Do you really know?

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What is Kingdom Hearts? Feb 22, 2022

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What is Kingdom Hearts?

In today’s episode, we’re talking about a video game concept that might seem like the stuff of fan fiction, but nevertheless became a reality. Kingdom Hearts was first released on the PS2 twenty years ago and it’s a meeting of two universes that really have nothing to do with each other: Disney animations and Final Fantasy, Japan’s best known RPG franchise. The series has been making headlines of late too, with the release of the Integram Masterpiece for Cloud bundle on Nintendo Switch. OK, it’s not the catchiest of names, but it’s actually a collection of almost the entirety of the saga’s previous titles.

How did such an unlikely project come to be? What makes the saga so special? What is the future of Kingdom Hearts? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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Who is Agatha Christie?

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Who is Agatha Christie? Feb 21, 2022

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Who is Agatha Christie?

Following on from the highly successful Murder on the Orient Express in 2017, Kenneth Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaptation was released on February 9th 2022. This time it’s the turn of Death on the Nile to get the big-screen treatment. Let’s take the time to reflect on Agatha’s Christie legacy. The renowned mystery writer is by far the best-selling novelist of all time, and the most widely-translated. We’re talking an estimated 4 billion book sales in total.

What led to Christie getting involved in writing? Where did she get her novel ideas from? Her life really is worthy of a novel, isn’t it? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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[RERUN VALENTINE'S DAY] What is pansexuality? Feb 20, 2022

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To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century.

What is pansexuality?

More and more celebrities are talking about their sexuality. Just two weeks ago, Demi Lovato talked about being pansexual during an interview with Joe Rogan. According to Kim Rice, who wrote the Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality in 2015, pansexuality can be defined as sexual, emotional, romantic or spiritual attraction for other people, regardless of their biological sex, gender identity or sexual orientation.

This sexual orientation is still pretty unknown, but Demi Lovato is far from being the only public figure to have claimed it. Others include Cara Delevingne and Miley Cyrus.

Isn’t that the same thing as being bisexual? Is the term pansexual a little more inclusive? But why do some people feel this need to identify as something and find a name for it? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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What is Covax?

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What is sexual entitlement? Feb 19, 2022

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What is sexual entitlement?

Back in 2018, an online study of 7,000 Swiss young adults was published, centring on their sexual interactions. It found that many young women accepted having sex not beause they really wanted to, but because they felt they had to please their partner. 53% of women surveyed said they had done so, compared to just 23% among men. The findings reflect how society has normalised male sexual entitlement. It’s the feeling that women’s sexuality is owed to men, in order to give them pleasure. That women should have sex even if they don’t want to. Regardless of how much money someone spent money on you, how nice they were to you or how much of a great time you had together, there are no situations in which you owe someone sex. But sadly, it’s the kind of feeling that can take over.

How do you explain that women feel that way? Does letting someone buy you a drink really equate to promising sex? What about consent? How do we get out of this pattern? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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What is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

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[RERUN VALENTINE'S DAY] What is male contraception? Feb 19, 2022

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What is male contraception?

We’ve all heard of the pill and the coil for women, but did you know that male contraceptives also exist? The obvious examples are condoms and the withdrawal method, but new solutions are being developed in the form of gels, shots and even thermal underwear. Many have tried and failed in the past, with no such products yet achieving commercial success. In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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What is gaslighting?

What is Peyronie's disease?

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What is female viagra? Feb 18, 2022

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What is female viagra?

It’s been over two decades now since viagra was first approved for use in 1998, the little blue pill from Pfizer becoming the first oral treatment for erectile dysfunction. Its use has steadily increased over the years, with the NHS reporting just under 3 million prescriptions in 2016, compared to 1 million in 2006. Its success has led pharmaceutical companies to look for a female equivalent. In 2015, the American Food & Drug Authority approved a pink pill called Flibanserin, marketed as Addyi, which became known as female viagra.

How does it work? Let’s cut to the chase then; does female viagra really work? What can be done to help women who want to boost their libido? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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What is intersectionality?

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[RERUN VALENTINE'S DAY] What is asexuality? Feb 18, 2022

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What is asexuality?

Being asexual means different things to different people. Generally speaking, asexuality refers to the persistent lack of interest in sexual activity. One of the main criteria is not feeling any sexual attraction towards other people. Asexuality can be considered a sexual orientation, or a lack of sexual orientation. Awareness and acceptance of asexuality is still relatively recent, but a developing body of research is growing, from both psychological and sociological perspectives.

So is being asexual the same as being abstinent? Do asexuals stay single for their entire lives? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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What is demisexuality? Feb 17, 2022

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What is demisexuality?

As regular listeners know, there are a wide range of human sexualities. For some people, wanting to have sex with someone results directly from physical chemistry, attraction and desire. But for others, a deep emotional bond or spiritual connection is required before any kind of sexual feelings can happen.

Demisexuality is seen as being on the asexuality spectrum, kind of halfway between asexuality and allosexuality, which means those who do feel sexual attraction towards others. Like with many emerging sexualities, there’s been a lot of skepticism and misunderstanding, but discussions around demisexuality have helped many people better accept themselves and put a name on their sexual orientation.

How did the term demisexuality start being used? But don’t most people need an emotional connection before things get physical? How can you tell if you are demisexual? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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