10 Best Melissa Febos Podcast Appearance and Guest Interviews

1. Melissa Febos on Live Wire with Luke Burbank

Play Aug 15, 2025 52:24
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Episode Title Melissa Febos, Evan Ratliff, and Tropa Magica
About Episode Writer Melissa Febos discusses her latest book The Dry Season, wherein she explores the transformative—and at turns erotic—year she spent celibate; journalist Evan Ratliff takes us into the uncanny world of his podcast Shell Game, which examines the consequences of unleashing an AI version of himself out into the world; and psychedelic cumbia punk band Tropa Magica perform "Price of Life" from their album III. MORE Host Luke Burbank
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@livewireradio.org
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7.5KTwitter 6.8KInstagram 4.3K Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Melissa Febos on Open Book with Elena Passarello

Play Jul 30, 2025 21:30
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Episode Title Open Book: Melissa Febos
About Episode Author Melissa Febos (The Dry Season) opens up about her first addiction: books. Then we hear why it's important to read "books of the people," which includes her favorite micro-genre of “airport romantasy." Plus, Melissa recommends some of her favorite sex writing. MORE Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

3. Melissa Febos on NPR's Book of the Day

Play Jun 13, 2025 15:57
Website Apple
Episode Title In 'The Dry Season,' Melissa Febos chronicles a transformative year of celibacy
About Episode Writer and professor Melissa Febos had been in a series of consecutive relationships for decades. Then, one particularly devastating experience led her to take stock of her dependency on sex and love. She says she was in "the right amount of pain" to make a change. For Febos, that period kicked off what would become a year of transformative celibacy...MORE Hosts Andrew Limbong, Michel Martin, Juana Summers, Ari Shapiro
Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 7.8MTwitter 7.8MInstagram 8.2M Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

4. Melissa Febos on Awakeners

Play Jun 09, 2025 58:19
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Episode Title Lydi Conklin & Melissa Febos
About Episode On the first episode of Season 2 of Awakeners, Lena speaks with the writers Melissa Febos and Lydi Conklin, who met at the MacDowell artist residency back in 2011.  Melissa had just published Whip Smart, her first book, a propulsive memoir about her experience working as a professional dominatrix in a dungeon in New York...MORE Producer/Network Lena Crown
Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 70 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Melissa Febos on Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Play Jun 05, 2025 59:29
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Episode Title Should Romantic Love Be at the Center of Our Lives? (Melissa Febos)
About Episode In her new memoir, The Dry Season, Melissa Febos (award-winning author of Girlhood) examines her (and our culture’s) relationship to love, to falling in love with someone, to being in love with someone. Today, we talk about why she decided to spend a year celibate after a particularly rough breakup, and what more she wanted from a relationship, from herself, and for her life...MORE Host Elise Loehnen
Producer/Network Audacy
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 4.4K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Melissa Febos on How To!

Play Mar 25, 2025 48:59
Website Apple Spotify
Episode Title How To Write Your Memoir
About Episode To some, the act of writing a memoir might seem daunting, invasive, or navel-gazing. But excavating memories, noticing patterns, and revisiting events from other points of view can lead to healing—regardless of whether your work gets published. On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace brings on Melissa Febos. Melissa is the bestselling author of five books, including Girlhood—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism—and a forthcoming memoir, The Dry Season...MORE Hosts Courtney Martin, Carvell Wallace
Producer/Network Slate Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 1.4MTwitter 1.6MInstagram 121.4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

7. Melissa Febos on Edge of Reason

Play Dec 05, 2024 33:22
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Episode Title Attachment & Power
About Episode In this episode, artist Camille Henrot and author Melissa Febos explore how relationships reveal the dynamics of control and connection. Henrot discusses how caregiving, education, and societal structures inform her creative process, while Febos reflects on her experiences as a dominatrix and the liberating process of writing about attachment. Together they consider how art can untangle the contradictions of intimacy and control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesMORE Producer/Network Atlantic Re:think and Hauser & Wirth
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Melissa Febos on LitFriends Podcast

Play Dec 22, 2023 57:33
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Episode Title Gold Chains & Sneakers with Melissa Febos & Donika Kelly
About Episode Join co-hosts Annie Liontas and Lito Velázquez in conversation with LitFriends Melissa Febos & Donika Kelly about their grand statements, big revelations, sentential seduction, queering forms, the power of vulnerability, and love poems. We're taking a break and will be back for our next episode with guests Yiyun Li & Edmund White on January 16,  2024. Happy Holidays, LitFam!   LINKS Libsyn Blog www.annieliontas.com www.litovelazquez.com www.melissafebos.com www...MORE Producer/Network Annie Liontas & Lito Velazquez
Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact