Season 01

The Story of Woman podcast is nearly one year old! In this rare solo episode, I reflect on the close of the first chapter of the podcast, and I also talk about what’s to come in 2023. This year we’ve been highlighting the work of some incredible non-fiction writers whose work focuses on the subject ...

In this episode, I talk with Karrie Fransman and Jonathon Plackett about their books, Gender Swapped Fairy Tales and Gender Swapped Greek Myths. Fairytales and Greek Myths have been told and re-told for thousands of years, but never like this. Taking these well-known stories that form the archetypes...

In this episode, I talk with Cynthia Changyit Levin about her book, From Changing Diapers to Changing the World: Why Moms Make Great Advocates and How to Get Started. Advocacy is a great way to get involved in driving change in our communities, yet very few of us ever actually learn how to become on...

In this episode, I talk with Pragya Agarwal about her book, Hysterical: Exploding the myth of gendered emotions. The experience of emotions is universally human, but our ability to display and act on them is heavily gendered. Pragya examines the impact this has on women - and men - including the rol...

In this episode, I talk with Natalie Lee about her book, Feeling Myself: How I shed my shame to find sexual freedom and you can too. Exposing the shame that many of us feel with sex, Natalie Lee takes us through her own journey from traumatic beginnings to sexual freedom. She tells the story of lear...

In this episode, I talk with Gill Whitty-Collins about her book, Why Men Win at Work. Going beyond the facts and figures of gender equality, Gill uncovers the invisible forces that continue to hold women back in the workplace. Using research and the experience of some of today’s top female leaders, ...

This is a special episode compiling past interview responses to the podcast’s recurring questions: What does feminism mean to you - 5:40 What is the story of woman to you - 10:50 Featuring the voices of: Mary Ann Seighart - The Authority Gap Gina Rippon - The Gendered Brain Elinor Cleghorn - Unwell ...

REPLAY OF EPISODE ONE In this episode, I talk with Mary Ann Sieghart about her book, The Authority Gap. Called “the mother of all gender gaps”, Mary Ann exposes the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, revealing the enormous gap that still persists between men and women, along with how to addr...

Back by popular demand! In this episode, I talk (again) with Farida D. to answer listener questions, and discuss her book, The List of Shit That Made Me a Feminist. Writing under a pen name to protect her identity, Farida D. writes about everyday oppressions from an Arab feminist's perspective while...

In this episode, I talk with Virginia Mendez about her book, Childhood Unlimited: Parenting Beyond the Gender Bias From films and books to toys and clothes to the language we use, our world is extremely gendered, making raising a child beyond the limitations placed on them by gender incredibly diffi...