The Women's Podcast

The Women's Podcast


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Election 2024: What are the parties promising women?
November 21, 2024

With the General Election campaign in full swing and just over a week to go until polling day, political parties are making all sorts of promises to garner votes and ensure they make it into the next Government. On the campaign trail, the focus has been p

What teenage girls wish their mothers knew
November 14, 2024

In todays episode, Chelsey Goodan aka the teenage whisperer joins Risn Ingle to talk about her new book Underestimated: The Power and Wisdom of Teenage Girls. Its an empowering guide to better understand our teen daughters, stemming from Goodan's 16

The Trump nightmare / Donna Ashworth’s soothing words
November 07, 2024

Yesterday, in what for many of us is an utterly depressing turn of events, the American people voted for Donald Trump to become the next President of the United States. Its an historic development, as he becomes the first-ever convicted felon to be elect

US Election Gender Divide / What Jenny and Mairéad Know Now
October 31, 2024

With the US election just days away, Irish Times columnist and co-presenter of The Womens Podcast Kathy Sheridan joins Risn Ingle to talk about how the election has become a battle of the sexes, with Donald Trump pulling strong support from male voters

Simone Gannon: Beauty through the ages
October 24, 2024

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, shes been entertaining us with her weekly beauty column, where she experiments with the latest trends, imparts

The Book Club: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
October 20, 2024

This month on The Womens Podcast Book Club, Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Risn Ingle, and Ann Ingle discuss Sally Rooney's long-awaited fourth novel, Intermezzo.The novel centres on the lives of two brothers: Peter, a lawyer, and Ivan, a chess prodigy

Eavan Boland Library and Mary Lavin Place: the movement for more spaces named after women
October 17, 2024

Last week, Trinity College announced that the main library in its city centre campus has been renamed after Irish poet Eavan Boland. It will be the first building on Trinity's grounds to be named after a woman. This week, in more good news for Irish femal

Bella Mackie: Anxiety, acceptance and armchair detectives
October 10, 2024

Bella Mackies debut novel, How to Kill Your Family, sold over one million copies, and now shes back with her second book, What a Way to Go. Its a hilariously dark whodunnit that centres on the death of an extremely rich yet extremely unpleasant man,

Ruth Crilly: How Not to be a Supermodel
October 03, 2024

Today, Risn Ingle is joined by author, content creator and veteran fashion model Ruth Crilly. In her new memoir, How Not to be a Supermodel, Crilly lifts the lid on her days spent working as a model in one of the biggest talent agencies in the world. To

Book Club: The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey
September 26, 2024

After a short hiatus, the book club is back with Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Risn and Ann Ingle discussing The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey. The book explores the complexities of family dynamics, religious beliefs, women's rights, and Ireland's history