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The Women's Podcast
A female take on Ireland and the world. Hosted by Róisín Ingle, the show is packed full of feminism, humour, health, politics, sex, storytelling, relationships and more. The podcast is produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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Episodes
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Sonya Lennon: Helping women back to work
WorkEqual is the brainchild of Sonya Lennon, stylist, designer and social entrepreneur. It’s a free service, which helps women find the confidence to enter or…
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Eleanor McEvoy: Thrifting, touring and healing from heartache
This September, Oxfam is encouraging people to take a stance against the impact of fast fashion and to shop second hand. With the textile sector contributing…
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Bella DePaulo: The power, freedom and joy of single life
At seventy years old, psychologist and author Dr. Bella DePaulo has been happily single her entire life. Having never felt the need to couple up, DePaulo…
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Mrs Robinson: A portrait of Ireland's first female President
In this episode, Aideen Finnegan sits down with former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and film director Aoife Kelleher to talk about their brand new film…
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Elif Shafak: There are Rivers in the Sky
There are Rivers in the Sky is the brand new novel from Turkish-British author Elif Shafak. The book is a “love letter to water”, but also a reflection on the…
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The sinister side of the tradwife movement
Earlier this year, influencer Hannah Neeleman made headlines after taking part in a beauty pageant just 12 days after giving birth to her eighth child. Last…
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Rosemary Murphy: The 40 year-old medical student (and mother of 12)
This episode was originally published in August 2023. Rosemary Murphy, a dynamic 40-year-old woman from Dolphin’s Barn in Dublin, had two major goals from…
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America’s first female president? All eyes on Kamala Harris
This November, Americans will have the opportunity to elect their first female president. After securing enough support from her delegates, Vice President…
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Kitty Ruskin: A year of casual sex
At the beginning of 2019, writer and journalist Kitty Ruskin was young, free, and single and eager to give her sex life a bit of a shake-up. Having previously…
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Laura Dockrill: Love, longing & postpartum psychosis
Laura Dockrill was just 14 years old when she first set eyes on her husband, Maccabees guitarist Hugo White. The pair quickly began an intense relationship…
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Fiona McPhillips: When We Were Silent
In this episode, author and journalist Fiona McPhillips talks to Róisín Ingle about her new novel, When We Were Silent. It’s a thriller set in a Dublin convent…
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Ready For It? It’s our Taylor Swiftathon
The Queen of Pop, Taylor Swift, is finally back in Dublin this weekend, bringing her Eras tour to more than 150 thousand fans at the Aviva Stadium over three…
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Why engineering needs more women
Last year, just 23% of all engineering graduates in Ireland were women, while female engineers currently represent just 12% of the profession. Orlagh Costello…
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The Neuroscience of Manifesting: Sabina Brennan
According to psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan, we all have the power to manifest our dreams into reality. However, it has nothing to do with…
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Surviving the split: How to have a good divorce in Ireland
When it comes to getting divorced in Ireland, many couples end up going through the Irish courts to settle their separation agreements. This process often…
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Best of The Women’s Podcast: Caitlin Moran
A regular on The Women's Podcast, journalist and author Caitlin Moran was in Dublin recently as part of her latest book tour. As someone who regularly…
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Women in Politics: Battling the rising tide of abuse
The local and European elections are taking place in just over two weeks time, on Friday June 7th. Since the beginning of the campaign, there have been a…
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Marian Keyes: My Favourite Mistake
Author, podcaster and fond friend of the show, Marian Keyes is back with her sixteenth novel ‘My Favourite Mistake’. It follows Anna Walsh, as she ditches her…
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Childfree by choice: The women who choose not to have kids
In this episode, author Caroline Magennis talks to Róisín Ingle about her new book Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women. It’s a look beyond the often…
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Wallis Bird: 1000 years of female composers
It’s hard to believe the last time Wallis Bird was on the podcast was nearly five years ago in 2019. Since then, the Berlin-based musician has released two…
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Fertility on Ice: why more women are choosing to freeze their eggs
Last November, Pastiche, a pop singer-songwriter from Malahide in Co Dublin was diagnosed with endometriosis, more than a decade after her first symptoms of…
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Narcissistic mothers: How to handle one and how to heal
What does narcissism in mothers look like? According to psychotherapists Helen Villiers and Katie McKenna, the narcissistic mother can be “extremely critical…
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Rebecca Ivory: Free Therapy
In this episode, Róisín Ingle talks to debut author Rebecca Ivory about her new collection of short stories Free Therapy. The book takes its name from the…
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Simone Gannon: Beauty through the ages
Simone Gannon is a content creator, digital marketing expert and the new beauty writer at the Irish Times. Since the beginning of the new year, she’s been…
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Living with Endometriosis
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, so in this episode, we want to highlight the experience of two women living with the condition. Dearbhail Ormond is an…
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Jan Brierton: Everybody Is A Poem
It’s World Poetry Day today, so what better way to celebrate it than with one of our favourite poets and friend of the show, Jan Brierton. In this episode…
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Leave Molly mAlone / Protecting maternity leave for cancer patients
Tilly Cripwell, a 22 year-old musician, who regularly performs beside the Molly Malone statue in Dublin, is on a mission to stop people from inappropriately…
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International Women’s Day: The war on women in Palestine
This International Women’s Day, we are turning our attention to the plight of Palestinian women and children. So far, more than 30,000 people have been killed…
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The Referendum Special: Women, Home, Duties, Common Good, Care & Family
On International Women’s Day this year, March 8th, the Irish public will be asked to vote in two upcoming referendums. The first referendum concerns the…
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Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries
In this episode, Kathy Sheridan is joined by British author and journalist Sarah Gristwood, who has just released her new book, Secret Voices: A Year of…
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Overcoming perfectionism: Fiona Brennan and Edel Coffey
Being a perfectionist may sound like a good thing, but don’t let the name fool you. A perfectionist’s life is far from perfect. If you are one, or you know one…
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Make Gaeilge Great Again: Áine Gallagher and Mollie Guidera
In today’s episode, we’re dusting off our ‘cúpla focal’ and talking about the joys of Gaeilge with two Irish language innovators, Mollie Guidera, aka Múinteoir…
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Missing Persons: Clair Wills on the search for her secret cousin
In this episode, Kathy Sheridan is joined by British academic and author Clair Wills. In her new book Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother’s Secrets, Wills…
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Breakdown: Cathy Sweeney
Breakdown is the debut novel from author and former English teacher Cathy Sweeney. It tells the story of a disillusioned mother, living in a leafy suburb in…
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Breaking barriers: Inny Ekeolu and Aghogho Okpara
In this episode, we are joined by two young black-Irish women who have excelled in their respective fields of law and medicine, despite plenty of obstacles…
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Double Act: Millie Daniel-Dempsey and Amy Robyn Lyster
All singing, all dancing duo Honey and Lemon are bringing their new show Double Act to the Project Arts Theatre on January 18th. It’s a whistle-stop tour of…
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Your favourite episodes of 2023
This week, as we ease into the rhythm of a brand new year, we are taking the opportunity to bring you some highlights from your favourite episodes of The…
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The Women's Podcast 2023 Review
2023: It was a year that broke global temperature records, riots took over the streets of Dublin and the world looked on in horror as more than 20,000 people…
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The Book Club: Christmas gift recommendations
If you’re looking for a last minute gift idea, you can never go wrong with a good book. So that’s why we’ve gathered our book clubbers, Niamh Towey, Bernice…
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Remembering Rosemary Smith
Irish motorsport legend Rosemary Smith died last week at the age of 86. To pay tribute to the trailblazing rally driver, we want to bring you this interview…
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Taking Back My Power: ‘Revenge porn’ campaigner Georgia Harrison
In 2020, author and reality television star Georgia Harrison became a victim of so called ‘revenge porn’ when she was secretly recorded having sex with her ex…
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Emma Dabiri: Claiming your unruly beauty
Irish-Nigerian author and broadcaster Emma Dabiri is giving the middle finger to modern beauty standards. Growing up, Dabiri felt pressured to conform to…
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Justine McCarthy: An Eye on Ireland
In her new book, An Eye on Ireland, award-winning journalist and Irish Times columnist Justine McCarthy shares new and selected pieces of work from her…
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Cat Bohannon: How the female body drove evolution
In her new book Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, author Cat Bohannon explores the history and science behind the…
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The Book Club: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
At just 64-pages long, you could get through So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan in just one sitting. So if you haven’t read it yet, you’ve no excuse. The…
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Invisible woman syndrome: Why does it happen and what to do about it
Six years ago, when writer and psychotherapist Lucy Cavendish turned 50 , she began to feel like she didn’t fit in anymore. With her four children reared…
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Catherine Cleary: How to grow your own forest
Three years ago, Irish Times contributor Catherine Cleary decided to buy the cheapest land she could find in Ireland, with the dream of planting her own native…
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Best of The Women's Podcast: Elizabeth Day
Romantic love, widely elevated as a subject worth interrogating, tends to get a lot of attention while platonic friendship is woefully neglected in the public…
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Menopause: Claire Dinsmore on ‘the power years’
This week, marked World Menopause Day, a day to raise awareness and break the stigma around perimenopause and menopause. To celebrate this transitional period…
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Agnes O’Casey: Lies We Tell
A graduate of Dublin’s Lir Academy, English actress Agnes O’Casey made her big break in the highly acclaimed BBC series Ridley Road in 2021. Now the rising…
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Máiría Cahill: Rough Beast
Rough Beast: My Story and the Reality of Sinn Féin is the highly anticipated memoir from former Irish Senator Máiría Cahill. Growing up in west Belfast…
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Marian Keyes at 60: what the beloved, best-selling author has learned about life
Today we’re delighted to be joined by best-selling author and friend of the podcast Marian Keyes, who celebrated her 60th birthday earlier this month. In this…
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Sinéad Kennedy on the joys of solo travel
In this episode, author, travel writer and wellbeing coach Sinéad Kennedy joins Róisín Ingle to discuss her new book Life is a Cycle. It’s an honest and…
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There’s something about Mary McKenna / The Coil’s Lament
Mary McKenna is the CEO & Founder of Tour America & Cruise Holidays / The Travel Suite, one of Ireland’s most successful travel agencies. Founded in her…
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Anne Enright: The Wren, The Wren
Following on from the success of her 2020 novel Actress, Anne Enright is back with her latest book The Wren, The Wren. It’s a multi-generational story…
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Dublin Fringe Festival Friends: Sadhbh Malin and Sinéad Gallagher
The Dublin Fringe Festival kicks off next month on Saturday, the 9th of September. Once again, the festival features a stellar line up of women-led…
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The Book Club: Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood
This month our booker clubbers have been reading Old Babes in the Wood, a collection of short stories from award-winning author Margaret Atwood. The book…
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Rosemary Murphy: The 40 year-old medical student (and mother of 12)
Rosemary Murphy, a dynamic 40-year-old woman from Dolphin’s Barn in Dublin, had two major goals from childhood. The first was to have a large family. The…
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Elaine Feeney: Booker Prize Nominee
Irish author Elaine Feeney is nominated for the 2023 Booker Prize for her novel How to Build a Boat. The writer from Galway is one of four Irish authors and…
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Clit Bait: Everything you need to know about your clitoris
In this episode, we have two experts on hand to share their extensive knowledge of the clitoris, a much ignored and often overlooked part of the female body…