The Sex That Changed My Life

For years, Kate Kennedy was quietly earning up to $6K per date as a sugar baby, flying on private jets, staying in five-star hotels and keeping it all hidden. More than a decade later, she shares the reality behind the money: the emotional labour and why the work can feel like being a therapist. She also explains what forced her to admit being a sex worker to friends and family.Kate also hosts the incredible podcast Make Them Pay. Listen to it here.Find us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura had always been the caretaker in her relationships. Her pleasure was so deprioritised that she faked every orgasm she had with a partner. That changed at 40, when a new partner told her something she’d never heard before: her pleasure was his. In this episode, she shares the sexual awakening that reshaped her confidence, her relationships, and how she lives.Laura Lee is (unsurprisingly!) a brilliant sexologist and you can get in touch with her at lauralee.com.au.Find us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Kari moved to New York broke and hungry for belonging, she found herself in the beds of Manhattan’s richest men, seducing them by night and robbing them by morning. As they fetishised her for her Asian identity, her theft escalated… Until she got caught.In this episode, she unpacks sex, power, crime and the lesbian awakening she found behind bars.Check out Kari’s memoir for more stories than we could fit in the podcast: You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My TherapistFollow Kari on Instagram @hotdoghandjobsFind us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a long-term lover suggested Hana try having sex without drinking, she was horrified. For years, alcohol had been her armour: the only way she felt confident enough to be intimate. But removing it changed everything.In this episode, she unpacks how sober sex transformed the way she sees her body, her trauma and her pleasure.Find us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Madison Griffiths was 21 when she fell for her university teacher. The attraction was mutual and they dated for five years, until one tiny ick blew it all up. In this episode, we unpack the eternal hotness of men in power and why, ultimately, they're really not.Madison went on to write a book in which she interviewed multiple students who dated their teachers. Check out Sweet Nothings, for way more than we could fit in today’s ep.Find us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a partner demanded Alice look at herself in the mirror during orgasm, she was horrified. But what she saw in that moment changed everything. Now she runs Goddess Glow Massage, a happy endings massage parlour for women. On this ep, she explains her mission to give women the confidence she found, one orgasm at a time.Find us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Each week, sex columnist Laura Roscioli sits down with a guest to hear about an intimate moment that changed them. From dramatic identity shifts to quiet revelations about self-worth. It’s the show that reveals who we are by looking at what we desire.New episodes drop weekly starting Valentines Day. Subscribe now to The Sex That Changed My Life.Find us on Instagram ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Tiktok ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Find us on Youtube ⁠@changedmylifepod⁠Follow Laura ⁠@lauraroscioli⁠A ⁠Superreal⁠ Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.