The Women's Podcast

A new podcast from The Irish Times. By women, for everyone.

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Supported by the Global Media Fund, Erin McGuire travelled to Canada to bring us back the stories of Irish women who have made new lives far from home. Saturday 19th of November is International Men's Day and Alan O'Neill from the White Ribbon campaign came in to tell us why the patriarchy harms men too. And in the first of a series of highlights from the Safe Ireland Summit held in Dublin, Wicklow singer Hozier sings Cherry Wine and talks to broadcaster Claire Byrne about why he got involved in the issue of domestic violence.

Music Credits: Atlantean Twilight and Eternal Hope by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), along with I Don’t See The Branches, I See The Leaves by Chris Zabriskie (chriszabriskie.com), are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons/org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Author and journalist Peggy Orenstein. She talked about her new book Girls & Sex on The Women’s Podcast

Why don’t we tell little girls the correct names for body parts?

On The Women’s Podcast, journalist and author Peggy Orenstein discusses why we need to change how we talk to girls about sex

Mark Paul: Men feel alienated from the feminist debate

Mark Paul: Men feel alienated from the feminist debate

How to be a Man: The Women’s Podcast discusses masculinity, feminism and rape culture

'Up until this year we felt so alone, like criminals, we’re not having it anymore'

'Up until this year we felt so alone, like criminals, we’re not having it anymore'

In the run up to the annual March for Choice, The Women’s Podcast explores a pivotal year in the pro-choice movement

‘As non-binary, someone not strictly a man or a woman, I’m seen as too confusing to discuss’

‘As non-binary, someone not strictly a man or a woman, I’m seen as too confusing to discuss’

Kay Cairns contributes to the gender episode of this week’s Women’s Podcast to demystify terms such as non-binary, gender fluidity and cisgender

The magical sounds of summer in the place that made me

The magical sounds of summer in the place that made me

The latest episode of The Women’s Podcast is full of summer stories. Here Niamh Towey looks back on her childhood in The Avenue in Castlemore, Co Roscommon

‘What I learned from going topless at Knockanstockan’

‘What I learned from going topless at Knockanstockan’

Thrown out of a festival for taking her top off, jazz musician Carina Fitzpatrick who features on this week's Women's Podcast, reflects on solidarity from topless men and a foreigner who said ‘in my country, this is not news’

Olympian Irish women: ‘There’s no better buzz than standing on the starting line’

Olympian Irish women: ‘There’s no better buzz than standing on the starting line’

The Women’s Podcast talks to three Olympic athletes on their way to represent Ireland in Rio

Meet the Limerick woman Oscar Wilde called ‘that fascinating genius’

Meet the Limerick woman Oscar Wilde called ‘that fascinating genius’

The comic actor Ada Rehan is celebrated on the latest episode of The Women’s Podcast as part of the Herstory series

Senator Lynn Ruane: 'I listed off the drugs I’d been taking...'

Senator Lynn Ruane: 'I listed off the drugs I’d been taking...'

Senator Lynn Ruane tells The Women’s Podcast at the Body & Soul festival about her path to the Seanad

Cindy Gallop: You need to educate children not just about sex, but also about porn

Cindy Gallop: You need to educate children not just about sex, but also about porn

On the Sex & Tech episode the Make Love Not Porn founder tells The Women’s Podcast we need to stop blaming porn and start having healthy conversations about sex

Sex Siopa : Toys aren't the answer to spicing up your sex life, you are

Sex Siopa : Toys aren't the answer to spicing up your sex life, you are

Shawna Scott, a self-confessed smut pedlar says living around the corner from a sex shop when she was going to college in the US inspired her to set up her online Sex Siopa in Ireland

Olivia O’Leary: Why was the State so reluctant to warn mothers about dangers of thalidomide?

Olivia O’Leary: Why was the State so reluctant to warn mothers about dangers of thalidomide?

In the Story Times episode of The Women’s Podcast, the RTE broadcaster recalls breaking the drug scandal story in 1972

Anne Harris: I had no training as a journalist. All I had was a ferocious curiosity and a couple of days freedom

Anne Harris: I had no training as a journalist. All I had was a ferocious curiosity and a couple of days freedom

Freelance journalist and former editor of ‘The Sunday Independent’ remembers her start in media as part of the Story Times episode of The Women’s Podcast

Catherine Cleary: The day Bertie called to explain the Sheedy affair was not a story

Catherine Cleary: The day Bertie called to explain the Sheedy affair was not a story

In the 'Story Times' episode of The Women's Podcast journalists including Catherine Cleary, Kitty Holland, Olivia O'Leary and Anne Harris recount the stories of their careers

Lindy West: As a fat woman, my body is lampooned and associated with moral failure

Lindy West: As a fat woman, my body is lampooned and associated with moral failure

In an extract from her book Shrill, Lindy West describes how she went from feeling doomed to live in a culture that hated her to realising that her body is a gift

'It was horrific' - Una Mullally on going through the menopause aged 32

'It was horrific' - Una Mullally on going through the menopause aged 32

The Women’s Podcast tackles a hot topic

10 things we learned at Women in Media

10 things we learned at Women in Media

Much was learned at the fourth annual Women In Media (WIM) conference at Ballybunion in Kerry at the weekend

LS Hilton: I wish my sex life was half as exciting ... I really do

LS Hilton: I wish my sex life was half as exciting ... I really do

The author of Maestra talks to The Women’s Podcast about novel sex and being touted as the new EL James

Margaret Skinnider: ‘My disappointment at not going back to bomb The Shelbourne hotel’

Margaret Skinnider: ‘My disappointment at not going back to bomb The Shelbourne hotel’

Cumann na mBan member Margaret Skinnider’s account of her injury during the Rising is read on The Women’s Podcast

Eggciting times: Who won our Easter Egg World Cup?

Eggciting times: Who won our Easter Egg World Cup?

This Easter on The Women’s Podcast, the battle of the eggs, the joy of chocolate and one woman’s account of the Rising

Caitlin Moran: It’s a shock when I remember Irish women aren’t in control of their bodies

Caitlin Moran: It’s a shock when I remember Irish women aren’t in control of their bodies

The British author talks to The Women’s Podcast about abortion rights, legalising sex work and what it’s like being ’35 per cent famous’

Question Time: ‘What would you put in your political manifesto?’

Question Time: ‘What would you put in your political manifesto?’

Inspired by Caitlin Moran’s new book Moranifesto, The Women’s Podcast wants to hear about your manifesto

Michael D Higgins: Men’s action and assistance needed for women to achieve full rights

Michael D Higgins: Men’s action and assistance needed for women to achieve full rights

This week on the Women’s Podcast: Waking The Feminists, a visit to the Áras and a song from Hozier

Veronica Coburn: 'What can little girls learn from Ireland’s infamous Pirate Queen?'

Veronica Coburn: 'What can little girls learn from Ireland’s infamous Pirate Queen?'

As heard on The Women’s Podcast: A new play explores the power of this swashbuckling role model for girls and young women

The Women’s Podcast: ‘Who is your favourite feminist and why’?

The Women’s Podcast: ‘Who is your favourite feminist and why’?

On International Women’s Day, we want to know about your favourite feminists, male or female

Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg drew scorn for wearing “This is what a feminist looks like” T-shirts

What can we do about masculinity in crisis?

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Broadside: the online war of the sexes has developed into a weapons-grade conflict

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