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Today on AirTalk, we get the latest on the wildfires impacting SoCal communities. Also on the show, we remember Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes; we dig into how the San Fernando Valley could be the future of urban farming; Daniel Levitin talks about his new book ‘I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music As Medicine;' William Deverell, host of the Western Edition podcast, stops by to preview the new season on Pasadena's hidden history; Larry Mantle interviews Charlotte Shane on her new book ‘An Honest Woman: A Memoir Of Love And Sex Work;'and more. Latest on SoCal wildfires (00:17) Suburbia — the next farming revolution? (13:41) Remembering musician Sergio Mendes (26:41) New book on music as medicine (32:12) Pasadena's hidden history (45:13) Study links cannabis use to cancer (1:01:57) Charlotte Shane talks new book “An Honest Woman” (1:20:33)
Kate Wolf talks to Danzy Senna about her latest novel, Colored Television. It follows a writer named Jane Gibson who's finally making headway on her second book, a magnus opus her husband calls the “mulatto War and Peace” that's been nearly a decade in the making. Jane's helped along by her family's stay in the tony, Eastside Los Angeles home of a friend of hers—a former fiction writer who long ago sold out to work in TV. Jane and her husband, Lenny, help themselves to this friend's wine and clothes, and Jane yearns for his financial stability. When her novel is rejected by her agent, she decides to try on his career in Hollywood as well. Colored Television is a hilarious unpacking of class, marriage, race, midlife, exploitation, Los Angeles, and what it takes to be an artist when no one cares about your work. Also, Charlotte Shane, author of An Honest Woman, returns to recommend a trilogy of historical novels by Sharon Kay Penman: Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, and The Reckoning.
Kate Wolf talks to Danzy Senna about her latest novel, Colored Television. It follows a writer named Jane Gibson who's finally making headway on her second book, a magnus opus her husband calls the “mulatto War and Peace” that's been nearly a decade in the making. Jane's helped along by her family's stay in the tony, Eastside Los Angeles home of a friend of hers—a former fiction writer who long ago sold out to work in TV. Jane and her husband, Lenny, help themselves to this friend's wine and clothes, and Jane yearns for his financial stability. When her novel is rejected by her agent, she decides to try on his career in Hollywood as well. Colored Television is a hilarious unpacking of class, marriage, race, midlife, exploitation, Los Angeles, and what it takes to be an artist when no one cares about your work. Also, Charlotte Shane, author of An Honest Woman, returns to recommend a trilogy of historical novels by Sharon Kay Penman: Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, and The Reckoning.
Charlotte Shane joins Kate Wolf to speak about her latest book, An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Detailing Shane's many years as a sex worker, the book is also a candid examination of her own sexuality, as well as her deep fascination with the sex lives and interior worlds of men. Shane writes about the importance of her early “sexperimentation” with a group of close guy friends in high school; the nuances of her relationship to her father, her husband, and her clients—especially the almost decade long bond she shared with one of them named Roger. She comes to sex work, and even heterosexuality, with both curiosity and empathy, as well as a feminist perspective. Her book focuses less on matters of harm and power than the intricacies of desire and the variety of intimacy possible between women and men. Also, Sarah Manguso, author of Liars, returns to recommend Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy.
Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tender reckoning of what it means to be a heterosexual woman and a feminist in a misogynistic society. Listen to her conversation with Michael on her new book "An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work." Original air date 23 August 2024. The book was published on 13 August 2024.
Charlotte Shane joins Kate Wolf to speak about her latest book, An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Detailing Shane's many years as a sex worker, the book is also a candid examination of her own sexuality, as well as her deep fascination with the sex lives and interior worlds of men. Shane writes about the importance of her early “sexperimentation” with a group of close guy friends in high school; the nuances of her relationship to her father, her husband, and her clients—especially the almost decade long bond she shared with one of them named Roger. She comes to sex work, and even heterosexuality, with both curiosity and empathy, as well as a feminist perspective. Her book focuses less on matters of harm and power than the intricacies of desire and the variety of intimacy possible between women and men. Also, Sarah Manguso, author of Liars, returns to recommend Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy.
Summer is upon us and you're going to need a few books to read. Book Review editors Elisabeth Egan and Joumana Khatib join host Gilbert Cruz to talk through a few titles they're looking forward to over the next several months.Books discussed in this episode:"Farewell Amethystine," by Walter Mosley"The Cliffs," by J. Courtney Sullivan"Horror Story," by Paul Tremblay"Liars," by Sarah Manguso"The God of the Woods," by Liz Moore"The Bright Sword," by Lev Grossman"Pearl," by Sian Hughes"Sandwich," by Catherine Newman"The Future Was Now," by Christopher Nashawaty"An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work," by Charlotte Shane
Writer and publisher Charlotte Shane on the N + 1 article, "Three Times: The pregnancy was the crisis, not the abortion." You can find Charlotte's N+1 article here: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-44/politics/three-times/ And some of her other work here: http://www.charoshane.com/
"Drunk client was getting slightly drunker than usual at one of our lunches when he decided that we had to go to one of the city's ritziest strip clubs..." In this week's TANK podcast, Charlotte Shane reads from her memoir Prostitute Laundry, a thoughtful account of the pleasures and pains of sex work.
Charlotte Shane speaks to Violet Lucca about the state of abortion rights in post-Dobbs America. Shane expresses her frustrations with pro-choice arguments based on the right to privacy or on medical prudence. Instead, she argues that the right to abortion follows from the principle of bodily autonomy. Shane also touches on the difficulty of writing about abortion in an authoritative but not impersonal tone. “The Right to Not Be Pregnant” appears in the October issue; read it here: https://harpers.org/archive/2022/10/the-right-to-not-be-pregnant-asserting-an-essential-right/ This episode was produced by Violet Lucca and Maddie Crum, with production assistance from Ian Mantgani. Get an entire year of Harper's Magazine for only $16.97: harpers.org/save
“Nobody's gonna know. They're gonna know.”If you've been on TikTok in the past year, you're most likely familiar with these two sentences, first drolly uttered in a post by TikTok creator Chris Gleason in 2020. The post has become a hit and has been viewed more than 14 million times.But the sound is more famous than the video.When uploading a video to TikTok, the creator has the option to make that video's audio a “sound” that other users can easily use in their own videos — lip-syncing to it, adding more noise on top of it or treating it like a soundtrack. Gleason's sound has been used in at least 336,000 other videos, to humorous, dramatic and sometimes eerie effect.The journalist Charlotte Shane delves into the world of repurposed sounds, exploring how TikTok and other apps have enabled, as she writes in her recent article for The Times, “cross-user riffing and engagement, like quote-tweeting for audio.” She also considers “what makes a sound compelling beyond musical qualities or linguistic meaning.”While “brainfeel” may be an apt buzzword for the sensation audio memes elicit, Ms. Shane writes, it is more than a mere trend: We have entered the “era of the audio meme.”This story was written by Charlotte Shane and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
With Roe v. Wade officially struck down by the Supreme Court, we speak with Melissa Gira Grant, Charlotte Shane, and Abby Cartus about how to react to this moment and where to go from here. This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted June 27th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/68332894 With Roe v. Wade officially struck down by the Supreme Court, we speak with Melissa Gira Grant, Charlotte Shane, and Abby Cartus about how to react to this moment and where to go from here. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:29, 27 June 2022
We're still big mad, and we stand by this episode from 2019 more than ever this week. Don't miss a collection of new information & resources in show notes! Season 4 begins next week! We love you! Show NotesYou are listening to a rerelease of an episode we first aired in 2019, and you can find all the original show notes here. Information related to Texas law SB8, which went into effect on Sept 1, 2021 is below. The new Texas law is a "heartbeat law" and effectively prohibits all abortions in the state of Texas. When the Supreme Court declined to block the bill, it effectively killed Roe v. Wade. You should read Justice Sotomayor's dissent here. Read Stop Being Stupid About Abortion by Charlotte Shane.As always, these laws will have the most impact on the poor and undocumented people. If you can, please support Planned Parenthood and the National Network of Abortion Funds, which helps people find abortion providers in their state. If you would like to donate specifically to people in Texas, this ActBlue donation page will split your money between 10 Texas abortion funds: Support Your Sistah at the Afiya Center, Whole Woman's Health Alliance, Inc., Jane's Due Process, Clinic Access Support Network, Texas Equal Access Fund, the Lilith Fund, Fund Texas Choice, Frontera Fund, West Fund, and The Bridge Collective. For reporting, we recommend The 19th a nonprofit organization "investing in journalism that empowers women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community." Also, the Texas Tribune has excellent reporting on everything you've heard about in the state, from coverage of SB8, to voter suppression, to COVID in Texas schools. You can support the 19th and also support the Texas Tribune with a donation.As always, the impact of these laws disproportionately effects poor people, undocumented people, and queer people. At least 7 other states are expected to quickly enact similar laws. The Future Now Fundfocuses on local and state elections as a way of preserving democracy. We are working now to reactivate Fated States and find a way to join the fight.
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/55839379 Beatrice speaks with Charlotte Shane about the Texas abortion ban and why a politics that stops at "access" and "choice" is insufficient to meet the needs of the moment. Read Charlotte's piece "Stop Being Stupid About Abortion" here: https://www.gawker.com/politics/stop-being-stupid-about-abortion Charlotte Shane is the author of Prostitute Laundry, and a co-founder of TigerBee Press. Follow her on twitter @CharoShane. Runtime 1:02:55, 7 September 2021
OnlyFans, a website famous for empowering sex workers, decided to ban -- and then unban-- sexual content. According to Charlotte Shane, sex workers find this story all too familiar. Guest: Charlotte Shane, co-founder of the TigerBee Press. Author of the memoir, Prostitute Laundry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OnlyFans, a website famous for empowering sex workers, decided to ban -- and then unban-- sexual content. According to Charlotte Shane, sex workers find this story all too familiar. Guest: Charlotte Shane, co-founder of the TigerBee Press. Author of the memoir, Prostitute Laundry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OnlyFans, a website famous for empowering sex workers, decided to ban -- and then unban-- sexual content. According to Charlotte Shane, sex workers find this story all too familiar. Guest: Charlotte Shane, co-founder of the TigerBee Press. Author of the memoir, Prostitute Laundry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Charlotte wants us to remember the battle for Stalingrad Episode Discussed: Schitt's Creek, Episode 14, Season 6 “Happy Ending" Special Guest: Charlotte Shane, essayist and author of Prostitute Laundry https://twitter.com/CharoShane Binging/Cringing: Leila is binging The Parisian Agency (L'Agence) on Netflix Lori is cringing at the makers of Stillwater ripping off Amanda Knox' life story Tweet thread by Knox herself here: www.twitter.com/cringewatchers/status/1421863507725897732 New York Times article mentioned by Charlotte that cites a sex worker named Candii: www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/nyregion/sex-workers-nyc.html VICE article mentioned by Lori that looks at massage parlors that give happy endings and the people who work there: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywak3j/asian-massage-parlors-with-happy-endings-give-these-sex-workers-a-decent-living Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars Our ad music is by Sidhartha Corses siddharthamusic.bandcamp.com Our ad partner for this episode is Muddy Paws Rescue www.muddypawsrescue.org/ Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers
Alicia talks to Charlotte Shane, culture writer, publisher of Tigerbee Press, and author of the book Prostitute Laundry. Charlotte’s been vegan for 18 years, but doesn’t often discuss it. They talk about her anti-oatmeal stance, NYU’s recent conference on animals and the left, and whether WeWork’s new reducetarian policy could be good for the vegan movement. Written and presented by Alicia Kennedy Produced by Sareen Patel This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.aliciakennedy.news/subscribe This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.aliciakennedy.news/subscribe
Alicia talks to Charlotte Shane, culture writer, publisher of Tigerbee Press, and author of the book Prostitute Laundry. Charlotte’s been vegan for 18 years, but doesn’t often discuss it. They talk about her anti-oatmeal stance, NYU’s recent conference on animals and the left, and whether WeWork’s new reducetarian policy could be good for the vegan movement. Written and presented by Alicia Kennedy Produced by Sareen Patel
Writer and editor Charlotte Shane joins merritt to talk clone sex, ancient ghouls, and hitting the gym.
Dale Salwak, the editor of a new collection of essays, tells us why he wanted to probe this most complicated of relationships, while Judy Carver, the daughter of William Golding – he of Lord of the Flies – sheds light on her father’s difficult relationship with his mother; Charlotte Shane introduces us to Marjorie Hillis, who, in the 1930s, taught American women how to "live alone and like it"; finally, TLS editor Catharine Morris considers the difficult genesis of Latvian literature See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Prudence is joined this week by Charlotte Shane, author, essayist, and co-founder of TigerBee Press. First up - what to say when your sister compares your desire to have a child with adopting a cat. And how can I respectfully deal with attending friends’ engagements and weddings when I am still single and not feeling the festive spirit? Then - an affair with a famous person (of course we guess) has been going on for years, but do I need to alter my expectations? And finally, my wife got a great job in a distant city, but the kids and I don’t want to leave...are we jerks? Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Prudence is joined this week by Charlotte Shane, author, essayist, and co-founder of TigerBee Press. First up - what to say when your sister compares your desire to have a child with adopting a cat. And how can I respectfully deal with attending friends’ engagements and weddings when I am still single and not feeling the festive spirit? Then - an affair with a famous person (of course we guess) has been going on for years, but do I need to alter my expectations? And finally, my wife got a great job in a distant city, but the kids and I don’t want to leave...are we jerks? Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A special end-of-year edition of the podcast, with highlights, including: Sudhir Hazareesingh came on thew show back in March, ahead of the French election, to share his thoughts on Emmanuel Macron, the underdog philosopher-politician soon to become President; before Weinstein and #metoo, Charlotte Shane drew our attention to problems and divisions in feminism, and called for responsible, serious literature to take things forward; Clive Stafford-Smith, liberal lawyer and campaigner against the death penalty, on the rise of 'kill lists', an almost-blatant programme of state-sanctioned murder that goes on around the world; finally, in 2017 we marked the bicentennial of the death of Jane Austen by inviting Austen expert Claire Harman for a game of “rank your favourite Austen novels”. A refresher for regular listeners and a sampler for newcomers – with thanks to all. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With Stig Abell and Thea Lenarduzzi – "For every competent feminist book”, Camille Paglia wrote in 1995, “there are twenty others shot through with inaccuracies, distortions, and propaganda.” Charlotte Shane runs us through a clutch of recent books by, among others, Laurie Penny, Rebecca Solnit and Paglia herself; How do we account for the extraordinary and enduring popularity of the French theorist Roland Barthes? Might it have something to do with his incurable boredom? Samuel Earle joins us in the studio to discuss the bundle of contradictions that was, and is, Barthes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Allison and Vass start the show by answering the question, “Is PMS real?” Spoiler: Yes, duh. We are joined by Peter MacLeod of MASS LBP to discuss fighting populism via citizen-focussed democracy. Then we chat with Creig Lamb from Brookfield Institute about the next technological revolution and why A.I. and automation are worth worrying about. Allison is reading Prostitute Laundry by Charlotte Shane. Vass is reading So Sad Today by Melissa Broder and One Day We Will All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by (future guest!) Scacchi Koul. TUNES: Inner Lover by Land of Talk Roya by Daniel Romano You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq
Charlotte Shane joins merritt to gush about the one truly supportive father figure on Arrested Development.
A special bonus for BinderCast listeners. Here's author Charlotte Shane reading from her book Prostitute Laundry.
These days, it's not enough to just be a good writer. You've also got to have a brand, and you need to be something of a savvy marketer to boot. Sex worker turned writer Charlotte Shane knows a thing or two about selling it. In this week's episode, she talks about why she picked escorting over academia, how sex work gave her the freedom to hone her craft, and why marketing shouldn't be a dirty word. For more on Charlotte, check out our show page on Bindercast.com
Prostitute Laundry In the winter of 2014, writer and sex worker Charlotte Shane sent out her confessional letter to a small but devoted mailing list. In the months that followed, readership grew to over 5,000 subscribers who followed her candid, unstinting, sometimes heartbreaking meditations. Word spread quickly, garnering the project recognition from outlets such as The Washington Post and NPR. This intimate investigation is one young woman’s best attempt at understanding her own rich, conflicted life, and the forces that act upon it. The collection is a thoughtful serial memoir about love, sex, money, and identity—how those forces can break us, and how they can make us whole again. Praise for Prostitute Laundry "Every form of writing has an author whose work helped define it; for TinyLetter, that author is Charlotte Shane. I don’t think anyone understood what a TinyLetter really could be until Shane began her Prostitute Laundry series in February of 2014 . . . It felt like reading a novel in serial form, spiked with the knowledge that these experiences were drawn from someone’s daily reality. And then, there’s the prose, which is absolutely hypnotic—intimate, confessional, and even self-scouring in a way that’s unspeakably rare." — Brooklyn Magazine "Her writing . . . is in turns incisive and tender, embracing human frailty with bracing honesty". — The Establishment Charlotte Shane is an essayist and author best known for her lyric personal writing, which garnered national attention when distributed in the form of her letters-turned-book, Prostitute Laundry, which The Guardian likened to work by Charles Dickens, and Vice called "addictive [and] intimate." Ann Friedman is a freelance journalist who writes about gender, politics, technology, and culture. She is a columnist for New York magazine and theLos Angeles Times, and a contributing editor to The Gentlewoman. She also co-hosts the podcast Call Your Girlfriend, makes hand-drawn pie charts, and sends a popular weekly email newsletter. Find her work at annfriedman.com.
Charlotte Shane writes a TinyLetter called Prostitute Laundry, writing frankly and lyrically about her feelings, her relationships, her body and her sex lives -- both personal and professional. This week TLDR looks into women writing personal, voice-driven newsletters, sitting down with Charlotte, as well as writer Meaghan O'Connell, to talk about the kind of writing that you want delivered straight to your inbox. To sign up for the Prostitute Laundry TinyLetter, click here. Meaghan O'Connell's birth story was published by Longreads, and you can read it here. Download "The Laugh of the Medusa," by Helene Cixous, here. If you like our show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Meredith and TLDR on Twitter.