Some people talk about sex to shock. Others talk about it to sell. Tatiana Ashborn talks about it because she genuinely wants people to understand themselves and each other better.
She started out studying drama, never planning to become one of the UK’s leading voices in modern sex education. What began as a creative project turned into a viral lockdown experiment that sparked real conversations about shame, pleasure and connection.
In this episode, we explore the realities of growing up in a world where porn often replaces education and silence still shapes our understanding of intimacy. Tatiana opens up about what proper sex education should look like, how social media has warped our idea of closeness, and why curiosity is far more powerful than confidence when it comes to human connection.
It’s a funny, honest and important conversation that reminds us how little most of us were ever taught about something so fundamental.
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Key moments include:
✔ How a lockdown project evolved into a podcast that changed her life.
✔ Why naming things properly matters more than we realise.
✔ What her grandmother taught her about love and intimacy.
✔ The rise of OnlyFans and how it’s shifting expectations.
✔ Consent, coercion and the danger of silence in schools.
✔ How to talk about sex without shame or judgement.
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