Melody Thomas

Guest writer

Melody Thomas is the host of award winning podcast The Good Sex Project, one half of podcast production company Popsock Media, and writer for various print and online media.

The good sex books that inspired the good sex podcast.

Five sexy books that inspired The Good Sex Project podcast

The reading pile behind the podcast, from pleasure to porn to Perel.

By Melody Thomas | 19th July, 2024

How to do intimacy, (physically) far apart (Photo: Getty Images)

Safe sex: Love in the time of Covid-19

What does the rapidly changing landscape of the Covid-19 pandemic mean for our sex lives?

By Melody Thomas | 23rd April, 2020

Illustration: RNZ/Pinky Fang

Pretty poly: Why non-monogamous relationships are all the rage

Is it possible to be in a non-monogamous relationship without anyone involved getting hurt? Absolutely, say many New Zealanders practising polyamory, open relationships, swinging, and "relationship anarchy".

By Melody Thomas | 22nd April, 2019

The latest episode of BANG! explores how we express and relate to kink in our sexual lives.

Kinky is the new normal

In the latest episode of BANG! Melody Thomas speaks with kinky Kiwis about what they’re into, how they negotiate consent, and what vanilla relationships could learn from their communities.

By Melody Thomas | 14th April, 2019

image: Pinky Fang

All bi myself: the strange invisibility of bisexuality

Bisexuality is poorly understood – leaving bi and pansexual people feeling that their sexuality is invisible or invalid.

By Melody Thomas | 10th March, 2019

Queering the air: The highs and lows of LGBTQ characters on TV

Queering the air: The highs and lows of LGBTQ characters on TV

In only a few decades, the depiction of LGBTQ characters on television has gone from chaste ambiguity to frank explorations of queer identities of all kinds. But how far have we come, really?

By Melody Thomas | 16th January, 2019

DON’T KILL KENDRICK LAMAR’S VIBE (IMAGE: RNZ / Wikimedia Commons)

Don’t kill my vibe: How to use your phone at a show

These are the definitive rules for using your phone at a concert.

By Melody Thomas | 29th July, 2018

Shanon Anahera White on the cover of Takatāpui – A Place of Standing. Photo: Tanu Gago

Part of the whānau: Takatāpui and sexual diversity in Māori society

As part of RNZ’s sexuality podcast, Bang!, Melody Thomas looks at Māori sexuality and gender expression prior to colonisation.

By Melody Thomas | 14th July, 2018

Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Neilson (Photo: RNZ)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s new album is definitely not about the apocalypse

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's new album Sex & Food is prompting RNZ's Melody Thomas to think about the apocalypse.

By Melody Thomas | 2nd April, 2018