Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour – Details, episodes & analysis

Your Badass Women’s Hour Host Harriet Minter is writing a book.

A chick-lit novel, (arguably) the best and most critiqued genre.

First-time fiction writer Harriet will take you along for her writing journey.  Every week you’ll hear from authors who have been there and done it, as they share their processes and tips with Harriet and help her with problems she comes up against in her writing.

How do you create a compelling, funny, emotive, heartwarming page-turner? A Truth Universally Acknowledged is here to find out.  It’s launching on 21st November so - Click here to follow now to hear the first episode.

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Can you believe this is the 400th episode of Badass women’s hour? Throughout Harriet has talked to some incredible women, but if you have been here from the start you'll know it wasn't just Harriet. In this final episode of the podcast, we’ve reunited the original Badass Women’s Hour team to reflect on some standout moments, what’s been achieved and what we’re taking forwards. 

If this is the first episode that you’ve listened to, or if you’ve listed to all 400, thanks for listening, and keep being badass.

Badass Women's Hour Is:

Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

With clips from

Episode 373 with Alexandra Heminsley

Episode 184 with Tomi Adeyemi

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What makes a badass woman? Well, we've got two on the show today. Michelle Kennedy is the founder and CEO of the app Peanut, which provides community and support throughout all stages of motherhood. Recently, Michelle has taken on the mammoth task of changing the language we use to describe women and their bodies. It's time for words like "geriatric", "inhospitable" and "serial aborter" to go. 

Then Josie Lloyd joins to talk about her newest book The Cancer Ladies' Running Club, and how it's inspired by the real-life events of her own cancer diagnosis. Josie ran the Brighton 10k in the middle of an operation, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, all with a group of women who were in similar situations. 

Presenter: Harriet Minter - @HarrietMinter

Guests: Michelle Kennedy - @shellkennedylon and Josie Lloyd - @JosieLloydbooks

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The Cancer Ladies' Running Club by Josie Lloyd

Peanut from Michelle Kennedy

WFH (Working From Home), by Harriet Minter

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Imagine your dream is to be a star of the stage known around the world and then your sibling beats you to it, what is it like to live right next to the lime light, but not quite in it?

Nicola Wren has witnessed the ups and downs of stardom from the sidelines because her older brother is the lead singer of Coldplay, Chris Martin. Stemming from an Edinburgh Festival Show Nicola has written a play about growing up with a dream of being a superstar but then.... your older sibling goes and does it before you! Nicola shares her love of comedy and play writing and working toward creating her vision and passion.

Her one woman show "Superstar" is on at the southwark playhouse from the 26th November, find out more info here.

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1-7 couples will struggle to have a baby, is it becoming harder for women and men to have children? Or should we just be conceiving earlier?

Harriet Emma and Natalie are getting into all things fertility and baby making! Dr Ippokratis Sarris is talking about why couples are finding it harder to conceive even with amazing advances in technology and the ladies learn about the “Andreno-pause” the name for the male menopause and everything that comes with it.

Lee Cockburn is a police woman and former Rugby player and now crime thriller writer. Lee played rugby for 29 years and for her national team of Scotland of 15 years, and saw many victories during her time.

She is now the frontline, although she’s seen it all in her time in the police, from getting black eyes to dealing with dead bodies, Lee talks through how she deals with some of the sadder says she has at work.

Lee is now an author, she is penning some of the more interesting tales from her years working to inspire parts of her 4 novels. Her new book is out now

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54’000 women face pregnancy discrimination at work every year, so how do we go about changing this and just how easy is it?

The Badass ladies are talking to Joeli Brearley who is the founder of “Pregnant Then Screwed”, it started as a campaign after Joeli herself was fired from her job working at a children’s charity whilst 4 months pregnant. Pregnant then screwed is now a force for good supporting women all over the country in similar situations.

They’re holding employers responsible for their actions toward pregnant employees, injustice’s that pregnant women face include being made to sign non-disclosure agreements to force silence, Joeli is giving voices to these women and their stories, aiming to change legislation by creating preventive laws like longer paternity leave, flexible working and childcare issues.

For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:

Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr

And for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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This week we’re talking all things pain, pills and health with Radha Modgil and asking what can glittery boobs do for body image? with artist Sophie Tea.

Dr Radha is an NHS GP who is sharing stories and trying to spread the message of preventative methods for physical and mental health.

The badass ladies are discussing what women are going to the doctors for and the health problems that are bothering women more than men. They’re also tackling the UK’s addiction to prescription drugs that we may be overlooking to fix a problem that’s creating a much bigger one for our health.

And where did the glitter boobs trend come from? Meet Sophie Tea the artist who was the first to take off her bra and get glittery for art!

She wanted to help women’s body image by painting lots and lots of bodies, so she took to instagram and asked her followers for their nudes…… the next day she woke up to 1000 pictures of naked bodies, hear what she’s been doing with these images.

For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:

Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr

And for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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Journalist, author and TV presenter Dawn O’Porter is chatting to Harriet, Natalie and Emma about her new book, social media identity, and her experience with the gender pay gap and being a woman in the media landscape.

Hear as Dawn talks all about the themes of her new book; Being honest about who you are, in the times of filters and social media “perfection”. This is her 6th book! And Dawn tells us about her writing process and how she crafts the stories for her fiction novels, she thanks her roots in journalism for being able to delve deep into peoples stories and personalities when interviewing for her characters. "So Lucky" is out now.

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Mum and author Elena Holmes is telling Harriet, Emma and Natalie about The process that her and her partner went thought to adopt their children, she addresses things that may have never even crossed your mind when thinking about brining children into your family and the overwhelming decisions that come with adoption, as well as the rewards of adoptive parent-hood.

Having started a blog at the beginning of this journey Elena has now penned all of her thoughts and advice on becoming an adoptive parent into her new book “AdoptyMum: A Survival Guide To Life With Adopted Kids”

In anticipation of the “Sports Women of the Year Awards” the Badass ladies are chatting to the nominee of the “Vitality Grassroots Award” Jacqueline who is the head of the Thames Valley Kings wheel chair basketball club, she started the club at age 19 for her friend who is in a wheel chair and didn’t have a club near to her, now 15 years later they’re still playing and as “gung-ho” as ever!

For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:

Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr

And for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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Imagine if Juliet had never killed herself after finding Romeo dead? One of the most tragic endings of all time has been re-written! Miriam Teak-Lee is the star of the brand new Westend musical: "& Juliet" which is all about the aftermath of Romeo of and Juliet’s lovestory, expect that, for Juliet this is just the beginning of it all. As Miriam explains the sound track to the musical is all iconic pop music from Britney Classics to Katy Perry. Find more info here.

What makes you a free range human? Lots of space and organic food? Or is trying to create an alternative career for yourself, stepping out from the 9-5 office space and exploring what else you can deliver to the world? Marianne Cantwell she tells us about her new book “Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills”.

For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:

Harriet Minter

Natalie Campbell

Emma Sexton

If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshr

And for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com

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