The Guilty Feminist

By Deborah Frances-White

Comedy

What's The Guilty Feminist about?

Ever felt like you should be better at feminism? Join comedian Deborah Frances-White and her guests for this comedy podcast, recorded in front of a live audience. Each week they discuss our noble goals as 21st century feminists and the hypocrisies and insecurities that undermine them. Deborah Frances-White is the 2016 Writers' Guild Award Winner for Best Radio Comedy for her hit BBC Radio 4 series Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice. She is an Edinburgh Fringe regular, a screenwriter and is in huge demand for her corporate seminars.
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11.29.2023

This episode is brought to you as part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign – get involved: https://tinyurl.com/3usebvje As almost every country in the world moves to steadily liberalise abortion access and women’s reproductive rights, four male presidents have ...

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11.29.2023 Abortion on trial, with Justyna Wydrzyñska and Chiara Capraro This episode is brought to you as part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign – get involved: https://tinyurl.com/3usebvje As almost every country in the world moves to steadily liberalise abortion access and women’s reproductive rights, four male presidents have ...
11.27.2023 379. Questioning Everything with Chloe Petts and Daisy Haggard The Guilty Feminist 379. Questioning Everything Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Chloe Petts with special guest Daisy Haggard Recorded 16 October 2023 at Soho Theatre. Released 27 November. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore ...
11.20.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Hysteria with Margaret Cabourn Smith and Jen Brister The Guilty Feminist Redux: Hysteria Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Margaret Cabourn-Smith with special guest Jen Brister Recorded 4 March 2017 at The Old Court Room in Brighton. First released 8 May 2017. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark ...
11.13.2023 378. Choose Your Own Adventure with Shaparak Khorsandi and Leila Navabi The Guilty Feminist 378. Choose Your Own Adventure Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Shaparak Khorsandi with special guest Leila Navabi Recorded 4 November 2023 at Soho Theatre. Released 13 November. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about ...
11.06.2023 377. Best of Cal Wilson The Guilty Feminist 377. Best of Cal Wilson The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Cal Wilsonhttps://www.instagram.com/calbowilsonhttps://comedy.com.au/news/vale-cal-wilsonFor more information about this and other episodes…visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.comtweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempodlike our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeministcheck out our Instagram ...
10.30.2023 376. The Romans with Jessica Fostekew and Mary Beard The Guilty Feminist 376. The Romans Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guest Mary Beard. Recorded 20 October 2023 via SquadCast. Released 30 October. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Picture Sarah Jeynes & BBC. ...
10.23.2023 375. How to Win People Over with Chloe Petts and Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE The Guilty Feminist 375. How to Win People Over Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Chloe Petts with special guest Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE. Recorded 16 October 2023 at Kings Place in London. Released 23 October. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by ...
10.16.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Leadership with Cal Wilson and Julia Gillard and music from Grace Petrie The Guilty Feminist Redux: Leadership Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Cal Wilson with special guest Julia Gillard and music from Grace Petrie. Recorded 7 February 2020 at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. First released 17 February 2020. The Guilty Feminist ...
10.09.2023 374. Queers of Joy with Abigoliah Schamaun and special guests Chris Lani-McAllister and Danica Lani The Guilty Feminist 374: Queers of Joy Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Abigoliah Schamaun with special guests Chris Lani-McAllister and Danica Lani. Recorded 24 July 2023. Released 9 October 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about ...
10.02.2023 373. Intimacy with Abigoliah Schamaun and special guests Beaver Meadow and Alex Cowan The Guilty Feminist 373: Intimacy Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Abigoliah Schamaun with special guests Beaver Meadow and Alex Cowan Recorded 24 July 2023 at Kings Place. Released 2 October. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge and produced ...
09.29.2023 British Red Cross special with emergency responder Kate Bedding British Red Cross special Presented by Deborah Frances-White and special guest emergency responder Kate Bedding. In this special episode Deborah sits down with the inspirational Kate Bedding, a learning and development manager for the British Red Cross crisis and emergency ...
09.25.2023 372: Protest Then and Now with Desiree Burch and special guests Susan Skedd and Media Storm The Guilty Feminist 372: Protest Then and Now Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Desiree Burch with specials Susan Skedd and Media Storm. Recorded 17 September 2023 at The London Podcast Festival. Released 23 September. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by ...
09.18.2023 371. News Life Balance with Esther Manito and special guest Ria Lina The Guilty Feminist 371: News Life Balance Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Esther Manito with special guest Ria Lina Recorded 18 August 2023 at Soho Theatre. Released 18 September. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge and produced by ...
09.11.2023 370. The List with Yomi Adegoke The Guilty Feminist 370: The List with Yomi Adegoke Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Yomi Adegoke Recorded 17 August 2023 at Soho Theatre. Released 11 September The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. More ...
09.04.2023 369. Crushed by The Guilty Feminist with Margaret Cabourn-Smith and special guest Sindhu Vee The Guilty Feminist 369: Crushed by The Guilty Feminist Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Margaret Cabourn-Smith and special guest Sindhu Vee Recorded 12 August 2023 at Soho Theatre. Released 4 September. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge and ...
08.28.2023 368. Never Have I Ever with Susan Wokoma, Emma Butler, Amit Shah and Greg Wise The Guilty Feminist 368: Never Have I Ever Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Susan Wokoma with special guests Emma Butler, Amit Shah and Greg Wise Recorded 21 August 2023 at Chichester Festival Theatre. Released 28 August. The Guilty Feminist theme ...
08.27.2023 The Guilty Feminist Watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 11 with Abigoliah Schamaun The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White with Abigoliah Schamaun Season 2, Episode 11: “The Last Supper Part Two: Entree” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Abigoliah Schamaunhttps://www.instagram.com/abigoliahhttps://abigoliah.comhttps://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/neurodivergent-moments-podcast/Big Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month ...
08.21.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Drawing a Line and Planting a Flag with Felicity Ward, Say it Loud, Save the Black Cap, Grace Petrie and The Oxford Belles The Guilty Feminist Redux: Drawing a Line and Planting a Flag Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Felicity Ward and special guests from Say it Loud and Save the Black Cap and music from Grace Petrie and The Oxford Belles Recorded ...
08.19.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 10 with Jessica Fostekew The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White with Jessica Fostekew Season 2, Episode 10: “The Last Supper Part One: Appetizer” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Jessica Fostekewhttps://twitter.com/jessicafostekewhttps://twitter.com/thehooveringpodBig Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month ...
08.18.2023 Guilty Feminists Solving Podcasts - with Hannah George, Catie Wilkins and Taylor Glenn Hands-up who loves a comedy podcast...all of you? We'll you're in the right place and in for a treat, as two of the UK's funniest shows collide to talk about some amazing comedy offerings available on Audible. The teams behind ...
08.17.2023 Feminism across cultures: Standing with women of Iran - with Nazanin Boniadi Media Storm will be LIVE at London Podcast Festival, Saturday 16th September at 7pm. BOOK your tickets now: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm-2/ If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, you may know Nazanin Boniadi from her portrayal of Bronwyn in the Rings ...
08.16.2023 The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: The Funny Thing About Death Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Jo Caulfield Recorded 13 August 2023. Released 16 August Music by Mark Hodge and produced by Euan Maco McAleece. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore ...
08.14.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Women in Science with Sara Pascoe and special guests Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon The Guilty Feminist Redux: Women in Science Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Sara Pascoe with special guests Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon Recorded 27 February 2019 at The Science Museum in London. First released 6 May 2019. Music ...
08.12.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 9 with Margaret Cabourn-Smith The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White with Margaret Cabourn-Smith Season 2, Episode 9: “There Goes the Neighborhood” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Margaret Cabourn-Smithhttps://twitter.com/MCabournSmithhttps://twitter.com/CrushedbyMCSBig Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month at 3:00pm ...
08.07.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Orgasms with Rachel Parris and special guest Alix Fox The Guilty Feminist Redux: Orgasms Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Rachel Parris with special guest Alix Fox Recorded 26 June at the Underbelly Festival. First released 21 August 2017. Music by Mark Hodge and produced by Euan Maco McAleece. Photographs ...
08.05.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 8 with Sara Pascoe The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White with Sara Pascoe Season 2, Episode 8: “A Hundred Years Ago” Thanks to Spiritland for their help with the recording of this week’s episode. https://spiritlandproductions.com/studio More about Deborah ...
07.31.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Not Having Kids with Sofie Hagen and special guest Susan Calman The Guilty Feminist Redux: Not Having Kids Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Sofie Hagen with special guest Susan Calman Recorded 21 October 2017 at Giant Dwarf, Sydney. First released 30 October 2017. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. ...
07.30.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 7 with Syrus Lowe and Lee Knight The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White with Syrus Lowe and Lee Knight Season 2, Episode 7: “February 14th” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Syrus and Leehttps://twitter.com/SyrusLoweDownhttps://www.instagram.com/theleeknightBig Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month ...
07.28.2023 World on fire: El Niño and Labour’s ULEZ debate - with Media Storm LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Media Storm will be live at the London Podcast Festival this September, on Saturday 16th at 7pm! Book tickets now to join us as we breakdown the craziest headlines of 2023: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm-2/ Around the world, El Niño ...
07.24.2023 The Guilty Feminist Redux: Weinstein Culture with Cal Wilson and special guest Kristine Ziwica The Guilty Feminist Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Cal Wilson with special guest Kristine Ziwica Recorded 21 October 2017 at Giant Dwarf, Sydney. First released 30 October 2017. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore ...
07.22.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 6 - with Catherine Bohart The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Catherine Bohart Season 2, Episode 6: “Bomb Cyclone” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Catherine Boharthttps://twitter.com/CatherineBoharthttps://www.catherinebohart.com/liveBig Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month at 3:00pm via Zoom. ...
07.20.2023 Unpicking the media storm - Trans rights as a threat to women Warning: strong language and mention of rape Are trans rights a threat to women? Or is that narrative itself the real threat? Actor, author and activist Charlie Craggs joins journalists Helena Wadia and Mathilda Mallinson in the studio this week, ...
07.17.2023 367. Permission to Speak with Jessica Fostekew and special guest Samara Bay The Guilty Feminist episode 367. Permission to Speak Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guest Samara Bay Recorded 8 June via Squadcast. Released 17 July 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick ...
07.15.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 5 - with Alison Spittle The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Alison Spittle Season 2, Episode 5: “Trick or Treat” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Alison Spittlehttps://twitter.com/AlisonSpittlehttp://alisonspittle.comhttps://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alison-spittle-soupBig Speeches with Jessica Regan16 July at 10:30am, then first Sunday of ...
07.10.2023 366. Being Bilingual with Fatiha El-Ghorri and special guest Tatty Macleod The Guilty Feminist episode 366. Being Bilingual Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Fatiha El-Ghorri with special guest Tatty Macleod Recorded 22 June at Kings Place in London. Released 10 July 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced ...
07.08.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 4 - with Jessica Regan The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Regan Season 2, Episode 4: “Alive!” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookBig Speeches with Jessica Regan16 July at 10:30am, then first Sunday of each month at 3:00pm via ...
07.06.2023 Misogyny in the media: Media Storm goes to Parliament! This week, Media Storm spoke in Parliament! Helena & Mathilda were in the halls of Westminster to speak to MPs and Parliamentarians about misogyny in the media: how the media can responsibly report on domestic abuse and gender-based violence, and ...
07.03.2023 365. World Refugee Week with Fatiha El-Ghorri and special guests Jaz O’Hara and Hiba The Guilty Feminist episode 365. World Refugee Week Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Fatiha El-Ghorri with special guests Jaz O’Hara and Hiba Recorded 22 June at Kings Place in London. Released 3 July 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark ...
07.01.2023 The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episode 3 with Bec Hill The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Bec Hill Season 2, Episode 3: “Chapter Three” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Bec Hillhttps://twitter.com/bechillcomedianhttp://www.bechillcomedian.comhttps://twitter.com/aproblemsquaredBig Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month from 2 July. 3:00pm ...
06.26.2023 364. Peri-Peri Menopause with Alison Spittle and special guest Christie Watson The Guilty Feminist episode 364: Peri-Peri Menopause Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Alison Spittle with special guest Christie Watson Recorded 5 June at Kings Place in London. Released 26 June 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced ...
06.25.2023 The Guilty Feminist Watches And Just Like That - Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 - with Sara Barron The Guilty Feminist watches And Just Like That Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Sara Barron Episode 1: “Met Cute” and Episode 2: “The Real Deal” More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Sara Barronhttps://twitter.com/sarabarronhttps://podfollow.com/firecrotchnormcoreBig Speeches with Jessica ReganFirst Sunday of each month ...
06.22.2023 World Refugee Week: What do the latest numbers tell us? With Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia It’s World Refugee Week and the results are in: Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena crunch the latest numbers on global displacement, to see how Europe and the UK are ranking on the hospitality charts. Spoiler: it’s not very well. ...
06.19.2023 363. M(other) Land with Alison Spittle and special guest Priya Joi The Guilty Feminist episode 363: M(other) Land Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Alison Spittle with special guest Priya Joi Recorded 5 June at Kings Place in London. Released 19 June 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced ...
06.12.2023 362. Pivot with Chloe Petts and special guest Laura Lexx The Guilty Feminist episode 362: Pivot Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Chloe Petts with special guest Laura Lexx Recorded 31 May at Soho Theatre in London. Released 12 June 2023. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by ...
06.08.2023 Behind the scenes of Media Storm! In this week’s bonus episode, Helena and Mathilda have an announcement to make… they have started a Patreon! You can access it at https://www.patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast This is a chance for us to build a community space for our Media Storm listeners, ...
06.05.2023 361. Boundaries with Sarah Keyworth and special guests Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini The Guilty Feminist episode 361: Boundaries Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Sarah Keyworth with special guests Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Sarah ...
05.29.2023 360 Best of Jessica Fostekew The Guilty Feminist episode 360: Best of Jessica Fostekew Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Jessica Fostekew The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Jessica Fostekewhttps://twitter.com/jessicafostekewhttp://jessicafostekew.comBig Speeches with Jessica ...
05.22.2023 359. Best of Alison Spittle The Guilty Feminist episode 359: Best of Alison Spittle Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Alison Spittle The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Alison Spittlehttps://twitter.com/AlisonSpittlehttps://linktr.ee/alisonspittleBig Speeches with Jessica ...
05.15.2023 358. The Best of Stand-up - with Sara Pascoe The Guilty Feminist episode 358: Best of Stand-up Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Sara Pascoe The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Sara Pascoehttps://twitter.com/sarapascoehttps://sarapascoe.co.ukBig Speeches with Jessica ReganLast ...
05.11.2023 Get Lippy! What you don‘t know about gynae cancer can hurt you Every day in the UK 58 people are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer. 21 will die. Lack of awareness, late referrals and widespread stigma mean people are being denied life-saving diagnoses and treatments. That's why 12th May shall henceforth be ...

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