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The Women's Podcast
The Women's Podcast
The Irish Times

The Women's Podcast, hosted by Róisín Ingle & Kathy Sheridan. Producers: Róisín Ingle and Suzanne Brennan.By women, for everyone. Hosted on Acast.... more

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Episodes

What teenage girls wish their mothers knew

In today’s episode, Chelsey Goodan aka the “teenage whisperer” joins Róisín Ingle to talk about her new book Underestimated: The... more

14 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Trump nightmare / Donna Ashworth’s soothing words

Yesterday, in what for many of us is an utterly depressing turn of events, the American people voted for Donald... more

07 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
US Election Gender Divide / What Jenny and Mairéad Know Now

With the US election just days away, Irish Times columnist and co-presenter of The Women’s Podcast Kathy Sheridan joins Róisín... more

31 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
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... more

24 Oct 2024 · 52 minutes
The Book Club: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

This month on The Women’s Podcast Book Club, Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Róisín Ingle, and Ann Ingle discuss Sally Rooney's... more

20 Oct 2024 · 54 minutes
Eavan Boland Library and Mary Lavin Place: the movement for more spaces named after women

Last week, Trinity College announced that the main library in its city centre campus has been renamed after Irish poet... more

17 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
Bella Mackie: Anxiety, acceptance and armchair detectives

Bella Mackie’s debut novel, How to Kill Your Family, sold over one million copies, and now she’s back with her... more

10 Oct 2024 · 56 minutes
Ruth Crilly: How Not to be a Supermodel

Today, Róisín Ingle is joined by author, content creator and veteran fashion model Ruth Crilly. In her new memoir, How... more

03 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Book Club: The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey

After a short hiatus, the book club is back with Bernice Harrison, Niamh Towey, Róisín and Ann Ingle discussing The... more

26 Sep 2024 · 25 minutes
Laura Kennedy: Some of our Parts

Writer, philosopher, and friend of the show Laura Kennedy is here to discuss her first book, Some of Our Parts.... more

19 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
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... more

12 Sep 2024 · 42 minutes
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... more

05 Sep 2024 · 40 minutes
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... more

29 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
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... more

22 Aug 2024 · 25 minutes
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... more

15 Aug 2024 · 45 minutes
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... more

08 Aug 2024 · 40 minutes
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... more

01 Aug 2024 · 47 minutes
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,... more

25 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
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... more

18 Jul 2024 · 42 minutes
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... more

11 Jul 2024 · 45 minutes
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.... more

04 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
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... more

27 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
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... more

20 Jun 2024 · 36 minutes
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,... more

13 Jun 2024 · 38 minutes
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... more

06 Jun 2024 · 39 minutes
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... more

30 May 2024 · 53 minutes
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... more

23 May 2024 · 1 hour,
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... more

16 May 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
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.... more

09 May 2024 · 1 hour,
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.... more

02 May 2024 · 59 minutes
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... more

25 Apr 2024 · 45 minutes
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... more

18 Apr 2024 · 52 minutes
Rebecca Ivory: Free Therapy

In this episode, Róisín Ingle talks to debut author Rebecca Ivory about her new collection of short stories Free Therapy.... more

11 Apr 2024 · 42 minutes
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... more

04 Apr 2024 · 52 minutes
Living with Endometriosis

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, so in this episode, we want to highlight the experience of two women living with... more

28 Mar 2024 · 53 minutes
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... more

21 Mar 2024 · 33 minutes
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... more

14 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
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... more

07 Mar 2024 · 44 minutes
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.... more

29 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
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... more

22 Feb 2024 · 44 minutes
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... more

15 Feb 2024 · 53 minutes
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... more

08 Feb 2024 · 40 minutes
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,... more

01 Feb 2024 · 46 minutes
Breakdown: Cathy Sweeney

Breakdown is the debut novel from author and former English teacher Cathy Sweeney. It tells the story of a disillusioned... more

25 Jan 2024 · 53 minutes
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... more

18 Jan 2024 · 57 minutes
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... more

11 Jan 2024 · 35 minutes
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... more

04 Jan 2024 · 31 minutes
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... more

28 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
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... more

21 Dec 2023 · 41 minutes
Remembering Rosemary Smith

Irish motorsport legend Rosemary Smith died last week at the age of 86. To pay tribute to the trailblazing rally... more

14 Dec 2023 · 45 minutes
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Being a perfectionist may sound like a good thing, but don’t let the name fool you. A perfectionist’s life is far from... more