WHat I wORE to Work, an interview with Jo Weldon, part II (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Based on her one-woman show, WHat I wORE to Work, Jo Weldon joins us for the second half of our Dressed Classic episode from 2024 to explore the "intersection of fashion, culture and sex work." In part II, we hear about the laws governing what strippers can and cannot wear, what Jo herself wore in her many roles within the sex industry and her ongoing work as a sex worker activist. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠classes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshelf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AirWave Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In January of 1915, Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, became encased in the ice in the Weddell Sea.
0:06.9	Through determination, grit, and savvy, Shackleton would lead his men through a brutal winter,
0:11.3	then over hundreds of miles of Antarctic ice, followed by 800 miles across some of the roughest waters in the world.
0:17.6	It is one of the most extraordinary and inspirational journeys in the history of
0:21.3	exploration. Find this story and many others at the Explorers Podcast, available wherever you get
0:26.7	your podcasts or at Explorerspodcast.com.
0:30.9	With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Every day, we all get
0:36.7	dressed. Hello, I'm Cassidy. And I'm April,
0:40.3	and together we are fashion historians, friends, and co-hosts of Dressed, the History of Fashion,
0:45.3	a podcast about why the clothes we wear matter throughout history and around the world. From the
0:50.5	cultural and societal to the personal and often political with each episode,
0:54.5	we explore the multitude of meanings quite literally sewn into the clothes we wear.
0:59.0	And we meet the mini-makers behind the seams, well and lesser known, responsible for their creation.
1:05.0	Please join us in unraveling the hidden histories residing in your closet for our new season launching May 6th.
1:12.1	With more than 575 episodes in our back catalog, our ninth season promises to be our best yet.
1:19.3	New episodes are available on Wednesdays on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to your favorite shows.
1:26.8	Please enjoy one of our favorite episodes from the Dressed Archive of over 500 plus shows.
1:32.4	Dressed, the history of fashion, is a production of Dressed Media.
1:41.0	With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.
1:45.0	Every day, we all get dressed.
1:47.0	Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what win of why we wear.
1:53.0	We are fashion historians and your host, Cassidy Zachary, and April Callahan.
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