Chrissie Hynde
Kristin Casey • May 21, 2019
Once, in the early 90s, Joe called his old friend Chrissie Hynde. I was in the room and heard him ask What’s up, whatcha doin’? before pausing, and then laughing loudly at her answer. After they hung up I asked what she’d said that was so funny. He replied in his best ‘ultra cool / super chill’ Chrissie Hynde voice: Smokin’ a doob.
I’m not sure why we both found that so funny, but we did and I kinda still do.


Laura Smith does a weekly podcast and radio show designed to inspire and uplift its audience. Discussing Casey Dancer: A Memoir About Dating, Stripping, and a Little Hot Yoga, with her, while being mindful of her churchgoing listeners, was a bit of a minefield! But one we artfully navigated, I think. Hope you enjoy! https://podcasts.federatedmedia.com/podcast/071325-kristen-casey/

Life has been crazy since the release of my new book back in April, and not just due to the book launch and multiple promo interviews, but also because somehow, in the midst of all that, I actually found time to plan and execute a three day Vegas wedding! Aside from all that romantic wonderfulness, I've also started a new YouTube series called "Sex & Dating in Sobriety" in which I query a bunch of other authors, musicians, comics, and podcasters about how they overcame fear of intimacy in early sobriety. It's been a delightful experience, as all six guests thus far have been incredibly open, candid, and generous in sharing their most personal anecdotes and insights in this vein... all the good, bad, ugly, funny, and embarrassing-as-hell events (my own personal stories included) that take a person from utterly, painfully disconnected and emotionally isolated while active in our addictions, to someone who can be vulnerable, authentic, self-aware, and intentional about forging true romantic connection in sobriety. Check it out on my Youtube channel and leave a comment under your favorite episode telling me what you think! https://www.youtube.com/@KristinCasey/videos

Here are a couple short (10-12 minute) radio interviews I did last week about my new book, Casey Dancer. One is with Amanda Bacon from Seattle's KONP, and the other with iHeart Radio's amazing Arroe Collins. https://www.myclallamcounty.com/episode/ms-kristin-casey-author-recovering-addict-intimacy-expert/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-arroe-collins-like-its-live-52808613/episode/self-discovery-through-stripping-the-book-273283931/

Come see me read from, discuss, and answer questions about my new book Casey Dancer: A Memoir About Dating, Stripping, and a Little Hot Yoga, tonight at Greedy Reads Remington location (on 29th St.), 7pm, in Baltimore Maryland! I'll be "in conversation" with the amazing Charlotte Shane, former elite companion and author of An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. I'll be signing books after the reading and would love to see you there!

In my new book Casey Dancer I write about my year long relationship in 2007 with a man named Lalo, a recently reformed drug dealer, drug user, problem drinker, and big time player. He was both a guy's guy and a big time ladies man. All the ladies loved my Lalo! And with good reason, as he was very cool, sexy, funny, charming (in an authentic way) and incredible in bed. What he wasn't was much of a philosopher or particularly psychologically astute. His emotional IQ was average at best, but one time he said something that really resonated...a sociological observation that to this day I find as profoundly true as anything I've ever heard: "Honey," he said. "The entire fucking world runs on two things: the pink and the green. They are all anyone really cares about or will lift a finger to obtain." He was referring to pussy and cash, of course. Sex and money, or in broader terms, love and power (since money and power pretty much go hand in hand). Lalo never had much of the latter, though, hot as he was, he rarely had to work hard for the former. And if you read my book you'll see I not only busted my ass for as much "green" as I could earn for us both, I rarely hesitated to provide him with as much "pink" as I had to give on a daily basis. (Spoiler alert: that ridiculous imbalance of effort was wholly unsustainable and ensured that Lalo and I were never going to last.) All that being said, I only bring it up now because, last week, the fantastic marketing team I hired to build my new website suggested a pink and green color scheme and I couldn't be more delighted by the coincidence. Hope you enjoy the site! Be sure to click "LEARN MORE" on the Homepage to purchase either of my books online today.






