• Strictly's Amy Dowden
    Dec 16 2024

    After Announcing her return to BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, Amy Dowden shares her journey in dance, living with Crohn’s disease, and her recent battle with breast cancer.

    Amy's book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dancing-Rain-story-courage-resilience/dp/0349442045

    Amy's tour - https://www.amyandcarlostour.co.uk/

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    27 mins
  • Shabnam Nasimi
    Dec 9 2024

    Shabnam Nasimi, a passionate advocate for Afghan women and human rights. From fleeing Afghanistan as a refugee to becoming a political activist, Shabnam shares her journey, the challenges Afghan women face, and the power of resilience.

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    40 mins
  • Yalda Hakim's Big Break
    Dec 2 2024

    Before her tenth birthday, Yalda Hakim had fled a warzone on horseback, learnt two languages, and was well on her way to becoming the world-renowned journalist that we know today. Listen as she explains just how difficult she had to be to get that first big break.

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    46 mins
  • Suella Braverman, difficult until the end.
    Nov 25 2024

    This week's difficult woman is the Rwanda Dreaming, email leaking, bibby barging former home secretary Suella Braverman. Whatever your thoughts on this twice home secretary - I think we can all agree she certainly is a bloody difficult woman!

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    52 mins
  • The Soccer Mom who took down Pornhub
    Nov 17 2024

    Laila Mickelwait is a mom on a mission, her tireless work has resulted in the removal of tens of millions of illegal porn videos and she's still not done. Her inspiring story is one of a woman and a mother who was sick of the ineffectual action on sex abuse and so took matters into her own hands.

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    37 mins
  • The life long tenacity of Tanni Grey-Thompson
    Nov 11 2024

    Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of the most highly decorated British Paralympians and truly worthy of the title of Difficult Women. She has spent her life knocking down barriers and fearlessly schooling anyone who dares stand in her way. Even from her earliest memories she has been advocating for not just her own life but for thousands of other disabled people who are routinely forgotten and pushed aside. Listen for an insight into this fascinating life.

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    47 mins
  • The Marvellous Miss Feltz
    Nov 4 2024

    This week's difficult woman is another member of British broadcasting royalty, Vanessa Feltz! With her signature blonde locks and no-nonsense charm, she’s been captivating audiences for decades, bringing a splash of sass and a whole lot of heat to the airwaves, always ready to tackle the juiciest topics with her trademark honesty. Of which she is certainly not lacking in this ripper of an episode!

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    41 mins
  • How Donna Jones gets things DONE
    Oct 28 2024

    This week's Difficult Woman is Donna Jones, the conservative police and crime commissioner for Hampshire, and the first female leader of Portsmouth City Council. This is a woman who knows how to get things done and makes no apologies whilst doing it.

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    46 mins