SWOP East Radio Interviews
Original Air Date: 3/31/2008 5:00 PM
Carol Leigh
Guest Carol Leigh! Carol Leigh AKA Scarlot Harlot Unrepentant Whore published by Last Gasp
Original Air Date: 3/30/2008 5:30 PM
Live College of William & Mary Speaking Event Wrap Up
Live from Williamsburg, VA with Jill Brenneman discussing her speech at the College of William and Mary. Hosted by Amanda Brooks
Original Air Date: 3/29/2008 4:00 PM
Guests Veronica Monet & Constance Sisk
Guests appear during separate hours
5PM Veronica Monet retired
escort and courtesan, Certified Sexologist, author, presenter of lectures and workshops. Her activism spans 2 decades primarily consisting of debating abolitionists and being a media spokesperson. Veronica has been on CNN, A&E, Playboy Channel, Fox News, or NY Times
6PM Constance Sisk, a Senior at William & Mary. Involved in organizing of Coalfield Sustainability Proj in WV, NY Taxi Workers Alliance, labor & queer organizing and bringing the SW Art Show to W&M
Original Air Date: 3/28/2008 10:00 AM
Maxine Doogan
Guest is Maxine Doogan LLegalization Sucks, Decriminalize Now, a film by Maxine Doogan, premiered at LaborFest 2005. The film features interviews with four sex workers who share their experiences and discuss the labor, economic, human and civil rights that are denied them as erotic laborers. DVD NOW AVAILABLE Order copies online for either institutional or personal use. 29 min. All Sales Final. # Topics covered Political corruption and selective law enforcement
Original Air Date: 4/7/2008 9:00 PM
Guest Amanda Brooks
Amanda Brooks is a former sex worker and current sex worker rights activist. She is writing a reference series for Internet escorts and is a news editor at $pread Magazine. She also blogs (in various places) and is a board member of SWOP-East. She’s even been on TV before!
Original Air Date: 4/7/2008 3:30 PM
Guest Queen of Sky the most famous blog fired flight attendant
Queen of the Sky the Most Famous Blog-Fired Flight Attendant” Queen of Sky, the former Delta flight attendant that was fired because of my blog a couple of years back. Meanwhile I have become some sort of cyber celebrity. I even have my own theme song (by one of my Irish fans and fellow MySpacer)…click here to listen to it. Check out my blog for more details on my story: queenofsky.net or Google my name: Ellen Simonetti. I’m currently working on a book based on my blog. MY BOOK IS NOW OUT!!!
Original Air Date: 4/18/2008
Guest Maxine Doogan
SAGE Executive Director Norma Hotaling was on KPFA saying that the petition drive is being run by traffickers and madams and pimps just like it was in Berkeley. http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=25814 It seems that Aimee Allision, a Green party member and the host of the morning show in KPFA needs to be educated on the issues behind the petition.
Original Air Date: 4/20/2008 4:00 PM
Author Robin Johnson
Guest: Robin Johnson was introduced to writing at a young age. Throughout her life she has used writing as a tool to escape abuse, depression and pain. Reading and writing allowed her the opportunity to exist in other worlds. Her love for writing and literature led her to obtain a Bachelor’s in English. Johnson has been featured in Talk of Cleveland, 100Proof, and Blow magazines. Reflectionless Mirror is a book of poetry, haiku’s and monologues about love, life and loss
Original Air Date: 4/21/2008 6:00 PM
William and Mary College Debate
Commentary, views and analysis from those speaking and attending the William and Mary College debate on Prostitution Monday 4.21.2008 The debate turned oddly controversial when panelists opposing sex worker rights abruptly withdrew, citing fear for their safety,(yes fear for their safety at a panel discussion) boycotting the event. With a last minute presenter being added to replace them. Hosted by Kimberly from SWOP Chicago, expected guests, Renegade Evolution, Jill Brenneman, Jessica Land
Original Air Date: 4/22/2008 10:00 AM
Audacia Ray
Audacia Ray edits the Village Voice sexuality blog NakedCity.com and produces the weekly video show Naked City TV. She is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration and is the award-winning director and producer of the pxrn feature The Bi Apple. Audacia is a former sex worker who was an executive editor at $pread magazine for three years and is now on the board of advocacy organization Sex Work Awareness, for which she edits
Original Air Date: 4/22/2008 9:00 PM
Thoughts and Ruminations on William and Mary Porn debate
Renegade Evolution, Jill Brenneman will be discussing the debate on pornography at the College of William & Mary and elaborating on the topics discussed, the circumstances surrounding it, the people involved, and taking calls and questions
Original Air Date: 4/23/2008 9:30 PM
Mariko Passion Educated Whore and Urban Geisha
Mariko Passion is a performance artist | activist | educator | whore revolutionary. She sings and rhymes her experiences and reality over beats, produces and edits documentary videos, and educates the community across the U.S and internationally on issues related to sex worker rights. She is also an accomplished visual artist, most recently participating in a groundbreaking show on sex workers of Asian descent in San Francisco, entitled “We, Asian Sex Workers.” Her work attempts to integrate
Original Air Date: 4/27/2008 8:30 PM
Objectification
Jill Brenneman and Renegade Evolution discuss how sex workers face issues of objectification/demonization-from supposed allies and enemies alike and how all too often, the voices and choices of women in the sex industry are simply erased.
Original Air Date: 5/1/2008 9:00 PM
Suicide of Deborah Palfrey
Please forward Guest Renegade Evolution discusses Deborah Palfrey’s suicide. This is an open show for sex workers and sex worker rights advocates to express feelings and thoughts about this horrible tragedy. Show is scheduled for 60 minutes We encourage callers wishing to express their thoughts and feelings to call in early so that many voices can be heard as we can only get a 60 minute block.
Original Air Date: 5/2/2008 8:00 PM
Samantha Majic PhD student at Cornell
Samantha Majic did her dissertation research with the St. James Infirmary (the San Francisco sex worker-run clinic) and the California Prevention and Education Project (CAL-PEP) in Oakland. Through her research, she became quite familiar with the SAGE Johns School (FOPP). She comment on the recent study of FOPP.
Original Air Date: 5/3/2008 2:30 AM
Music by Artists Supporting SWOP East
Actor Slash Model, Liz Berlin, Beloved Binge, Cowboy Junkies, Cracker, Daniel Prendiville, Eberhardt, Future Kings of Nowhere, Ender, Future Kings of Nowhere, Heather Nova, Jim Donovan, Midtown Dickens, Naked Heroes, Red Collar, Squirtgun, -The Queers
Original Air Date: 5/4/2008 7:00 PM
Chelsea Elisabeth Goodwin
Bio from Chelsea I’ve been a PONY member (less active than I used to be) for over 20 years and was a founding member of Queer Nation. I’d be interested in doing an appearance to talk about Transgender sex workers. I was also one of the three people (along with my partner, Rusty Moore and for a time the late Sylvia Rivera) who managed TransyHouse which for fifteen ears was the only de-facto shelter for otherwise homeless transgendered young adults in NYC. Naturally most of the people with whom
Original Air Date: 5/9/2008 8:00 PM
Deborah Palfrey’s suicide, sex workers and activists respond.
En Memoriam: Response to the tragic death of Deborah Palfrey, confirmed guests Susan co-founder of Desiree Alliance, former exotic dancer of 15 years and James Bryant who has been around the radio industry for some time as a show host as well as investigative reporter. James is now the owner and program director and a part time show host on the world internet radio network a featured station on the I tunes and windows media internet radio platforms James Bryant who interviewed Deborah Palfrey
Original Air Date: 5/10/2008 11:00 PM
David Henry Sterry
The year was 1985. Smack dab in the middle of the cash happy/coke crazy, when it was raining men and girls just wanted to have fun on ladies night, that’s when David Henry Sterry became the Master of Ceremonies at Chippendales, the hottest show in the city that never sleeps. And he did it all in tuxedo, top hats and roller skates. He was the only one fully clothed in the show, and the only one who talked. This was not a coincidence. MASTER OF CEREMONIES: A True Story of Love, Murder
Original Air Date: 5/12/2008 9:00 PM
Renegade Evolution
Jill & Ren discuss the UK Extreme porn bill which passed into law recently, and various cases in the US which have been brought on as an attempt to limit the content of pornography. Could the uncertain wording of the UK law prove problematic, does it set a precedent? How do these laws and cases affect the artistic freedom and freedom of speech of pornographers, both professional and amateur? Are these laws a roundabout way of setting standards for sexual interaction between adults?
Original Air Date: 5/12/2008 12:30 AM
Claudine O’Leary, Independent Consultant, Rethink Resources
Claudine started as a youth/student organizer in high school and organized with anti-war, anti-racist, and women’s liberation movements through a national student activist network in college. She started an activist organization in 1999 that would later become the Young Women’s Empowerment Project and led the organization developing programs and workshops with youth in the sex trade and street economies until moving on in the fall of 2006 once the organization was youth-led. She is now consulting
Original Air Date: 5/21/2008 9:00 PM
XBN Cult of Gracie Radio with SIXX:A.M.
Guests DJ Ashba and James Michael from the band SIXX:A.M., one of the break out bands from 2007. Along with Nikki Sixx (co-founder of the legendary rock band, Mötley Crüe), created The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack the soundtrack to the Nikki Sixx’s The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.
Original Air Date: 5/22/2008 8:00 PM
Crisis in the custody court system. Guest Barry Goldstein
The crisis in the custody court system that has resulted in thousands of children being sent to live with abusers. Attorney, author, speaker and instructor Barry Goldstein discusses the pattern of domestic violence and child abuse cases that result in children being sent to live with abusers.
Original Air Date: 5/26/2008 3:30 PM
Music Hour with Jessica Land
Join Jessica Land as she plays an hour of music, approved by the artists for XBN. (First minute of first song has snippets of some other song mixed in. It does go away!)
Original Air Date: 6/8/2008 12:00 PM
Guest Renegade Evolution
Guest Renegade Evolution, Topic Max Hardcore’s conviction on obscenity charges, how sex workers deal with “normal people”
Original Air Date: 6/22/2008 6:00 PM
Battlestar Galactica season finale discussion
1 hour discussion on the season 4 finale of Battlestar Galactica. Who nuked Earth? Was that the Brooklyn Bridge? Who is the final Cylon? Perhaps John McCain considering the similarities in appearance between McCain and Colonel Tigh. Guest: Rodolfo Chaparro
Original Air Date: 7/8/2008 5:00 PM
The Widsom of Whores — Elizabeth Pisani
An hour-long chat with AIDS policy expert and epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani. Her book came out in May and she is now touring the US.
Original Air Date: 7/17/2008 12:00 PM
XXBN Live from Desiree Alliance Conference 2008
Sex Worker Rights Conference guests Margo St James, Robyn Few many more
Original Air Date: 7/21/2008 12:00 PM
Prostitution Decriminalization on San Francisco Ballot!
San Francisco voters will have the opportunity to end the enforcement of laws that criminalize people for engaging in consensual sex for payment. Topics to be discussed include the importance of this initiative, debunking misinformation, and ways people can become involved in advocating for this initiative. Guests: Starchild and Maxine Doogan of the Erotic Service Providers Union Host: Holly Pottle
Original Air Date: 7/22/2008 6:00 PM
Press Conference and Rally: Decriminalize Prostitution Initiative
Live broadcast from the rally and press conference to officially kick off the campaign for the prostitution decriminalization inititiative on the San Francisco ballot.
Original Air Date: 8/19/2008 8:00 PM
Brenneman Airplane Topics: Kyle Payne and Conservative Feminist Website I blame the Porniarchy and Gail Dines
Update on Tropical Storm Fay plus guest Renegade Evolution Looking at troubling trends of those claiming to fight oppression: Kyle Payne, anti porn activist that plead guilty to sexual offenses in Iowa related to a female student, Maggie Hays, owner of the blog “Against Pxrnography”, which presents women as victims and members of a resistance movement to the massive conquest of our culture by what she terms the “pxrniarchy”, and Gail Dines, anti pxrn activist who presents an anti pxrn slide show depicting very graphic images, ones many state are without consent of those depicted, and presumes to speak for an insult the women in the industry. Are they fighting oppression? Do the ends justify their means? Guest Renegade Evolution looks at these topics. Music by Jim Dispirito, Cowboy Junkies and Rusted Root forecast information by Rob Lightbown, Crown Weather Services
Original Air Date 12/17/2009 2 PM Eastern
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
In honor of International Day to end Violence against Sex Workers Jill Brenneman and Renegade Evolution discuss progress and set backs facing Sex Workers Rights Movements all over the world. From laws to social attitudes, allies to enemies, the personal to the political, a lot of change has happened in the last 365 days. Music courtesy Rusted Root & Julie Waters
Original Air Date 12/17/2009 9 PM Eastern
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
Jill Brenneman is joined by Amanda Brooks from Singapore and Modern Hooker from Tucson as we celebrate International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
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