Welcome Morgan Penn to the table! Morgan is a Somatic Sexologist, the host of the sex.life podcast, and a dear friend whom I love and appreciate with all my heart. Morgan works with individuals and couples to reconnect and enhance their sex lives. My friend is HILARIOUS, so much fun, and at the same time, she has a serious and important message to share with the world. She is passionate about breaking taboos around sex, bodies, and pleasure and is committed to educating and supporting people to ...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Welcoming Amy Tasty to the table! Amy is a digital producer specialising in all things food, from styling to recipe creation, art direction, cheffing, and presenting. She is a feeder, a nourisher, and expresses her love through the medium of homemade lasagna. During her three years as a producer at Tasty of Buzzfeed, the world's largest food publisher, her videos surpassed 100 million views. She was invited to LA to explore a transfer stateside but instead decided to leave her job, to work less ...
Oct 10, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Welcoming Stella Rose Bennett aka Benee to the table! This is a woman that needs no introduction, but I’ll introduce her anyway. She is a global chart-climbing artist from Aotearoa. Benee entered the global stage when her viral hit “Supalonely” reached the Top Ten in 10 countries and received almost seven billion plays on TikTok in one month. In this intimate conversation, Stella shares her journey with mental health and how her experience with anxiety and depression has affected her sex life an...
Oct 03, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Welcoming Joe Daymond to the table! Joe is one of Aotearoa's most exciting young comedians. Having starred in 'Have You Been Paying Attention'? and 'Celebrity Treasure Island', selling out the Sky City Theatre twice and growing an online audience of over 140,000 followers, he’s no stranger to being in the spotlight. Since then he’s co-written Comedy Central’s first-ever Polynesian comedian series, 'SIS', and followed that up with his own series, 'BOUNCERS', which he created, wrote, directed and ...
Sep 26, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Welcoming Jordan Rondel aka The Caker to the table! Jordan started her made-to-order cake business 13 years ago when she started selling stunning home-made style cakes in NZ that were exactly what her customers were craving. She has now expanded her bakery business to LA and makes the most delicious luxury cake mixes imaginable. You truly wouldn’t believe it until you try it! She transcends not only the culinary space, but also the world of entrepreneurship, fashion and beauty. Jordan has 5 reci...
Sep 19, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Welcoming Chris Parker to the table! In this episode I chat to actor, comedian and writer Chris Parker. Chris is an actor, comedian and writer and is renowned for his outstanding work in numerous brilliant movies, comedy shows, theatre performances, podcasts, reality TV, and game shows. However, for me, his most significant achievement lies in how he kept the spirits of the team of 5 mil New Zealanders alive during the COVID-19 lockdowns through his comedy reels. In this intimate conversation Ch...
Sep 12, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcoming Juliet Allen to the table! Juliet is a globally leading sexologist and mentor who draws on her background in psychology, sexology, yoga, and Kundalini Tantra to empower individuals to embrace their sexuality and transform their sex lives and relationships. She initiates the conversation on how to have great sex every day through her online Pleasure School and her own podcast, Authentic Sex. In this intimate conversation, Juliet shares her experience of returning to a heterosexual relat...
Sep 05, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcoming Shaneel Lal to the table! Shaneel is a queer rights activist known for spearheading the movement to ban conversion therapy in New Zealand. Lal won Young New Zealander of the Year in 2023 and made history by becoming the first transgender person to win an award at the New Zealander of the Year Awards since its inception in 2010. I had the honour of sitting down with Shaneel over a bowl of Chicken Bun Cha. We dove into some steamy excerpts from Shaneel's memoir, including their first rom...
Aug 29, 2023•56 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to Jaycee Tanuvasa. In this intimate conversation, Jaycee Tanuvasa talks about having autonomy over her identity. She speaks to pansexuality, what voguing and ballroom actually is, hormone replacement therapy, survival sex work, fetishisation, beauty standards and so much more. Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 16, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to Otis Herring. Otis speaks to bi-sexuality, being a man and dressing in skirts, the contradiction of “straight” men having sex with men, the proposal tug-a-war in same-sex relationships, communication and bold honesty being the key to success in relating, dance as a way to express your sexuality, stripping and leaning into new experiences in sex and in life. Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to Gizzi Erskine, In this intimate conversation, Gizz talks about pronouns for the older generations, sex lies and dm slides, sugar daddies, aphrodisiacs, shagging on shrooms, sex in your 40’s and societal pressures around kids and marriage. She shares her journey to finding sexy stable love and so much more! Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 26, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to Belinda Wiley. Belinda shares tools to reignite desire in long-term relationships, how she has keep the spice alive in her own 40 years of marriage, being a SEXaginerian (woman in her 60’s) and sexually thriving, menopause, the miracle of lube, celebrating our pussy's however they look, masturbation vs self-pleasure, letting go of the goal of the big o and so much more. Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Dec 19, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to Karim. Karim talks about being a man and expressing your femininity, African culture, homophobia, beauty standards in the entertainment industry, getting the sex talk at 21 (lol), lying about losing your virginity to be cool, confidence, playing out sex scenes with both men and women, the anxiety of them airing and so much more! Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 12, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to Te Awarangi Te Roera Puna. Awa shares her thoughts on the constructs of gender, how we need to decolonize views around sexuality and gender, being bullied for being mis-gendered as a child, the absurdity of school uniforms and gendered bathrooms, her “whore era”, being on Grinder, fetishisation, getting sexy with friends, porn stars with giant shlongs, and now being in a fruitful passionate relationship. Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on A...
Dec 05, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode of Finger Food, Stacey chats to her X-Husband Brady Polkinghorne. They get into the nitty gritty of their sexless marriage, sex therapy, masculinity, performance anxiety, losing Identity in the relationship, finding love after divorce and becoming dear friends after a breakup. This episode is empowered by Remind Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 28, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode of Finger Food, Charlie Ann Max speaks about being naked and its meaning beyond nudity. She talks the innocence and importance of nudity outside the realms of sex and porn, anti-censorship on Instagram, body positivity, erotic art, the liberation that comes with people gathering together and being naked at dinner parties, going on a sex cleanse and so much more. This episode is empowered by Underlena Click here to work with Stacey O Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Nov 23, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this intimate conversation, Maddox Drew shares his journey with transitioning from a girl to a boy at school. He shares how they experienced sexism as a girl and then male privilege as a boy all the while coming up against transphobia. Now non-binary, they talk about how they have navigated relationships along the way. Thank you to The Caker for helping us spread the sexy word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 06, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode of Finger Food empowered by Bumble, Batanai Mashingaidze shares her journey to self-love. She talks about body image, self-pleasure, porn and speaks to the complexities of sexuality coming from a religious background. Thank you to Clinicians for helping us spread the sexy word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 20, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode of Finger Food empowered by Bumble, Alma Proenca shares her journey around OnlyFans, morals, money and mental health. We go into the female orgasm and how exploring self-pleasure is one of the best gateways to reaching the big O. This episode is sponsored by Videris . Use the code FINGERFOOD for 20% off all lingerie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 13, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode of Finger Food empowered by Bumble, Biku Wernick-Aqorau shares his journey with polyamory and how jealousy has played out in his life. We talk about performance anxiety, the power of communication and honesty in relationships and the tool of Non-violent-communication. Special thank you to our friends at BraveFace for helping us spread the sexy word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode of Finger Food empowered by Bumble, Ash Williams speaks about her experience with stripping and OnlyFans. She shares how listening to herself, following spontaneity and letting go of what other people think of her have been the keys to unlocking her sexual liberation. This episode is sponsored by Herself NZ. Use the code FINGERFOOD for 20% off the Power Play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 23, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode of Finger Food empowered by Bumble, Rob Tennent shares his journey around growing up queer in a conservative all-boys school. He talks about gender literacy, the do’s and the don'ts in this ripe world of cancel culture and how listening and being curious is the greatest gift you can give yourself and those around you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to Finger Food. I'm your host Stacey O, Intimacy Coach & Culinary Artist and I'm bringing sex to the dinner table. On the menu is a selection of heart-to-hearts with people who vulnerably share their stories, insights and perspectives around intimacy, relationships, love and identity. This podcast is about sex and so much more. We explore connection, letting go of judgement and finding acceptance within ourselves, exactly as we are. Let's dine! Hosted on Acast. See a...
May 20, 2022•28 sec