Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour (Badass Women’s Hour)

Journalist, author and TV presenter Dawn O’Porter is chatting to Harriet, Natalie and Emma about her new book, social media identity, and her experience with the gender pay gap and being a woman in the media landscape.

Hear as Dawn talks all about the themes of her new book; Being honest about who you are, in the times of filters and social media “perfection”. This is her 6th book! And Dawn tells us about her writing process and how she crafts the stories for her fiction novels, she thanks her roots in journalism for being able to delve deep into peoples stories and personalities when interviewing for her characters. "So Lucky" is out now.

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When Hattie Hasan trained to be a plumber, no women trained to be a plumber. In fact there wasn't even a ladies' loo in the training centre. Now she has founded the only female plumbing franchise in the world with Mica May.

This week on Badass Women's Hour, hear badasses Hattie and Mica tell Harriet and Emma their story about building their clan of women plumbers that now forms, the excellently named, Stopcocks.

Nicole Richards transitioned from a man to a woman in the 1980s, at a time when there was no information and not much attention. Hear her argue that it's harder for people to transition now than ever before.

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Harriet Minter.

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Are your favourite love films portraying actually damaging relationships?

On this extra snippet from the show is author Holly Bourne, Holly is an ambassador for Women’s Aid, together they have created a campaign aiming to educate teenagers about healthy relationships and the different forms that domestic abuse can take. Love Respect is a website that offers advice and stories showing what genuine healthy love looks like.

Holly explains to Harriet, and the ladies why we could be mistaking love for abuse within relationships, she believes that popular film and tv story lines are actually depicting stories of abusive relationships, even cult favourites like “Love Actually”.

They also ask why abusers take advantage within their relationships and if the perpetrator even realises they are doing anything wrong in the first place?

Also a listener of the show rings up to speak about his own experience with the domestic abuse system and how he has recovered, he shares his own advice for recognising your own possibly abusive behaviour.

If you would like help on the topic of abuse and domestic violence please seek help from the links below:

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

https://loverespect.co.uk/

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/abuse/domestic-violence/#.XhTPRhf7TOQ

https://www.refuge.org.uk/

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Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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This week we help a listener with the complexities of asking for a pay rise, discuss how to navigate leaving or staying in a job you hate, and give our top tips on sleep and getting more sun in your life (without leaving the UK).

Got a problem you need some help with? Send us a message on social media, or via our website: www.badasswomenshour.com

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Would you be willing to risk your whole career and financial stability in the name of equality? This week's guest did!

We've got all three badass women back together this week, Harriet, Natalie and Emma are joined by Carrie Gracie, the BBC reporter who blew the whistle on the gender pay gap by coming out about the pay gap she experienced working for the BBC for 30 years.

Her story shows how inequality was being swept under the carpet, and as she explains she was willing to put her self on the line and go public with her story and salary to help get women equal pay as Carrie says she worked with the intention of “no woman left behind”. She has documented every detail of her journey with this issue in her book “Equal”.

And the ladies are looking at recent claims that men are not as willing to work with women after the fall out of the gender pay gap, and the #metoo movement, have they been scared off? 

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Wedding Fever continues in this week’s Badass Womens Hour and advertising legend Laura JB is in the hotseat to talk about women and diversity on and off the advertising screen.

Find yourself inspired to write a great Wedding Speech with speech writing expert Heidi Ellet-McDermott, as well as getting the Badass Women’s view on the Royal Wedding with Harriet Minter, Emma Sexton and journalist Melanie Eusabe who steps in to Natalise Campbells shoes this week.

All the usual news chat ensues with a debate on the Bank of England using the word "menopausal" in a description of work, and we find the company that has gone mega anti photoshop in their marketing photography.

And does your car terrify you? From changing tires to checking the oil to knowing how to outwit a mechanic in garage – we invite Rachel Bonfiglio, founder of the Ladies’ Car Workshop, to help you out with those concerns that are minor on the face of it, but major in the dealing of it. 

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Harriet Minter is a journalist and broadcaster, specialising in women and work. She founded and edited the Guardian's Women in Leadership section and is now a columnist for the newspaper on women in technology. She's also has a column in Psychologies magazine and writes for the likes of The Pool, Red and Grazia. She has given two TED talks, the first on audacious leadership and the second on yoga. 

Emma Sexton is a serial entrepreneur and connector. A presenter on talkRADIO for The Badass Women’s Hour, winner of the Kantar Inspiration Award and the Future 100 Award, she was shortlisted for The Drum's Creative Woman of the Year 2016. Founder and Creative Director of Make Your Words Work™ (www.myww.co.uk), a design company challenging the traditional agency approach by empowering their clients to use design in ways that will transform their business from the inside out. Co-Founder of Flock Global (www.flock.global), a network for early stage entrepreneurs built on an ethos of collaboration who run meet-ups and international trade missions. Voted Shiny Shiny's Top 50 Most Inspirational Women. Published in Ian Wharton's book ‘Spark for the fire’ published by Harriman and The Challengers Almanac. A regular speaker and writer to blogs and publications. Emma is a board level advisor on design strategy to brands and businesses. A Creative Pool Top 100 Influencer 2017 and now Creative In Residence at Kings College London.

Natalie Campbell is an award-winning businesswoman and HarperCollins author. She won the ‘Community Spirit’ award at the ‘Women of the Future Awards’ in 2016 and was recognised in the Management Today 35 Women Under 35 and City AM Power 100 Women lists. Natalie is the co-founder of A Very Good Company (AVGC), a global social innovation agency and recently launched London's newest wellbeing craze, "The Badass Principle - a workout for the mind and soul". As a non-executive director, she Chairs the Nominet Trust and has governance oversight of over £1billion in public funding through her roles on the board of the Big Lottery Fund, UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs and the Mayor's London economic strategy board. She started her first business at 19 and by 21 owned a Morgan De Toi retail franchise in Lancaster.

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Are humans really meant to be monogamous, and what can sex robots do for relationships?

Natalie Lue relationship expert discuss' with Harriet Emma and Nat what defines cheating and where is the line between that and monogamy she also shares the benefits of an open relationship what conversations should we be having in our own relationships. 

And professional poker player Liv Boeree shares how she has learnt the tactics to be become one of the best poker players in the country, and how she won 1.25 Million in on of her most lucrative weeks.

Liv says that poker has taught her a lot about emotions and some unexpected life lessons.

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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How do you come back from something as horrific as a verbal racist attack? Well for nature writer Anita Sethi the answer was clear, it was to walk 268 miles across the entire Pennine Way. Anita tells Harriet what she learnt about herself and the world along the way and the importance of having a good map.

Also, it’s been a tough year, so why are some of us feeling more anxious now that lockdown restrictions are lifting? And what steps can we take to manage those feelings? Then one listener has a question about money, and getting their pre-COVID salary back. 

Presenter: Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter

Guest: Anita Sethi - @anitasethi

To have Harriet help with your listener dilemma, e-mail harriet.minter@gmail.com

I Belong Here, by Anita Sethi

WFH (Working From Home), by Harriet Minter

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Juliette Burton sees the funny side of mental health. She uses her various mental health diagnoses as content for her comedy. Her latest tour focuses on the kindness she has received through the talking about them. She talks to Harriet Minter, Natalie Campbell and Emma Sexton about the power of kindness.

When you need a badass chat with yourself, there is no better inspiration than Afro-Scot Supermodel Eunice Olumide MBE. She will tell you how to get in to fashion, how she got in to fashion, and how to never give up.

Plus - who will win the Badass of the Week Award? 

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Harriet Minter.

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Being sent silk pants and asked to rub her thighs isn’t quite the type of groupie attention comedian London Hughes was hoping for when she started stand up…..

Natalie and Harriet are away this week so Emma is joined by Angie Greaves and Amanda Prowse.

London Hughes joins the ladies in the studio to talk about her new Edinburgh Fringe show “How to Catch a Dick”. London shares her hilarious frustrations with being single, and waiting on her groupies to show up for her!

Also joining the ladies is Dr Shahzadi Harper who runs The Harper Clinic a Menopause clinic.

Shahzadi shares the truth about reaching the menopause and all of the effect’s it will have on a woman’s bodies, or as Angie calls it “puberty part two”.

Shahzadi has conducted a large amount of research on women entering the menopause, and her knowledge brings an element of comfort to Angie and Amanda to know they’re not the only one’s suffering with particular symptoms.

Shahzadi also breaks down some of the fears and myths around HRT (hormone replacement treatment) as well as the change that men experience in their 50’s that isn’t as often spoken about.

Emma is also keen to keep the conversation around menopause and feeling sexy alive!

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Forward thinking entrepreneur Angelica Malin tells the badass ladies how she took the leap straight from university to setting up a business. Malin started About Time website and magazine, and shares her tips for navigating the often intimidating world of self-employment.

After recently getting into fly fishing, Claire talks about how she found the sport, how she’s now helping other women give it ago too, and whats its taught her might just surprise you!

Siobhan McSweeney from hit TV show Derry Girls joins the ladies in the studio and talks how the show has given her a platform to continue campaigning political issues and Harriet shares how she has related to the show, in her own way.

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Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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It's deeper than a few nice instagram quotes, Harriet looks at positive psychology as a powerful tool to help during lockdown.

Harriet talks to Ruth Cooper Dickson a Positive Psychology Practitioner and founder of Champs Wellbeing Consultants, about the real in's and out's of what positive psychology is and how it aids our mental health and overall wellbeing. Ruth gives some sage advice on why a lot of us maybe be feeling increased anxiety as we enter this new stage of lockdown and tips to help us adjust and accept.

As the Ladies explain this area of wellbeing goes a lot deeper than a few nice "instagram-able" quotes on staying positive, explaining it's more about learning to sit with our emotions and learning to accept both the dark and the light.

Get in touch with Ruth or follow her on social media

Twitter:https://twitter.com/ruthiecoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Champs Consultants: https://champsconsult.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruth.cooperdickson/?hl=en

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Harriet Minter

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Farrah Storr is the award-winning Editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine and she's just released her debut book called The Discomfort Zone. 

In this Badass Women's Hour Extra Bits, Farrah chats to your hosts Harriet Minter, Natalie Campbell and Emma Sexton about her book and what is actually means to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and the incredible things can happen as a result.

Also in the studio is Alice Vilanculo and Osekloa Obi, stars of 'Victoria's Knickers', the brand-new play from the National Youth Theatre.

And of course, it's the Badass of the Week Awards.

Discover more about this week's badass guests: Farrah's all over twitter right here https://twitter.com/Farrah_Storr and get tickets to see 'Victoria's Knickers' here https://www.nyt.org.uk/whats-on/victorias-knickers 

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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We debate the merits of planning and goal setting to get the year off to a good start. Harriet is a big goal kinda woman, Nat is a theme and plan (aided by beautiful stationary) but no resolutions advocate and Ernestina Potts is all about setting ambitious goals and then getting on with life. What type are you?

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A sanitary towel that disappears in water? Wondering how that would even work, that's what we're finding out.

In the studio this week is Global branding expert Kubi Springer. She has been driven by the gender pay gap, as she wants to give people the tools to build their personal brand and to monetise their personal brand through her book which is an accumulation of advice from the past 24 years of her career and life working with some of the biggest names and brands in the world.

And Kubi tells us, why branding is much like dating….

And the ladies talk to Olivia Ahn who is the founder of the worlds first water soluble or “flushable” sanitary towel. After challenging her flatmate at uni to create a superior sanitary product, Olivia was amazed when he actually did!

Polipop is looking to launch in summer next year, Olivia’s is creating change and its on it’s way! The pad that will breakdown in water preventing pads that are flushed from sitting in sewers and ending up in the ocean and rain fall on land-fill means they will wash away! Sounds amazing right?

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Author and former TV executive Helen Warner is joining the badass ladies to discuss her latest book “She” as Helen shares the main character “Belle” is every mother’s nightmare, a women who has “put a bomb underneath a family and enjoy’s watching it explode”

Helen’s new book has a darker feel than her two previous book which has inspired her to take on the pseudonym H. C. Warner. Helen talks procrastination habits and why she found being a full time write rather challenging and actually prefers writing on the train to work?!

Also hear how she made a success of the legendary British daytime TV show “Lose Women” during her early career in TV as well as some of the most trying and testing moments in her career including launching “This Morning” and “Good Morning Britain”.

For more information on Helen’s book, click here.

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If you have been listening to our podcast for a while you will notice this one is a little bit different! That's because our show is now 3 hours long so we've got LOADS of content for you which we will be putting up each morning this week. They are all under 20mins so perfect for your daily commute. Today is part two of our interview with Amy Thompson, founder of We Are Moody and co-founder of Future Girl Corp.

We would love to get your feedback on our new show format so please do leave us a review. You can subscribe to our newsletter via our website www.badasswomenshour.com.

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“Feeling a responsibility Representing a community that have never seen themselves on stage” what's the experience of creating theatre for minority groups?

Tuyet Van Huynh and Tuyen Do the writer and producer of the first piece of Vietnamese theatre to be staged in the UK are joining Harriet, Emma and author Amanda Prowse to share the experience of realising Tuyen's story in theatre.

Summer Rolls follows main character "Mai" over 20 years, the audience sees as she uses photography as a tool to portray her feelings of being a child of "dual identity as a second generation immigrant".

Tuyen Do talks about finding the confidence to share this story, to write from her lived experience and find her own voice within theatre. She explains that whilst writing the play she felt a "responsibility in representing a community that have never seen themselves on stage”.

Tuyet Van Huynh the producer, tells the badass ladies that she was striving to create roles within the crew for minority groups, representing women of colour in theatre and how the ladies are hoping to inspire the next generation of artists who are of Vietnamese decent to make their visions and lived experience a creative reality.

Summer Rolls is on at The Park Theatre from June 19th, you can find tickets here.

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Is the term "Strong Woman" still fitting for women in 2019? or does it contradict the idea of femininity and is it time to give up the title “Strong Woman”?

Writer Natalie Morris talks to Harriet, Emma and Nat all about her new series in the Metro looking to re-define the meaning behind the term “Strong Woman” to fit gender equality roles in 2019.

And Photographer Laura Dodsworth talks about her latest project in which she photographed 100 Vulvas to shine a light on what real women's bodies look like, in all their glorious shapes, colours, sizes and to showcase the beautiful individuality of a woman's vulva, her book “Womanhood” is out now.

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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The amount we are buying is rising and rising and fast fashion is only benefiting from our consumeristic habits but somewhere in the system someone is paying the price. So is lab grown leather the answer?

As Harriet takes a week off Claudia-Liza Armah is taking the job of hosting this week and is joining Natalie and Emma.

Dana Thomas is talking all things fast fashion and sustainability in her new book “Fashionopolis” 

Having been fashion writing for 30 years she admits she wasn’t that aware of the state of fashion industry and the truth of sweat shops until she began digging and researching, she shares exactly what she found.

With the Sportswoman of the Year Awards approaching the ladies are joined by journalist Rebecca Myers together they are reflecting on what a year it has been for women sports, with both the football and cricket world cups they are debating who will win.

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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What would be your idea of beautiful sex? That's the question that lead this weeks guest, Lucy-Anne Holmes, to a personal sexual revolution.

The latest release of emojis has started a flowing debate between the badass ladies this week, they discuss their feelings about the new period emojis and Emma & Nat are surprised to find out about Harriets texting habits.

Author Lucy-Anne Holmes, joins the ladies to talk about her search for better sex, and how this can begin with showing yourself some tenderness in our busy lives and being the best lover for yourself.

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Athena Kugbleno is our guest this week on Badass Balls Ups. As well as letting us in on her Edinburgh Show "Follow The Leader" she helps out with solving some issues that us ladies come across every day. 

Find out from Emma Sexton how to cope with people staring at you. Natalie Campbell finds a solution for that male vs female GP "thing". Harriet Minter helps you to decide how to escape at Christmas time with style. 

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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And to find out more about Athena's shows head to www.athenakugbleno.co.uk 

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Lets prioritise the things in our life, stop trying to do it all and fix our sh*t!

Christine Armstrong is sharing her tips on how we can set up things in our life so that we don’t get overwhelmed with all of the responsibilities we give ourselves. As more and more of us are trying to juggle parenting, home life, a social life and a working life, are we trying to do too much? Christine is busting the myth that it’s possible to do it all in her book Mother Of All Jobs

And bringing some of her positive energy to the studio Shaa Wasmund, the best selling author is telling the ladies about her new book How To Fix Your Sh*t which is providing you with the tools so that you can help yourself, she’s not telling you what to do, but how to get out of your own way!

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Each week we share our thoughts on the news stories and social media conversations that have dominated our worlds. This week it's all about childbirth on Instagram and transgender men campaigning on periods. The full show is 3-hours long and you can join us live every Saturday at 7pm by tuning into talkRADIO (DAB, online, or download the app). We would love to get your feedback on our new show format so please do leave us a review.

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In 2019 why are men making life chaining decisions impacting women and their bodies? whilst at the same time our "feminine hygiene" is putting a near 42 billion into the economy! How can we re-claim our rights and financial power?

This week Harriet Emma and Natalie discuss the dark side of the recent Alabama abortion bill. And talk about what should men be doing in response. The ladies also talk about the current unbelievable abortion laws in Northern Ireland and how we need grow the conversation around this topic and ways to our show support.

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Why aren’t woman confident in investing their money?

From the things we are sold in society to a lack of support behind female entrepreneurs, Tamara Gillan explains why women are less likely to chat about cash and invest their money in the right places. 

Tamara is the founder of The WealthiHer Network, she joins the badass ladies in the studio and shares her own failures with money in the past and how she rose from this aiming to make women more educated in how to invest their money and grow their wealth.

Pads, tampons, gels, bronzers and eggs, what do our vulvas and vaginas really need? 

By 2022 the feminine care industry is set to reach 42.7 billion, however are we being sold “shame in a bottle” and why are cervical screens at a low, is our self esteem around our vaginas putting our health at risk? 

The ladies talk to Athena Lamnisos CEO of UK research charity “The Eve Appeal” which is “national charity raising awareness and funding research into the five gynaecological cancers”.

Athena talks all things vaginas, being more educated as to what our vaginas want and showing a bit more love to what's in your pants!

Check out their campaign “Get Lippy” which is opening up the conversation around genealogical health.

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Meg-John Baker is the author of Gender: A Graphic Guide. They are rewriting the rules on relationships and gender and discussing with the badass women about what we expect from our relationships and gender as well. They explain why we all have a unique relationship with how we perceive our own gender.

Meg-John tells the ladies that opening up the conversation around gender allows people to be free whilst feeling represented and have a sense of belonging, and they discuss the rise in hate crime’s against people who stretch the binary and challenge people's limited beliefs. Meg puts this down to a national fear of “otherness”.

One of London's most exciting new shops Janet’s List is a concept store which is made up of business created and ran by women of colour, created by Janet Oganah, who wants to bring diversity to the British high-street in a really creative and unique way. The concept store is in London and you can find more information here. 

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Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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For those who have experienced it, motherhood is a life-changing event, and everyone's experience of it is vastly different. Harriet is joined by author Pragya Agarwal, whose own experience was strewn with difficulties - from a tainted blood transfusion - to the pressure put on both her and her unborn baby regarding gender. Pragya's book M(other)hood explores how women of colour and women of different socio-economic classes experience motherhood differently.

Also in this episode, are we being misogynistic from the inside? And one listener asks something we've all wondered, how do we know when we're old?

Presenter: Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter

Guest: Pragya Agarwal - @DrPragyaAgarwal

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(M)OTHERHOOD by Pragya Agarwal

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Carrie Gracie is big news this week on Badass Women's Hour: your hosts Harriet, Natalie and Emma rejoice in the result of her Gender Pay Gap dispute. They also decipher whether Big D**k Energy can actually swing both ways...

Guest Badass Stella Kanu, is the Executive Producer at the Oval House Theatre in Brixton (http://www.ovalhouse.com/). Hear her talk about how she mentors people in to the creative industries and how she is on the look out for "Tender Warriors".

Poorna Bell discusses the complicated ways growing up as an Asian woman in British Culture has impacted her life, see her fascinating article: https://www.the-pool.com/life/life-honestly/2018/26/Poorna-Bell-on-curry-and-growing-up-Asian

And a special treat this week from spoken word poet Oneness Sankara as she performs her poem "Be". http://www.onenesssankara.co.uk/

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Emma Sexton: http://www.emmasexton.com/#my-story

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If you have been listening to our podcast for a while you will notice this one is a little bit different! That's because our show is now 3 hours long so we've got LOADS of content for you which we will be putting up each morning this week. They are all under 20mins so perfect for your daily commute. Our Be Smart section is filled with news, facts and incredible stories to capture your attention. Today we meet Dea who at the age of 30 ran away to join the circus and hasn't looked back. She tells us about life as a circus hand, plus what has changed in the circus' 250 year history.

We would love to get your feedback on our new show format so please do leave us a review. You can subscribe to our newsletter via our website www.badasswomenshour.com.

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"Happiness is the place where we are not" and other Russian life learnings power Viv Goskrop's visit to Badass Women's Hour this week. The Badass journalist, comedian and Agony Aunt tells her story of discovering that she really wasn't Russian, and how self help has inspired her Edinburgh show.

Viv then applies her Agony Aunt-ness to this week's Badass Balls Ups. She helps to solve what to do with an overly neighbourly neighbour, whether Harriet's luxury friend needs to be upgraded and she tries to work out where feminism lives in feminine power.

For more of Viv Goskrop go here: http://vivgroskop.com

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Minna Salami is a badass writer, social critic and founder of the pan-African feminist blog, MsAfropolitan. She’s also been named as one of the Top 12 Most Influential Women in the World! In this Badass Women's Hour Extra Bits, Minna chats to Harriet, Natalie and Emma about how her experiences have helped shape her inspiring work, including growing up in a patriarchal Nigeria. Minna also talks about the important issues that she’s tackling with MsAfropolitan and how's she’s getting on with her debut book.

In the news, your hosts Harriet, Natalie and Emma are joined by researcher Professor Elizabeth Pike, who has worked on a recent study into gender-based violence in sport; they also (of course!) talk about Boris Johnson and his views on the Burka and finally, the trio ask - does what we weigh actually matter?

You can find out more about Minna and check out the awesome MsAfropolitan here https://www.msafropolitan.com/. She’s also on twitter https://twitter.com/msafropolitan - give her a follow!

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Real life magic is afoot with mentalist, Rebecca Herrera, the first British woman to fool Penn and Teller andit will blow your mind this week on Badass Women's Hour

Your hosts Harriet Minter, Natalie Campbell and Emma Sexton also get deep on the newly titled dating tactic called "Cloaking". And get into the debate about abortion pill rules and elective C Sections. It gets feisty.

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Harriet Emma and Melanie Eusebe are joined by legendary Top of the Pops Talent Agent Melanie Blake, who has taken 30 years of experience in the television and music industry and crafted a griping, gritty and grasping fiction story.

Melanie is talking about the true colours of celebrity culture, the dynamics of the media industry and how the balanced is tipped to favour men over women, as well as the stigma that she has experienced around targeting a mainstream audience with a story about working class, middle aged women, you can find more details of her book "Thunder Girls" here.

She says she wants to provide escapism for women with stories full of glamour and gossip, to carry on a legacy of glitzy fiction stories and take over from Jackie Collins and some of her other favourite authors that have inspired her and provided her with comfort throughout life.

She also reveals that she was brought up in a born again christian cult, with very strong beliefs and restrictions, as she explains, Jackie Collins novels became her escapism, before she actually managed to escape her family in Salford and arrived in London on her own with nothing all on her on her 17th Birthday.

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“Women think more about the risk” Nicole Bremnar, Property Developer 

Your inner flipper will be aflame this week with Badass Women's Hour. Nicole Bremnar, mega property developer joins us to talk about her career, but ends up giving some great advice around home buying and property development. Plus the astonishing revelation: “Up to a few years ago there were no female toilets on a building site”. <insert gasp emoji>

And in the news your hosts Harriet, Natalie and Emma push for an #EverydayRacism social media campaign. They get the low down on micro cheating with help from Dr Martin Gruff - most alarming is that you might have done it without realising! And it's all about the TV shows old and new, as Love Island arrives in our homes this week, and Sex And The City turns 20 years old. 

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Wise words yourself up with this week's Badass Balls Ups. Your problems/Our solutions include: how to cope with your boyfriend going all Kanye on social media, how to have a life overhaul, and coping with the depths of therapy. Plus turning the side hustle into your career, having the chat" with a rather intense new beau, and what to do when the lovely older guy in the office who is really really lovely, is also a bit sexist.

Got a problem you need some help with? Send us a message on social media, or via our website: www.badasswomenshour.com

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1-7 couples will struggle to have a baby, is it becoming harder for women and men to have children? Or should we just be conceiving earlier?

Harriet Emma and Natalie are getting into all things fertility and baby making! Dr Ippokratis Sarris is talking about why couples are finding it harder to conceive even with amazing advances in technology and the ladies learn about the “Andreno-pause” the name for the male menopause and everything that comes with it.

Lee Cockburn is a police woman and former Rugby player and now crime thriller writer. Lee played rugby for 29 years and for her national team of Scotland of 15 years, and saw many victories during her time.

She is now the frontline, although she’s seen it all in her time in the police, from getting black eyes to dealing with dead bodies, Lee talks through how she deals with some of the sadder says she has at work.

Lee is now an author, she is penning some of the more interesting tales from her years working to inspire parts of her 4 novels. Her new book is out now

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Boys and men are routinely diagnosed as autistic more than women and girls, who're often wrongly overlooked. One of those women was this weeks guest Holly Smale. It's only since Holly sold millions of copies of her book Geek Girl did she realise that she and the character in her book were living with autism. Harriet and Holly talk about what led Holly to get this diagnosis and what having it has made her realise about her life.

Also in this episode, are we really still talking about Kate Winslet's body, and in the papers to boot? And one listener is concerned that her friends don't like her partner.

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Guest: Holly Smale - @HolSmale

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Geek Girl, by Holly Smale

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Meet two women who are changing the way that things are done... in two completely different sectors.

Margret Heffernan is a businesswomen and author with some interesting views to share.

Margret's new book "Unchartered" is looking at how accurate finical forecasting is, and how leadership can be changed to better business large and small.

When we see large companies release their “10 year plan” Margret says that a lot of this is propaganda “Just trying to eat our minds” hear why!

Margret, Harriet, Emma and Amanda analyse what factors really made a leader successful and how historically we have based leadership skills on male norms. The ladies discuss how we can make leadership more feminine and how this would change things?

Sairish Hussain Is a Phd student and first time author, she has written the first multi generational fiction about a Muslim family, "Family Tree" she has had brilliant success with the novel which she started to write during her Masters qualification.

Sairish explains to Harriet, Emma and Amanda why more Muslim writers need to be published and the issues that writers of colour experience, and offers some wonderful advice to encourage other young writers.

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Nobody is going to get away without experiencing death so why are we not talking about it openly and honestly?

As Emma and Nat take some time off Harriet is joined by Amanda Prowse, together they are talking to comedian and podcaster Cariad Lloyd, discussing her podcast "Griefcast" in which she tires to break down the fear of talking about death within society!

Griefcast delves into the "weird, odd and strange bits" of what happens when somebody dies and how grief can affect us all!

After loosing her dad at 15, Cariad had to deal with grief very young, joking that she “got to the party early”, now she is having open and honest conversations with other people who have lost loved ones and is creating a space for them to share stories and feelings we feel to awkward to share in everyday life.

Harriet, Amanda and Cariad talk about how deep and Multi faceted grief can be! And Cariad says she believes the more the subject of death is spoken about the more we can help people when they're struggling with grief, she is trying to get people to have those “last conversations” now before it's too late and explains her motivation for the podcast; to give people something positive in a very dark time, "providing something that wasn’t there when I needed it!"

And she shares what she wishes EVERYBODY knew about grief.

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This week Harriet speaks to her guests about how to be actively anti races, she is joined by Sophie Williams, authors of anti racist ally, plus Uju Asika joins Harriet to discuss how to speak to our children about race and her new book ‘Bringing up race’. 

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr and for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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Everyone will experience feminism differently, especially women of colour, but are we leaving BAME women out of the conversation? Harriets guest is MP and author Rabina Khan, who argues that the feminism movement is being led by white women and that the platform isn't equal.

Also in this episode, we're all free! So now what? And one listener really doesn't want to go back to the office, so can they just quit?

Presenter: Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter

Guest: Rabina Khan: @RabinaKhan

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My Hair is Pink Under This Veil, By Rabina Khan

Undercover Lover

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Harriet and Natalie are off again this week, so Emma is joined by

The ladies are talking to Laraib Atta Pakistan’s first and youngest Visual Effects Artist.

From coming to the UK from Pakistan to being the only girl in her “VFX” class to being a mother, Laraib tell us all about the challenges she . has overcome to follow a creative passion and go one to see her work on the big screen.

We also hear about the hurdles that came with trying to get into the industry as well as trying to meet the expectations of her parents, how Lariab is nurturing her sons creative interests, how she faced rejection after trying get back into the industry after having her son and taking a 5 year gap and the effect this had on her. And the ladies talk about encouraging our children without pressuring them into choosing a certain path.

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This week we were joined by Fleurette Mulcahy and Alice Holden, founders of Attollo lingerie, to talk about the ups and downs of startup life, why boobs are a political issue and the unique way they taught their male investors to understand the pain of a badly fitting bra. Plus we discuss the fallout of the Westminster sexual harassment claims, advise a reader on what to do when you hate your colleagues and learn about a woman who changed the course of Irish history.

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We have over 100 years of wisdom, mistakes made and lessons (not) learnt to share with you. This little snippet is just that, our advice to get you through whatever life throws at you. From relationships and issues with mates, to your career and love, we can answer just about anything. If we can't then we'll tell you to channel Rihanna (well Nat will) or to give zero 'f**ks (Emma's fav saying) or proper adult advice is always provided by someone (Harriet). If you'd like advice live on air call us at 9pm every and any Saturday on talkRADIO - Telephone 0344 499 1000 or text TALK and your message to 87222 (texts cost 25p + your standard network rate).

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Big, small, white, however big the lie, is it true that they’ll always come back to haunt you?

Author Adele Parks returns to the Badass Woman’s Hour studio to share a vit about her new book “Lies, Lies, Lies”.

When the main character finds out his family isn’t what he thought was, it leaves his wife with a lot of explaining to do, and this only the beginning of the string of lies he is yet to find out.

And the ladies ask, what role does truth telling play in our relationship, is it all negative? Adele shares how she builds her deep and sometimes and dark characters, taking her inspiration from the most interesting aspects of people personalities.

And Harriet, Emma and Natalie are exploring what gaslighting in the work place is and what the signs are, Natalie shares her recent experience of being undermined in the work place. The ladies get the option of Alex Holder a journalist who wrote an article introducing the concept.

And Harriet asks is this term a bit too harsh for a work environment, considering it's strongly linked to abusive relationships? Alex gives some tips if you think you might be a victim of gaslighting at work.

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2020, a year like no other and now Joe Biden is President of America. In this week's episode Harriet speaks to callers on her Talk Radio Show about what the election results mean for them and for women across the Globe.

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This week we’re talking all things pain, pills and health with Radha Modgil and asking what can glittery boobs do for body image? with artist Sophie Tea.

Dr Radha is an NHS GP who is sharing stories and trying to spread the message of preventative methods for physical and mental health.

The badass ladies are discussing what women are going to the doctors for and the health problems that are bothering women more than men. They’re also tackling the UK’s addiction to prescription drugs that we may be overlooking to fix a problem that’s creating a much bigger one for our health.

And where did the glitter boobs trend come from? Meet Sophie Tea the artist who was the first to take off her bra and get glittery for art!

She wanted to help women’s body image by painting lots and lots of bodies, so she took to instagram and asked her followers for their nudes…… the next day she woke up to 1000 pictures of naked bodies, hear what she’s been doing with these images.

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This week Harriet talks about the reality of being a fat black woman in the UK with Stephanie Yeboah, Kelechi Okafor brilliantly describes the reality behind Megan the Stallion’s recent claims of domestic violence and Kavita Puri tells the stories of partition.

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How natural is monogamy? Or do you feel more comfortable with "monogam-ish"?

Author Lucy Fry opened her relationship after having some honest conversations with her partner, although she admits to not starting polyamory in the correct and honest way hear how it's working for her. Harriet, Emma and Natalie all discuss, what their personal preferences are when it comes to relationships.

And Lucy talks about the ways it has strengthened her relationships, how attachment can manifest in relationships and parenting in an open relationship. Her book "There Are Easier Ways To Say I Love You”, documents all of this and some more interesting details of her polyamory…..

The second badass guest this week is Kate Hodges who since childhood has always been more interested darker side of fairytales as the princess’ or heroines never quite did it for Kate admitting was more taken by the idea of the female baddie.

From Slavic witches to Japanese supernatural beasts, Kate is diving into the tales of some of the most nefarious, mythical women and reframing theses stories in a feminist light in her book Warriors, Witches, Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females.

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Is it possible to remain cool, calm and collected during birth? The badass ladies are finding out!

In the studio this week is Siobhan Miller the founder of “The positive birth company”.

She’s teaching expectant mothers about, mindfulness, and other techniques that can relax and calm them during labour and ease your body and mind throughout the whole process.

After having gone through a three day labour with her first child, Siobhan wanted to create more positivity around the birthing experience as all she could find was rather negative.

You can access Siobhan’s services here: https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/digital-pack?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI__K8hc6e5gIVRbTtCh3YwAyGEAAYASAAEgL22PD_BwE

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3 passionate entrepreneurs will inspire you on Badass Women's Hour this week.

Laura Harper-Hinton, founder of Caravan tells stories of running restaurants all over the UK with 250 staff, while being a mum and still having time with her mates. It's only a proper night out when you start dropping some Beyonce moves on the dance floor, so you'll be glad to hear Dance Instructor Bonnie Parsons is here to help master them (and tell all about how she built her business out of them). And find out how marshmallows became a high end food with The Marshmallowist, Oona Simms.

There's things to talk about too: Beychella (Beyonce at Coechella Festival in the US), what it takes to get your eggs frozen and why, and we decide being a mum is a big job, "You are basically CEO of a human being"

While Harriet Minter is away, Broadcaster Anna Williamson joins Emma Sexton and Natalie Campbell on presenting duties.

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Model Jada Sezer shares why on earth she is running the London Marathon in her underwear. The Gender Pay Gap results have been published - now what? And what does it all mean? Plus what would it take to get Harriet, Natalie and Emma to either a) agree on Bust of the Year or b) host Have I Got News For You?

Jada Sezer is a plus size model on a mission to promote body positivity and to campaign for Mental Health. Her work is affecting change for many young women and after hearing her here we challenge you not to be inspired by her mindset and her mental hacks. So why run the London Marathon in your underwear?

And this week the Gender Pay Gap figures were published so now what? What does it all mean? What are we looking for in the figures? And what do we do next? We asked expert Sian Webb from company Gapsquare which specialises in doing the analysis of the Gender Pay Gap. Any confusion you have had over the last week, will be cleared up pronto.

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If you have been listening to our podcast for a while you will notice this one is a little bit different! That's because our show is now 3 hours long so we've got LOADS of content for you which we will be putting up each morning this week. They are all under 20mins so perfect for your daily commute. Today is part one of our interview with Amy Thompson, founder of We Are Moody and co-founder of Future Girl Corp.

We would love to get your feedback on our new show format so please do leave us a review. You can subscribe to our newsletter via our website www.badasswomenshour.com.

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When your child has a life threatening illness, it is news that will completely flip your world on it's head. Martin Leib, talks to Harriet and Nat about his story when his son was diagnosed with cancer, and how this inspired the creation of Samuel's Charity. He explains the work they are doing in children's ward this Christmas, and Martin's Christmas song to raise money to improve children's wards for both the children and parents.

Katie Ghose, the chair of Women's Aid shines a light on the rise of domestic violence, and one particular issue we might not even be aware of!

And Harriet and Nat round up their best Badass of the Week, and share some of their favourite Women that have visited the podcast this year!

Thank you for joining the Badass Woman's Hour Podcast this year, see you in 2019, for more Badass than ever before.

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This week, Harriet is joined by Becka Hudson to discuss the issues faced by victims of sexual assault within the justice system. Gabby Edlin breaks down the necessity of free period products, the journey to making this a reality, and how products can be improved to become more environmentally friendly. Rounding things off is Christa Parravani, an American-based author whose new book describes her experience with the abortion process, or the lack of, in West Virginia, and recounts her realisations of motherhood, activism and the future.

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Harriet, Emma and Natalie are joined this week by Sabrina Washington, former member of 90’s girl group Mis-teeq, she is delving deep into what life was like as a rising star in an a girl group, talking about the differences between being a pop star in the 90’s compared to how the industry works now, how the girl group came to split and being put in a “box” for her race when working in the music industry. 

And we hear all about Sabrina’s transition from music making and song writing to home interiors, and her love for creating clam and serenity in the home.

Funmi Fetto, has been a fashion and beauty writer for years, long enough to realise how rubbish the industry is for women of colour, she is aiming to help in the change.

She has created a book which breaks down all of the misunderstanding of beauty for women of colour, as Funmi explain women of colour for years have had poor choice of make-up as the industry hasn’t really catered for anything other than Caucasian skin up until recent years. 

Her new book “Palette” contains Funmi’s tips tricks and her “tried and tested go-to” products and she is offering advice to women with a range of skin tones, types and colours.

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It is scientifically proven that good-looking people are more successful in the workplace, says Dr Catherine Hakim, in this special Badass Women’s Hour “Extra Bits”

Once you have picked yourself off the floor from reading that, hear Hakim talk about how “erotic capital” could be working for you, or against you, and how women could be using it more to their advantage.

Harriet and Emma take a week off this week, so Natalie Campbell is your host, and is joined by two Badass Co Hosts: broadcaster and author Anna Williamson, and strategist, broadcaster and writer Melanie Eusabe.

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Harriet Minter is a journalist and broadcaster, specialising in women and work. She founded and edited the Guardian's Women in Leadership section and is now a columnist for the newspaper on women in technology. She's also has a column in Psychologies magazine and writes for the likes of The Pool, Red and Grazia. She has given two TED talks, the first on audacious leadership and the second on yoga. 

Emma Sexton is a serial entrepreneur and connector. A presenter on talkRADIO for The Badass Women’s Hour, winner of the Kantar Inspiration Award and the Future 100 Award, she was shortlisted for The Drum's Creative Woman of the Year 2016. Founder and Creative Director of Make Your Words Work™ (www.myww.co.uk), a design company challenging the traditional agency approach by empowering their clients to use design in ways that will transform their business from the inside out. Co-Founder of Flock Global (www.flock.global), a network for early stage entrepreneurs built on an ethos of collaboration who run meet-ups and international trade missions. Voted Shiny Shiny's Top 50 Most Inspirational Women. Published in Ian Wharton's book ‘Spark for the fire’ published by Harriman and The Challengers Almanac. A regular speaker and writer to blogs and publications. Emma is a board level advisor on design strategy to brands and businesses. A Creative Pool Top 100 Influencer 2017 and now Creative In Residence at Kings College London.

Natalie Campbell is an award-winning businesswoman and HarperCollins author. She won the ‘Community Spirit’ award at the ‘Women of the Future Awards’ in 2016 and was recognised in the Management Today 35 Women Under 35 and City AM Power 100 Women lists. Natalie is the co-founder of A Very Good Company (AVGC), a global social innovation agency and recently launched London's newest wellbeing craze, "The Badass Principle - a workout for the mind and soul". As a non-executive director, she Chairs the Nominet Trust and has governance oversight of over £1billion in public funding through her roles on the board of the Big Lottery Fund, UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs and the Mayor's London economic strategy board. She started her first business at 19 and by 21 owned a Morgan De Toi retail franchise in Lancaster.

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If you have been listening to our podcast for a while you will notice this one is a little bit different! That's because our show is now 3 hours long so we've got LOADS of content for you which we will be putting up each morning this week. They are all under 20mins so perfect for your daily commute. Today is part two of our interview with Charli Howard, model and body positivity activist. In this episode she explains how she overcame OCD, how you manage your mental health in a difficult industry and how she's lobbying the fashion industry for change.

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If you have been listening to our podcast for a while you will notice this one is a little bit different! That's because our show is now 3 hours long so we've got LOADS of content for you which we will be putting up each morning this week. They are all about 20mins so perfect for your daily commute. Today we put our minds to work and answer your questions on becoming a manager, speaking in public and being in a relationship with an "influencer".

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This will be one of two final instalments of Badass Womans Hour as we know it! Emma and Natalie are moving onto new adventures and Harriet will be going it solo from now on. So here's a whole hour and half of badass chat!

On this final Badass Womans Hour show with the original line up of wonderful ladies, they're talking the eradication of tampon tax, falling, water and sisterhood!

The first guests are Laura and Nicky, two inspiring woman both living with terminal cancer who have started a support group for women fighting cancer, secondary sisters. They share what this means for day to day life and why they were inspired to create this support network.

So Natalie is off to a new job, she will be the new CEO of Belu Water, however before she leaves the show she invited the current CEO into the studio Karen Lynch, explains how the company is looking at the environmental impact of our water use and how they can change and create positive disruption in the industry.

Amy Peake is the founder of Loving Humanity who provide women and girls in war zones with access sanitary products, she shares the tales that made her want to help these women and her journey to becoming an activist.

Author Claire Nelson shares her incredible story of a fall that changed her life, after an adventures trip to escape London, which resulted in a physical injury that turned her life upside down, her book "Things I Learned From Falling" is out now.

And the final guest is Christy Lefteri the author of Bee Keeper of Aleppo she shares with the ladies the stories from the time she spent in a women's and children's centre in Athens, and how her own family history played a part in her humanitarian work and writing.

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Emma Sexton

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Badass writer Tomi Adeyemi will inspire you this week on Badass Women's Hour. She will.

The best-selling young adult author released her debut novel 'Children of Blood and Bone' in March this year and has topped book charts across the world, including The New York Times best-seller list for young adult books.

Hear about her inspiration for the book, how she manages her time, tips for new writers, how she's processing the phenomenal success of the book, updates about the film adaptation and her dream cast for the movie (yep, she's a big deal!)

And in the news Harriet, Emma and Natalie discover it's a numbers game between men and women (and they're not talking Gender Pay Gap!) New research shows that in 1 in 4 couples, women out-earn their husbands, who in turn over report their income **cough**. AND another piece of research has revealed that men estimate the number of sexual partners they've had, where as women actually count. **double cough**

Check out Tomi's work here:

http://www.tomiadeyemi.com/

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Natasha Stromberg is the founder of Genderbuzz, a badass platform to promote female-led business.

In this Badass Women's Hour Extra Bits, Natasha chats to your hosts Harriet Minter, Natalie Campbell and Emma Sexton about why she started Genderbuzz, the challenges for women in business and her aspirations for the future of the platform to become a global, female-led market place.

Discover more about this week's badass guest: Genderbuzz https://genderbuzz.com/

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Emma Sexton

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Wisdom rules this week as we answer your problems to help you to reach ultimate badassery.

Harriet Minter and Emma Sexton are joined by journalist Poorna Bell in Natalie Campbell's absence, to help solve your issues....

Like: what happens if you go travelling in search of a life changing moment, but that life changing moment, is that you hate it and cut it short?

If your parents divorce when you're an adult, how much of an adult do you have to be about it? How do you deal with unwanted gifts? And when you see that guy on the bus over, and over, do you talk to him?

Got a problem you need some help with? Send us a message on social media, or via our website: www.badasswomenshour.com

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Winter is definitely coming already, as if the brilliant summer just ended that suddenly. Do you buy a sun lamp? Do you turn ont he heating? Do you just escape for good? This week on Badass Balls Ups, Harriet Minter, Natalie Campbell and Emma Sexton try to help you with life's annoying issues.

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Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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Major Badass Mary Portas explains what inspired her to re-evaluate her own business on Badass Womens Hour. She tells Harriet, Natalie and Emma why she changed the way she runs things, to prove that you don’t have to be Alpha to get ahead in the world of work, and how to re-write the codes of business to put more women at the top. Her book “Work Like A Woman” is out now.

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Harriet Minter.

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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This week Boris Johnson announced we were going back into Lockdown so Harriet asked Dr Hannah Barrham-Brown to tells us about her point of view as an NHS doctor along looking at the stats about why women are more likely to contract Covid-19 and how scary really they are. Plus Deborah James reminds us how important it is to continue to use the healthcare system and get things checked if you’re worried about your health. 

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr and for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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This week Harriet is joined by Terri White, talking about her new memoire, a look at what it is like to come from an impoverished, abusive background, make it all the way to the big city and then realise you're not that happy. Plus, broading legend, Jenny Murray talks about weight, weight loss and whether or not you can be fat and happy. Harriet also speaks to Lauren Mahon about her womb story.

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr and for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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If you have been listening to our podcast for a while you will notice this one is a little bit different! That's because our show is now 3 hours long so we've got LOADS of content for you which we will be putting up each morning this week. They are all about 20mins so perfect for your daily commute. Today we put our minds to work and answer your questions on that friend who just wows everyone and getting published.

We would love to get your feedback on our new show format so please do leave us a review. You can subscribe to our newsletter via our website www.badasswomenshour.com.

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This week Harriet talks about mental health and social media with Matt Haig, she has a conversation about education around menopause with Nina Kuypers, plus she discusses why our UK criminal justice system needs radical reform with Temi Mwale.

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Could you imagine being diagnosed wit cancer.... and then having people blame it your sexual history?!

Karen Hobbs Comedian and writer at the Eve appeal and cervical cancer survivor joins Harriet, Emma and and Scarlette Douglas who is sitting in for Natalie as she take some time off.

They are reacting to the news that a recent Lancet review of 65 studies covering 60 million people showed a fall in HPV cases and in pre-cancerous growths, meaning that. HPV vaccine might eradicate cervical cancer in several years.

Karen shares her journey with cervical cancer, how she was diagnosed, treated and that everyday since her operation she has been on a mission to educate people on HPV and end stigma around smear tests and cervical cancer. 

The ladies in the studio have an honest and open chat about cervical screening and sear tests and Karen wants everyone to know…. “its just a vagina guys”!

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Do you feel comfortable saying no to people? Harriet is joined by Michelle Elman, who thinks we should all be a bit more selfish. Michelle talks about how to find and set your boundaries, some ways to enforce them that won't get you fired, and how to use them to get the most out of your dating life. 

Also in this episode, Harriet's take on the fallout from the euros final. And one listener is suffering from imposter syndrome

Presenter: Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter

Guests: Michelle Elman: @ScarredNtScared

To have Harriet help with your listener dilemma, e-mail harriet.minter@gmail.com

The Joy of Being Selfish by Michelle Elman

Undercover Lover

WFH (Working From Home), by Harriet Minter

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Are bras a thing of the past? We've all been spending a lot more time at home over lockdown, and for many of us, that means dressing down too. Does that mean it's finally time to ditch the bra and free the nip? Or is that only for a select few?

Then Harriet is joined by Tineka Smith and Alex Court to talk about life as a mixed-race couple. After Tineka was the victim of a racist attack, the two wrote their book Mixed Up: Confessions of an interracial couple. 

Finally, one listener moved back in with their parents over lockdown but is now missing their old life. Is it time to move out or stay and save?

Presenter: Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter

Guest: Tineka Smith - @Tineka_S and Alex Court - @CourtA

To have Harriet help with your listener dilemma, e-mail harriet.minter@gmail.com

Mixed Up: Confessions of an Interracial Couple, by Tineka Smith and Alex Court

WFH (Working From Home), by Harriet Minter

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How much do you know about the “new kids on the block in politics”? Forget Brexit party it’s The Women’s Equality Party!

Harriet, Emma and Amanda Prowse are joined by Mandu Reid leader of the The Women’s Equality Party talk about being a black woman in politics and standing up to represent people who don't see themselves in UK politics currently.

Coming from parents who lived with apartheid, Mandu shares with the Badass women her journey of getting into politics and the life changing event that caused her to join the Women's Equality Party, who, in the past few years have grown in support and managed to have an influence on the country with a "shoestring" budget and a small amount of airtime and media coverage.

She talks leading the way for the other major parties on various issues Mandu and her team have brought to light and seen policies start to change. Despite the name, Mandu is keen to have full representation in the party and recognises that Women’s Equality Party needs to embrace and fairly represent as many societal and minority groups.

The ladies also discuss the prospect of Boris Johnson being the UK's next prime minister

And how are England's lionesses fairing in France at the Women's World Cup? But why aren't we just calling it ..... The World Cup?! Harriet, Emma and Amanda are chatting to host of football podcast "The Offside Rule" Kait Borsay.

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Emma Sexton

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This week we help a listener pitch a podcast idea to her boss, debate just how big a relationship age gap is ok and give our top tips for travelling solo. As ever, if you've got a problem you need our help with do send us a message on social media or via our website: www.badasswomenshour.com

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This second installment of Badass Bookclub looks into Christina Dalcher's novel VOX; her latest book which is set in a dystopian America where women are only allowed to speak 100 words a day.

Christina talks to our Badass Women about where the idea came from and how the story plays on her own fear of too much governmental control and obsession with dystopia.

PLUS: you can hear the first chapter of the book directly after the interview, entirely for free.

Each month we'll be bringing you another author in association with HQ Stories and HarperCollins,

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They're taking over YouTube with their female focussed comedy, we meet the women behind the We Don't Hate Men YouTube channel and Masked Pony productions. Aiming to make comedy that appeals to everyone but has a female perspective, the duo explain how you get a comedy series commissioned, why their work appeals to both sexes and what it's like working with your best friend.

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What do you do when you know there are injustices happening and the people who are meant to be "the do-gooders" just wont listen to you?

Are to-do lists actually an affective way of organising our days? Or is it just causing us to be over critical and set expectations for ourselves too high!

Amy Jones, writer and podcaster talks to the badass ladies about her obsession with trying to organise her life and constantly writing To-Do lists. After starting her first post grad job Amy says she used to-do lists to make herself feel like she was being Uber-productive, but as a result she found that she started confusing social time with her work time and tasks.

Amy shares with Harriet and Amanda what it has taught her about life, mindfulness, her depression, anxiety and the way she treats herself day to day! Her new book The To-Do List and Other Debacles is out now.

Maggie Oliver the Detective that revealed the truth of the Rochdale grooming scandal, she is talking about the journey of detailing her experiences in her new book survival.

Maggie is sharing the deeper story to what was going on her life at the time of the scandal in 2004 & 2005. She is explaining to Harriet and Amanda the battle she faced trying to get justice for the victims of the rochdale scandal, the stress and frustrations as she was repeatedly ignored and turned away by higher ranked officers.

She tells the ladies about stepping out after the death of her husband and travelling to Borneo to raise money for bowel cancer, and they are blown away by Maggie’s amazing resilience to the difficult cards she has been dealt in life. 

Ultimately Maggie says that it’s her life skills that meant she was able to have family open up to her so that she could rebuild damage relationships.

And She talks through her vision as she sets up the “Maggie Oliver Foundation” helping women and young girls who have been victims of violent behaviour to “transform their pain into power.”

Her book Survivors can be found here.

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Balls Up-ers unite! Nat and Emma admit their imperfections this week in a bid to help solve the universal issues that bug us all… like “How do I admit I am ill?” and “How do you handle being nervous on a date?”  

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Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

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This week we cover how you deal with seeing your ex every day at work, is it worth moving 40 minutes from work or will your social life die? And is 6 months long enough to know if your business is working or not?

And what do you do when your boss keeps telling you to "be more confident"? After we have a massive universal eye roll, we reveal some good tips on how to bypass this feedback!

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