With Dr Kate Lister

For the online launch for my memoir Playing To Lose, I was very honoured to be interviewed by the fantastic Dr Kate Lister. It seemed a waste not to publish the whole thing afterwards, because she asked great questions. So here's the full interview (I shortened the version for my launch)
Here's her bio:
Dr Kate Lister is a lecturer in the School of Arts and Communication at Leeds Trinity University. Kate primarily researches the literary history of sex work and curates the online research project, Whores of Yore. Her book A Curious History of Sex was published by Unbound in 2020.
She regularly writes about the history of sexuality for inews, Vice, and the Wellcome Trust. Kate won the Sexual Freedom Publicist of the Year Award in 2017.
You can find Kate's work here;
/ k8_lister
/ whoresofyore
Podcast: play.acast.com...
Kate's book, A Curious History of Sex
www.amazon.co....
And you can find my book here!
unbound.com/bo...
It's also on Amazon, Waterstones, Foyles etc etc etc

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

Good Lord, you are a such breathe of fresh air! I'm so glad you wrote this book, so others could find you, and see it for themselves. That last question was Fantastic! As is Howell, apparently.

[@matrixwakeup]

What a wonderful interview. Not Just the usual recipe of ask a question answer a question. An open, humerous and enjoyable discussion with some excellent questions. Thank you for putting it on KZbin.

[@tcmag62]

What a fantastic, natural interview. So interesting and engaging, I didn't want it to end. Marvellous, totally marvellous.

[@LarkLaTroy]

It is so good to hear you be so open about your time as a JW and what it was like. I too left a "cult" behind and have never looked back. Life is so much more enjoyable on the outside of that life. That said, have you ever watched @OwenMorganTelltale? He is also an ex-JW and a very outspoken activist in the anti-cult sphere. I think you'd like what he has to say. There are several others out here on KZbin, but Owen was the first I found and I've been recommending him for several years now. Oh, and so far, I'm really enjoying the book. My day job keeps getting in the way of my leisure time, but what I have read so far is great.

[@j.g.p.jr.6497]

Great interview Ariel!!!

[@tom_1991]

I feel like this is what an interview should be - a two-way conversation between the interviewer and interviewee, both of whom have unique and interesting perspectives to contribute from which results in a natural and fascinating conversation. This was engaging and entertaining in equal measure, just as it was watching it at your book launch. Having done several interviews now, some in person and some remotely via Zoom, I wonder whether you have a preference for either doing them in person or doing them remotely? We've talked about the benefits of doing them in person, and how you wanted your Ireland AM TV interview to be in person rather than done remotely as you felt it would better demonstrate how sex work is becoming more accepted by society at large, but are there pros and cons to both manners of conducting an interview from your experiences?