Confessions of a Brothel Manager: What Really Happens Behind Closed Doors

Holly Randall Unfiltered

Holly Randall

Sexuality, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week I sat down with the fascinating Catherine DeNoire — manager of one of Europe’s largest legal brothels and a PhD researcher studying prostitution and policy. We talk about everything you’ve ever wanted to know about how legal sex work actually functions — from how the women are independent contractors, to the safety measures (like an 8-second panic-button rule!), to how European laws make the work safer and more empowering.

Catherine also shares the wildest client requests she’s ever seen (yes, there’s a polar bear involved 🐻), why American men are surprisingly the best clients, and how emotional intelligence—not looks—makes the top earners thrive.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like behind the doors of a legal brothel, this episode will change how you see sex work forever.

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0:00.0	You were listening to a pleasure podcast.
0:03.3	For more from our sex podcast collective, visit pleasurepodcasts.com. Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Holly Randall Unfiltered. I have a really special guest today. I've actually been following her on Instagram for quite a while. And so when she reached out to me and said that she was coming out to L.A., I just felt
0:38.6	like this was a conversation that was meant to be. She is somebody who is truly redefining
0:45.0	the conversation around sex work. She's the manager of one of Europe's largest legal brothels,
0:51.3	and she's currently pursuing a PhD on prostitution and policy. She believes sex work can be safe, dignels, and she's currently pursuing a Ph.D. on prostitution and policy. She believes
0:56.4	sex work can be safe, dignified, and even empowering when done voluntarily and within a legal
1:01.5	framework. We'll talk about what really goes on behind the doors of a European club, why
1:07.0	American men might actually be the best clients in a surprising way that sex work can
1:12.2	change lives. Welcome, Catherine Dunaire. Thank you for having me. Yeah, no, thank you. I'm so
1:18.9	excited to have you here. I just find you to be really fascinating and I love that you're going out
1:23.0	there and you're talking so openly about what you do because I always talk about how there's such a mystery
1:28.9	and, you know, a veil over sex work in general. And I, you know, come from many, many years in the
1:34.8	porn industry, but you work on the other side of sex work in a brothel. So, like, there's things that
1:41.0	I don't really know much about. So I'm excited to learn from you today.
1:45.3	Now, you started as a psychologist. So what led you to brothel management? It was one big coincidence.
1:51.9	So I decided to go to psychology because I always had this passion for like talking with people,
1:58.6	like being around people. And like, I like to think, like,
2:02.4	what is going on inside our heads?
2:04.2	So at some point I was like, okay, maybe I will just try psychology.
2:07.7	And it's like really hard to get in, but like I managed to get in.
2:11.8	And so I started to study psychology.
2:14.4	And then I found neuropsychology. and I did my internship in one of the biggest
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