ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Getting Close is an intimate exploration of how we connect, love, and build relationships in the modern world. Each week, host Aidan Wharton sits down with culture-shaping voices to give you practical insights from honest conversations about relationships, Queerness, sex, connection, and community. gettingclosepod.substack.com
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Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
55 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
25 episodes
since Jan. 7, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
HAPPY PRIDE! This is the last episode before we take our summer break, and I couldn't be more excited to share this one with you. It's perfect for Pride, perfect for summer, perfect for friendship, and perfect for you!
In this episode, Ben and I talk about how happiness is different from joy, but …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
If you find yourself stuck in endless cycles of bad dating, unfulfilling friendships, and bad sex, this episode will help you get untangled.
In this episode, you and I sit down with Jordan Gonsalves to talk about the hidden impact of shame on all of our lives. We dive deep into Jordan's journey wi…
If you're fed up with modern dating, this episode is for you.
In it you and I sit down with Hinge's Love & Connection Expert Moe Ari Brown to bring you actionable data from Hinge's 2026 LGBTQ+ D.A.T.E. Report! We talk about what dating looks like in 2026, why dating feels so hard for so many g…
If you've ever felt behind in life, like you aren't quite measuring up to your peers, or perhaps you have no clue what you're doing. If that's the case, this is the episode for you.
In this episode, Steven Rowley and I sit down to discuss his incredible career and how he became a bestselling autho…
If you're constantly worrying about money and wondering how you're going to make it through the summer without maxing out your cards, this episode's for you.
In it, I sit down with finance guru Nick Wolny, author of Money Proud, as he teaches you and me his seven words to generate wealth. We also …
If a gay bar you love has ever shut down, you must listen to this episode.
In this episode, Rachel Karp and I get into her incredible road trip where she visited every lesbian bar in the country with her wife and best friend. She takes us on a tour of Queer bar history, complete with a legal fight…
If you've ever avoided sex because you were scared of what might happen, this episode is for you.
In this episode, nurse aesthetician and founder of Lushful Aesthetics, Chris Bustamante, and I explore all things dick-related. We get into why performance anxiety happens, what your testosterone is d…
If you're tired of all the noise and want three simple tips to find a little more happiness, this is the episode for you.
Today, you and I are sitting down with JP Brammer as he reveals three lessons that are making him genuinely happier right now. We learn how to ask for what you need, why you ne…
If you're tired of missing out on opportunities for fear of rejection, this episode is for you.
Today, you and I are sitting down with Zachary Zane to discuss how rejection rules our lives and ends up turning into shame. We get into so much juicy stuff like how rejection lives in the body, the nua…
If you've turned off the news and feel guilty about it, this episode's for you.
In today's episode, you and I are getting close with Brian Derrick. We discuss the complexities of political engagement, why we're all politically burnt out, why liberals keep losing, and how to turn politics from a ho…
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