Nutty & Slutty

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens when feeling good becomes frightening?  For Janine, the first rush of bipolar mania is often followed by a terrifying certainty that something bad is coming.  Even today, when something wonderful happens in her life, she braces herself for disaster. Isadora wants to know what Janine's earliest experienc...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! Who are the men who hire escorts?  Lonely bachelors?  Wealthy businessmen?  Married men looking for a little excitement on the side?  Or maybe your sweet old grandpa?  In this revealing episode of Nutty & Slutty , Isadora pulls back the curtain on the surprisingly diverse world of escort clients.  From investment ban...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! Ever wake up with a mysterious bruise and wonder what the hell happened?  Janine has — and her first thought isn't that she bumped into something.  It's that she might be dying.  In this delightfully nutty episode of Nutty & Slutty , Janine and Isadora investigate the strange marks our bodies collect, from...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens when the sexy physique that helped build your career needs to change?  In this episode of Nutty & Slutty , Isadora talks with Janine about her upcoming breast implant removal surgery — and the anxiety that has her preparing estate documents, down to who will care for her dog.  Isadora describes the unset...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens when the person calling to protect you from a scam is the scammer?  This week on Nutty & Slutty , Isadora recounts a frightening call from a woman claiming to represent the FBI’s internet crime unit.  With convincing details and threats of arrest, the caller nearly pulls her in — until an independent cal...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! In this episode of Nutty & Slutty , Janine and Isadora explore obsessive-compulsive disorder — and why it is far more complex than the familiar stereotypes of spotless houses, rigid organization, and repeatedly checking whether the stove is off. Isadora reflects on growing up with parents whose need for order once fe...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! Everybody has a healthcare nightmare — but when you’re an escort, living with bipolar disorder, or managing chronic illness, getting sick comes with its own set of complications.  In this episode, Isadora and Janine talk about medical bills, inadequate insurance, lost income, and the frightening reality of working when y...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What does it mean to feel powerful in a profession the world insists on seeing as degrading?  In this episode, Isadora and Janine examine the complicated relationship between escorting and empowerment — and ask whether sex work can offer women a kind of control often denied to them elsewhere. Isadora reflects on how esco...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens when the person you love discovers the part of your life you fear they’ll never accept?  This week on Nutty and Slutty , Janine and Isadora turn their attention to the men who stood beside them through bipolar disorder and escorting — until, for one reason or another, they didn’t. Janine looks back at the co...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! A late-night knock and voices at Janine’s door send her dog barking — and leave her wondering whether anyone will believe what she heard. In this episode of the Nutty and Slutty podcast, Janine and Isadora explore how stigma can lead women to question their own experiences, even when their personal safety is at risk. Jan...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens when a straight female escort steps outside the familiar world of male clients?  Isadora looks back on her first LGBTQ+ encounters in sex work — from an unexpected threesome to an appointment with a married businesswoman hoping to discover whether another woman could give her the pleasure she was missing at...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens to friendship when people discover a secret part of your life?  In this candid episode of the Nutty and Slutty Podcast , Isadora and Janine talk about losing friends because of stigma — Isadora as a former escort and Janine as a woman living with bipolar disorder.  Their experiences may be different, but the...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! A young woman works hard, stays loyal, and endures a five-hour daily commute — only to be humiliated when she asks her boss for a modest promotion.  Her experience leaves Isadora furious and raises a painful question: Have workplace dynamics really changed as much as we think? In this episode of the Nutty & Slutty po...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! A new dog has entered the house — and she’s snarky, mischievous, surprisingly strong and determined to hump anything in her path.  In “When Your Rescue Dog Rescues You,”  Janine tells Isadora about grieving the loss of her longtime companion and deciding she couldn’t wait any longer to bring another rescue dog into her l...

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! Janine’s trip to Kauai should have been paradise.  Instead, she woke up dizzy, disoriented, unable to walk straight, and struggling to form sentences.  She fell repeatedly, wandered dangerously close to a cliff, and spent the week wondering whether stress, illness, or something even more serious was taking over her body....

Have you rated the podcast yet?  Review, Subscribe & Share with a friend! What happens when you're told you might have had a stroke — or even a heart attack — and a doctor is out of reach?  In this episode of the Nutty & Slutty podcast, Isadora and Janine reveal two frightening health scares that occurred nearly simultaneously.  What begins as a conversation about mysterious symptoms...

Have you ever seen 11:11 on the clock and wondered if the universe was trying to tell you something?  In this episode, Janine and Isadora dive into the mysterious world of psychics, tarot readings, angel numbers, intuition, and spiritual signs — with stories that range from hilarious to downright unsettling. Janine recounts an unforgettable encounter with a fake psychic in New York that ended with...

This week, Isadora shares one of the strangest and most unforgettable trips of her life.  What starts as a relaxing spa vacation in Mexico quickly turns into a naked mud ritual, a Mayan sweat lodge, giant bats, and a spiritual experience she still can't explain. Along the way, she finds herself covered in mud, swept into the Pacific Ocean, and wondering if she accidentally checked into the wr...

Is this a medical emergency?  Janine and Isadora talk about migraines, panic attacks, emergency room anxiety, and the complicated relationship many women have with the healthcare system.  Will their painful symptoms be judged or even believed? But the conversation takes an unexpected turn toward something many of us are missing: simple human kindness.  From a doctor's diagnosis by massage to...

Janine tells Isadora about voting in the 2004 presidential election — from a psych ward.  When Janine learned that they were bringing ballots into the hospital, she began furiously making lists: the pros and cons of each candidate, Republican George Bush or Democrat John Kerry.  The decision felt like the weight of the world on her shoulders. Did psychosis turn Janine into a Republican?  Maybe so....

In this candid and often hilarious episode, Isadora pulls back the curtain on how she unexpectedly became known as the “number one escort in America.”  Long before she owned a computer, she discovered that a client known as “The Big Doggy” had created an influential online review site where escorts were ranked and reviewed by clients.  To her surprise, she found herself at the top of the list, lea...

In this episode of Nutty & Slutty , Janine continues her story about a night in San Francisco when psychosis, confusion and sexual violence collided. Paranoid and psychotic, Janine gets locked out of her apartment wearing just a sweatshirt -- half naked.  With her arm out for help, the public pulled back from her.  Alone at a laundromat, she was approached by a man who offered comfort, then de...

In this deeply personal episode of the Nutty and Slutty podcast, hosts Janine and Isadora explore the complicated intersection of bipolar disorder, sexuality, shame and identity.  What begins as a candid conversation about sex quickly unfolds into an intimate discussion about hypersexuality as a symptom of mania, the emotional aftermath of psychosis, and the ways cultural and religious conditionin...

This episode of the Nutty & Slutty podcast takes a candid and emotionally complex look at non-consensual sex, asking a deceptively simple question: when do we get to call something rape?  Hosts Isadora and Janine unpack their own histories while reflecting on broader cultural narratives, challenging the idea that clarity always exists in moments of violation.  The conversation is grounded in l...

In this candid and thought-provoking episode of Nutty & Slutty , Janine and Isadora reconnect and dive straight into a conversation that challenges assumptions about sex, identity and relationships.  Picking up from a previous discussion, Janine shares how her perspective was shaken by the idea that clients may seek experiences beyond conventional definitions of sex.  What follows is an honest...