An interview-style podcast by burlesque performer Legs Malone
Doc Israel, one of the creators and minds behind Die Jim Crow, discusses the EP and the driving forces behind this important project. Die Jim Crow is a concept album currently in production that is written and performed by currently and formerly incarcerated black songwriters and singers from across the country. For more information, please visit www.diejimcrow.com.
The hilarious and wildly intelligent Rae Sanni, Kerryn Feehan and Kitten Kent join Legs for a far reaching conversation about what it is to be a woman in comedy. For full details on these awesome women and where to find them, visit www.lunchwithlegs.com and click on Episode 50!
The legendary World Famous *BOB* joins Legs for an incredible flow of stories, anecdotes, wisdom and her eternal love of poodles and grannies. This is one of my favorite conversations ever recorded and I hope you enjoy it! To learn more about *BOB*, visit her website at theworldfamousbob.com
The incredible performance and movement artist Glenn Marla joins Legs for a loving conversation about gender, art and love. For more information on Glenn, please visit www.mistermarla.com
Comedian, talk show host, mom, and rapper Carolyn Castiglia joins Legs for a fabulous and energizing chat about all things comedy, feminism and juggling 18 things at once. You can learn more about her by following her on twitter @missckc or googling her and watching the myriad things that come up, including her amazing late night feminist talk show Right Now with Carolyn Castiglia. Enjoy!
The illustrious and incredibly busy Tom Tenney joins Legs to talk about what starting a radio station is all about. A short and sweet episode!
Fantastic prestidigitator Matthew Holtzclaw joins Legs for a frankly awesome conversation. He is both magical and completely real and refreshingly down to earth. An excellent conversation to be listened to!
Porno Jim is a porn evangelist who preaches better orgasms through porn. This episode is not safe for work....
Part two of our live interviews with attendees of the 2014 Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV. Featuring burlesque stars and fans alike, and of course also the pool sound system....
The first of a two part episode featuring interviews recorded poolside at the 2014 BHOF Weekender.
Burlesque superstar Lux LaCroix joins Legs for a wholly excellent interview about her incredible career, her childhood in Brooklyn and all the incredible things she's got going on. To learn more about Lux, visit her online at www.luxlacroix.com.
Peter Aguero (Daddy Issues, The Moth) returns to LWL to discuss his one man show, movies and whatever else comes up over the course of our meandering, lovely conversation.
Long live Coney Island! This episode contains interviews from Coney Island USA's own Dick Zigun and Norman Blake along with information about the upcoming Gala on March 28, 2015.
Commissioned by Art F City (artfcity.com) as part of their all-female "Two Experts On...", Legs and Peekaboo interview each other about being artists in the medium of burlesque. Although specific to burlesque, there are many points that can be applied to artists anywhere. A great listen to get you thinking about the art of burlesque...
The Mama Beaver of Canadian Burlesque, the living legend Judith Stein joins Legs to talk about her career, share some stories and spread her unique wisdom across the internet. To learn more about Judith, I recommend googling her and following every lead and watching every video. She's incredible!!
Kitten Kent and Kerryn Feehan (Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off, NYC) join Legs for a spirited conversation about their excellent show, being a woman in comedy and much more. You can learn more about them by visiting them at their excellent show that combines comedy and burlesque on the first Sunday of every month at the Kraine Theater in NYC.
Jes Baker (The Militant Baker, Body Love Conference) joins Legs for an excellent conversation about body image, positive thinking and how to change the world one thought at a time.
If you like parties and sex and sex parties, then this episode is for you! Legs interviewed Kenny Blunt and Oksana Kissallover of Chemistry NYC. Enjoy :)
The first of many interviews to come with international burlesque star Perle Noire as she answers questions from fans and offers advice that only Perle can offer...
Burlesque star and Naked Girls Reading NYC head nudie Nasty Canasta reads the abridged version of her favorite holiday story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Jonny Porkpie of Pinchbottom Burlesque joins Legs for a spirited conversation of art, nudity and performance. Special guest appearance by Baron von Schweintorte. For more info on Jonny, please visit www.jonnyporkpie.com and www.pinchbottom.com.
The magical woman Gabrielle Penabaz joins Legs for a full circle discussion about art, life, and following one's dreams.
Kristen Korvette joins Legs for a frank talk about sexual empowerment, sluts, witches and much more. Kristen is the founding editor of slutist.com, a sex positive feminist site that everyone should bookmark and visit regularly. Enjoy!
Canadian cutie and badass business woman Bettina May joins Legs to talk about being a vegan showgirl, her successful bid to earn a green card from burlesque and how one day she will grow up to be president. For more information on Bettina, please visit www.bettina.ca
Sugar Shack Burlesque's own RunAround Sue joins Legs to talk about the business of burlesque, her studies to become a social worker and therapist and a healthy dose of the magic that she spins every day. You can find more about Sue at www.sugarshackburlesque.com
Lightworker and Vortex Healer Esme Carino joins Legs to talk about intention, healing, working with angels and much. much more in our most new aged episode yet! To learn more about Esme, please visit www.thevisionandthevoice.com
Superstar chanteuse and Grammy-winning cabaret songstress Lady Rizo joins Legs for a spirited conversation full of life, love and lots of good stories. Find out more about her at www.ladyrizo.com and buy her album "Violet" either on her website or off of iTunes!
From juicy fruit to a deep and in-depth discussion on race and racism in America, this is our longest interview yet! Performer, nerd and illuminator par excellence, Tangerine is a smart and foxy lady who is not afraid to speak her mind. Learn more about her at http://tangerinejones.com/
A short and sweet introduction to the magic that is the Burlesque Hall of Fame and it's fabulous annual weekend in Vegas! To learn more about BHoF, please visit www.burlesquehall.com. Also - the first annual PoolCast (TM)!!
Shanghai Pearl (Seattle, WA), The Tantalizing Temptress from Taipei talks about everything from vintage erotica to cultural appropriation, a topic she wrote a controversial article on addressing Dita Von Teese's opium den act. A must-listen!!
In this episode, we highlight the franchised entertainment that is Naked Girls Reading. New York City NGR chapter head Nasty Canasta tells us a bit about herself and then reads from Lolita along with excerpts from other books read by Gal Friday and Creamy Stevens. I can't promise that they were naked or clothed during the recording but I'll let your mind run wild. To attend the next NYC NGR show, please visit http://nakedgirlsreadingnyc.blogspot.com to check out the theme of the month and who will be reading in the buff. Enjoy!
Shula Melamed is a dating coach and social researcher based in Brooklyn with fancy degrees to boot! Join us as we talk about all things sex, dating and relationships... From the classrooms to the dancefloors of NYC, Shula is getting ready to break open a whole new look at dating. Can you dig it?
NYC nightlife legend Michael Formika Jones joins Legs to discuss NYC nightlife, all things cool and what makes him tick. Recounting Wigstock, Squeezebox, La Nouvelle Justine and so much more, get ready to get a glimpse into what NYC nightlife was all about in the 1990s until Giuliani shut it all down.
Straight from the oceans of love, Bambi the Mermaid joins Lunch With Legs to discuss all things mermaids and so much more! We go into mermaid lore, Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida, Coney Island;s Mermaid Parade and Burlesque at the Beach and a brief, sweet mention of her late husband Indian Larry.
A carefully curated playlist by my good friend Pop Pistol of some great music for your ears and your soul! Pop sends out a playlist at the beginning of each year and when it came to today's episode, I was inspired to post the playlist in its entirety. Check out our liner notes at www.lunchwithlegs.com for full song listings.
The Great Fredini (aka Fred Kahl) joins us to talk about his Scan-O-Rama, Coney Island's past, present and future and so much more.
Legs reads a selection of four different stories by Beatrix Potter: Jemima Puddleduck, Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny and Mrs. Tiggywinkle.
We explore polyamory with "sexpert" Chelsea Cebara and her secondary partner Nathan Cliber. Fun, sexy and oh so interesting! Who thought geometry and new vocabulary would play such a big part - !
Straight from Vancouver BC, it's burlesque power couple Burgundy Brixx and The Purrfessor! We talk about all things emigration, Canada, burlesque, what makes these two tick and so much more!
Tattoo nerd and practicing attorney Marisa joins the LWL podcast for a fascinating and super informative interview that covers tattoo culture, the tattooed female body as public space, copyright issues (think Mike Tyson's face tattoo as depicted in The Hangover) and MUCH more!
Kate Valentine, also known as burlesque host extraordinaire Miss Astrid, joins Legs for today's episode. She is a director, actress, former burlesque performer and mom. We discuss art, the neo-burlesque resurgence and lots more. Enjoy!
Today's episode features boylesque sensation, gogo dancer and porn performer Chris Harder. Warning - we talk graphically about porn. Not for the sensitive people who are scared of sex, sexuality and self expression...
This week's episode features the wonderful Peter Aguero (The Moth, BTK Band) for a wonderful interview complete with slightly flawed audio... Turn up the volume and enjoy!
Brad and Cyndi join me to discuss the finer points of storytelling, burlesque, shows, sweet and funny anecdotes and so much more!
Lola Rocknrolla, B-film Director, lead singer of Sweet Tits and purveyor of all things hilarious joins Lunch With Legs for a very animated discussion about inspiration, (f)artists, good horror, despicable people and making films by the skin of your teeth.
Bastard Keith: actor, burlesque show emcee and excellent twitterer joins the Lunch With Legs podcast for a tragically truncated interview that is full of opinion, dirty words, and recounting his new year's eve making out onstage atop a Ducati. Not bad work if you can get it, I guess.
Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer joins us for a quick chat before he hops back across the pond to jolly old England! A purveyor of chap hop, Mr. B can be found all over the UK and Europe with his unique musical stylings. This is our most musical episode to date - huzzah!
The Rare Gem of Burlesque joins Legs for an honest conversation about burlesque, admiration and whole lotta love.
In this episode, Legs interviews Jo Boobs Weldon, the Headmistress of the New York School of Burlesque. sex work advocate and all around bad ass broad. Jo talks about stripping, sex work in many forms, rock stars, AA, her activism work and SO much more. If you enjoy or simply want to hear a strong, sexy, female voice that will tell it like it is, this is for you!
This week's episode features the amazing, talented and ridiculously smart baker/entrepreneur Allison Kave. Owner and head pie genius at First Prize Pies, Allison is also one half of Butter & Scotch (with partner Keavy Landreth) and thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, they will be opening Brooklyn's first Craft Cocktail and Dessert Bar in 2014. In addition to discussing her upcoming cookbook First Prize Pies, Allison and I talk about having famous brothers respectively and how hers had a close brush with death thanks to an Asian hornet sting while traveling around Vietnam. WARNING - your mouth may water as much as mine does during the interview. Due to a sound issue, the podcast we were planning on posting today got shifted back so despite my saying that this is episode 5, it is indeed episode 2. We're still getting on our feet here at Lunch With Legs so please be patient with us as we get used to this new-fangled stuff...
Legs Malone interviews Shelly Watson. opera singer, burlesque host and generally awesome woman. For more info on Shelly, please visit www.shellywatson.com