Sara Pascoe interviews Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. They discuss poverty, addiction, the history of trafficking, the shame and stigma around women who lead unconventional lives and the similarities between Victorian London and present day.

S1 Ep2: Hallie Rubenhold

Comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to things that really matter to humans – sex, power and money. In this podcast series, Sara interviews people who have experience around sex work, stripping and porn. As an accompaniment to her book Sex Power Money, this series allows people who are so often talked about to speak for themselves, as well as exploring the history of whore stigma, the ramifications of our current laws around selling sex and the overt racism found in porn.

Sara Pascoe is a highly acclaimed comedian, writer and actor. Her extensive TV credits include the BBC solo stand-up special LadsLadsLads, BBC2's Frankie Boyle's New World Order and Comedians Giving Lectures on Dave, which she hosts. Her first book Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body is being developed into a full series.

Sara's book Sex Power Money is out now in hardback / audiobook / ebook

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Sara speaks to Lucy Whitehouse from Fumble, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan from the School of Sexuality Education (formerly Sexplain UK) and Decolonising Contraception, and Matilda Lawrence-Jubb and Anna Alexander from Split Banana.

S2 Ep9: Sex Power Money: Live Episode

Sara talks to Fern Champion, an anti-sexual violence campaigner fighting for better funding for rape support services and for real-time improvement to the lives of rape survivors.

S2 Ep8: Fern Champion

S2 Ep7: Kitty Velour

Sara talks to photographer Julia Schönstädt this week about her work in feminist adult cinema.

S2 Ep6: Julia Schönstädt

In this week's episode Sara speaks to artist and photographer Denisha Anderson.

S1 Ep2: Hallie Rubenhold

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