#52 From Inmate to Dancing with the Stars - Shannon Gee, Ecdysiast

Taking Pole Dance out of the club and into the mainstream, Shannon co-founded Ecdysiast in 2008. She created an aerial pole school specializing in pole dance as we know today: a coming together of Chinese pole, dance, acro, gymnastics and erotic dance styles. Pole encompasses muscular strength, flexibility and coordination. Ecdysiast's program teaches the general public and is proud to be a safe and inclusive space for womxn, trans, men, POC, GNC and LBGTQ+ folks. The studio loudly advocates for strippers and sex workers and continues to uphold a mission statement encompassing intersectional feminism. Super fun and a great workout polers express themselves in this creative and diverse aerial art. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dave Dahl and Ladd Justesen We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com