Best British Female Voice Podcasts (2024)

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Is the Planet Running Out of People? with Paul Morland 45:23

1h ago45:23

45:23

The author and broadcaster Paul Morland is one of the UK’s leading thinkers on demographics – the study of population and its characteristics. Morland has been an associate research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and is a senior member at St Antony's College, Oxford. He last joined Intelligence Squared in 2022 and now returns to discuss …

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On the Map: Why Mathematics Can Be Seen Everywhere We Go, with Paulina Rowinska 39:46

31m ago39:46

39:46

Paulina Rowinska is a writer, mathematician and science communicator, whose new book, Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers, tells the stories found within crunching tricky equations. Rowinska has a PhD in Mathematics of Planet Earth from Imperial College London and across the pages of Mapmatics she explores fields ranging from map-m…

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Why Trust in Politicians is So Low, with Simon Kuper 43:44

4d ago43:44

43:44

The writer Simon Kuper returns to the podcast to discuss the follow-up to his book Chums, which highlighted the narrow and highly privileged pathway that often funnels attendees of some the UK's top education establishments into the highest seats of power in government. His new book is Good Chaps, an exploration of the idea that most politicians wh…

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Cults, Communes and Female Rage on the Page, with Amy Twigg 37:24

1d ago37:24

37:24

Debut novelist Amy Twigg's book, Spoilt Creatures, tells a story set on a women's commune where things take a dark turn. The novel has earned Twigg praise as one of the Observer newspaper's top 10 best new novelists of 2024. Joining her to discuss the story is Anna Bogutskaya, a writer, film programmer and podcaster, who is the creator of Eerie – a…

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The Poetry of Modern Storytelling, with Olivia Gatwood 40:16

20h ago40:16

40:16

A poet, performer, novelist and screenwriter, Olivia Gatwood has received international recognition for her writing, which has focused on topics including coming of age, feminism, gendered violence and true crime. Her debut novel is Whoever You Are, Honey, a dark and brilliant story set amid a secluded California beachside community living in the s…

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Jess Phillips on the Challenges of a New Era for British Politics 1:26:33

10d ago1:26:33

1:26:33

Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015, Jess Phillips has never shied away from controversy nor has she been afraid to veer away from Labour Party lines to uphold her political principles. For this episode, we’re joined by Phillips to discuss some of the most pressing issues in British politics during a fortnight that has seen shocking scenes …

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What Keeps Tyrants in Power? with Marcel Dirsus 35:05

4d ago35:05

35:05

Marcel Dirsus is a political scientist and the author of How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. As Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University, Dirsus mainly works on regime instability, political violence and German foreign policy. His new book takes us into the downfall of dictators ranging from Libya's Muammar…

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Mind's Eye COLOR VISUALIZATION - Guided Progressive Relaxation for Bedtime 49:29

5d ago49:29

49:29

Send us a Text Message. This is a super soothing guided progressive relaxation for bedtime anxiety which uses color, in your mind's eye, to 'fill' your body with calming and healing color energy ..... Guided sleep visualization (New & Improved version) How are we doing? What would you like us to change or do more / less of? We would LOVE to have yo…

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Power and Greed on the High Seas, with Olive Heffernan 1:00:07

6d ago1:00:07

1:00:07

The award-winning science journalist Olive Heffernan’s work has been featured in National Geographic, New Scientist, The Guardian, BBC Wildlife and more. Her new book is The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean. Two thirds of the ocean lie beyond national borders and yet they are home to some of the richest natural resources …

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Imagining London's Future through Fiction, with Joelle Taylor 43:14

10d ago43:14

43:14

A truly multifaceted talent, Joelle Taylor is a poet, playwight, actor and most recently a novelist, who has written four collections of poetry along with also being a Poetry Fellow of the University of East Anglia and a Fellow at the Royal Society of Literature. Taylor's new novel is The Night Alphabet, a narrative of interconnecting stories told …

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The Women Who Shaped the Ancient World, with Daisy Dunn 44:12

17d ago44:12

44:12

The award-winning classicist and cultural critic Daisy Dunn is the author of seven books including her latest, The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World through the Women Who Shaped It. The book re-examines not only the female individuals who were at the heart of many well-known stories of the ancient world, but also looks at the whole…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

British Female Voice Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

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Sleep Like a Log

Relieving Sleep and Nighttime Anxiety

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Your Unique Brilliance: Self-Help for Entrepreneurs

Nicola Salter

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Comms from the Shed: interviewing diverse voices on our present and the future.

Sam Bleazard

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Is the Planet Running Out of People? with Paul Morland 45:23

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On the Map: Why Mathematics Can Be Seen Everywhere We Go, with Paulina Rowinska 39:46

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Why Trust in Politicians is So Low, with Simon Kuper 43:44

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Cults, Communes and Female Rage on the Page, with Amy Twigg 37:24

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The Poetry of Modern Storytelling, with Olivia Gatwood 40:16

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Jess Phillips on the Challenges of a New Era for British Politics 1:26:33

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What Keeps Tyrants in Power? with Marcel Dirsus 35:05

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Mind's Eye COLOR VISUALIZATION - Guided Progressive Relaxation for Bedtime 49:29

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Power and Greed on the High Seas, with Olive Heffernan 1:00:07

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Imagining London's Future through Fiction, with Joelle Taylor 43:14

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The Women Who Shaped the Ancient World, with Daisy Dunn 44:12

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