76. Galway: A Rocky Time For A Hilltop Rhyme

About this episode

In this episode, Ronni interviews Shawna Scott about her experiences and insights on sex positivity while hiking in Galway.

Headed back up the hills, and today we are in Galway up the gorgeous Knockma. It isn't the county top, but that will be for next time. This was purely for the very rocky seats at the top, as well as the fantastic (not at all rocky) conversation, with the awesome Shawna Scott. Shawna is the owner of SexSiopa.ie , a multi-award winning queer & female friendly online sex toy boutique. She has been featured on Forbes, The Irish Times, RTE, Stellar magazine, Image magazine, and has been speaking about sex & pleasure at events and festivals both nationally and internationally for over a decade. Shawna currently resides in rural Galway with her rescue Greyhound where she enjoys drinking cocktails in her field. Follow Shawna on Instagram here and buy her old clothes on Vinted here . To help the podcast hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise, please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The…

People in this episode

Host: Ronni

Guest: Shawna Scott

Topics covered

• Galway
• queer culture
• sex positivity
• storytelling
• interview
• personal growth

Keywords

• Galway
• Knockma
• Shawna Scott
• SexSiopa.ie
• queer culture
• storytelling
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SexSiopa.ie, Forbes, The Irish Times, RTE, Stellar magazine, Image magazine, Bukahara

Books & works: Storytelling Animal, The World is Storytelling

Places: Galway, Knockma

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