The inimitable Kate Valentine, also known as burlesque emcee Miss Astrid joins the LWL podcast with tales, anecdotes and a step back in time to the early days of the neo-burlesque resurgence. To find out more about Kate, please visit www.katevalentine.net and to read her "State of the Union" speech, you can see it here: http://21stcenturyburlesque.com/miss-astrid-state-of-the-union-address/ If you want to ask Miss Astrid a question, tweet her @askmissastrid and if you're lucky, she'll answer your question.

Kate Valentine as Miss Astrid at the Va Va Voom Room (photographer not cited)