It's me, Pete... from the podcast.

Well, isn’t this the best news we’ve had all day?

Apparently, real researchers have finally found the rosetta stone of public speaking, and it’s intercourse. That’s right, all your visions of fright and peril are awash in a warm glow with only a quick brush of love in the back seat.

Volunteers who’d had PVI [penile-vaginal intercourse – ed.] but none of the other kinds of sex were least stressed, and their blood pressure returned to normal faster than those who’d only masturbated or had non-coital sex. Those who abstained had the highest blood-pressure response to stress.

Check out the new truth here. Then get busy.