The Oldest Profession Podcast
Old Pros
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 wants to learn more about sex workers and our place in history.
https://oldprosonline.org/the-oldest-profession-podcast
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 wants to learn more about sex workers and our place in history.
https://oldprosonline.org/the-oldest-profession-podcast
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 4, 2021 • 32min
Polly: Jack the Ripper Victim
Late in the summer of 1888, a serial killer murdered at least five women in London's East End. The press at the time was quick to paint his victims as prostitutes, punished for their promiscuity. This series tells the full story that has been glossed over again and again. This isn’t about Jack the Ripper, it’s about the women he killed. This episode is about Polly, murdered on August 31, 1888. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5
Feb 14, 2021 • 41min
Remembering Margo St. James: Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens
To honor the recent death of the trailblazing sex worker organzier Margo St James, this month The Oldest Professional Podcast will pay tribute to the OG old pros who have spent their life fighting for our rights, our dignity, and our stories. To start off our series, we sit down with living legend Annie Sprinkle and her long time partner Beth Stephens.
Feb 2, 2021 • 1h 4min
Old Pro Panel: #OldProProject City Coordinators
Dr. Charlene Fletcher and Kaytlin Bailey host a discussion with the City Coordinators involved in #OldProProject 2021: Savannah Sly, TS Candii, Valentine, Danyell Davis, Mx. Pucks A'Plenty, and Joaquin Remora.
Jan 29, 2021 • 51min
The Old Pro Panel Celebrates the Anniversary of the First Sex Workers’ Rights March
Dr. Charlene Fletcher is joined by Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus, authors of Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute, to talk more about Alice’s letters that inspired the January 25th march in 1917. Ivy and Devon also share more about their research and findings since publishing the book.
Jan 25, 2021 • 45min
#OldProProject2021 San Francisco, CA
We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in San Francisco, CA to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.
Jan 24, 2021 • 29min
#OldProProject2021 New York, NY
We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in New York, NY to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.
Jan 20, 2021 • 43min
#OldProProject2021 New Orleans, LA
We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in New Orleans, LA to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.
Jan 19, 2021 • 1h 2min
#OldProProject2021 Seattle, WA
We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in Seattle, WA to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.
Jan 13, 2021 • 38min
#OldProProject2021 Portland, OR
We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in Portland, OR to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.
Jan 5, 2021 • 37min
Why January 25th Matters
On Jan 25, 1917, 300 sex workers in San Francisco marched to protest the imminent closure of their brothels. The Old Pro Project is an annual event that builds towards this anniversary, and this episodes takes a deep dive on its history and significance.
