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Deborah Joseph is a leader among women. She is a champion of diversity in the beauty industry and has brought body positivity into the limelight. She fights for equal pay and better work-life balance, she's appalled by everyday sexism, and she refuses to stay in the box which society has tried to carve out for her. We are thrilled to bring you such an inspirational, yet amazingly down-to-earth woman, and feel sure that your hackles will rise with hers.
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Claire Cohen is one of the foremost voices of this generation on the female experience. She writes on everything from friendship to our physical suffering. Her book BFF: The Truth About Female Friendships explores the reality of maintaining and even sometimes ending friendships, interviewing the likes of Emma Barnett and Pandora Sykes, to form a manifesto on the relationships which get us through.
Claire's award-winning journalism has set the campaigning agenda for women's health, on topics from endometriosis to medical sexism. She writes regularly for The Times, The Guardian and Vogue, winning the British Society of Magazine Editors' Womens' Editor Of The Year Award. Listen in to find yourself a new BFF.
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Pro-ageing storyteller and Hollywood screenwriter Heidi Clements is an oracle of wisdom and honesty. She uses social media to dispense her incredible learnings on life and love whilst getting dressed in fashion-forward accoutrements. There's something powerful about this intimate act; the creation of a safe, shared, feminine space. She has so much to teach about understanding, compassion and not standing for bullsh*t. To Women Are Mad, this woman is an icon. If you haven't yet heard what she has to say, you're going to want to.
Recorded in February 2024
TW: Sexual abuse
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Join us for a vibrant discussion about justice and womanhood with woman of the hour Kelechi Okafor. Kelechi Okafor is an actor, writer and social commentator. Her book Edge of Here explores with limitless scope the experience of contemporary Black womanhood. Whilst her children's book Strong Like Me encourages children to celebrate all forms of strength. In this episode, Kelechi Okafor brings her unrivalled insight and laser-sharp thinking to issues of race, justice and womanhood.
It's not often you hear women carving out a space to dig deep into race politics. Especially with warmth, love and humour. Kelechi Okafor sets a high but exceptionally inclusive bar.
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Jessica Knappett is a comedian, actress and writer, who’s wowed us in some of the best British comedy of this century, from Avoidance to Taskmaster to the Inbetweeners movie to her own long-running sitcom Drifters. In this episode the extremely talented Jessica Knappett talks about having it all (or not) and passive aggression from people and furniture.
Knappett is the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom Drifters, in which she played Meg. She has described the show as a semi-autobiographical and therapeutic re-writing of her own history.
Knappett played Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie and appeared in the Alan Partridge Movie Alpha Papa and the TV film Irreversible. Jessica's appearances on panel shows include 8 Out of 10 Cats, Hypothetical, and The Last Leg. She was a contestant on the seventh season of Dave's comedy gameshow Taskmaster, falling off the stage during a task in one episode. The stage extension was later named The Knappett in her honour.
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The memoirist Bryony Gordon is unparalleled in using her talent to bring the raw honesty of her experiences to other women. Generosity and a desire to help others shines through and defines her copious achievements. In this episode, Bryony talks everything from running with boobs to bullying. Bryony's new book, Mad Woman is the hotly anticipated follow-up to bestseller, Mad Girl.
Since 2006, Gordon has written the "Notebook" column which appears each Thursday in The Daily Telegraph, as well as additional special features. In 2007, Gordon was shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year, at the British Press Awards.
In June 2014, Gordon published her first book, The Wrong Knickers: A Decade of Chaos, a memoir. In 2016, Gordon published her second book, Mad Girl, a memoir about her struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bulimia, alopecia and drug dependency.
This episode was recorded in March 2024.
Bryony is running the Brighton Marathon in April 2024 to raise money for Mental Health Mates. Support her here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/BryonysBigChallenge
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Stacey Duguid speaks her mind. And we love it. She’s a wise and welcome voice in the notoriously fickle world of fashion. Here, she shares her feelings on everything from parenting to Instagram oversteps.
In 2004, Stacey joined British ELLE as Fashion Editor and during this time, she wrote the award-winning column, Mademoiselle, Confessions of an ELLE girl. Featuring on the back cover of ELLE for half a decade, the column was a fictionalised version of her life as a single woman living in London. She was the Fashion Editor of British ELLE magazine for 10 years. Stacey is regularly commissioned to write for the Sunday Times Style, where she trials fashion trends with her signature humour.
Stacey’s debut book, In Pursuit of Happiness, is an honest and often humorous journey of divorce and dating, or, of mating, motherhood, marriage, money and mayhem.
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Alison Spittle is has an eye for the absurd. From her stand-up to her TV work to her play-writing, Alison offers a new angle. Much of her anger focuses on injustice, and she talks to us about the misogyny and harassment she’s faced within her industry. As well as what she’s done about it.
Voted one of British Comedy Guide’s best reviewed artists of the Edinburgh Fringe, this funny woman has appeared on You’re Dead To Me, Guilty Feminist and The Gargle. She’s the co-host of BBC Sounds’ hugely popular Wheel of Misfortune podcast with Kerry Katona. She's currently on tour around the UK with her ridiculously funny show Soup, centred around her love of this hot liquidy food stuff.
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Rebecca Reid's journalistic truth-telling and infamous debates with Piers Morgan are the stuff of legend. Her book, The Power of Rude, is a WAM must-read.
When journalist Rebecca Reid sushed a man who was speaking over her on Good Morning Britain the tabloids labelled her as ‘Rude Rebecca’. Tarred with this label, she got to wondering if the fear of being rude is actually holding women back?
In her brilliant book, The Power of Rude, Rebecca discusses the way women are constantly worrying about being polite. And how the fear of being rude leads us to uncomfortable and even self-destructive situations. For example, the woman who let her cousin practice kissing on her (because she didn't want to be rude!) and the vegan woman who ate an entire pork chop (because she didn't want to be rude!).
Join us as we discuss how this inability to be ‘rude’ results in pent up anger. And we explore how refreshing and releasing it can be to say what you actually think.
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Hatty Ashdown is infectiously funny. Her talent finds its home in her many sitcoms and live performances. It also lodges itself firmly into the brilliant Funny Mummies podcast. And, it turns out, the Women Are Mad podcast. Hatty shares her thoughts on how to be a good ally to those who are grieving and how a recent 'life event' is impacting her anger levels. We love Hatty's openness and authenticity, and we love the straightforward light she shines on the absurdity of social convention.
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British comedian and author Shaparak Khorsandi has a rare talent for bringing the unlikely together in a seamless and poignant way. In this episode, she deftly uses the skill to steer us through the reality of romance, and what repressing her rage has meant for her life and career. A must-listen.
Trigger warning: sexual assault
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Sara is a breath of fresh air. Punchiness and straight talk are hallmarks of her critically-acclaimed comedy, which you'll recognise from her regular TV appearances and sell-out live shows. She absolutely embraced the spirit of Women Are Mad, and didn't hold back on giving us the controversial lowdown. We mulled over why she's conflict averse with other women but finds it easy to get mad with men. We loved her frankness and honesty, and feel she offers a healthy role-model template for us all.
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If school successfully killed your love of poetry, Donna Ashworth is the woman to resurrect it. Donna's ability to absolutely capture the joy and pain of daily life has in turn captured the nation's hearts, as evidenced by her bestselling anthologies. Here, Donna talks us through what makes her mad, from family role-casting to women tearing each other down. We absolutely fell in love with Donna's clarity of thought and passion, and we're sure you will too.
Note: The intro to this episode was recorded December 2023. The interview with Donna was recorded in October 2023.
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Sangeeta Pillai is an award-winning activist, writer and creator of Soul Sutras, but above all else, she is a woman's woman. From choosing to not have children to struggling with self-doubt, our conversation with Sangeeta explores how women's hatred of our own voices can be fundamental to holding us back.
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Sophie Heawood is a journalist and writer, and author of The Hungover Games. We talk everything from single parenthood to women's martyrdom. By the end of the conversation, we wanted Sophie as our best friend. We suspect you will too.
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Minna Dubin is the author of bestselling Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood. We discuss how Minna’s candid exploration of her own anger during the pandemic resonated with women across the globe. Along the way we dig into the importance of female friendship and how men get scared when we express the full spectrum of our emotions.
Recorded on 20th September 2023
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Our guest this week personifies both resilience and kindness. Through her own struggles, she offers hope to others. From her ambassadorship of mental health and homelessness charities, to her newly forged comedy career, this woman never stops giving. Gail Porter’s anger is directed mostly towards social injustice, and she targets little of it towards those who have wronged her. We were bowled over by this woman, and think you will be too.
Episode recorded: Monday 9th October 2023
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Soraya Chemaly is the feminist voice of our time. Her extraordinary capacity to see the whole picture with unrivalled clarity serves as an inspiration to us all. Soraya's authenticity and bravery are beacons of light in a turbulent global situation, and her book Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger, is our bible at WAM HQ.
This conversation was recorded on 6th October 2023 and covers a range of topics from how men react to women's anger and the power that anger has to drive change.
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This episode is a Women's Health Special. Our guest has brought the menopause into public conversation. Now, she's bringing it to ours. Her tireless work and dedication to women's health is awe-inspiring. But this wouldn't be Women Are Mad without asking Dr Louise Newson what makes HER angry. From medical gaslighting, to the shutdown she faces within the profession, Dr Newson shares all. As well as some great tips to listeners for managing their own hormonal health.
Recorded in September 2023
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Do you love Motherland? Then you're going to love our convo with show writer Helen Serafinowicz! Helen shares what makes her mad, from ghosts to kitchen extensions to the sound of people eating. To the realities of campaigning to amend abortion laws. Helen is wry, sharp and, much like her hit TV show, highly relatable.
Recorded on 25th September 2023
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