Talk of Shame

In this weeks episode Barry-John speaks with a former sex worker or prostitute called Miranda Kane. 

Miranda speaks openly about her life as a sex worker for over 10 years in London.  It is a really honest interview that debunks many myths about sex work and talks about why she got in to sex work. She also gives the listeners a really interesting insight in to the problems with the laws surrounding sex work or prostitution. 

Miranda has had her own Ted Talk, performed at the Edinburgh festival and tells us why the journey from sex work to the stage has been a seamless transition in to the world of stand 

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Website: https://www.mirandakane.co.uk

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In episode #22 Barry-John chats with a former member of Americas most violent prison gang, The Aryan Brotherhood as he is joined by Thomas Engelmann.

Thomas talks about how he went to prison for armed robbery and joined an extremely violent racist gang despite having no preexisting prejudices. 

Thomas describes having to commit an extreme act of violence to join the gang. He also speaks about having survived an extremely close shave with death when his former gang members tried to murder him. They failed in the murder attempt but succeeded in changing Thomas's life forever.

Thomas has turned his back on the racist life that he once lived and works with www.lifeafterhate.org to help other people who have joined extremist groups and gangs.

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In episode #21 Barry-John speaks with Daryl Davis who is an African American man from the US who converts KKK and other white supremacist members to his way of thinking.

Daryl talks about the first time that he encountered racism and the profound effect on his life as he embarked on a life long quest to challenge racism and racist groups and most notably the Ku Klux Klan.

Daryl talks about how he has attended KKK rallies where he has encountered hate but also where he has made inroads and challenged peoples racist beliefs with astonishing success.

Daryl has collected over 50 KKK robes from Klan members that have left the racist group. He is directly and/or indirectly involved in over 200 people defecting from the Ku Klux Klan

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In this weeks episode Barry-John speaks to one of the most respected sex addiction therapists in the world.

Paula talks about how sex can become an addiction just as destructive as alcohol or drugs.

She speaks about how people use sex as an escape and when it becomes a compulsive  problem that can become the only way that some people use to make themselves feel better.

People can become addicted to porn, prostitutes or just sex in general.

You can find Paula at www.thelaurelcentre.co.uk

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In this weeks episode Barry-John talks to Crystal Oertle who is a recovering heroin addict from Ohio, USA.

Crystal speaks very openly about her addiction to opiates which started with vicodin and escalated to oxycontin and eventually heroin.

Crystal speaks about how she spiralled into a heroin addiction and what she did to feed her habit.

Crystal also speaks about how she has turned her life around and is now celebrating 4 years sobriety as she helps people to turn their backs on addiction today.

Barry-John talks with Meredith Jacqueline also known as Meredith Actually in episode #18 of Talk of Shame.

Meredith talks all things sex including fetishes, anal beads, cuckolding, cock size, dating, pegging someone and being an adult entertainer.

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In this episode Barry-John talks to instagram personality Jess The Prequel about all things sex.

Jess is a self proclaimed cougar who loves sex! 

Jess considers herself pansexual and talks openly about the difference between fucking men and women.

She also discusses BDSM, porn,  cock size, water sports and ever using a speculum as a sex toy!!

Barry-John and Jess also discuss sexually transmitted diseases as Barry-John shares a story about why he got kicked off a cruise ship on Christmas eve as well as his fetish for pregnant women!

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In this special episode of Talk of Shame, former opiate addict Jeremy who is more commonly known as Prison Daddy, joins the show from a federal prison in the US.

Prison Daddy is serving a 6 year sentence for drug trafficking in the United States. 

In this super interesting episode he openly discusses his time in prison, missing his daughter and the crazy drug laws in the United States.

Prison Daddy can be found on instagram.

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In this weeks episode Barry-John talks to up and coming Irish comedian Emman Idama.

Emman talks about moving to Ireland from Nigeria and the culture shock of being the only black guy in Kildare!

He also opens up about his comedy career and embarrassing dates and sex stories.

You can find Emman on social media here: www.instagram.com/comedyema

In this special episode Barry-John talks about being very sick this week while traveling to London and having all of the symptoms of the coronavirus and the huge backlog and waiting list to get tested in Ireland as well as the prospect of self isolating for the next 2 weeks.

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