Cherchez La Femme

CN: this episode includes discussion of extreme violence, including murder, physical and sexual assault, incest, suicide and animal cruelty.

This episode features Greta Parry in conversation about the 80's erotic thriller Fatal Attraction. 
 
Greta Parry is a writer and editor with a particular interest in how sex and gender are presented in mainstream media. She has written for The Guardian, Crikey and Metro Magazine, and spends most of her free time talking about movies and TV on her Instagram account @gretaparry. 

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons. 

This episode features Phillip Thiel in conversation about the drama-comedy series, The White Lotus. 

Please note this contains spoilers! If you haven't yet watched it, check out Season 1 before listening. 
 
Philip Thiel is a teacher and podcaster who lives and works in Melbourne.

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons. 

This episode features Joanna Sim in conversation about fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. 
 
Joanna is a fashion ecom marketing coach. She’s on a mission to amplify the voices of responsible fashion brands and influence positive change within the global fashion industry because she believes that fashion should do good in order to feel good.

You can find her online at:  
caravanfolk.co
Instagram.com/caravanfolk

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons. 

This episode features Jessamy Gleeson in conversation about the Nintendo console game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
 
Dr Jessamy Gleeson is a passionate feminist activist, academic, and social media manager. She completed a PhD at Swinburne University, with a specific focus on contemporary feminist activism in social media spaces, and she loves all the incarnations of The Legend of Zelda.

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons. 

This episode features Georgia Webster in conversation about the Danish political drama series, Borgen. It contains spoilers for all seasons, so if you haven’t seen it yet, watch it first before listening!

Georgia is an environmental advocate, former political staffer and long-time friend and guest of CLF.

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons. 

This episode features Lucy Berry in conversation about the Chicago Bulls documentary series 'The Last Dance.' 

Lucy is a copywriter and communications specialist based in Melbourne/ Naarm. 

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons.

This episode features Betty Musgrove in conversation about The Great British Bakeoff. 

Betty is a Naarm/Melbourne based artist and community arts worker with a diverse background in textiles, printmaking, bookbinding, 3D collage, installation, soft sculpture, wearable art and drawing. She has an extensive background in arts administration, events management, media and marketing. Her experience of new media and her own visual arts practice led her to collaborative roles with feminist focused Art festivals such as Girls On Film Festival (GOFF), Found Festival and Grrl Fest. She currently works for Women's Circus as the Marketing & Communications Manager. She is passionate about community arts and supporting people to connect to their own creative outlets.

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons 

In this special crossover episode between Cherchez La Femme and Big Sister Hotline,  lifelong friends Karen Pickering and Clementine Ford have a gasbag in Clem's kitchen. Topics covered: middle age and why it's powerful to embrace it; the first two episodes of And Just Like That and why revisiting cultural icons from times past can be so deeply cringeworthy; and their respective Best Of lists for 2021.

Hey, let us know if you like this episode and would like to see more of Karen and Clem in this format! 

Karen's details:

Instagram/FB: @karenpickering

Clementine's details: 

Instagram: @clementine_ford

Facebook: @clementineford

This episode features Namila Benson in conversation about Sex In the City, focusing on Season 4. 

Namila is a broadcaster, educator, writer and producer.  Over two decades, she's spent her time in several media outlets from community radio 3CR, Triple RRR and ABC's national broadcaster.  She is a proud Tolai woman from Rabaul and currently hosts "Art Works", which broadcasts weekly on ABC TV Plus. 

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons 

Credits: 

This episode features Clementine Ford in conversation about Taylor Swift. It also contains references to sexual assault and gaslighting. If you need support around this you can contact 1800 RESPECT any time, from anywhere in Australia. 

Cherchez La Femme is hosted by Karen Pickering and produced by Aisha Pachoud. It is made with the support of Patreon subscribers. The tile design is by Chanel Phan.

Intro and Outro music by Le Tigre. The track is 'Fake French' from the Creative Commons.