"Loud Jewish Women Who Change The F*cking World" w/ Vanessa Zoltan Artwork

Shame Spiral

A comedy podcast about shame- because no one roasts you harder than yourself! Each week, psychotherapist-turned-comedian Ely Kreimendahl exploits her therapy skills to talk all-things-shame with a new special guest. Every guest shares a core story of something that once made them spiral HARD, answers both silly and emotionally complicated questions, and even if these conversations are ACCIDENTALLY therapeutic, it's not therapy.... Ely goes ALL IN on sharing her shame, too. Does coming together to laugh at our shame and the often inherently comic absurdity of being human make it all easier to tolerate?! Listen in and see what you think. We'll laugh, we'll cry…. we'll SPIRAL.

All Episodes

Shame Spiral

"Loud Jewish Women Who Change The F*cking World" w/ Vanessa Zoltan

June 13, 2023 • Ely Kreimendahl • Season 1 • Episode 40

This week I spiraled out with author, podcaster and atheist/Jewish/humanist chaplain extraordinaire Vanessa Zoltan! (Hot & Bothered, Praying With Jane Eyre) We talked internalized anti-semitism and loud, powerful Jewish women, wanting to be so good that no one can talk sh*t about you to their therapist, shame and love for the romance genre, treating secular things as sacred, and SO MUCH MORE!

Plus, Vanessa tells a shame story about being stalked in college, and navigating shame around not only the experience of that primary trauma, but friends' harmful and misattuned reactions to it.

Follow Vanessa on Twitter and Instagram @vanessazoltan, and listen to her SEVERAL incredible podcasts: Hot & Bothered (@therompod,) Harry Potter Sacred Text (hpsacredtext,) and The Real Question Podcast (@realquestionpod.) And buy Vanessa's new book "Praying For Jane Eyre" everywhere; it's amazing! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623433/praying-with-jane-eyre-by-vanessa-zoltan/

You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

twitter.com/podshamespiral
instagram.com/podshamespiral
instagram.com/elykreimendahl
tiktok.com/@elykreimendahl
twitter.com/elykreimendahl