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What happens when the person calling to protect you from a scam is the scammer? This week on Nutty & Slutty, Isadora recounts a frightening call from a woman claiming to represent the FBI’s internet crime unit. With convincing details and threats of arrest, the caller nearly pulls her in — until an independent call to the police breaks the spell.

Janine shares her own unsettling experience: an email account breach that sent a bogus invitation to 639 people. Together, Janine and Isadora explore the aftermath of these invasions — the cleanup, the embarrassment, and the exhausting feeling that every call, message, and innocent-looking link requires suspicion.

The conversation turns to Janine’s “Writing Hard Stories,” a creative writing class she teaches through the Bipolar She podcast (BipolarShe.com). They discuss the possibilities and challenges of putting painful experiences on the page, including Janine’s memories of psychiatric hospitalization and Isadora’s fear of opening an emotional door she might struggle to close.

With honesty, humor, and a few unexpected party ideas, Isadora and Janine reflect on how cruelty can make us retreat — and how stigma around bipolar disorder and sex work can deepen that isolation. It’s a conversation about shaken trust, difficult stories, and the need for kindness in a world that too often keeps us on guard.

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Welcome to NUTTY & SLUTTY
Where Mental Health, Sexuality and Unfiltered Truth Take Center Stage

NUTTY & SLUTTY is a bold, sex-positive podcast exploring the messy, complicated and often hilarious intersections of mental health, sexuality and real life — without shame, filters or pretense.

Hosted by Janine Noel (living with bipolar disorder) and Isadora O’Boto (ex-escort), this show brings together two radically honest perspectives for conversations that are as raw as they are insightful. From navigating mood swings and medication to unpacking the realities of sex work and desire, nothing is off-limits.

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Isadora O’Boto (co-host) is a Juilliard Drama grad. Under the pen name Sephe Haven, she is the author of two award-winning memoirs: My Whorizontal Life and A Someday Courtesan, and playwright/performer of the solo show: “My Whorizontal Life: The Show!” Isadora co-hosted the podcast My Index to Sex with Lynn Ferguson. Find her at: isadoraoboto.com

Janine Noel (co-host) is creator and host of Bipolar She podcast, where guests sh...