Welcome to No Shame. A podcast that features the experiences of women who refuse to bend to the whims of cultural expectations. I'm your host, Rebecca Woolf. And as well as being an author, I am also a single mother of four teenagers, a widow, a friend, a lover, who has spent the last two decades writing about my very human -- and also very often messy -- experiences. On No Shame, I will feature the stories, experiences, and wisdom of those who inspire me most: the women who have been shunne ...
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Fable Will Finish Her Own Sentences
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1:23:44I have a very, very special episode this week. I am sitting down to interview my 16-year-old daughter, Fable who I've known Fable. I've known Fable since she was born. She's a powerhouse, a hand raiser, a leader in the classic sense, the opposite of invisible, the antithesis of afraid standing tall with flags in her hands. I am so proud of her and …
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We Are Not Going Back with Sophie Strauss
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1:16:11Hi everyone! Today I'm sitting down with my friend Sophie Strauss, a stylist for regular people, and we are going to talk about abortion. We're going to talk about her abortions. We're going to talk about your abortions. We're going to talk about ways for you to have access to an abortion, even in a state where they are making it harder and harder …
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Radically Living in a Red State with Amy Pence Brown
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1:13:28This week, it is my honor to host the incredible, Amy Pence Brown. Amy is a body image activist. She's a writer, an artist, a public speaker, an educator, and a radical Idahoan. I've been following her for years. She's been a body image activist for 15 years and became internationally known for her radical stand for self love at the capital city pu…
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REPLAY: Lyz Lenz Was Kicked Out of Eden
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58:22There are a handful of writers whose voices I believe are so central to where we are culturally, whose voices truly define a moment by validating not only what is happening politically but also what is happening within the interior lives of women. And Lyz Lenz is one of them. She is the author of the book This American Ex Wife and the substack Men …
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BONUS: Stupid Things for Love
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1:35:07Hi everyone, today we are doing something a little different and sharing an episode of my friend Scott Campbell's podcast Stupid Things for Love. I was on his show and the conversation that we have been having on this show about shame and sex. If you don't already listen to Scott's show, it's incredible and you should subscribe! We will be back nex…
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Laura Hoenack is a Beautiful Thing part 2
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54:53This week I am finishing my conversation with Laura Hoenack. Laura writes a substack called Lulubeans about her complicated grief as a widow of suicide. She also writes about sex and dating and her work as a camgirl on OnlyFans. And recently she wrote a guest post from my substack titled I Am a Beautiful Thing, or How I Learned to Love My 40 Someth…
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Laura Hoenack is a Beautiful Thing
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1:00:02This week I am thrilled to introduce you to my friend, writer, widow mother and camgirl, Laura Hoenack. I met Laura early last year when she was a participant in a grief writing workshop that I teach. Laura writes a substack called Lulubeans about her complicated grief as a widow of suicide. She also writes about sex and dating and her work as a ca…
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After Shame with Melissa Petro
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1:06:29In today’s episode I am chatting with Melissa Petro author of the book Shame on You: How to be A Woman in the Age of Mortification which is essentially what this podcast is all about. I have spent the entirety of my life battling and overcoming my own shame, weighing the so called morals of the societal masses against my own truth and need to tell …
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This week I’m talking to Bassey Ikpi. Bassey is a writer, a speaker, an emotional wellness advocate and the NYT bestselling author of the book I'm Telling the Truth But I'm Lying which is one of the most beautifully written memoirs I’ve read in recent years. In her book, she writes about emotional memory, distinguishing it from actual memory and sh…
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The Revolution Will Not be Shame-Based with Amanda Montei
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1:02:50This week I'm thrilled to be speaking to author, academic and friend Amanda Montei. Amanda is the author of the book, Touched Out: Misogyny, Consent and Control, and the substack, Mad Woman. This episode is a little different than other episodes in that it's a sort of response episode to the election, specifically how shame shaped it and what we ca…
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Dot Fisher-Smith is going to die. And so are you.
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57:17This week I’m very excited to host someone I have had the great honor of knowing and loving my whole life – my great Aunt Dot Fisher-Smith. Since I was a little girl, I gravitated toward Dot. I always felt a kind of solidarity with her that defies age. She is a sister to me. She is a friend. A mentor. A confidante. And I think, specifically with de…
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My guest this week is Kim Ye. Kim Ye is a visual artist, a performance artist, a pro domme and a mother of two whose work exists within the intersection of sex work, domestic labor, motherhood and the relationship between dominance, and submission, caretaking and autonomy, rebellion and acquiescence. Buy PROMOMME here! You can follow Kim Ye on inst…
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Shannon Will Not Be Silenced
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1:03:57Before this podcast found its voice and I decided I wanted specifically to feature women who have been stigmatized or shamed for being quote unquote bad girls (my favorite kind) I had the idea to feature people who were in transition. So. I put a call out on Instagram for stories. Hundreds responded. It was so overwhelming it took me weeks to go th…
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Madness is a Story We Are Told with Suzanne Scanlon
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38:13My guest today is Suzanne Scanlon. She's the author of the book Committed: Of Meaning and Mad Women, a book that details Suzanne's experience being institutionalized in New York City in the nineties. Her book explores the nature of madness with such elegance and precise insight, and it made me want to know her and love her. Today on the show we tal…
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I am thrilled to be hosting the one and only Accidental Icon. Lyn Slater, author of the book, How to Be Old. She's an artist, a designer, a writer, a model, a former professor, a mother and grandmother. She is queen of the rebels and an influencer in the truest sense of the word. And I'm honored to talk to her today about beauty and age and rebelli…
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Check out Lyz's book and her substack. This show is hosted by Rebecca Woolf This is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah Dealy Executive Producer is Ben Adair Editing help by Savannah Wright Mixing by Alex MacInnisעל ידי Western Sound
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Welcome to Diablo Cody's America!!
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47:27Check out Diablo Cody's substack! This show is hosted by Rebecca Woolf This is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah Dealy Executive Producer is Ben Adair Editing help by Savannah Wright Mixing by Alex MacInnisעל ידי Western Sound
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"My Heart Won't Burn" with Chelsie Diane
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54:35Follow Chelsie Diane on Instagram and check out her website, Poems and Peonies This show is hosted by Rebecca Woolf This is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah Dealy Executive Producer is Ben Adair Editing help by Savannah Wright Mixing by Alex MacInnisעל ידי Western Sound
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Introducing...No Shame with Rebecca Woolf
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2:45This show is hosted by Rebecca Woolf This is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah Dealy Executive Producer is Ben Adair Editing help by Savannah Wright Mixing by Alex MacInnisעל ידי Western Sound
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