Getting Close

Aidan Wharton

aidanfwreads@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Getting Close is a relationships-and-identity podcast that brings practical, research- and lived-experience grounded perspectives on modern love and connection. It’s a strong fit for PR teams representing LGBTQ+ experts (therapists, authors, journalists, and other culture-shaping voices) who can translate personal and professional insight into actionable guidance.

Metrics

Episodes: 25

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 52.0k followers

Contact Information

aidanfwreads@gmail.com

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Host

Aidan Wharton - Host of Getting Close, sitting down with culture-shaping voices to share practical insights from honest conversations about relationships, Queerness, sex, connection, and community.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter expertise connected to modern relationships and LGBTQ life (e.g., licensed therapists, bestselling authors, recognized columnists), often with credible media visibility and/or published work or data-backed research.
Required Achievements:  
Published books (often bestselling), Media features or on-air commentary (e.g., major outlets or prominent LGBTQ publications), Professional licensing/credentials in counseling or related fields, Published reports, columns, or newsletters with audience reach

Recent Guest Discussions

Moe Ari Brown - LGBTQ Dating Trends Using Hinge’s 2026 Lgbtq+ D.a.t.e. Report; Clarity; Emotional Safety; Reliability; Digital Dating Behavior; Open Relationships

Steven Rowley - Gay Aging And Reinvention; Career Shift Later In Life; Long-term Relationships; Role Model Visibility In A Post-aids World

Nick Wolny - Lgbtq+ Money Behavior; Shame Spending; Consumerism; Relationship To Dating Apps; Wealth-building And Ethical Investing

Recent Topics

Relationships, Queerness, Sex, Dating, Therapy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Getting Close
:

PRIDE SHOW with Ben Greene - on How to Make New Friends, Finding Joy & Whimsy, & What Pride Means in 2026

June 23, 2026

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 joy is what keeps us going, why you should fight in a British accent, whimsy, new friendship, Pride as a mile marker, and how we're navigating our budding new friendship. After coming out at 15 in a ...

Gay Shame Researcher - on the Male Gaze, Sex with Your Friends, and how Compulsive Dating is Actually a Shame Response

June 16, 2026

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 with shame, how shame shows up in relationships and dating, self-worth and aging, practical tools to combat shame, and Jordan's new podcast Unshaming. Jordan Gonsalves is a journalist who reports on sh...

Love & Connection Expert - on Why Gay Dating Feels so Hard, Modern Relations & Hinge's 2026 LGBTQ DATE Report

June 09, 2026

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 gay men, what the data can tell us to make dating easier, what people are actually looking for in relationships these days, and so much more. Moe Ari Brown is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with...

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