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IN CONVERSATION: Em Rusciano

Shameless

Shameless Media

Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today's In Conversation episode is with one firecracker of a human, Em Rusciano. We adore Em for her wit and intelligence, but most of all her honesty and vulnerability. She is one of a kind and we hope you enjoy this chat about career, family and life in the public eye. Oh, and a note before we dive in - Em talks with her hands, which means you might hear some noises here and there! Just pretend you’re right there in the studio with us! If you adore Em as much as we do, follow her on Instagram @emrusciano. You’ll find us at @shamelesspodcast! You can also check out tickets for her new show, Rage and Rainbows, here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:10.0

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0:15.8

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0:20.3

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0:25.0

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0:30.0

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0:39.0

Share your experiences at W.W. dot Love Libra.com. I was six months pregnant. I was a cello and at I yell back at him, why don't you break your own arm up and fist yourself up the ass, you

0:54.5

fucking asshole.

0:56.6

And Chella looked at me and the truck driver looked at me.

0:59.4

And I was like, whoa, it was like that came from another place.

1:04.0

And I felt like if I could have climbed that with that truck and punched that guy in the face,

1:08.0

I would have, I felt so mad that he thought it was okay to tell me to smile,

1:12.0

like I was only there for decoration, that it's okay to tell me to smile like I was only there for decoration that it's okay to tell another human to smile even if they don't want to that that's all women are here for like I was having all these feelings

1:19.4

That's all women are here for just for the visual pleasure of men how dare he and then I was like

1:25.2

I was like hyperventilating and tell us like what is wrong and I said I don't know I just know

1:29.8

that I'm feeling increasingly pissed off. Hello and welcome to Shameless, the Pop Culture Podcast for Smart Women who love dumb stuff.

1:52.4

Today's in conversation episode is with one. smart women who love dumb stuff.

1:52.5

Today's in conversation episode is with one firecracker of a human

1:56.6

M Rachiano.

1:58.0

We adore M for her wit and intelligence of course,

2:01.0

but most of all, we really appreciate her honesty and her vulnerability.

2:05.0

She is one of a kind and we really do hope you enjoy this chat about M's career,

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