The Women's Podcast

In this episode some of our favourite contributors to The Women's Podcast share their summer stories. Marian Keyes tells us about her summer holiday to Laos, Louise McSharry on getting 'beach body ready' and Tara Flynn on that oh-so-Irish summer. We also hear Shampa Lahiri in praise of New to the Parish and this week's Herstory is patriot and psychiatrist, Ada English.

In this episode some of our favourite contributors to The Women's Podcast share their summer stories. Marian Keyes tells us about her summer holiday to Laos, Louise McSharry on getting 'beach body ready' and Tara Flynn on that oh-so-Irish summer. We also hear Shampa Lahiri in praise of New to the Parish and this week's Herstory is patriot and psychiatrist, Ada English.

In this episode the head of diversity at Dropbox talks unconscious bias, Bernice Harrison and Tara Flynn take a look at the hottest summer reads and our Herstory is Waterford's Dora Jordan, 18th century comic actor and royal mistress. And Grainne Loughran takes a look at the #brutallyrefreshing controversy over those Sprite ads.

In this episode the head of diversity at Dropbox talks unconscious bias, Bernice Harrison and Tara Flynn take a look at the hottest summer reads and our Herstory is Waterford's Dora Jordan, 18th century comic actor and royal mistress. And Grainne Loughran takes a look at the #brutallyrefreshing controversy over those Sprite ads.

In this episode, jazz musician Carina Fitzpatrick tells host Kathy Sheridan her political motivation for going topless at Knockanstockan music festival, an act which nearly got her arrested. British comedian Shappi Khorsandi talks to Roisin Ingle about her debut novel Nina Is Not Ok. Author Eimear McBride tells Sorcha Pollak about her recent visit to the West Bank. And our Herstory this week is the Co Armagh astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

In this episode, jazz musician Carina Fitzpatrick tells host Kathy Sheridan her political motivation for going topless at Knockanstockan music festival, an act which nearly got her arrested. British comedian Shappi Khorsandi talks to Roisin Ingle about her debut novel Nina Is Not Ok. Author Eimear McBride tells Sorcha Pollak about her recent visit to the West Bank. And our Herstory this week is the Co Armagh astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

It's less than two weeks to go until the Olympic Games, and in this week's episode Jennifer Ryan talks to three women heading off to Rio to represent Ireland. One of our listeners responds to Tanya Sweeney's column last week on masculinity asking why it sometimes seems as though feminists must "tip-toe around male egos". And in this week's Herstory we find out about Co Louth archer Beatrice Hill-Lowe, the first Irish woman to compete at the Olympics winning a bronze medal at the 1908 games.

It's less than two weeks to go until the Olympic Games, and in this week's episode Jennifer Ryan talks to three women heading off to Rio to represent Ireland. One of our listeners responds to Tanya Sweeney's column last week on masculinity asking why it sometimes seems as though feminists must "tip-toe around male egos". And in this week's Herstory we find out about Co Louth archer Beatrice Hill-Lowe, the first Irish woman to compete at the Olympics winning a bronze medal at the 1908 games.

In this episode we bring you women from all over the world: Germany's Andrea C Hoffmann is the author of a harrowing but important book The Girl Who Beat Isis, about teenage Farida who in 2014 was sold as a sex slave by Isis in Iraq. We have a stunning performance from Palestinian refugee and acclaimed spoken word artist Rafeef Ziadah recorded in Dublin's Abbey theatre. Shannon protester Margaretta D'arcy reads a poem from her book Guantanamo Granny and our Herstory is little known comic actress Ada Rehan from Limerick.

In this episode we bring you women from all over the world: Germany's Andrea C Hoffmann is the author of a harrowing but important book The Girl Who Beat Isis, about teenage Farida who in 2014 was sold as a sex slave by Isis in Iraq. We have a stunning performance from Palestinian refugee and acclaimed spoken word artist Rafeef Ziadah recorded in Dublin's Abbey theatre. Shannon protester Margaretta D'arcy reads a poem from her book Guantanamo Granny and our Herstory is little known comic actress Ada Rehan from Limerick.