Women Vs Everything Podcast
1) Iran Special Part 1 - Interview with Hasti Yavari
In this episode Jess recovers from illness while Grace interviews honorary Corkonian, Hasti Yavari (She/Her). Hasti is an Kurdish-Iranian feminist and human rights activist. She is a PhD candidate i...Show More
2) Wonder Women - Elizabeth Marston and Olive Byrne
In this episode Jess tells Grace the story of two women in a committed life-long Polyamorous Triad from the 1930s. As if that wasn't enough, they have been immortalised by their shared male partner a...Show More
3) Margaret Leeson / Peg Plunkett
Margaret Leeson, also known as Peg Plunkett was a Sex Worker and Madame to the elite in 18th-century Ireland. Companion to Modern Ireland's founding fathers *cough - Colonisers, she was renowned for ...Show More
4) Episode 27 - Mary Anning
You like to talk dino? You should definitely know about Mary Anning (1799 – 1847). She was an English fossil collector and paleontologist before the word was even invented. Her scientific thinking ...Show More
5) Episode 26 - Women of North Korea
In this week's episode Grace tells Jess a range of stories that depict what life is like for women in North Korea, and what it is like for those who try to escape. Trigger warnings for sex trafficking...Show More
6) Episode 25 - Katherine Johnson
Jess tells Grace the story Katherine Johnson 1918-2020, an American Mathematician who worked for NASA and helped put the first man on the moon against a background of racial segregation and the civil ...Show More
7) Episode 24 - Interview with Emma Campbell about Northern Ireland’s Fight for Abortion Rights
Today we interview Activist-Artist Emma Campbell (she/her) about life growing up in Northern Ireland, the ongoing campaign for pro-choice services and the intersection between photography and performa...Show More
Episode 24 - Interview with Emma Campbell about Northern Ireland’s Fight for Abortion Rights
1:07:38 | Jun 16th, 2022
8) Episode 23 - Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary)
Don't listen to the tabloids... also don't eat peach ice cream because it's time to learn the true story of Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary. Grace chose this Irish Immigrant as an example of a complex,...Show More
9) Episode 22 - Louisa Gould
In this episode, Jess tells Grace the story of Louisa Gould. Louisa defied the Nazi occupation in Jersey by harbouring a Russian prisoner of war, saving his life. Her story is honoured in the 2017 fil...Show More
10) Episode 21 - Helen Keller
In this week's episode, Grace tells Jess the story of Helen Keller. Helen, who is best remembered as a disability rights advocate, was also an author, speaker, teacher, and political activist.