The Ugly Podcast

The Ugly Podcast


Latest Episodes

Creative Liberation w/ Toni Nagy
March 18, 2024

My guest this week is Toni Nagy, stand-up comedian, content creator and interpretative dancer extraordinaire. Toni shares her unexpected path to accepting the "ugly" in her life and how this led her to embrace her own style of dancing, the importance of f

Pineapples & Process w/ April Fitzpatrick
March 04, 2024

Today's guest, April Fitzpatrick (she/her), aka "The Pineapple Lady," is an art therapist whose work centers art as a process that allows people, particularly those who've experienced racial trauma, to reclaim agency over their personal narratives. April

Saying the Quiet Part Loud w/ Sabrina Estudillo Butler
February 19, 2024

In this episode, I talk with fellow editor and book coach, Sabrina Estudillo Butler, about standing in our values and saying the quiet part loud. We discuss how it feels in our bodies when we step out

Disability & Innovation w/ M Eifler
February 05, 2024

Today's episode is all about the importance of queering up the creativity process and I am lucky enough to be joined by M Eifler (they/them), a San Francisco-based artist who uses art and technology to explore disability as a hotbed of innovation.M and

No Mistakes w/ Jo Bahdo
January 29, 2024

In this episode, I chat with Switzerland-based writer and fellow healing perfectionist Jo Bahdo about their recent season of writing project, defining what perfection even is, taking steps to heal dis

Grief, Time, and All the Things w/ Emerson Lee
January 08, 2024

The Ugly Podcast is back from hiatus, and I couldn't think of a better person for this episode than Emerson Lee, my creative partner and former co-host. Emerson and I both share big life events we're currently grieving, how making art and having an expans

Perfectionism as a Superpower w/ Erika Steeves
July 10, 2023

In this episode, I'm rejoined by my fellow editor and twin perfectionist, Erika Steeves! We're back to talk about perfectionism but through the lens of Katherine Morgan Schafler's book, The Perfection

Make It Mighty Ugly w/ Kim Werker
June 19, 2023

Get ready for ugly-ception!!! In this episode, I'm joined by publisher, editor, author, and maker, Kim Werker, to discuss our parallel discoveries: that ugly art makes everything better! Kim made her

Journaling & Legacy w/ Merle Saferstein
June 05, 2023

On today's episode, I'm joined by Merle Saferstein, writer, journaler, and legacy work educator. Together we talk about the joys of journaling, how it's useful to get to know ourselves, process our me

Recovering from Burnout w/ Gauri Yardi
May 15, 2023

After a brief hiatus for my vacation, I'm so glad to bring this episode to you with my guest Gauri Yardi, a writer and multidisciplinary creative, naturopath, and creative wellbeing coach. She creates