On The Rag

By The Spinoff

What's On The Rag about?

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A'Court look at, laugh at and question the state of women in pop culture, news and the world.

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On The Rag episodes:

12.21.2020
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020
Pour yourself some eggnog and join the hosts of The Spinoff’s podcast network for our annual Superpod round up of the year that was. Representing Gone By Lunchtime, Dietary Requirements, The Real Pod, Papercuts, The Fold and On The Rag our...
04.07.2020
On the Rag: Some cool tips on how to cope with the chaos
It's our last podcast for a little while so crack open a bottle of something fizzy and join us as we undergo what is basically a group therapy session. We are one week into national lockdown and starting to settle...
02.28.2020
On the Rag: Victories in the courts and dramas over shorts
The On the Rag team assemble to dissect the previous month in news, media and feminism. It's somehow the end of February so we're here to look back at the month in Women's Stuff. Uniform shorts are sending young women into...
01.31.2020
On the Rag: Vagina candles, climate angst and the power of Lizzo
The On the Rag team assemble to dissect what feels like the longest month in human history. We're back for another year to yarn about all things to do with women in the news and media, along with some other things...
12.19.2019
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019
Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019. In this special end of year podcast hosted by...
12.03.2019
On the Rag: Sometimes the best self-care is just having a big rage
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. As Christmas breathes down our necks and summer threatens us with bikini waxing, it's time to have a bit of...
11.12.2019
On the Rag meets Gloria Steinem
In this special episode of On the Rag, we are joined by author, activist and feminist hero Gloria Steinem ahead of the launch of her new book "The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off"....
10.31.2019
On the Rag: Scrambled brains, bad cartoons and the Freddy Krueger in the room
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Boo! We witches are back for a scary Halloween podcast, after a month where Freddy Krueger (Harvey Weinstein) showed his face...
10.03.2019
On the Rag: Young women are going to save the world
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. It's been a big month for young women using their voice. Greta Thunberg admonished leaders at the UN for not doing...
09.05.2019
On the Rag: Helping the environment doesn't make you less of a man
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Mother Earth? What about Father Earth?! In cool news, the world is on fire and some men aren't using reusable bags...
08.02.2019
On the Rag: Wearing our yoga pants into the fires of hell
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. This month on On the Rag, we have a lot of making up to do after skipping out on our July...
06.05.2019
On the Rag: Celebrating women's right to choose and also Fleabag
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Rough winds do shake the darling pod of May, but that won't stop the On the Rag team huddling together in...
05.07.2019
On the Rag: Don’t buy your Mum scales for Mother’s Day
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. This month on On the Rag, we look back at the month of April and yes we are very late and...
04.02.2019
On the Rag: We learn more about Muslim feminism
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court and Mahvash Ali tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. For our March episode we have brought in an extra special guest to reflect on the month in...
03.08.2019
On the Rag: Women can wear suits and men can wear skirts
Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. A very late February episode of On the Rag appears, complete with Michele's pitch perfect Jordan...
01.31.2019
On the Rag: In which January has felt 40,000 years long
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. It began with a Gillette razor and it ended with a whole week of...
12.19.2018
On the Rag: So this is Christmas, and what has 2018 done?
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Madeleine Chapman tackle the past YEAR in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. We made it everyone! It's last episode of On the Rag for the year,...
12.19.2018
The Spinoff SuperPod 2018: the official New Year's honours and dishonours list
In the now-annual event of the year, five of our podcasts' hosts join forces like a mighty end of year podcast rat-king. Join Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Pod on the Couch and Dietary Requirements in regurgitating the...
11.27.2018
On the Rag: Everything you've ever wanted to ask Clementine Ford
A very special episode with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. They said it couldn't be done. They said we couldn't get Clementine Ford back to do another pod. But we did, and here it is. Promoting her new book...
11.02.2018
On the Rag: Man meatballs, royal greetings and hairy legs
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Madeleine Chapman tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. This month Madeleine Chapman steps in for Michele A'Court as we dissect the October...
10.02.2018
On the Rag: September was a month of suffrage and sins
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. September was a huge month for women both in New Zealand and elsewhere, as...
09.03.2018
On the Rag: How do TERFs get to call themselves feminists?
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...
07.30.2018
On the Rag: A bloody good month for women
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...
06.29.2018
On the Rag: Remember how our Prime Minister had a baby?!
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...
05.31.2018
On the Rag: Period panic and a note for Simon Bridges
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...
05.01.2018
On the Rag: Rugby ads, menstrual cups and delving into the world of incels
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Madeleine Chapman tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...
03.29.2018
On confusing witch hunts and falling in love
This month on On the Rag, we’ll be stirring the cauldron and murmuring about witch hunts, lighting a candle for the plight of the old white man and falling in love with New Zealand’s finest love stories. How many bad cartoons...
03.01.2018
On the Rag: Workplace harassment, the bad 60 minutes interview and so much more
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01.31.2018
On the Rag: In which we are all pregnant (with emotion for Jacinda)
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.19.2017
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2017
To punish you all for being naughty this year, The Spinoff made an unholy mash-up of four of its podcasts. Join Leonie Hayden, Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee, Ben Thomas, Duncan Greive, Alex Casey, Michele A’Court and Henry Oliver as they discuss the biggest events of 2017 (and Married...
11.30.2017
Have yourself a very feminist Christmas
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the age-old conundrum: how do you cope with Christmas without exploding? As we roll into December on a one-horse open sleigh, the Christmas stress is beginning to set in. So we...
11.02.2017
That's no Pink Princess, that's the Prime Minister
As the stardust settles and the chicky-babes stop cheeping, the On the Rag team assemble to talk about what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern means to them. Is she a Red Queen? Is she a Pink Princess? Or could it be...
10.06.2017
We've all got one of those gross taxi stories
Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture. This month the gang is back together to tackle the past month-ish in New Zealand media, news and general bullshit, with help...
09.14.2017
Clementine Ford takes us to feminist church
This month's episode of On the Rag is blessed with the presence of Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl author, proud feminist and dedicated "life-ruiner". Over orange juice and avocado on toast, the team dissect some of the big issues...
08.22.2017
A special edition live podcast from the city of the future
In this special edition podcast, the On the Rag team do a roadie to the Spark festival in Hamilton to talk creativity and struggles. Arriving on a sugar high courtesy of Duck Island ice-cream and good vibes, Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden...
08.08.2017
Why is everyone obsessed with Jacinda's womb?
This month the gang is back together to tackle the past month-ish in New Zealand media, news and general bullshit, with help from our glorious new sponsors at twenty-seven names. Why is everyone creepily obsessed with Jacinda’s womb? Why does Mark...
07.05.2017
On the Rag: Why no parade for the women's rugby team?
This month Alex and Leonie are joined by The Spinoff's Madeleine Chapman, who also produces the podcast at the same time because women are notoriously good at multitasking haw haw haw. Together they chow down on some delicious Munchkins from Dunkin...
06.07.2017
Wherein some women weep for Wonder Woman
Michele's back from drinking absinthe with Stevie Wonder, Leonie's swanned in on a wave of Kit Kats from the bustling streets of Tokyo, and Alex hasn't moved an inch either way. It's the latest episode of On the Rag, our...
05.05.2017
The women tell all… about bleeding
With Michele still elbow-deep in beignets in New Orleans, comedian and half of Boners of the Heart Alice Snedden joins Leonie and Alex to drink some bubbles and chat about the past month for women. Although there were great plans to...
04.05.2017
In which we must stick together like period glue
With a delicious box of Munchkins in the safety of The Spinoff podcast studio, the On the Rag team huddle together to reflect on the month of March (it's late, we know). Topics for this month include how Alex tracked...
03.09.2017
On The Rag LIVE
Join ALex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michelle A'Court for the first ever on-a-stage-live show! Recorded and broadcast on Facebook Live at The Generator in Auckland's Britomart. Huge thansk to them and our sponsors BON Tampons. Hosted on Acast. See...
02.27.2017
On the Rag: We went back to 1972 to talk Equal Pay and flared jeans
We are all about Scooby Doo, ABBA and cords this week, as Alex, Leonie and Michele meet in 1972 to talk about equal pay between men and women in New Zealand. From dissecting the 1972 Equal Pay Act to hyping...
01.31.2017
Holy shit, it's only January
With a much-needed glass of bubbles, and in the safe bunker of The Spinoff podcast studio, the On the Rag team huddle together in horror to talk about the first month of 2017. Topics for this month include top kiwi...
12.22.2016
Christmas edition On the Rag: Who made the naughty and nice list for 2016?
For the final Christmas episode of On the Rag, the gang look at the highs and lows for women in 2016. It's the last episode of On the Rag, a podcast for people who consider themselves feminists every day of the week and definitely...
12.02.2016
On the Rag – November edition ft. Botched eyeliner and human whack-a-mole
Every month host Alex Casey is joined by comedian/writer Michele A’Court and Mana magazine editor Leonie Hayden to discuss what happened in the world of women over the preceding four weeks. Better late than never, they return with help from their legendary sponsors at BON tampons and...
11.11.2016
Post US Election Emergency Edition
Our On the Rag podcast team have an emergency meeting to discuss what happened to the world of women this week, how to cope and what to do next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about...
11.07.2016
On The Rag: October Edition
Every month host Alex Casey is joined by comedian/writer Michele A’Court and Mana magazine editor Leonie Hayden to discuss what happened in the world of women over the preceding four weeks. Better late than never, they return with help from their brand spanking new sponsors BON...
10.03.2016
September edition on Trump and why we don't need a Minister for Men
This month, host Alex Casey is joined by comedian and writer Michele A’Court and Mana magazine editor Leonie Hayden to talk about what September held for women in New Zealand and the world. Listen as they reflect on what Trump says about...
09.28.2016
On The Rag Special 2: Night sweats and pill woes with Madeleine Sami and Laura Daniel from Funny Girls
A rare experimental edition of On the Rag featuring Laura Daniel and Madeleine Sami, two key players in TV3's female-driven sketch comedy Funny Girls. In this special edition of On the Rag, Alex Casey chats to Madeleine Sami (director) and Laura Daniel (writer...
08.31.2016
Whopper August Edition dissects a truly awful month for women
We survived the gold medal sexism of the Olympics, the Chiefs scandal, Kevin Roberts and much more to bring you this month's bumper 80 minute episode of despair. As always, host Alex Casey is joined by comedian and writer Michele A’Court...

What's On The Rag about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

On The Rag episodes:

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020

On the Rag: Some cool tips on how to cope with the chaos

On the Rag: Victories in the courts and dramas over shorts

On the Rag: Vagina candles, climate angst and the power of Lizzo

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019

On the Rag: Sometimes the best self-care is just having a big rage

On the Rag meets Gloria Steinem

On the Rag: Scrambled brains, bad cartoons and the Freddy Krueger in the room

On the Rag: Young women are going to save the world

On the Rag: Helping the environment doesn't make you less of a man

On the Rag: Wearing our yoga pants into the fires of hell

On the Rag: Celebrating women's right to choose and also Fleabag

On the Rag: Don’t buy your Mum scales for Mother’s Day

On the Rag: We learn more about Muslim feminism

On the Rag: Women can wear suits and men can wear skirts

On the Rag: In which January has felt 40,000 years long

On the Rag: So this is Christmas, and what has 2018 done?

The Spinoff SuperPod 2018: the official New Year's honours and dishonours list

On the Rag: Everything you've ever wanted to ask Clementine Ford

On the Rag: Man meatballs, royal greetings and hairy legs

On the Rag: September was a month of suffrage and sins

On the Rag: How do TERFs get to call themselves feminists?

On the Rag: A bloody good month for women

On the Rag: Remember how our Prime Minister had a baby?!

On the Rag: Period panic and a note for Simon Bridges

On the Rag: Rugby ads, menstrual cups and delving into the world of incels

On confusing witch hunts and falling in love

On the Rag: Workplace harassment, the bad 60 minutes interview and so much more

On the Rag: In which we are all pregnant (with emotion for Jacinda)

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2017

Have yourself a very feminist Christmas

That's no Pink Princess, that's the Prime Minister

We've all got one of those gross taxi stories

Clementine Ford takes us to feminist church

A special edition live podcast from the city of the future

Why is everyone obsessed with Jacinda's womb?

On the Rag: Why no parade for the women's rugby team?

Wherein some women weep for Wonder Woman

The women tell all… about bleeding

In which we must stick together like period glue

On The Rag LIVE

On the Rag: We went back to 1972 to talk Equal Pay and flared jeans

Holy shit, it's only January

Christmas edition On the Rag: Who made the naughty and nice list for 2016?

On the Rag – November edition ft. Botched eyeliner and human whack-a-mole

Post US Election Emergency Edition

On The Rag: October Edition

September edition on Trump and why we don't need a Minister for Men

On The Rag Special 2: Night sweats and pill woes with Madeleine Sami and Laura Daniel from Funny Girls

Whopper August Edition dissects a truly awful month for women