Best The Uk S Longest Running All Female Podcasters Podcasts (2024)

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KATE ADIE - The Journalist - on Fighting on The Home Front and women and war by with Josephine Pembroke Radio Gorgeous Archives 24:23

2h ago24:23

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Kate Adie presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. Kate talks to Josephine Pembroke interviews Kate about her book and her life as a very special correspondent. It became something of a joke in the British army that when Kate Adie arrived on the scene, the soldiers knew they were in trouble.The BBC’s chief news correspondent became one o…

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WAR PAINT - Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein the makeup wars by Lindsay Woodhead with Josephine Pembroke Radio Gorgeous Archives 50:55

2h ago50:55

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We love makeup, it gives us confidence – a splurge at the make up counter cheers us up. And, we are always hoping to find that miracle in the jar. Lindy Woodhead and the has written a book about the creation of the beauty industry as we know it. Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein may have been on your mother’s dressing table, but I bet you have …

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LAURA ASHLEY A Life in Design by Anne Sebba - Radio Gorgeous Archives with Josephine Pembroke 35:34

6h ago35:34

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LAURA ASHLEY A Life in Design by Anne Sebba with Josephine Pembroke Laura Ashley’s vision was very different from the retailing conglomerate we knew. Laura Ashley had a vision: Go back home and create hand made cotton clothes dyed with natural colours and made up in her own factory in rural wales. She gave jobs to the community especially women who…

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MAN WEEK: Donna Freed with Geoff Deane, author of From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots 1:01:26

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Geoff Deane is most recently known as the screenwriter of Kinky Boots, but his career swerves have encompassed founding the punk band Leyton Buzzards and salsa band Modern Romance. He has been a writer and producer for television, a journalist, restaurant critic and songwriter but it is his observations and appreciation for the joyful cast of chara…

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Donna Freed with best-selling author Megan Ramos, The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women 26:03

12M ago26:03

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Megan Ramos, co-author of the best-selling Life in the Fasting Lane (with Dr Jason Fung), has now written a guide to intermittent fasting specifically for women, with step-by-step advice for preventing and reversing metabolic disease. As a teenager, Megan was diagnosed with both non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and polycystic ovarian syndrome and …

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Donna Freed with Marisa Haetzman, one half of Ambrose Parry 23:52

1y ago23:52

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Donna Freed meets Marisa Haetsman, one half of the husband-wife writing partnership, Ambrose Parry, authors of a series of medical murder mysteries set in Victorian Edinburgh. Marisa sets the scene for the latest, Voices of the Dead, which takes place in 1853 when Edinburgh while still sceptical of medical men in the wake of the Burke and Hare murd…

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Part 2; Donna Freed with Christina Ford, author of In Search of Mr Darcy 20:33

1y ago20:33

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Before they were interrupted by a gorgeous, if unruly dog, Donna Freed and Christina Ford were marvelling at some of the twists and turns in Christina's personal life as related in memoir, In Search of Mr Darcy. In this segment, Christina alludes to the genuinely shocking and ingenious end to the relationship that brought her to London from her nat…

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Part 1: Donna Freed with Christina Ford, author of In Search of Mr Darcy 30:05

1y ago30:05

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Toronto-native Christina Ford is a former TV and film executive who lives in London and chronicles her adventures in A-Broad in London. In Search of Mr Darcy, Lessons Learnt in the Pursuit of Happily Ever After is both her first book and a middle-aged lady manifesto! Her memoir charts her life and career through the lens of the men she has chosen t…

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Donna Freed with The Ugly Truth author L. C. North 14:03

1y ago14:03

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The Ugly Truth, L. C. North's debut thriller, told exclusively told through interviews, transcripts and diary entries, explores the dark side of celebrity culture and trying to determine the truth through the distorting lens of reportage and social media. L. C. North lives in Suffolk, co-hosts the crime thriller podcast In Suspense and is working o…

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Donna Freed with entrepreneur Susi Hartmann 26:31

1y ago26:31

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Susi Hartmann is a modern etiquette consultant and life coach as well as an entrepreneur hosting bespoke wellness retreats through the company she co-founded, Beaumont Awareness. She shares her very personal journey of treating the symptoms of menopause with psilocyben microdosing. She preferred an all natural solution and after thorough research a…

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Donna Freed with Kate Hamer, author of The Lost Girls 22:15

1+ y ago22:15

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Coming home was just the beginning... Kate Hamer follows up her taut psychological blockbuster The Girl in the Red Coat with an equally engrossing sequel, The Lost Girls. Carmel has been returned home five years after she was abducted by the preacher of a cult. But the trauma of her experience continues to haunt her and and her mother Beth. Beth is…

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Donna Freed with The Chase author Ava Glass 21:47

1+ y ago21:47

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Introducing the next female 007, Makepeace, Emma Makepeace! Ava Glass' hyper-pacy thriller, The Chase follows novice MI6 operative Emma Makepeace as she attempts to escort a man wanted by the Russians across surveillance-filled London without being detected by CCTV. Ava spent over a decade working with British spies at MI5 and MI6, has trained spie…

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Donna Freed with author Kitty Murphy: Death in Heels 20:11

1+ y ago20:11

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Kitty Murphy introduces the first book in her Dublin Drag Mystery Series: Death in Heels. When Eve, frenemy to all in Dublin's drag club Trash, is found dead, Fi McKinnery is forced to turn 'Hagatha Christie'. No one else, including the police nor her best friend Robyn - who performs as Mae B - believes that Eve was murdered. Even as Robyn distance…

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Donna Freed with Sara Cox, founder of the Cheshire Novel Prize 7:58

1+ y ago7:58

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Sara Cox is a writer, editor and coach. After completing her MA in Creative Writing, Sara set up her own editing business. In 2021, tired of literary prizes that offered no feedback, Sara set up her own and The Cheshire Novel Prize for unrepresented, unpublished or self-published writers was born. In its first year The Cheshire Novel Prize attracte…

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You'll Never Walk Alone - Interview with author Rachel Kelly about the power of poetry with Josephine Pembroke 23:42

1+ y ago23:42

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You'll Never Walk Alone - Poems for life's up and downs Rachel Kelly is a former Times journalist who is now a mental health campaigner, public speaker, and writer. In her early thirties, Rachel was diagnosed with serious depression and subsequently suffered two major depressive episodes. These two episodes have become the defining events of her li…

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Working Girls of Soho, Josephine Pembroke on Museum of Soho show on Soho Radio 48:50

1+ y ago48:50

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The Working Girls of Soho - Saucy Tales of Notorious Women A fabulous cabaret celebrating Soho's glorious past. Featuring the club runners, strippers, whores and thieves with songsand stories. Josephine Pembroke of Pussies Galore talks about her sell out show featuring the female club runners, strippers, whores and thieves from Soho's past. Your ch…

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Donna Freed with True Story London founder Michelle Toth 16:14

1+ y ago16:14

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Michelle Toth is a bit of a polymath, in part because she loves learning and in part because when other people ask why, Michelle tends to ask, why not? She has been an entrepreneur, consultant, executive, novelist and story teller and is now a highly accomplished executive coach. She is passionate about connecting people through art and specificall…

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Donna Freed with Adam Zmith, author of Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures MAN WEEK ON RADIO GORGEOUS 26:18

1+ y ago26:18

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MAN WEEK ON RADIO GORGEOUS Donna Freed with Adam Zmith, author of Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures Adam Zmith is a writer, talker, thinker and maker with podcasts, stage and film credits to his name. Deep Sniff is a meditation on the history of poppers and their role in gay culture as well as his own queerness came out of a Fringe…

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London's Lost Department Stores - A Vanished World of Dazzle and Dreams by Tessa Boase with Josephine Pembroke 28:16

1+ y ago28:16

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Last century central London and the suburbs were awash with 'Halls of Temptation,' giant emporiums where you could buy anything from exotic pets to opening your own bank account. Author Tessa Boase tells us about the golden days of shopping, when visiting a store was a magnificent assault on the senses. #RadioGorgeous #SocialHistory #MrSelfridge…

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Donna Freed at the Corfu Literary Festival with Melanie Hewitt and Isabelle Broom 13:40

1+ y ago13:40

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Donna Freed at the Corfu Literary Festival with Melanie Hewitt and Isabelle Broom Donna landed in Corfu just in time to catch up with authors Melanie Hewitt, Looking for the Durrells and Isabelle Broom, The Summer Trip (among many others) prior to their Corfu Literary Festival event: Love in a Hot Climate. Melanie attended the festival last year as…

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The Working Girls of Soho - Edinburgh Fringe 2022, with Josephine Pembroke and Donna Freed 2:54

2y ago2:54

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Josephine explores the female wild bohemians, whores, thieves and nightclub queens of London Soho's outrageous past in her dazzling show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Josephine performs regularly in London for tickets click below. https://linktr.ee/josephinepembroke “Wit, charm and plenty of sauce, simply a fabulous show.” Sophie Parkin, Author of …

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The Working Girls of Soho - Saucy Tales of Notorious Women by Josephine Pembroke with Donna Freed 14:44

2y ago14:44

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Josephine reveals all in this candid interview about the female wild bohemians, whores, thieves and nightclub queens of London Soho's outrageous past. Josephine performs regularly in London for tickets click below. https://linktr.ee/josephinepembroke https://linktr.ee/josephinepembroke “Wit, charm and plenty of sauce, simply a fabulous show.” Sophi…

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Donna Freed with Wanda Whiteley, author of The Goldhanger Dog 19:57

2y ago19:57

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As a commissioning editor at Harper Collins, Wanda Whiteley was in the business of saying no to the majority of authors who came her way. She founded manuscriptdoctor.co.uk so she could put her expertise to work for new authors. Wanda then decided it would only be fair to put herself in their shoes and the result is her debut historical novel, The …

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Ode to Joyce by Cheryl Knight, a one woman show about the JOYCE GRENFELL the hilarious comedienne 27:00

2y ago27:00

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Star of the St Trinian's films and inspiration for Victoria Wood and Miranda Hart, Joyce Grenfell was one of Britain's most loved female comedienne, writer, actor and singer. Cheryl Knight tells us about Joyce, and her hugely popular one woman show which is touring southern England. Press link for tour info and tickets. http://www.apollotheatrecomp…

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The Working Girls of Soho - Saucy Tales of Notorious Women by Josephine Pembroke on BBC Radio London interview with Jo Good 12:28

2y ago12:28

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Ex Sohoite cabaret chanteuse Josephine Pembroke talks to Jo Good on BBC London about living in Soho in the 80's, Pussies Galore and more. Josephine performs regularly for tickets click below. https://linktr.ee/josephinepembroke “Wit, charm and plenty of sauce, simply a fabulous show.” Sophie Parkin, Author of The Colony Room Club 1948-2008 “Josephi…

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Harry Styles - The Making Of A Modern Man by Sean Smith with Josephine on Radio Gorgeous 34:43

2+ y ago34:43

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Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells Radio Gorgeous the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon: Harry Styles. Harry Styles - The Making Of A Modern Man by Sean Smith is published by Harper Collins. #HarryStyles #RadioGorgeousBy The UK's Longest Running all Female Podcasters

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The Healing Power of Pleasure – Seven Medicines for Rediscovering the innate joy of being by Julia Paulette Hollenbery with Josephine Pembroke 38:28

2+ y ago38:28

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What is the Universe of Deliciousness? A gorgeous term created by my guest on Radio Gorgeous, Julia is a bodyworker, therapist and healer. Julia talks us through how to get to this state. Be prepared to bring joy directly into your life. #MindBodySpirit #RadioGorgeousBy The UK's Longest Running all Female Podcasters

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Donna Freed with Tommy Barnes, author of Trouble Brewing in the Loire on Man Week 24:58

2+ y ago24:58

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Trouble Brewing in the Loire is Tommy Barnes' sequel to the brilliantly funny, A Beer in the Loire. A book about brewing beer and life, which for Tommy, his young family and unruly menagerie is a lot like beer: fermented, fizzy and occasionally explosive. Follow Tommy as he, in his own words, farts around the French countryside trying to make beer …

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The Improbable Adventures of Emily Soldene, Actress, Writer and Rebel Victorian, by Helen Batten with Josephine Pembroke 39:59

2+ y ago39:59

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Emily Soldene was a true Victorian, born of the wrong side of the tracks, she was illegitimate and her mother was working class, a bonnet maker by trade. Emily reinvented herself at twenty-two, she took singing lessons and willed herself to stardom. Hear her 3rd cousin once removed best selling author Helen Batten tell us Emily's extraordinary tale…

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Donna Freed with Claire-Monique Martin and Charlotte Reidie of One Night with Marilyn 10:44

3y ago10:44

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In February 1961 Marilyn Monroe was sectioned by her psychiatrist. One Night with Marilyn is a theatrical exploration of this harrowing time mostly unknown by her millions of fans. Claire-Monique Martin and Charlotte Reidie, who both play Marilyn in the play, talk to Donna Freed about their roles and the themes of mental illness in the play by PT R…

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Donna Freed with Heidi Amsinck, author of My Name is Jensen 7:13

3y ago7:13

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Radio Gorgeous was thrilled to attend - in person - the launch of Heidi Amsinck's debut novel and first in a new series of crime novels, My Name is Jensen. My Name is Jensen introduces us to journalist turned sleuth Jensen, who has returned to her native Copenhagen after some years working in London. An experience that mirrors Heidi's own, although…

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Chiswick Cinema, London is now open! Meet Kathryn Smith the Manager 7:21

3y ago7:21

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Chiswick’s first new cinema since 1934, opens this today! The cinema has four screen for the public, and there is a cafe with bar snacks, cocktails and craft beers. No ordinary cinema this is high end glamour and much needed culture for the area. chiswickcinema.co.uk #Cinema #RadioGorgeousBy The UK's Longest Running all Female Podcasters

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Adorable Dora - a tribute to Dora Bryan by West End Star, Rosemary Ashe with Josephine Pembroke 19:05

3y ago19:05

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Singing sensations Rosemary Ashe has a wonderful habit of writing one woman shows to perform, always musical, her last successful show featured Ethel Merman. Today we talked about her spanking brand new show called ADORABLE DORA, a tribute to Dora Bryan. Dora was an actress and singer in the second half of the 20th century, she was a character actr…

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Diamonds at the Lost & Found by Sarah Aspinall with Josephine Pembroke 25:22

3y ago25:22

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What did we expect our mothers to be in the 20th Century? Apron wearing, docile, tactile and never critical. But one day we find out that our mothers are people and they have dreams and expectations. Today I am welcomed onto Radio Gorgeous a woman who is an award winning producer and documentary maker, Sarah Aspinall. Sarah had a mother who did not…

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Women on Nature, edited by Katherine Norbury author of The Fish Ladder 31:26

3y ago31:26

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Acclaimed author Katharine Norbury tells us why it’s time to have a book about nature written solely by women. Naturalists in the past have painstakingly recorded nature naming plants, trees and animals and controlling the environment. It’s time for us to take a more spiritual approach as we face an ecological crisis, it’s time to admit that we are…

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Donna Freed with Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne 19:52

3y ago19:52

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Ariadne and her sister Phaedra were pivotal footnotes in the heroic stories of men with the exception of the letters Ovid wrote in their name. It was these passionate but powerless voices that sparked Jennifer Saint's debut novel Ariadne. Ariadne is a vibrant retelling and imagining of their stories as well as a story of sisters, growing up in the …

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My Journey to Judaism - OSHER by Tetiana Michaels 24:02

3y ago24:02

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Tetiana thinks that her great grandmother was "secretly" Jewish, as being a Jew in Ukraine back then was dangerous. Tetiana tells us why she, an independent modern woman fell in love with an ancient faith and converted. #RadioGorgeous #Judaism #MemoirBy The UK's Longest Running all Female Podcasters

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The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls Mona Eltahawy, Radio Gorgeous meets the world's number one feminist! 32:18

3y ago32:18

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Mona has written a manifesto which starts and ends with abuse by men to women, she wants us all to stand up for ourselves and "Fuck the patriarchy" she tells us why and how to do it. Listen hard. #Feminism #FuckThePatriarchy #RadioGorgeousBy The UK's Longest Running all Female Podcasters

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Donna Freed with Polly Samson, author of A Theatre for Dreamers 29:48

3y ago29:48

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Charmian Clift left London in 1954 with her husband and children to live on the Greek island of Kalymnos. The following year, they moved to Hydra where they were the forerunners of a bohemian artist community. Leonard Cohen stayed with them when he first visited the island. Her vivid memoirs of this time have been beautifully reissued by Muswell Pr…

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Donna Freed with Isabel Costello - author of Scent 25:33

3y ago25:33

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Scent (Muswell Press) is the second novel from Isabel Costello, author of Paris Mon Amour. Her love and intimate knowledge of France is apparent as is her ability to expose the inner life of a Parisian perfumer, Clémentine, whose marriage is disintegrating at the same time as a her former lover turns up with an unknown agenda. It is an engrossing r…

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PLEASE YOURSELF, How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live by Emma Reed Turrell 38:49

3y ago38:49

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Are you a people pleaser? You may not even know you are one because according to author and therapist Emma Reed Turrell there is more to people pleasing than the sweet, saint like image we all imagine. Cambridge University educated Emma is our guest today on Radio Gorgeous and we are delving into the people pleasing world and talk about different t…

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The German Heiress - Running from the past is a dangerous game, by Anika Scott with Josephine Pembroke 26:54

3+ y ago26:54

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The German Heiress is an action packed, yet haunting novel set in Essen, North Germany which was known as the armoury of the Reich. Set in post war Germany where people were fighting for their survival and facing up to cruel truths of their recent past. The German Heiress by Anika Scott is published by Windmill (in the UK) Annika's website: https:/…

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WRITE ON. A Daily Writing Practice, for Anyone With A Story to Tell by Betsy B. Murphy 26:10

3+ y ago26:10

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Now we are in a world wide pandemic, it is depressing, but it does not have to be. Turn off Netflix and get your creative juices going. My guest will encourage you to write and and most importantly find your own voice. WRITE ON, A Daily Writing Practice, for Anyone With A Story to Tell is available as a book or a kindle. http://betsybmurphy.com/ #W…

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The Cottage of New Beginnings with Suzanne Snow, we talk romance, gardening and spirituality with Josephine Pembroke 20:28

3+ y ago20:28

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Suzanne Snow has a fulfilling life as a plants woman, a novelist and sometime leader of worship in her local church in Lancashire. Hear how she has created her amazing life and made her dreams come true; becoming a published writer. #Author #RadioGorgeous #Romance https://www.suzannesnowauthor.com/ https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781800322196…

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MEGHAN MISUNDERSTOOD by Sean Smith Man Week on Radio Gorgeous 42:56

3+ y ago42:56

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Today we are talking about the most controversial now ex-Royal MEGHAN, activist, actor, mother and Prince Harry’s partner. Sean has written a wonderful sympathetic book about a sadly much maligned woman MEGHAN MISUNDERSTOOD, is published by Harper Collins #Royals #RadioGorgeous #MeghanBy The UK's Longest Running all Female Podcasters

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MAN WEEK: David Reynolds' Slow Road to San Francisco with Donna Freed 27:36

3+ y ago27:36

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Ride shotgun with David Reynolds as he meanders across the USA on Route 50 from coast to coast seeking fellowship and IPA. David and his trusty auto-steed, Harpo, are the perfect companions for these days of armchair travel: they get lost so you don't have to. Often called 'The Loneliest Road in America,' Route 50 is a lot less so when accompanied …

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Berkoff’s Women, with Linda Marlowe LIVE STREAMING directed by comedian Josie Lawrence 27:32

3+ y ago27:32

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Linda Marlowe trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Linda has a long with writer and director Steven Berkoff includes his plays Greek, Decadence, East, The Trial and Metamorphosis, Steven has described her as his muse. Linda has been in many plays, films and TV you may remember her as as he matriarch Sylvie Carter in EastEnders. …

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Betsy Bonner, The Book of Atlantis Black with Donna Freed 29:35

3+ y ago29:35

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Betsy Bonner's sister Atlantis Black went missing and was found dead in a hotel room in Tijuana, Mexico. She was 31 years old. Betsy set out to do what no one else in Atlantis' life did: find out what happened to her sister. How did she go from being a promising musician in New York to that hotel room in Mexico? The Book of Atlantis Black: The Sear…

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Radio Honey, by Tara Arkle is set in an all women's Radio Station! With Josephine Pembroke 28:06

3+ y ago28:06

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Tara Arkle has found out what she really wants to do - write. Being the daughter of super talented parents Anthony Newley and Joan Collins, meant it took a while for Tara to know her true direction. Now very happily settled in the West Country of England, as well as writing Tara supports her local women's refuge by organising a yearly march on Elim…

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The Happy Menopause - Smart Nutrition to Help You Flourish by Jackie Lynch with Radio Gorgeous 20:41

3+ y ago20:41

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The menopause can be daunting and keeping feeling balanced is the key to happiness. Nutritional therapist Jackie Lynch gives us wise advice at this time when you can suffer with many debilitating symptons. https://www.well-well-well.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/WellWellWellUK/ #Menopause #RadioGorgeous #50+…

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