The Girlfriends Podcast
1) The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E15: Jacquie Saves a Hostage
Jacquie Davis joined the police when she was just 18 years old. She was fearless and ambitious, but she quickly realised her career progression was limited by her gender and education. Everything chan...Show More
2) The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E14: Visaka Sparks a Ceasefire
When Visaka Dharmadasa’s soldier son was kidnapped by the fearsome Tamil Tigers in the midst of Sri Lanka’s bitter civil war, she couldn’t find anyone who could help find him - or the 608 other soldie...Show More
3) The Girlfriends: Spotlight Is Back...
In Season 1 of The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include Pussy Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova, British Nigerian beauty queen and founder o...Show More
4) The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E13: Silvia Climbs to the Top of the World
When you’ve suffered childhood trauma, endured alcohol abuse, been through awful bereavements, how can you heal? For Silvia Vasquez-Lavado the answer was to climb to the top of the world - and then ta...Show More
5) The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 6: How to Put a Spotlight on Your Story
Sharing your story, whether that’s on social media or through the news can be pretty daunting. But putting a spotlight on your community is essential to drawing attention to the causes you care about....Show More
6) The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 5: Sparking A Movement
Emmet Till’s murder sparked a 70 year movement, in this episode Khadijah speaks to a woman whose family has been fighting to preserve his legacy about what it takes to launch a movement and how you ca...Show More
7) The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 4: A Girlfriends Guide to Making a Change
Roger Golubski’s story exposed decades worth of corruption at the heart of Kansas City Kansas, a systemic failure to hold perpetrators to account. In this episode, we explore how Wyandotte County’s cu...Show More
8) The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 3: A Girlfriends Guide to Navigating Police Misconduct
What are your rights if you’re stopped by a police officer? What evidence would you need to build a case if you were a victim of police misconduct? In this episode Nikki dives into the laws and protoc...Show More
9) The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 2: A Girlfriends Guide to Healing in The Aftermath of Trauma
We’ve explored how people fight for justice, but how are the women whose lives were affected by Roger Golubski healing the aftermath of their trauma? In this episode, Khadijah and Nikki discuss the po...Show More
10) The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 1: The Freedom Seekers of Kansas City
Quindaro was once home to a stop on the Underground Railroad. In this episode, Nikki traces the long, rich, revolutionary history of Kansas City Kansas through the lens of a freedman who escaped slave...Show More