Aug 23

Lucia Sorbera, "Biography of a Revolution: The Feminist Roots of Human Rights in Egypt" (U of California Press, 2025)

It is not Egypt's 2011 revolution that opened a space for women's and feminist activism, but—as Biography of a Revolution: The Feminist Roots of Human Rights in Egypt (U of California Press, 2025) shows—the long history of women's activism that created the intellectual and politi ... Show More

43m 18s

Aug 20

David Commins, "Saudi Arabia: A Modern History" (Yale UP, 2025)

A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam’s two holiest cities. It is also one of the world’s only absol ... Show More

29m 8s

Aug 20

Shennette Garrett-Scott, "Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal" (Columbia UP, 2019)

Think running an insurance company or a bank is hard? Try doing it as an African-American woman in the Jim Crow South. Shennette Garrett-Scott's new book, Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal (Columbia University Press, 2019) tells the fascinating s ... Show More

41m 58s

May 2023

Full Version: Lauren Fournier and McKenzie Wark on Autotheory

An extended conversation between Lauren Fournier, writer, independent curator, artist, and author of Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism and writer, educator and philosopher McKenzie Wark (A Hacker Manifesto, Gamer Theory, Capital Is Dead, Reverse Cowgi ... Show More

1h 35m

May 2023

Jo Littler, "Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and Political" (Lawrence Wishart, 2023)

What is the history and future of feminism? In Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and Political (Lawrence Wishart, 2023), Jo Littler, Professor of Social Analysis and Cultural Politics at City, University of London, collects almost a decade of interviews with key think ... Show More

34m 58s

Aug 2017

Marxist Feminism: The Struggle Against Capitalist Patriarchal Hegemony

Raechel Anne Jolie is an educator, an activist, a yogi, a Media Studies PhD, a vegan, a podcaster, and a writer. Her writing has been featured in Bitch Magazine, The Daily Dot, The Huffington Post, (and more), and she's been interviewed as an expert in her field for Rolling Stone ... Show More

1h 1m

Sep 2021

Amelia Jones, "In Between Subjects: A Critical Genealogy of Queer Performance" (Routledge, 2020)

In Between Subjects: A Critical Genealogy of Queer Performance (Routledge, 2021) is a study of the connected ideas of "queer" and "gender performance" or "performativity" over the past several decades, providing an ambitious history and crucial examination of these concepts while ... Show More

50m 54s

Aug 2023

The Work and Legacy of bell hooks w/ Imani Perry & Darnell Moore

Gloria Jean Watkins, the revolutionary Black feminist intellectual known as bell hooks, died on December 15, 2021. She was 69. In her time with us she wrote over 30 books and became a powerful voice in social criticism and commentary. Laverne and her friends, author and activist ... Show More

1h 2m

Dec 2023

Lauren Elkin on Carolee Schneemann and Hannah Wilke

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is one of the most brilliant writers around today, Lauren Elkin! On today's episode we speak about feminist pioneers, Carolee Schneemann and Hannah Wilke!! Elkin is an American in London who has lived and spent extensive tim ... Show More

39m 6s

Jul 2021

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren (with Listener Raquel!)

Ellen and Mom are joined by listener Raquel to discuss the science, statistics, and swoony statements in The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren. Plus, we get to know Raquel better and talk about the paranormal, fanstasy/sci-fi, and mystery/suspense recommendations in our NoYo ... Show More

2h 5m

Mar 2021

BONUS: International Women's Day Special with Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo, Rose McGowan and more

For International Women's Day we bring to you a special bonus episode of our award-winning podcast, How I Found My Voice presented by the BBC journalist Samira Ahmed. This episode features clips from some of our favourite female interviewees including novelists Margaret Atwood, B ... Show More

51m 8s

May 2019

S1 Ep1: Thinking Pink: What Feminism Means to Millennials

Fiction + Feminism. Take your seat in the audience next to Zing Tsjeng at this week's Baileys Book Bar. Hear bestselling author and Women’s Prize for Fiction Founder Director Kate Mosse speak to journalist and author of the bestselling Everything I Know About Love, Dolly Alderton ... Show More

57m 37s

May 2020

#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen

#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen | Brought to you by Audible.Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olymp ... Show More

26m 22s

Full Version: Lauren Fournier and McKenz...