Love Matters With Leeza Mangaldas

Love Matters With Leeza Mangaldas

12 episodes

Love Matters is a podcast produced by The Indian Express and DW, Germany's international broadcaster that explores love, sex, and relationships in India. Currently hosted by Leeza Mangaldas, India’s top sexuality educator, Love Matters features conversations with remarkable guests whose unique expertise and lived experiences are sure to strike a chord.
Each episode will navigate a complex and often taboo topic, unravelling identity, social norms, desire, gender, pleasure, and most of all, the irrepressible force that is love.
If you have a question, topic idea, guest suggestion, or feedback, you can email us at lovematters@dw.com

Podcasts

Womens Sexuality in Modern India ft. Amrita Naraynan

Published: Feb. 3, 2024, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 34 seconds

Listed in: Relationships

What is it like to love men? ft. Anish Gawande

Published: Jan. 20, 2024, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 49 seconds

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Choosing to be a Childfree Woman in India ft. Amrita Nandy

Published: Jan. 6, 2024, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 7 seconds

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Happy Holidays! Announcement!

Published: Dec. 23, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 43 seconds

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Lived Experiences of Caste, Gender, and Desire Ft. Christina Dhanuja

Published: Dec. 16, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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Making Room For Maybe: Understanding the Nuances of Consent ft. Paromita Vohra

Published: Dec. 2, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 56 seconds

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The Importance of Adult Friendships ft. Rohan Joshi

Published: Nov. 18, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 46 seconds

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Navigating Kinky Desire in India ft. Jaya Sharma

Published: Nov. 4, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 32 seconds

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Love and the Law: Marriage Equality, LGBTQ Rights & More ft. Saurabh Kirpal

Published: Oct. 21, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 43 seconds

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How do Love and Marriage operate in a Caste Society? ft. Anurag Minus Verma

Published: Oct. 14, 2023, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 8 seconds

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How to stay healthy and happy in your intimate life ft. Dr Tanaya Narendra

Published: Aug. 19, 2023, 4:09 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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When your work spouse is also your real spouse ft. Nidhi & Shikhar Singh

Published: Aug. 5, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 8 seconds

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Does living-in deepen or dampen a couples love? Ft. Ashlesha Savant & Sandeep Baswana

Published: July 22, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 43 seconds

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Who gets to fall in love? Dating online with a disability ft. Nidhi Goyal

Published: June 24, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds

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Money & matrimony: How to talk bills with your bae ft. Shivani & Pawan Agarwal

Published: June 10, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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Post-Partum Depression How can you heal and what can a loving spouse do to help? Ft. Chhavi Mittal

Published: May 27, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds

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Red flags: How to sort the crimson from the clover ft. Shahzeen Shivdasani

Published: May 13, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds

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Online Dating: How to swipe right for love ft. Surbhi Bagga

Published: April 29, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 58 seconds

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Dating as a single parent: Combining parenthood and partner search ft. Anupriya Kapur

Published: April 15, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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Self Love: You are beautiful, no matter what they say ft. Sriram Y

Published: April 1, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds

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Love, Sex, Intimacy: Its my body and Ill do what I want to ft. Pallavi Barnwal

Published: March 18, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

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Dating anxiety: How to dare to date ft. Sonali Gupta

Published: March 4, 2023, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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Love is love: Queer dating 101 ft. Aniruddha Mahale

Published: Feb. 18, 2023, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

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Heartbreak: How to have it, how to heal it ft. Dr. Shyam Bhat

Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 48 seconds

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International Love: When you fall for someone from abroad ft. Kalki Koechlin

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds

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Office affairs: How to make it work at work ft. Pallavi Pareek

Published: Jan. 6, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 16 seconds

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Masculinity disrupted: "For men to just 'be,' it's hard" ft. Rajat Mittal

Published: Dec. 9, 2022, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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Polyamory: Is three the magic number? ft. Tanisha RK & Shweta Sangtani

Published: Nov. 25, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 14 seconds

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Dating for Gen Z: What hits different? ft. Kareema Barry & Agasthya Shah

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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Trailer - Love Matters is back!

Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 1:07 p.m.
Duration: 53 seconds

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Interfaith Relationships: The Politics of Love ft. Shruti Seth and Danish Aslam

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 11:27 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 58 seconds

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Love, Dating and Disability ft. Virali Modi

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 19 seconds

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Body positivity: Every body is beautiful ft. Natasha Noel

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds

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Status single: Defying society's conventions ft. Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Balancing a career and motherhood ft. Yasmin Karachiwala

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 21 seconds

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Bonus Episode: The Making of Love Matters With Evelyn Sharma

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 11:26 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 12 seconds

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Celebrating love beyond religion ft. Niloufer Venkatraman

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds

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Divorce isn't a dirty word ft. Kaneez Surka

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 11:31 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 3 seconds

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Living an Authentic Life: LGBTQ+ in India ft. Sushant Divgikar

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 12:19 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds

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Can we talk about sex openly, please? ft. Leeza Mangaldas

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 37 seconds

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How can you keep your relationship going when you're thousands of miles apart? ft. Benny & Cathy Dayal

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 40 seconds

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Trailer - The new relationship and love podcast for Young Indians

Published: Sept. 14, 2021, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds

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