Kit Monroe had a unique opportunity with the media recently. It’s not often media reaches out directly to sex workers to write articles for them. Usually, they write about us without talking to us. But in this situation, Kit was able to speak for herself and for us, as a sex worker. This episode, she and AM talk about the current climate in the clubs on the east coast. Of course, things aren’t all roses there either. But then again, that’s the issue these days isn’t it? Time for industry reform!...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Cheetah and Frida are two strippers and sex workers that live in Sweden. Before Covid, they were able to travel across the border to other countries where working conditions are more favorable than Sweden. But now with the lockdown, Sweden citizens are being banned from traveling to other European countries. Now, they find themselves having to navigate in a country where the strip club industry is deteriorating. Things are not what we may have thought over there. Cheetah and Frita are giving us ...
Jul 08, 2020•47 min
Cat Hollis is a revolutionary, a force to be reckoned with and a very high in demand person. She has created the Stripper Strike movement and is the driving force. From Portland, Cat gave us the lowdown. This is one amazing lady! Our episode got cut short but we have discussed a follow up, so stay tuned!
Jul 02, 2020•22 min
Izzie and AM have some things in common. They are both strippers and they are both amputees. Izzie is a current below the knee amputee and talks to AM about what it’s like being a disabled stripper and even went to work on crutches. With a looming below the knee amputation for AM, the two get intimate about what it’s like. Warning: At minute 29:50, Izzie recounts a story where a man followed her and became verbally aggressive toward her. This may be triggering for some people.
Jun 24, 2020•54 min
There is actually not a ton of sex worker podcasts. Not as many as we’d like to see anyway. So Danica and AM cross paths and swap podcast interviews. This week’s guest has a podcast of her own - 50 Plus a Tip. Danica is from Canada, is a sex worker, a podcaster and a badass. Spreading the message of education and compassion for all types of people.
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr
Nova Caine and AM met online through a dispute in a comment thread on Instagram. The topic? Pole dancers getting shadow banned. Nova’s point? “What did you think would happen? Be our ally. It’s the only way to fix this.” Since then, the two have bonded and have similar dreams of industry reform. Nova’s has one of the most unique ways of healing her body through dance. As a veteran, a mother and a sex worker, her perspectives come from many angles and it’s fascinating.
Jun 10, 2020•56 min
This call is one from across the pond. Two like souls getting together over Zoom, listen to Rebecca (aka KatsAndCrows) and AM talk about activism. These two have bonded over actions taken through the movement of EveryBodyVisible, an activist group that protests discriminatory practices by social media giants. Rebecca is fierce, bold and fearless but shows us her vulnerable side as well. Both women commiserate over the difficulties in dating life.
Jun 04, 2020•47 min
Danielle and AM have never met… or haven’t they? This episodes guest is a former stripper and now pole dance studio owner of The Vertitude in Canoga Park, California. After chatting for a bit, these two find out that they most certainly crossed paths at some point and didn’t know it. They reminisce on the old days and talk about the deterioration of the strip club scene in Los Angeles over the last two decades.
May 27, 2020•55 min
Lulu has been a stripper for long enough to have seen the changes in the industry. At work places that used to pay the strippers to work, she has seen the work floor morph into a more abusive and exploitative system. AM can relate, working in Los Angeles since 2002, there is definitely a difference with how strippers work and are treated now compared to two decades ago.
May 20, 2020•54 min
The only transgender pole dance/stripper show producer in Los Angeles, Daphne is challenging the norm. Just because transgender strippers haven’t often hit the stage like other strippers, doesn’t mean it has to remain that way. She wants to allow more opportunity for her community members and create a space for them to feel the freedom of performing with acceptance and love. Daphne gives us insight on the community she represents and teaches us a thing or two.
May 13, 2020•51 min
Part two of strippers calling in: In one day we had 12 strippers total call in to the show. We wanted to hear about what’s happening in their world before and after Covid-19. In general, it’s imperative that the voices of strippers and sex worker are heard. 11 calls, 12 strippers, from all over America, Canada and the UK. Guests in order of call in: Ivy Mickey Megan Isis Nikki Victoria
May 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min
In one day we had 12 strippers total call in to the show. We wanted to hear about what’s happening in their world before and after Covid-19. In general, it’s imperative that the voices of strippers and sex workers are heard. 11 calls, 12 strippers, from all over America, Canada and the UK. Guests in order of call in: Kit Monroe + Phoebe, Phoenix, Samantha Knoxx, Andrea and Stormy.
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Miles Woods, aka @yungpolemaster is a stripper whisperer. He truly cares about the stripping community, is a stripper himself and has dedicated his work to supporting and teaching strippers across the country. Young and wise, AM had the chance to chat with this rising super star and he’s full of joy and love. His perspectives are fresh and his experiences are from all angles, as a male stripper who sometimes performs at all female clubs. Something not very many men can say for themselves.
Apr 22, 2020•52 min
Caroline is an interesting one. She has an MSW, she’s a certified social worker and therapist, she’s a fully hearing ASL interpreter. She helps deaf people experience and feel music like never before. She signs while stripping, which is probably not something that any other stripper does, and it’s amazing. She understands discrimination from working with the deaf community and she understands discrimination from being a stripper for years. AM and Caroline talk about the work she does, is doing a...
Apr 15, 2020•51 min
Two strippers from the same club talk to AM about their club shutting down and letting go of all dancers and employees without any notice. Malice, who had been dancing at Cheetah’s for several years and Teddy who had been there for about two years. Regardless of how long they worked there, they were reliant on their job, like most people are. Even before they were shut down, they were experiencing massive wage theft from the owners and management. Only to be cast aside later with very little alt...
Apr 08, 2020•53 min
Jordan Kensley is outspoken, in your face and direct. In a world where being direct as a woman makes most people shake in their boots, Jordan is unapologetic about her powers. She is opinionated and educated and makes you think. Whether you agree with her or not, you can’t help but listen. Jordan and AM had a blast talking on this one, so much so that time just flew by. These two have experience working together in the pole dance industry world and the stripper world. Both dance on the line betw...
Apr 01, 2020•52 min
Since she was seven years old, Fox wanted to be a pole dancer. Little did she know she was predicting her future. Fox is not only a pole dancer, but a stripper, a contemporary dancer, a musician, a song writer, a script writer, an actor and a photographer. She wants to do all the things, and why shouldn’t she? It’s possible to have layers, to have different dimensions of yourself. Fox and AM discuss the layers and philosophize on different subjects.
Mar 25, 2020•56 min
A true hero, Valerie Hager was the creator, writer, producer and only actor in a 13 character play called “Naked in Alaska”. Even though she is no longer a stripper, it’s still in her bones. To this day, when she sees others abusing strippers rights or carelessly appropriating our culture, her blood gets hot. With chops of stripping in Tijuana and Alaska, it doesn’t get more badass than that.
Mar 18, 2020•48 min
Megan, a long time dancer at Jumbo’s Clown Room, who has danced at over 10 clubs has never gotten used to calling herself a stripper. Even though she has shown her nipples… even then though, she would always decorate her nipples with glitter or glittery stickers, so she wouldn’t “feel” totally topless. On this episode, we see her struggled and discuss the mentality behind it.
Mar 11, 2020•54 min
Nadia Sharif and AM are the best of friends, and you can definitely hear that dynamic in this show. Nadia used to be an engineer and quit her job to become a full time pole dancer. Nadia has a light amount of experience in strip clubs and a long time career in the pole dance fitness industry. Because she is a stripper ally but has spent so much time in the pole dance industry, she has interesting perspectives on the stripper and pole dancer divide.
Mar 05, 2020•55 min
Selena the Stripper, on your dad’s zipper. Her intellect and forethought puts most people’s to shame. Selena is one of the greatest storytellers in the stripper community. With her own podcast, Heaux in the Kneaux, she has plenty of experience getting her millennial voice to be heard. Selena has been stripping for a few years now, and part of the topic was baby strippers, what’s it was like for her and what it’s like for the next generation coming in.
Feb 26, 2020•47 min
On this episode, AM talks with long time friend and fellow stripper, Natalie Clark, aka NatsHoney. Natalie, like AM, has stripped in Los Angeles for 18 years. The two veterans discuss the current labor conditions for strippers all around the country. This was a specific conversation around what happened at the Super Bowl this year (2020) at the after party, where strippers were under heavy control by the event producers. Then later that same week, a stripper fell 15 feet from the top of a pole a...
Feb 19, 2020•52 min
Danielle Henderson is our stripper guest, one of AM’s closest friends, co-worker, and someone who has also gone through a transformation recently. Danielle’s past aspirations of being an astrophysicist, challenges the misconception that strippers are not very smart. She is now a writer, and aspiring actress and a Los Angeles stripper. One that is feeling the severe changes taking place in the strip club industry. After some personal growth, Danielle is getting ready to leave behind stripping, bu...
Feb 12, 2020•57 min
Hey everyone! Yes, a Stripper Podcast is coming soon!
Jan 23, 2020•56 sec
