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Life of Bi

From Ancient China to TikTok, dating dilemmas to Judith Butler, Life of Bi is your bi-monthly deep-dive into what it means to be a modern bisexual. Hosted by the Hotter Project duo Ell and Mary, You can find us @hotterproject on socials. 


Written, created and hosted by Ell Potter and Mary Higgins. Sound design, music and production by Tom Foskett-Barnes. Episodes 1-8 research by Eve Brandon, Robin Craig, Ell Potter and Mary Higgins. Episodes 1-8 produced by Ellie Keel. Graphic design by Madison Coby


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Update frequency
every 24 days
Average duration
43 minutes
Episodes
48
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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Episode 47: buddhist gender melt

Episode 47: buddhist gender melt

Fresh back from an LGBTQ+ silent meditation retreat, Mary has some big questions on their mind. When and where do you feel your gender disappearing? Is that a good feeling - and, in a world of contai…

00:45:35  |   Wed 03 Sep 2025
Episode 46: agony ankle #3 - date your mates?

Episode 46: agony ankle #3 - date your mates?

A listener writes in to ask advice for dating their best friend. Ell digs out an old email from Mary immediately post their break up back in 2017, and Ell & Mary ask a bunch of their friends: is it e…

00:35:02  |   Wed 04 Jun 2025
Episode 45: 'common sense'

Episode 45: 'common sense'

When transphobes call the definition of a woman ‘common sense’, what do they actually mean? We have little in common and, at least to us, they speak little sense. Following the Supreme Court’s judgme…

01:10:52  |   Wed 21 May 2025
Episode 44: queering the Quran with Lamya H

Episode 44: queering the Quran with Lamya H

Lamya H is a queer muslim parent, and author of the memoir Hijab Butch Blues. Join Lamya, Ell and Mary for a conversation around Islamophobia, queer parenting and faith in justice. 


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01:04:04  |   Wed 14 May 2025
Episode 43: agony ankle #2 - fashion advice for Perturbed From Peckham

Episode 43: agony ankle #2 - fashion advice for Perturbed From Peckham

In this latest instalment of Life of Bi’s Agony Ankle segment we hear from a listener who’s struggling to work out what to wear to the Cloob. Luckily Ell and Mary are expert fashionistas (🤨), and tou…

00:29:37  |   Wed 16 Apr 2025
Episode 42: bisexuality under capitalism with Sophie K Rosa

Episode 42: bisexuality under capitalism with Sophie K Rosa

Buckle up fellas! And ready yourselves for an excursive exploration of how bisexuality operates under capitalism. We’ve long been fans of Sophie K Rosa’s radical writings on modern love, intimacy, an…

00:56:49  |   Mon 31 Mar 2025
Episode 41: agony ankle #1 - am i bi enough?

Episode 41: agony ankle #1 - am i bi enough?

The first edition of Agony Ankle - where we answer your questions. Join us for today’s classic bi+ dilemma - am I actually bi? To write in with your own queries, dilemmas and goss - head to hotterpro…

00:22:16  |   Fri 21 Mar 2025
Episode 40: bi+ mental health with Bailey Merlin

Episode 40: bi+ mental health with Bailey Merlin

Did you know it’s Bi+ Health Awareness Month? Oh, and did you know that bisexual people suffer from worse mental health than their lesbian and gay counterparts? Well, we didn’t either. Until we met B…

00:50:50  |   Wed 05 Mar 2025
Episode 39: optics odyssey

Episode 39: optics odyssey

A chill chat about the politics of optics snowballs into a deep dive on Judith Butler and the cosmos. Ell and Mary muse on what it means to be ‘culturally intelligible’ as bisexuals, and wonder if it…

00:46:19  |   Wed 19 Feb 2025
Episode 38: four years later

Episode 38: four years later

It's been four years since Ell and Mary started working on Life of Bi. Join them for a big conversation about how their relationships to bisexuality have changed (or stayed the same) since then, touc…

01:02:05  |   Mon 03 Feb 2025
Episode 37: queer friendship with Dr Monica Pearl

Episode 37: queer friendship with Dr Monica Pearl

In this very special episode, Ell and Mary talk to veteran professor and HIV/AIDS activist Dr Monica Pearl about her experiences with Act Up and the unique and under-studied intricacies of queer frie…

01:07:59  |   Thu 26 Dec 2024
Episode 36:

Episode 36: "wedding" planning

change is in the air for Ell and Mary as they reflect on rituals surrounding moving out, moving in, and moving on. What starts as a ‘wedding planning’ episode turns into a call for ceremony in our ev…

00:50:45  |   Mon 18 Nov 2024
Episode 35: queer marriage

Episode 35: queer marriage

After a summer full of wedding bells and disco dancing, Ell and Mary are inspired. But should they take sweet sweet matrimony with a pinch of anti-capitalist salt? Join them as they look at the histo…

01:05:41  |   Thu 31 Oct 2024
Episode 34: neuroqueer

Episode 34: neuroqueer

How can we understand the intersection between queerness and neurodiversity? Ell and Mary take a hard look at the existing research to try and understand why so many queers are neurospicy, and vice v…

00:55:28  |   Tue 24 Sep 2024
Episode 33: gay panic

Episode 33: gay panic

It's the episode you've all been waiting for... Ell & Mary's hot (well, now tepid) take on the hit BBC show I KISSED A GIRL. Join us for a deep dive in which we ask: what does "gay panic" actually me…

00:55:48  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
Episode 32: solidarity

Episode 32: solidarity

It's been 10 years since the film 'Pride' came out - a heartwarming billion-dollar British blockbuster about the birth of Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners (LGSM). Ell and Mary chart the legacy of…

00:48:34  |   Mon 17 Jun 2024
Episode 31: bi married men

Episode 31: bi married men

Are bi married men the most invisible bisexuals? Join Ell and Mary in conversation with Robert Cohen, author of ‘Bi Married Men: Stories of Relationships, Acceptance & Authenticity’ and host of the w…

01:03:28  |   Sun 21 Apr 2024
Episode 30: the bi-section: All Of Us Strangers

Episode 30: the bi-section: All Of Us Strangers

It's Ell & Mary's 30th episode, and they celebrate by not mentioning bisexuality a single time! Come ease into 2024 with a discussion on the queer credentials of Andrew Haigh’s latest film All Of Us …

00:36:19  |   Mon 19 Feb 2024
Episode 29: all about carol

Episode 29: all about carol

Ell and Mary aren’t film critics but they are queer. And that’s all the expertise they need surely? It’s cold outside, come on in for a free-spirited barely-edited long form discussion of Todd Haynes…

00:58:00  |   Fri 22 Dec 2023
Episode 28: queers for palestine

Episode 28: queers for palestine

On November 9th, The Telegraph published an opinion piece by writer Brendan O'Neill titled, 'Queers for Palestine must have a death wish'. In today's episode, Ell and Mary answer: no we don't. Palest…

00:44:08  |   Tue 28 Nov 2023
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