GAM's guest today is the ground-breaking author of young adult fiction, Sophie Jo. Whose most recent book, 'Red Flags' was published in February this year. Sophie Jo is passionate about helping teens understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and explores these themes through the characters in her novels.

Join GAM's own Bea Harmston as she deftly dives into the depths of Sophie Jo's exceptional writing.

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Our guest today is the OG firestarter: Shannon Watts, founder of the largest grassroots organisation in the US, Moms Demand Action. From her initial Facebook post the day after the Sandy Hooks massacre, to a membership of 11 million, Shannon has been campaigning for public safety measures to protect people from gun violence since 2012.

A true force of nature, Shannon's begun to channel her incredible energy to benefit other women's personal goals. Through her book, Fired Up, and her Firestarter University programme, we now officially have a place to challenge self-imposed limitations, and live out our potential.

Women Are Mad - Women's Anger, Psychotherapy

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Today, Jen accompanies the Labour MP Stella Creasy on a voyage through the thorny topics of women's body rights, expressing emotion at work, and the Tom Hardy small screen deficit.

Tune in for a vital exploration of the hottest issues of the day...

Therapist - Jennifer Cox - Psychotherapist

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Helen-Marie is an angel. And she's a therapist. She's a therapeutic angel, who's book Choose You: Gentle Words To Help You Heal And Grow brings acres of calm and reassurance, helping you set boundaries and understand your emotions more clearly. She's been a firm friend and champion of the pod for a while now, so we were thrilled to finally coax her on to talk to us about what makes her mad.

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Julie Mae Cohen is the master of feminist revenge fantasy. Today, Jen is without Salima's steadying influence, and goes fairly rogue - 'inviting' Julie to take a turn around the more chaotic borders of WAM's garden. Where they 'enjoy' sights which include the spooky (and hilarious?!) realms of the afterlife, a light smattering of politics and the shadows of true crime. The best of times. And if you like this, you'll LOVE Julie's latest revenge thriller, Body Count, where a socialite muddles romance with homicide. Just up your street!

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GAM is back, with our very own and very exceptional Bea Harmston steering that majestic ship on behalf of our younger listeners.

Today, she speaks to the phenomenal Jasmine Isa Qureshi - intersectional writer, activist and ecologist, whose combination of philosophical thought and care for nature is at the forefront of all of their work. What an incredible pair. Enjoy!

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Adele Parks is the woman you'll want beside you for every major life event. And even every minor one.

She's WAM to the core, and we revel in her wisdom and worldview. Thank you Adele, for your wit and warmth. And for bringing us your sensational new book Our Beautiful Mess (you might have read it by now, as it was an INSTANT Sunday Times Bestseller, and we're a bit on the back foot after allowing ourselves a break - what? A BREAK?! Women having A BREAK?? But this book certainly buoyed up our summer...)

Get involved and GET COSY with Adele Parks this autumn!

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The WAM Fam is reunited! There's quite a lot of excitement back at base about this, admittedly.

But we're maybe even more excited about our guest: the brilliant Otegha Uwagba — bestselling author, culture journalist, and Grazia columnist. Otegha is the author of Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women - a career guide which became a cult classic - as well as the critically acclaimed We Need to Talk About Money and Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods. She now writes Culture Debrief, a brilliant column for Grazia UK, where she dissects the stories shaping our culture today.

We loved this rich convo, exploring identity, cultural emblems and the psychology of self.

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In this episode, Esther Coren talks frankly about how she's handled rejection, ego-death and learning to accept advice. It's a rich, rewarding share and you won't be disappointed!

And, if you can't get enough of Esther after gorging on her writerly reveals, you can now indulge in her debut novel, 'Well, This Is Awkward'...

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WAM Series 8 has landed!

And we couldn't think of anyone better to celebrate with, than disco queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Come join the listen-party, as Sophie takes us on a journey through her emotional life landscape - pausing for reflection at key chapters, from her childhood and younger years navigating the music industry, all the way through to steering her own family along the path to independence.

Sophie is refreshingly honest about how she handles these unique pressures. Just the way you like it.

Ooh, and her FABULOUS new album, Perimenopop, is out on 12th September! Which will obv be on a loop at WAM HQ.

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