Welcome to Ageless Desire, the show where growing older means growing bolder about bodies, pleasure and connection.

Today’s episode dives into a topic that is still whispered about, especially in Australia: sex and intimacy in our later years.

For decades, many older people have been told that desire has a use‑by date, that passion is something that belongs only to the young.

Yet surveys of adults over 40 show that more than 6 in 10 still see sexual activity as a critical part of a good relationship, and many say their sex lives are as satisfying or better than a decade ago