The Wandering Womb Podcast
by Jessica Taylor & Jaimi Shrive
Jess Taylor and Jaimi Shrive dissect everything. Just two wandering wombs (also known as women) discussing the world from an anti-pathology, political, feminist, working class, no-holds-barred perspective. Podcast contains strong women, strong language and strong views. Filmed episodes are available monthly on YouTube and on our socials. Follow us at @DrJessTaylor and @Jaimi_Shrive on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok Comments, topic ideas and questions? Email us at [email protected]
Episodes
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New Season 9 Episode 2: Psychiatrists have admitted to pathologising victims of abuse, now what?
Jaimi and Jess digest the news that The Royal College for Psychiatry have released an official apology statement to all victims of CSA - for pathologising them, gaslighting them and even diagnosing them… but what happens next?
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New Season 9 Episode 1: What the hell happened whilst we were gone?
New Season 9 Episode 1: What the hell happened whilst we were gone? Jess and Jaimi are finally back with all new weekly episodes, and monthly special edition filmed full length episodes in our brand spanking new studio. This episode is a welcome back to our loyal listeners of olde, and a welcome…
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S8 Ep5 - Unmasking Tattle.Life Stalkers
Jess and Jaimi dive right into the case against Tattle.Life, the unmasking of Sebastian Bond, the identities of stalkers on the site, and the heartbreaking experiences of hundreds of victims of mass stalking. Jess discusses the action being taken behind the scenes, and how this might play out for...
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S8 Ep4 - Brand new mental disorders
Jess and Jaimi take a (very) critical look at the American Psychiatric Association suggesting four new mental disorders for people who want to end their lives. What is the real motive for inventing four new disorders, and what/who will they be used for? Content warning for in depth discussions of...
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S8 Ep3 - Money stories we had to unlearn
Jaimi and Jess discuss their earliest understandings of money, finance, housing, and how much money they would need to live. Whilst Jaimi was busy learning all about politics, mortgages, and finance as a kid, Jess was planning her life as a stripper and thought houses couldn’t be more than a…
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S8 Ep2 - How weird travel experiences changed us forever
Jess and Jaimi share the pivotal, emotional, terrifying and amazing travel experiences that have shaped who they are, and what they believe about life, culture, and the world. In this episode, we cover huge shifts in mindset, values, and belief systems caused by weird experiences whilst…
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S8 Ep1 - Leaving the echo chamber: Growing beyond feminism
Jess and Jaimi are back for Series 8 - and kicking off a huge new collection of episodes with a brutally honest discussion of how, and why, they left the echo chamber of feminism, how feminism burned them both out, and whether they still consider themselves feminists. Strap in, it’s gonna get bumpy.
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S7 Ep2 - Wall to wall lesbians
Jess and Jaimi have a glass of wine and catch up about all their favourite lesbian TV, films, music, gigs and influencers they love. A funny, light-hearted discussion of lesbian culture, lesbian love and eating that girl for lunch.
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Underclass Series Ep2 - “Cheque Fraud and Takeaway Mafia”
Part 2 of Jaimi interviews Jess about Underclass, and they really get into the depths of wild experiences in the book. Jess talks about stealing a celebrity’s onion rings at 1am, committing cheque fraud as a child, working sleazy jobs to make ends meet and trying to survive in a dangerous city....
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Underclass Series Ep1 - You laugh, or you spiral!
Jaimi interviews Jess about her new book, ‘Underclass’. Jess talks about the local flasher, using dark humour to cope with life (and write the book), getting involved in the illegal racing scene in the early 00s, and trying to navigate the role of religion in a place where no one cared about it....
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S7 Ep1 - 10 questions from an MRA
Jess and Jaimi are back for Season 7, and kick off by answering a set of ten questions about feminism written by an MRA online. Neither of them have seen the questions before the podcast, can they answer them? Will they answer them? Let’s go!
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S6 Ep8 - The hatred of the 22 year old pilot
Jess and Jaimi both saw the same viral video, and the thousands of hateful comments underneath, and decided to bring it to the podcast to discuss it over a few vodkas. What has a 22 year old pilot got in common with Millie Bobby Brown, Billie Eilish, and Pamela Anderson? Tune in to find out!
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S6 Ep7 - Sexualising Serial Killers
Jaimi and Jess have a couple of vodkas and discuss the increasing sexualisation and fetishisation of serial killers and rapists - what the hell is happening out there? Who is driving this narrative and why? Why do women find such violent criminals sexually attractive? Content Warning - This…
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S6 Ep6 - What I wish I knew about abusers and perps
Jess and Jaimi settle down with some wine and some blankets, and discuss all the myths and stereotypes about abusers and perpetrators of violence and abuse. Do they really target vulnerable women? Does safety advice even work? Does porn play a part? Are abusers mentally ill? Content warning for...
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S6 Ep5 - Childhood films ruined by our feminism
Jess and Jaimi have a long, meandering and hilarious conversation about the way feminism changed their perspectives of their favourite childhood films. Then they get distracted and talk about their mythical pool. And the dogs having their own bedroom. And what to do if your puppy sh*ts in her own...
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S6 Ep4 - Bad Sex Tips: The Sequel
Jess and Jaimi double over laughing throughout this wild rollercoaster episode, where they revisit Bad Sex Tips from 2021, and discuss a whole new collection of horrid, disgusting, stupid and hilarious sex tips from women’s magazines and articles. The takeaway lesson? Don’t put dirty pennies in...
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S6 Ep3 - The ITIM and The Storm
Jess and Jaimi sit down to talk all about their new book, the ITIM - when a huge storm hits the hotel. They discuss trauma, coping mechanisms, revolution and changing the world together.
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S6 Ep2 - Not My Nigel, Not My Nathan
Jaimi and Jess drink tequila in their hotel room and have a late night discussion about the way women will defend and deny male violence when it comes to their own husbands, boyfriends, dads and sons. If you’re a wife or mother, and consider yourself a critical thinker and feminist, this one is…
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S6 Ep 1 - Mountains of Internalised Misogyny
Jaimi and Jess are back for Season 6! Sat on the balcony, drinking cocktails, overlooking the snow-capped mountains, abandoning the posh mics and talking about the way women hate each other and themselves… Cliterati, welcome back!
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S5 Ep 6 - Leave Britney Alone!
Jess and Jaimi finish a bottle of wine and discuss Britney Spears deleting her Instagram account, and why so many people are so quick to pathologise her yet again…
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S5 Ep 5 - Meghan Markle and Santorini Skies
Jaimi and Jess discuss the recent press coverage of Meghan Markle’s new podcast and interviews, whilst sitting high up in the hills above Santorini.
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S5 Ep 4 - Women don’t want babies anymore
Jaimi and Jess get back from the pub, grab the mics, pour another drink, and talk about the quickly decreasing rates of young women wanting babies. Why do so many young women want to avoid motherhood, and could we really blame them? Why do women sugar coat motherhood, and not admit their own deep...
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S5 Ep 3 - Roe V Wade
Content warning for explicit discussion of abortion. Jess and Jaimi drink wine, eat cinema pick n mix and discuss the decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, and scrutinise some pro-life leaflets Jess found.
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S5 Ep 2 - The True Feminist Perspective on Depp V Heard
Jess and Jaimi drink a quadruple vodka and delve into their perspectives on the Depp V Heard defamation case. They discuss the way the case harms women, the silence from other vocal feminists, the perfect victim stereotype and the company that capitalised on Amber’s testimony of sexual assault....
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S5 Ep 1 - Internalised Misogyny
Jaimi and Jess are officially back for Series 5! We jump in the deep end and discuss why women hate each other, whether women can be truly misogynistic and what to do if you notice yourself becoming misogynistic towards other women and girls. Content warning for the usual - drinking, swearing,...
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Series 4 Ep 7 - Sexy But Psycho Part 2
Jaimi asks Jess the tough questions about capitalism, individualism, euthanasia of young women who have been abused, and the use of chemical tranquillisers on teenager girls. This is a heavy episode, please take care. Sexy But Psycho is out now!
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Series 4 Ep 6 - Sexy But Psycho Part 1
Jaimi interviews Jess about her new book Sexy But Psycho - and asks her the hardest questions she gets asked about her views on mental health. Part 1 is here and it’s a heavy one. Take care when listening.
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Series 4 Ep 5 - What do you look for in a partner?
Jess and Jaimi record a Valentine’s Day Special, where they describe qualities they look for in a partner, and qualities they avoid. Of course, this descends into impressions of musical theatre in a Stokie accent, because that makes total sense.
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Series 4 Ep 4 - ‘Teen drinking is very bad’
Jess and Jaimi have a completely unplanned discussion about underage drinking, that turns into uncontrollable laughter about the time Jess spent rare £5 Royal Mint coins on 500 penny sweet pick n mix…
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Series 4 Ep 3 - “I’m not like other girls” and other BS
Jaimi and Jess tell the story of being ID in ASDA (again) and then discuss one of Jaimi’s biggest annoyances: women who say they are not like other girls. Hold on, this one gets savage!
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Series 4 Ep 2 - The Huge Catch Up
Jess and Jaimi catch everyone up on the absolute shit show that was November, December, and January. Being ill, hating Christmas movies, travel disasters and an apology. Trigger warning for discussion of being spiked.
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Series 4 Ep 1 - Drag is such a drag
Jaimi and Jess celebrate 53,000 downloads with some goss - and then discuss drag.
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Series 3 Episode 9 - Cheese Mush
Jess asks Jaimi the weirdest questions she could find. Is cereal a soup? Is a hotdog a sandwich? What’s two normal things become weird if you put them together back to back?
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Series 3 Episode 8 - Cancelling cancel culture
Jaimi and Jess drink Malbec and discuss cancel culture. Is it really as powerful as we think it is? What would happen if we just stopped feeding into it?
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Series 3 Episode 7 - Stupid school rules
Jess and Jaimi are already three drinks deep when they decide to recall the most stupid rules they had in their high schools when they were kids. You can’t take your blazer off, you can’t go to the toilet, and you will be punished for not being able to afford a pen!
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Series 3 Episode 6 - #BeUnkind!
Jaimi and Jess explain why they hate the #BeKind movement, and suggest that women should be unkind. Why should we be kind? Is this the message we should give to little girls?
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Series 3 Episode 5 - Coming out as lesbian
Jess and Jaimi drink wine and answer questions about what it is like to come out as lesbian after relationships with men, and give advice to women who think they are lesbian.
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Series 3 Episode 4 - Man Free Zones
Jaimi and Jess drink wine and cocktails whilst discussing man free zones, female only conferences, club nights and events.
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Series 3 Episode 3 - When Men Write Women
Jess and Jaimi read out examples of real books where male authors have attempted to write female characters. Did you know that breasts could smile? Nor did we.
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Series 3 Ep 2 - Let’s talk about sex and gender
Jaimi and Jess talk about the sex and gender debate in forty minutes (virtually impossible) whilst drinking vodka and gin.
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Series 3 Episode 1 - Pride month has been sh*t
Jess and Jaimi have a moan about how tokenistic Pride month has become, chat about famous lesbians who could never come out and Jess tells the gory, unedited version of the dentist story which requires a huge trigger warning for blood. And needles. And medical stuff that’s gross (and hilarious).
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Series 2 Episode 15 - The Big Catch Up
Jess and Jaimi record a Big Catch Up episode from their apartment in Portugal and talk about the report, the wedding, the wasp incident and the rabbit. Ew.
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Series 2 Episode 14 - If misandry was real
Jess and Jaimi turn reality on it’s head and try to describe a world where misandry is real, with ridiculous and uncomfortable examples. You have been warned!
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Series 2 Episode 13 - Anonymous Q&A
Jaimi and Jess answer anonymous questions sent in by listeners. Tea. Is. Spilleth.
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Series 2 Episode 12 - Rumours: High school never ends
Jaimi and Jess talk through the rumours that go around about them, starting from primary school where Jess mixed up condoms with comrades. Of course. I mean, easy mistake to make, right?
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Series 2 Episode 11 - Bad Sex Tips
Jess and Jaimi end up crying tears of laughter at bad sex tips given to men that they found on the internet. Will ruin Pets At Home for you, forever. Very explicit content.
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Series 2 - Episode 10 Part 2 The Debrief
Jess and Jaimi debrief from the last episode. Which was super heavy.
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Series 2 - Episode 10 - Is psychiatry compatible with feminism? Part 1
Jaimi and Jess drink Diablo and have a heavy conversation about psychiatry, mental health, suicide and radical feminism. Content warning: This episode is particularly heavy and some listeners may find it distressing. There is a second part to this episode in Episode 11 which is a debrief (listen...
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Series 2 Episode 9 - Women’s Safety
Jess and Jaimi try to process the experiences of the last couple of weeks, discuss women’s safety, SpyCops and the Blue Lagoon where your skin accidentally burns off.
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Series 2 Episode 8 - Contraception
Jaimi and Jess discuss their concerns around female contraception and the male contraception trials whilst drinking vodka out of plastic tumblers because they keep losing all the nice glasses.
About this show
Jess Taylor and Jaimi Shrive dissect everything. Just two wandering wombs (also known as women) discussing the world from an anti-pathology, political, feminist, working class, no-holds-barred perspective. Podcast contains strong women, strong language and strong views.
Filmed episodes are available monthly on YouTube and on our socials.
Follow us at @DrJessTaylor and @Jaimi_Shrive on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok
Comments, topic ideas and questions? Email us at [email protected]
Hosted by
Jessica Taylor & Jaimi Shrive