About this episode

Ariel Anderssen returns to discuss her new memoir 'Dirty' and various topics including acting, change, and swords.

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-215-the-pen-and-the-sword-of-justice-with-ariel-anderssen To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This episode sees the return of Ariel Anderssen, who is a model, actor, author, property investor, and is perhaps best known for her career as a BDSM model and performer. Of course, her principal claims to fame are actually appearing on episodes 93 and 102 of this very show. We do talk about swords a bit… what sword would be a worthy reward for finishing a book, and Guy’s smallsword obsession. (Read about his smallsword guards and see pictures here: https://newsletter.swordschool.com/posts/a-joint-a-church-and-six-foil-guards) Ariel is ostensibly on the show to talk about her new book Dirty. This is her second memoir, and you can read the blurb below. We talk about a lot more than just the book though, including taking part in hijack simulation exercises in Nigeria, the double standards for actors in drama and in porn, chokeholds, coping with change, being recognised by policemen, and more. Pre-order Dirty here…

People in this episode

Host: Guy

Guest: Ariel Anderssen

Topics covered

• BDSM
• memoir
• swords
• acting
• change
• double standards

Keywords

• Ariel Anderssen
• Dirty
• BDSM
• memoir
• swords
• acting
• Nigeria

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Sword School

Books & works: Dirty

Places: Nigeria, Welsh town

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