No Shame with Rebecca Woolf

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 societal masses against my own truth and need to tell it and in her book, Melissa not only shares her story of public humiliation but gives women insight on how to combat their own shame.Buy Melissa's book and follow her on instagram. This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah DealyExecutive Producer is Ben Adair 

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 she asks us to get curious when it comes to our remembrance of things and how we metabolize those memories. I'm so excited to have her here today. Buy Bassey's book and follow her on instagram here. This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah DealyExecutive Producer is Ben Adair Mixing by Alex MacInnis

 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 election, specifically how shame shaped it and what we can do to reverse its effects. I feel so fortunate to have friends like Amanda, with whom I can talk honestly and openly without judgment or shame, but also be challenged, enlightened, and provoked to recognize truths beyond my own. So today on the show we talk about shame, white women, the 4B movement and how we have all been doing since the election. Buy Amanda's book and check out her substack!This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah DealyExecutive Producer is Ben Adair Mixing by Alex MacInnis 

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 mentor. A confidante. And I think, specifically with death, a subject most people are not comfortable talking about, let alone planning for, she has been a touchstone for me. Beyond my relationship with Dot, she is an activist and agitator who led anti-war protests during Vietnam, chained herself to Redwood trees as an environmentalist with Greenpeace and has lived a loud and proud life of civil disobedience. Google Dot Fisher-Smith!! Here is the incredible YouTube documentary about her. This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah DealyExecutive Producer is Ben Adair Mixing by Alex MacInnis

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 instagram @kimyekimyekimye, her website is kimye.com. This show is hosted by Rebecca WoolfThis is a Western Sound Podcast produced by Sarah DealyExecutive Producer is Ben Adair Mixing by Alex MacInnis