No Shame with Rebecca Woolf
by Rebecca Woolf
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 shunned, shamed, and stigmatized for being unapologetically human in their work, relationships and lives. Each week we'll be interviewing different women who has been told that she should be ashamed of something, but chooses not to be. New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
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Fable Will Finish Her Own Sentences
I 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…
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We Are Not Going Back with Sophie Strauss
Hi 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…
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Radically Living in a Red State with Amy Pence Brown
This 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…
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REPLAY: Lyz Lenz Was Kicked Out of Eden
There 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...
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BONUS: Stupid Things for Love
Hi 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...
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Laura Hoenack is a Beautiful Thing part 2
This 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...
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Laura Hoenack is a Beautiful Thing
This 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...
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After Shame with Melissa Petro
In 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...
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Bassey Ikpi Tells the Truth
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…
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The Revolution Will Not be Shame-Based with Amanda Montei
This 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...
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Dot Fisher-Smith is going to die. And so are you.
This 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...
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Kim Ye is Promomme
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...
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Shannon Will Not Be Silenced
Before 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...
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Madness is a Story We Are Told with Suzanne Scanlon
My 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…
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The Rebellion of Lyn Slater
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…
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Lyz Lenz was Kicked Out of Eden
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 MacInnis
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Welcome to Diablo Cody's America!!
Check 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 MacInnis
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"My Heart Won't Burn" with Chelsie Diane
Follow 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 MacInnis
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Introducing...No Shame with Rebecca Woolf
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 MacInnis
About this show
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 shunned, shamed, and stigmatized for being unapologetically human in their work, relationships and lives. Each week we'll be interviewing different women who has been told that she should be ashamed of something, but chooses not to be. New episodes every Tuesday.
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