Phoebe Morgan is a best selling author, editor and publishing director at Harper Collins, working on crime thrillers. By day Phoebe runs writing workshops to helps youths get into writing  and by night writes her own thrillers.

The Influential Women’s Podcast talks to Phoebe about her journey into writing and how she used her rejections to make her more resilient and how she overcame the trauma’s of her childhood. Phoebe also reads us an extract from her fourth book, The Wild Girls. 

It is host presented and Exec Produced by Nicki Bannerman and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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Buki Papillon is an author who describes herself as a  wife, daughter, sister and friend. She is a trained massage therapist, bead artist and she previously worked as a travel advisor, chef and events host! 

The International Women’s Podcast chats to Buki about her book ‘An Ordinary Wonder’ which is out at the end of March in the UK. Buki kindly reads an extract from it and tell us what inspired her to write it. We also chat to Buki about her experiences living in different countries and how she has faced and overcome adversity over the years.

It is host presented and Exec Produced by Nicki Bannerman and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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On International Women’s Day 2021 The Influential Women’s Podcast celebrates its 4th Birthday and to mark this day we spoke to Brita Fernandez Schmidt. 

Brita Fernandez Schmidt is an advocate for women’s empowerment and womens rights and equality. Brita leads influential women’s networks and runs women for women national as chief advisor. Brita’s career has spanned 25 years, helping women survive and thrive across 16 countries and 3 confinements!

It is host presented and Exec Produced by Nicki Bannerman and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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Jacquie Baltrao is a Sky News Presenter, well known sportscaster, olympian gymnast and mother of three.

The Influential Women Podcasts talks to Jacquie about her previous life as an olympian, the struggles she faced in competing.. and how she is now overcoming living with Breast Cancer. 

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Vanessa Sam also known as Inspiring Vanessa is an award winning teenage international motivational speaker, author as well as being a presenter, actress and model.

The Influential Women Podcasts talks to Vanessa about how she got into motivational speaking at the age of only 9 years old and her vision of her work and business in the future.

It is host presented and Exec Produced by Nicki Bannerman and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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Victoria Summer is an actress, a singer of musical theatre and events, a model and a role model for young people. 

The Influential Women Podcasts talks to Victoria about her career and how she went to Hollywood to make it, her work to help young people and her whirlwind lockdown romance which ended up with her engaged to her fiancé. We also discuss with Victoria how she sets herself goals, and her method of writing down what she wants and successfully manifesting it. 

It is host presented and co-produced  by Nicki Bannerman, executively produced by Nicki Bannerman and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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Emma Forbes is well known broadcaster and presenter of TV and Radio from BBC, Capital, Heart FM and the BBC Radio 2 Sunday Breakfast Show. Emma is also the founder of a style website dedicated to fashion, beauty and health and wellness as well as having her own podcast Life and Soul.

The Influential Women Podcast talks to Emma about her career and well travelled childhood and what it was like growing up with parents who were well known. We also chat to her about how the Coronavirus pandemic has affected her and how it’s made her appreciate life in a whole new light. 

It is host presented and co-produced  by Nicki Bannerman, executively produced by Nicki Bannerman and Juliette Nicholls and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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Tamzin Outhwaite is an actress, presenter, narrator and dancer and was very well known for playing the role of Mel Owen in Eastenders. She has also starred in theatre and TV productions such as Red Cat and crime drama New Tricks. 

The Influential Women Podcast talks to Tamzin about her experience in lockdown, balancing home schooling whilst tying to work and how the theatre industry has totally pivoted. We also discuss with Tamzin her mantras and how her grandmother and mother really influenced her views on life and how she tries not to sweat the small stuff. 

It is host presented and co-produced  by Nicki Bannerman, executively produced by Nicki Bannerman and Juliette Nicholls and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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Louise Minchin is a journalist, news presenter and a well know regular anchor on BBC Breakfast. She has covered sport from football to the Olympics and Louise was also a radio production assistant on the Today Programme and has been on The One Show and Radio 5 Live.

The Influential Women Podcast talks to Louise about her career and how accidentally fell into become a triathlete from a challenge she was set by BBC Breakfast. We also discuss with Louise, her journey with Menopause and how she dealt with the symptoms.

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Jessica Bennett is a New York Times editor at large covering politics, gender and culture. Jessica was appointed The New York Times’ first gender editor as part of an initiative to expand coverage of women and gender issues across platforms. In that role, she contributed to the coverage of #MeToo and was the editor of This Is 18, an immersive look at the lives of 18 year old girls around the world.

The Influential Women Podcast talks to Jessica about her experiences as a woman in a male dominated industry and how it affected her. Jessica tells us about how she was part of a womens group and how that supported her to overcome the adversity and didn’t let it stop her pursuing her career.

It is host presented and co-produced  by Nicki Bannerman, executively produced by Nicki Bannerman and Juliette Nicholls and produced by Saffron Mirza.

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