The Women's Podcast

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 talk to women heading off on holidays and to travel experts who have tips to make the most of your summer break. Tanya Sweeney gives her take on #notallmen and "masculinity in crisis". And our Herstory this week is Co Wicklow woman Lizzie Le Blond, who conquered the Alps over a hundred years ago to become one of the first mountain climbers in the world.

In this episode, we talk to women heading off on holidays and to travel experts who have tips to make the most of your summer break. Tanya Sweeney gives her take on #notallmen and "masculinity in crisis". And our Herstory this week is Co Wicklow woman Lizzie Le Blond, who conquered the Alps over a hundred years ago to become one of the first mountain climbers in the world.

In this episode, we have women in the Irish army, women in prisons and a woman (from Dalkey, in Dublin) who rose to the top of the New York publishing world. Jennifer Ryan meets women in the Irish Defence Forces to find out about the work they do. Una Mullally reports from New York on the fourth series of Orange is the New Black. And our HerStory Ireland woman this week is Carmel Snow, who for twenty years from 1934 was the editor of Harper's Bazaar.

In this episode, we have women in the Irish army, women in prisons and a woman (from Dalkey, in Dublin) who rose to the top of the New York publishing world. Jennifer Ryan meets women in the Irish Defence Forces to find out about the work they do. Una Mullally reports from New York on the fourth series of Orange is the New Black. And our HerStory Ireland woman this week is Carmel Snow, who for twenty years from 1934 was the editor of Harper's Bazaar.

This episode was recorded on the Wonderlust stage in front of an audience at the Body & Soul festival, on the grounds of Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, Kathy Sheridan hosts an invigorating discussion spanning working class women, feminism and changing the world with Senator Lynn Ruane, theatre maker Grace Dyas and Future Voices Mairead Healy. There is comedy from Tara Flynn and music from Anna Mieke Bishop in our special festival episode.

This episode was recorded on the Wonderlust stage in front of an audience at the Body & Soul festival, on the grounds of Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, Kathy Sheridan hosts an invigorating discussion spanning working class women, feminism and changing the world with Senator Lynn Ruane, theatre maker Grace Dyas and Future Voices Mairead Healy. There is comedy from Tara Flynn and music from Anna Mieke Bishop in our special festival episode.

Sorcha Pollak presents our Sex & Tech episode which explores the ways in which technology is impacting our sex lives. Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn, talks to Kathy Sheridan about real sex vs porn sex and why society needs to grow up when it comes to discussing these issues. Tech journalist Ciara O'Brien brings us the low down on the newest sex gadgets and Sorcha Pollak talks to a panel of experts about the latest toys, virtual reality porn and sex robots.

Sorcha Pollak presents our Sex & Tech episode which explores the ways in which technology is impacting our sex lives. Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn, talks to Kathy Sheridan about real sex vs porn sex and why society needs to grow up when it comes to discussing these issues. Tech journalist Ciara O'Brien brings us the low down on the newest sex gadgets and Sorcha Pollak talks to a panel of experts about the latest toys, virtual reality porn and sex robots.

It's 10 years since The Irish Times moved from Fleet Street in Dublin to our current offices in a shiny tower of glass on Tara Street. To mark the move, we invited some of the most talented journalists from print, online and broadcasting to tell us the stories of their careers. In the first of our Story Times episodes hosted by Kathy Sheridan, Olivia O'Leary, Kitty Holland, Anne Harris. Bairbre Power, Catherine Cleary, Dearbhail McDonald and more tell us the stories that changed the narrative.

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