The Women's Podcast The Irish Times
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The Women's Podcast, hosted by Róisín Ingle & Kathy Sheridan. Producers: Róisín Ingle and Suzanne Brennan.
By women, for everyone.
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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, Brierton, a self-described ‘accidental’ poet, joins Róisín Ingle to talk about her new book, Everybody Is A Poem. It’s s beautiful collection covering themes of love, loss, menopause, midlife, the mental load, self-acceptance, and much more. Brierton talks about the real-life events which inspired her latest batch of poetry and recites a couple of her favourites.
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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 touching the sculpture’s breasts. In this episode, Cripwell tells Róisín Ingle how she’s launched the ‘Leave Molly mAlone’ campaign with the aim of stopping this “misogynistic” tradition and to protest against the mockery and objectification of the city’s beloved statue.
Later on, we’ll also be hearing about another worthy campaign, called ‘Leave our Leave’, run by the Irish Cancer Society. It focuses on the 60 women each year in Ireland, who receive a cancer diagnosis during or just after their pregnancy, who are not able to defer their maternity leave during this period. That’s despite men being able to defer their paternity leave following a diagnosis. To understand why this is the case and how it directly impacts women, Kathy Sheridan speaks to cancer survivor Emma McGuinness and CEO of the Irish cancer society Averil Power.
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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 in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the majority of which have been women and children. The UN and Human Rights Watch have called it a “war on women”, with an average of 63 women killed every single day, mostly in their own homes. There are also around 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, with 180 per day giving birth in unimaginable conditions. To talk about the current situation in Palestine and the difficulties of getting aid to those who need it most, Róisín Ingle is joined by Fikr Shalltoot, a Gazan woman and director with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). We also hear from MayKay Geraghty, musician and member of the Irish Artists for Palestine collective, who, on March 15th, will release a stunning cover of Sinead O’Connors ‘Black Boys on Mopeds’, to raise much needed funds for the Lajee Centre in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank.
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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 definition of family as outlined in the Irish Constitution and proposes expanding the definition to recognise durable relationships. The second referendum proposes the removal of the reference to women’s duties in the home, instead replacing it with language recognising care within the family. To explore all sides of the arguments on the yes and no side, Róisín Ingle is joined by former barrister and journalist Laura Perrins and visual artist Aideen Barry. Irish Times political correspondent Jennifer Bray is also here to set out what voters are being asked, what the changes will mean and what concerns have been raised regarding the amendments.
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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 Women’s Diaries. It’s a captivating collection of diary entries from women, looking back over four centuries, to discover how their experience of everyday life has changed down the years and also how it hasn’t. It includes entries from some remarkable women like Virginia Woolf, Oprah Winfrey, Anne Frank, Louisa May Alcott and even Queen Victoria. In this conversation, Gristwood talks about the inspiration behind the collection, the common themes that pop up throughout like anger, frustration and lust and what these intimate musings have taught her about the variety and richness of the female experience.
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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 well, you’ll likely know of the debilitating effects that can come with a perfectionist’s constant quest for excellence. So why does it manifest and who is more likely to struggle with it? To explore this world of impossibly high standards. Kathy Sheridan is joined by clinical hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan and author and writer Edel Coffey. Brennan explains what causes perfectionism, why more women than men are likely to suffer from it and the ways we can overcome it, while Coffey shares her personal experience of being a perfectionist, how it has affected different aspects of her life and the joy of finally letting go.
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Customer Reviews
Always interesting
My favorite episodes of this podcast are the book club episodes. I've learned about a lot of great Irish Women writers from Roisin and her fellow book clubbers. She always does a good job of covering current events and social issues too. I look forward to this podcast every week.
Best podcast for women
I am an American but I still find the issues universally relevant. This is my absolute favorite podcast. I have even gone back and listened to the ones from 2018 forward. Even when it’s a subject that I don’t think will interest me, it always does. Please don’t stop doing what you’re doing, Rosin and Kathy Patty, St Louis, Mo, United States
Wonderful interview with Sinéad!
I didn’t want the interview to end. I am so fortunate I found your podcast. What I loved the most is the fact that you, as the interviewer, clearly admired her and appreciated her all the while having loads of fun. I’ve seen/heard so many interviews where the interviewer is about as stiff as the undead—robotic, uninformed. She was raw, completely herself with you. I absolutely loved it! I wish there were more of those interviews 😔
I am still gutted by the absence of her living presence in this world. Her words, her life, her voice, her courage and badassery —these all affected and inspired me deeply. And, this is so odd for me because I did not know her personally and yet, I grieve as though my sister has died. I am the same age as she is. I first heard her sing (way before “Nothing Compares to You”) as a young person trying to figure myself out in San Francisco. Her voice screamed my soul into the Universe and has ever since.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear Sinéad. And thank you, Roísín, for such a beautiful remembrance and for your work 💕🙏🏼❤️