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The Oldest Profession Podcast

The Oldest Profession Podcast reminds listeners that sex workers have always been part of the story. Each episode focuses on an "old pro" from history, contextualizing that figure in their own time and connecting their story to the ongoing struggle for sex worker rights. Your host, Kaytlin Bailey, is a nationally touring stand up comic, notorious old pro, and sex worker rights advocate. She"s partnered with the whole team at Old Pros to create an accessible and entertaining resource for anyone who

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43:16

Old Pro Panel: Lilith

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/12/29

Dr. Charlene Fletcher hosts a panel discussion about the divine feminine, Lilith, with Dr. Lauren Mancia (medievalist at Brooklyn College) and Verity Lightman (writer, visual artists, and researcher at Liminal Praxis).

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24:21

Lilith Part Three

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/12/16

What happens when we embrace our shadow selves instead of repressing them? Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

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01:14:01

Holiday Special With Peepshow Media: Coming Out as a...

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/12/15

A crossover episode with Peepshow Media where sex workers share their stories of coming out.

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29:40

Lilith Part Two

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/12/09

If you want to learn the official story of Lilith, this episode is for you. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond

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42:19

Lilith Part One

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/12/02

The story of the story of Lilith, the first ever nasty woman. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

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46:45

Old Pro Panel: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/11/29

Dr. Charlene J. Fletcher hosts a discussion about this month’s old pros with special guests Joy Michael Ellison, a writer, a teacher/scholar, and a grassroots community activist, and Ceyenne Doroshow, the Founder and Director of G.L.I.T.S.

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23:48

Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Part Three

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/11/18

The end of the mothers of many movements' lives and the legacy they left behind.

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43:16

Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Part Two

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/11/11

In part two, Kaytlin covers the Stonewall Riots, how Marsha P. Johnson's and Sylvia Rivera played a major role in them, and how they were intially rejected from the Gay Rights movement because of their status as trans street workers. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

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01:45:33

Old Pro Panel: Melania Trump

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/11/09

On the historic Election Night of 2020, Kaytlin Bailey and Dr. Charlene Fletcher of The Oldest Profession Podcast sat down for a candid discussion about Melania Trump. The conversation explored whether or not Melania can be considered an old pro, if she is part of our movement, and how Kaytlin had circus performers at her wedding. A panel discussion truly for the ages.

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36:37

Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Part One

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/11/04

In part one, host Kaytlin Bailey sets the scene by covering queer culture in New York City, from 1869 to 1969. References: CT Trans History and Archives. Sylvia Rivera: She Was More Than Stonewall Documentary (November 25, 2019), accessed October 30, 2020 Kasino, Michael and Richard Morrison. "Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson." Film accessed August 18, 2020 Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5 Soundbible.com https://musopen.org

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51:51

Old Pro Panel: Victoria Woodhull

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/10/30

Dr. Charlene Fletcher (Historian for The Oldest Profession Podcast) hosts a discussion with EPB (Writer, Visual Artist, and Researcher for Liminal Praxis) and Kaytlin Bailey (CEO + Founder of Old Pro Productions) about Victoria Woodhull and what we can take from her story in terms of sexual freedom, and the complexities and multitudes that women contain.

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31:07

Victoria Woodhull Part Three

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/10/21

In part three, host Kaytlin Bailey recounts the end of Woodhull's life, and notes her impact on the Suffrage Movement that has somehow (yet also intentionally) mostly been forgotten. Victoria Woodhull was a suffragette, stock broker, rumored sex worker, and first female candidate for the President of the United States. A woman who wore many hates and was called many names. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

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36:33

Victoria Woodhull Part Two

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/10/14

In part two, host Kaytlin Bailey notes Woodhull's crucial involvement in the Women's Suffrage Movement, and recounts the events that ultimately lead to her trouble with law enforcement. Victoria Woodhull was a suffragette, stock broker, rumored sex worker, and first female candidate for the President of the United States. A woman who wore many hates and was called many names. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

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47:09

Victoria Woodhull Part One

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2020/10/07

Host Kaytlin Bailey talks about Victoria Woodhull's early life and what led to her becoming an old pro. Victoria Woodhull was a suffragette, stock broker, rumored sex worker, and first female candidate for the President of the United States. A woman who wore many hates and was called many names. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

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17:06

Lou Graham

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2019/07/11

At a time where full service sex workers in Seattle euphemistically called themselves seamstresses, Madam Lou Graham was so rich that she served as an alternative to banks, giving loans to business propositions deemed too risky by bankers. She was also largely responsible for the funding of Seattle's school system. At the height of her power, Graham got arrested by a rookie cop who clearly did not know who he was dealing with. She was so influential that she was cleared of all charges AND had the

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22:45

Cardi B

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2019/04/30

The most famous sex worker of today's music industry, Cardi B unabashedly flaunts and celebrates her past as a stripper in her songs, music videos, and social media.

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19:31

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2019/04/10

Best known for is commercial paintings of the moulin rouge, French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was also a john who (literally) lived in brothels. As a tenant and client, Toulouse-Lautrec created compelling portraits of the full service sex workers with whom he socialized. His empathetic gaze captured the elements of their lives often missed by more sensationalist or romanticized depictions of sex work by other artists of his time.

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17:46

Ching Shih

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2019/04/03

Ching Shih went from working as a full service sex worker on a floating brothel in Canton to becoming the one of the most successful pirate captains in the history of the world.

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25:44

Marilyn Monroe

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2019/03/07

In 1949, Marilyn Monroe, struggling to make ends meet as an actress, got paid 50$ to pose nude for a calendar. She worked as a pinup and, some say, as a prostitute before becoming an internationally recognized sex symbol & box office sensation. Her vibrant, sensuous charisma, her comedic genius and witty flair deeply resonates with old pros and civilians alike- over fifty years after her death, we're still obsessed with her.

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19:40

Tlazōlteōtl

The Oldest Profession Podcast ·

2019/02/21

This Mesoamerican Goddess was the deity of vice, filth, purification, steam baths, lust, fertility, adulterers and, you guessed it, sex workers. She symbolically castrated priests in elaborate rituals, and provoked and pardoned her followers' sin in a never ending circle of life, sex and death.

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