How To Be A Bad Daughter with Sangeeta Pillai

Come Curious

Sexuality, Comedy, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week, Florence and Reed are joined by the powerhouse that is Sangeeta Pillai — creator of the award-winning Masala Podcast, author of her new book Bad Daughter and unapologetic queen of smashing South Asian taboos. From sex and shame to pleasure and power, we’re diving into the cultural scripts that shape us — and how to rip them up (with love, sass, and maybe a vibrator or two). Sangeeta shares her journey growing up in a world of silence around sex, discovering her own voice, and now amplifying thousands of others through fearless conversations. We’re talking generational trauma, reclaiming pleasure, and why breaking taboos isn’t just radical — it’s healing. Expect laughter, honesty, and more than a few “oh sh*t” moments as we ask: how do you rewrite the rules when your culture says “don’t even talk about it”? Curious f**kers, whether you’ve battled shame yourself or just want inspo to live louder, this one’s going to hit deep. Rate & Review If we’ve ever made you laugh, squirm, or rethink your cultural hang-ups — smash that five star, baby. Want more? Watch the full episode, get behind-the-scenes goodies, and support the podcast on Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/comecurious Follow Florence: @florencebark Follow Reed: @reedamberx Follow Sangeeta: @soulsutras

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0:00.0	Oh my God.
0:06.8	You're listening to Come Curious.
0:09.6	How to become a bad daughter.
0:15.5	Would you say you're a bad daughter, read?
0:18.6	Fucking absolutely, bro.
0:21.8	Like, 100%.
0:23.6	I am no model daughter.
0:26.0	Yeah.
0:26.9	You broke all the,
0:29.1	you broke all the boundaries.
0:30.9	You pushed yourself in, like, ways that were bad, but good.
0:34.9	Bad, baby.
0:35.8	Well, I would say, like, on paper, if you were to write me down and send that to, like,
0:41.1	a traditional person, yeah, absolutely a bad daughter.
0:45.3	But I don't think to my mother, personally, I'm a daughter.
0:50.3	No.
0:51.5	No.
0:52.6	Yeah, I would say, yeah, same.
1:14.7	Same for me. But we have a fantastic episode coming to you today with our friend, Sangita Pillai, and she has written a book called Bad Daughter, and it's a memoir of her life. And her story is incredible, sad, heartbreaking and transformative.
1:20.0	Yeah, can't wait to get out on the podcast and talk about being a bad daughter and what that means to her.
1:21.0	I'm very excited.
1:22.6	Florence, I feel like we skimmed over you being a bad daughter.
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