Episode 43: Sex Work and Podcasting: A Conversation with Vanessa Carlisle, Siouxsie Q and Kaytlin Bailey

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, noon

b'This week, we have a special treat for you with a guest interviewer! We welcome Lauren Levitt, a Ph.D. Candidate at USC Annenberg School and a former student of Henry\\u2019s, whose Ph.D. work on sex workers has led to a two-part series for this week\\u2019s episode. In Part One: Lauren interviews Siouxsie Q, a sex worker, a policy advocate and organizer for the ACLU Southern California, and co-host of the podcast Ill-Repute along with Vanessa Carlisle, a Professor of Queer Studies at California State University, Northridge and creator of the On the Dresser podcast. In Part Two, Lauren speaks to Kaytlin Bailey, the creator of The Oldest Profession Podcast, a stand up comic and the Director of Communications for Decriminalize Sex Work. Listen in as Lauren, Colin and Henry speak to these extraordinary women about their work and the importance of sex workers claiming their own narratives in pop culture.'