on the provision of abortion services; the failed attempt at Westminster to extend the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland in 2008; the first all-Ireland conference on Abortion and Clinical Care in 2010; engagement with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; and her aspirations for sexual health going forward. After the interview the host and co-host discuss some of the key issues raised.

    If you would like support around a sexual health issue you can call the Sexual Health Helpline on 028 9031 6100.

    Useful links
    https://informingchoicesni.org/pregnancy-choices-counselling
    https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/abortion-services

    Resources
    News article from 1999 regarding the closure of the Ulster Pregnancy Advisory Association
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/413184.stm

    News article from 2008 regarding the failed attempt to at Westminster to extend the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/oct/21/health-health1

    News article from 2010 regarding the all-island conference on Abortion and Clinical Care
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/abortion-law-changes-urged-as-conference-defies-protests/28564074.html

    News articles from 2001 to 2016 regarding the judicial review taken by FPA to provide guidance for healthcare professionals on the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1319624.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3726494.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7954077.stm
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35904497

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    49 mins

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