The Women's Podcast

It's one year since a twitterstorm sparked by the Abbey Theatre's male dominated Waking the Nation programme prompted a hashtag and an international movement #Wakingthefeminists. Founder Lian Bell looks back on an eventful year with host Kathy Sheridan while historian Dr Brenda Donohue explores the impact. The author of Trapped in Iran Samieh Hezari talks to Roisin Ingle about her desperate attempt to bring her Irish born daughter home to Ireland. This week's Herstory is Celia Harrison, a painter and feminist from Holywood, Co Down.

In this episode, guest presented by Bernice Harrison, the author of Girls & Sex Peggy Orenstein talks to Kathy Sheridan about why the way we talk to girls about sex is vitally important for their happiness. FT columnist Lucy Kellaway tells Roisin Ingle about Brexit and Looking The Business and we talk about what Budget 17 means for women and families with particular reference to childcare. Our Herstory this week is Dubliner Kathleen Delap of the Irish Countrywoman's Association.

In this episode, guest presented by Bernice Harrison, the author of Girls & Sex Peggy Orenstein talks to Kathy Sheridan about why the way we talk to girls about sex is vitally important for their happiness. FT columnist Lucy Kellaway tells Roisin Ingle about Brexit and Looking The Business and we talk about what Budget 17 means for women and families with particular reference to childcare. Our Herstory this week is Dubliner Kathleen Delap of the Irish Countrywoman's Association.

Host Kathy Sheridan talks to the wise and hilarious British author/newspaper columnist/beauty guru India Knight about Brexit, Trump, Theresa May her pugnacious husband-to-be former MP Eric Joyce and the best hairbrush ever. Knight also gives her views on Ireland's restrictive abortion laws. Later, in a powerful report Kathleen Harris shares what she learnt while reporting on consent workshops in Irish universities and Jennifer Ryan has this week's Herstory on 1916 hero Brigid Lyons Thornton.

Host Kathy Sheridan talks to the wise and hilarious British author/newspaper columnist/beauty guru India Knight about Brexit, Trump, Theresa May her pugnacious husband-to-be former MP Eric Joyce and the best hairbrush ever. Knight also gives her views on Ireland's restrictive abortion laws. Later, in a powerful report Kathleen Harris shares what she learnt while reporting on consent workshops in Irish universities and Jennifer Ryan has this week's Herstory on 1916 hero Brigid Lyons Thornton.

This week's podcast was recorded in The Irish Times as part of Culture Night in association with the Herstory movement. In what is the first of a series of Herstory Salons, our panel included Irish Times columnist and playwright Hilary Fannin, history lecturer Dr Jennifer Redmond and Professor Linda Doyle of Trinity College Dublin. They discussed the significance of salons for women throughout history, the thrill of rediscovering lost stories of women and the importance of women engaging in the latest technological developments including the Internet of Things. Presented by Kathy Sheridan there is music from MayKay of Fight Like Apes (Kathy's daughter!) plus eloquent exchanges of views on everything from iconic female musicians to #WakingTheFeminists.

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This week's podcast was recorded in The Irish Times as part of Culture Night in association with the Herstory movement. In what is the first of a series of Herstory Salons, our panel included Irish Times columnist and playwright Hillary Fannin, history lecturer Dr Jennifer Redmond and Professor Linda Doyle of Trinity College Dublin. They discussed the significance of salons for women throughout history, the thrill of rediscovering lost stories of women and the importance of women engaging in the latest technological developments including the Internet of Things. Presented by Kathy Sheridan there is music from MayKay of Fight Like Apes (Kathy's daughter!) plus eloquent exchanges of views on everything from iconic female musicians to #WakingTheFeminists.

This week's podcast was recorded in The Irish Times as part of Culture Night in association with the Herstory movement. In what is the first of a series of Herstory Salons, our panel included Irish Times columnist and playwright Hillary Fannin, history lecturer Dr Jennifer Redmond and Professor Linda Doyle of Trinity College Dublin. They discussed the significance of salons for women throughout history, the thrill of rediscovering lost stories of women and the importance of women engaging in the latest technological developments including the Internet of Things. Presented by Kathy Sheridan there is music from MayKay of Fight Like Apes (Kathy's daughter!) plus eloquent exchanges of views on everything from iconic female musicians to #WakingTheFeminists.

This week on The Women's Podcast we welcome some men into the studio for a lively discussion sparked by the How to be a Man series running in The Irish Times this week. Our host Kathy Sheridan talks to Irish Times journalists Patrick Freyne and Mark Paul about everything from mansplaining to #notallmen, rape culture to modern feminism. John Evoy, founder of the Men's Sheds movement, explains why that organisation is needed. And later Roisin Ingle talks to The Spinning Heart author Donal Ryan about boyhood in small town Ireland and getting inside a troubled pregnant woman's head in his new book All We Shall Know. This week's Herstory is Skibbereen's Agnes Clerke.

This week on The Women's Podcast we welcome some men into the studio for a lively discussion sparked by the How to be a Man series running in The Irish Times this week. Our host Kathy Sheridan talks to Irish Times journalists Patrick Freyne and Mark Paul about everything from mansplaining to #notallmen, rape culture to modern feminism. John Evoy, founder of the Men's Sheds movement, explains why that organisation is needed. And later Roisin Ingle talks to The Spinning Heart author Donal Ryan about boyhood in small town Ireland and getting inside a troubled pregnant woman's head in his new book All We Shall Know. This week's Herstory is Skibbereen's Agnes Clerke.