THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE Catherine Jemmat

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

After a lifetime of betrayal and abuse as an 18th century sex worker, Catherine Jemmat broke the ultimate social taboo: she wrote the truth about her life. Her "scandalous memoir" helped change the way English society thought about women's lives, and her second book introduced a radical new idea - that the true 'perpetrator' driving women into lives of so-called sin and degradation was, in fact, society itself. Returning guest Miranda Garno Rossa of Marginalia Rare Books is back to introduce Olivia to this courageous, unexpected heroine. Music featured in this episode provided by Amanda Setlik Wilson, The Herschel Ensemble, Kevin MacLeod, and Pablo Casals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.5	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.1	Stream now.
0:20.3	This episode was sponsored by our Patreon supporters.
0:23.3	Kim Hockinson, Maria Lane Kelly,
0:25.8	Bree Ames Smith, Robin Brown, Cornelia Weiss, Heather Joostin, Janelleys Cannon,
0:31.4	Jill Harrigan, Maria Carla Sanchez, Valerie Jacobson,
0:35.4	Heather McKinnin, Michaela Fruue, Amanda Gilmore, Monique Harris
0:39.5	Pixato, Jamie Lang, Sarah McCado, Natalia Karuska, Lindsay Cummings, and Nikki Schmutz.
0:47.4	This episode contains adult themes and discussions of sexual violence.
1:00.5	Hi, Katie.
1:01.7	Hi, Olivia.
1:05.4	The year is 1762,
1:09.3	and a 48-year-old woman has just written a scandalous memoir, built by the publisher and believed
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