Rich families around the world employ butlers and maids to look after their expensive properties. These houseworkers have access to every aspect of their employers’ lives: they get to know their habits and their deepest secrets. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two former maids who worked for wealthy families in the USA and the UK.
Stephanie Land is the bestselling ... Show More
Jul 2021
Maria Callas, Loulou Storey & Lucy Adlington on casual workwear, International Aid legal challenge & slavery reparations
Maria Callas is one of the most famous opera singers. She was brought up in New York and Greece by an emotionally abusive mother who forced her to sing. Despite being admired by Hollywood stars and royalty, she fought sexism to rise to the top but never had a happy private life. ... Show More
57m 14s
Jul 2021
The runaway maids of Oman
Two hundred young women from Sierra Leone, west Africa, have been trapped in the Arabian sultanate of Oman, desperate to get home. Promised work in shops and restaurants, they say they were into tricked becoming housemaids, working up to 18 hours a day, often without pay, and som ... Show More
26m 37s
Sep 2022
The fight for domestic workers’ rights
Millions of people, mainly women, sign up for jobs as domestic workers overseas. Yet much of this work is informal, with households enforcing their own terms behind closed doors - leaving the workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. In this episode, Laura Heighton-Ginns meet ... Show More
17m 51s
Nov 2022
Épisode 2 : Faire le ménage au pays le plus riche au monde
Aurélie revient sur son expérience de femme de ménage au Luxembourg avec Magali, son ami d'enfance, qui a nettoyé avec elle les grands bureaux d'ArcelorMittal, ex-Arbed. C'est le quotidien de milliers de travailleuses et travailleurs frontaliers du Grand-Duché que ces deux future ... Show More
26m 45s
Dec 2022
ReShape Beauty Stereotypes | With Rana Alamuddin, Actress, Founder of Bayneh w Baynek & Leader of #IForgiveMyself Movement
“There’s nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself” - Hannah Gadbsy. With this quote as a life motto, this episode’s guest takes us through her journey redefining beauty while exploring new dimensions of self-expression, and introduces us into the space she’s c ... Show More
1h 6m