It's Launch Day! 🤩

The podcast is finally heeeerreee!!!

🍾 *Cue the confetti* It’s the Unruly Figures launch day!🥂

I am SO EXCITED to bring Unruly Figures to y’all! I’ve been working so hard on these first few episodes and I’m thrilled to finally be sharing them with people! I feel like I’ve been alone with this project for a while, but now it’s like I’m sending it off into the world. Thank you all for welcoming my project with open arms! The very first episode of Unruly Figures, which is about Joe Carstairs, is available everywhere. You can check out the ad-free version right here:

Episode 1: Joe Carstairs

Oooh, aaahhh 😍

But there’s a catch: From here on out, paying subscribers will be the only ones to get ad-free episodes of Unruly Figures.

You might be thinking: Hang on, paying subscribers?

If you subscribed before September 15th (thank you for doing that!) there wasn’t a paid option yet. Since then, I linked up the ol’ Stripe account and created a paying option to help me cover the costs of researching, writing, and producing this podcast and publication single-handedly. It’s a lot of work—work I love doing and am excited about, but still work. (And, you know, microphones aren’t exactly cheap either!)

🕴️So, what do paying subscribers get for their money?

• You will be the only ones with access to an ad-free version of each episode.

• You get exclusive access to comments and discussion threads for each episode.

• You can join the exclusive Discord once I have it up and running.

• When I start doing live events, like watch-a-longs, you’ll be the only ones invited.

Right now, I’m offering a discount on the annual plan. Sign up by October 6th to get 20% off. That’s $48 for a year of ad-free podcast episodes, research, watch-a-longs and much, much more. That’s the cost of like… three cocktails (plus tip, c’mon) in Los Angeles. Plus, you’ll get the warm and fuzzy feeling of supporting a creator! (And after the last 18 months, don’t we all need more warm and fuzzies?) Get on the list before this discount expires!

😬 What if I can’t afford to be a paying subscriber?

I’ve been there. I was a desperately broke barista for most of my twenties. (Think from ages 21-29. Now who is making the awkward emoji face? )

• There’s still a version of Unruly Figures you can listen to now. It’ll have ads, but it’s there!

• Transcripts for every episode will also always be available for free, as will the bibliographies from each episode.

• You can still suggest your favorite rule-breaker for me to cover! (Coming soon!)

🎓 Pssst… If you’re a student, email me at unrulyfigures @ substack. com and I can work out a discount for you!

Okay, I’m off to research more rebellious people. Here’s to riding into the future with you all!

Joe Carstairs riding a motorbike on Whale Cay, the island she owned in the Bahamas. From Life Magazine, around 1941.