Introducing: OnlyFantasy (Leon's New Podcast)
5/21/202612 min
In this provocative investigation into OnlyFans— the adult platform where subscribers around the world spent more than $7 billion in 2024— the guy who reads the intros on 5-4 teams up with comedian and OnlyFans creator Gracie Canaan for a one-of-a-kind exploration into the current state of human connection.
Captivating and tender, OnlyFantasy is about the cost of loneliness, the seductive power of desire, and how the rules of human intimacy are being rewritten online. Is what’s happening on OnlyFans real? Or is it only a fantasy?
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First 90 secondsLeon Neyfakh· Host0:00
Hey, Five Four listeners. It's Leon. I'm here to tell you about my new show. It might not be exactly what you're used to from a guy best known for making history podcasts, but it is, in its own way, scandalous. The series is called Only Fantasy, and it's all about the wide world of OnlyFans, the website that ushered in a revolution in online porn and has radically lowered the barrier to entry for sex work, to the point where there are now more than four million people on the platform selling access to their private photos and videos. But as I learned during my reporting, photos and videos are only the beginning. It turns out the main export on OnlyFans is attention. Subscribers are paying not just to look, but to feel. They're on there to have conversations and crushes and semi-imaginary relationships. This confused and surprised me, and to be honest, I was skeptical and more than a little judgmental. All of which led me down a year-long reporting journey alongside my cohost, comedian and OnlyFans creator Gracie Kanan. Together, Gracie and I did some of the most shocking and personal interviews I've ever been a part of, and we ended up documenting what feels like a genuinely new and genuinely strange phenomenon that has, without a doubt, changed millions of lives in all kinds of unpredictable ways. Only Fantasy is a show about the changing nature of sex work, adult entertainment, and human intimacy itself. You're about to hear a preview of the show, and if you like what you hear, please