

The Guilty Feminist
Deborah Frances-White
Ever felt like you should be better at feminism? Join comedian Deborah Frances-White and her guests for this comedy podcast, recorded in front of a live audience. Each week they discuss our noble goals as 21st century feminists and the hypocrisies and insecurities that undermine them. Deborah Frances-White is the 2016 Writers' Guild Award Winner for Best Radio Comedy for her hit BBC Radio 4 series Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice. She is an Edinburgh Fringe regular, a screenwriter and is in huge demand for her corporate seminars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 27, 2025 • 1h 10min
454. Creativity with Jessica Swale
 454. Creativity with Jessica Swale
The Guilty Feminist 454. Creativity
Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Jessica Swale
Recorded 21 October 2025. Released 27 October. In association with Wimbledon Book Fest. https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org
The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. 
Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have
More about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Jessica Swale
https://www.instagram.com/jessicaswale
https://www.jessicaswale.co.uk
Get Jessica Swale's new book with 25% off using the code GFPODNHB: https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/a-year-of-creative-thinking
For more information about this and other episodes…
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Book your V&A South Kensington tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/5xh5v4nz
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/
Come to a live show
Museum of Comedy, 2 and 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/
Pleasance, 4 and 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white
Camden School for Girls, 6 November https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/podcast
Bill Murray, 23 November https://link.dice.fm/F147b081b51d
Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.
To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist
You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts.
The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Oct 20, 2025 • 1h 37min
453. Money and Feminism with Corinne Low
 The Guilty Feminist 453. Money and Feminism
Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Corinne Low
Recorded 6 October 2025. Released 20 October. In association with Seed Talks https://www.seedtalks.co.uk
The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. 
Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have
Book your V&A South Kensington tickets at:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/marie-antoinette?utm_source=spotify-theguiltyfeminist&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=marie_antoinette_campaign&utm_content=theguiltyfeminist
More about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Corinne Low
https://www.instagram.com/corinnelowphd
https://www.corinnelow.com
https://www.waterstones.com/book/femonomics/corinne-low/9781399737609
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250369512/havingitall
For more information about this and other episodes…
visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com
tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod
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or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/
Come to a live show
Wimbledon Book Fest with Jessica Swale, 21 October https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jessica-swale/
Museum of Comedy, 2 and 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/
Pleasance, 4 and 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white
Bill Murray, 23 November https://link.dice.fm/F147b081b51d
Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.
To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist
You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts.
The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Oct 13, 2025 • 45min
452. Women in Music with Lucy Karczewski and Nia Towle
 In this insightful discussion, Lucy Karczewski and Nia Towle, West End actresses and singers from Stereophonic, delve into the world of music and female empowerment. Lucy shares her visceral connection to her character Diana, while Nia highlights Holly's independence and the emotional depth of her journey. They tackle the dynamics of male dismissiveness in creative fields and how success alters relationships within a band. The conversation also explores the importance of female friendship and resilience, making for an inspiring dialogue about creativity and ambition. 

Oct 9, 2025 • 32min
Gaza update #4
 Emergency Episode: Gaza nurse Alaa Al-ghoul
Deborah Frances-White in conversation with Gaza nurse Alaa Al-ghoul
Recorded 8 October 2025. Released 9 October.
The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge.
Support Alaa by visiting her Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/nurse_alaa_alghoul
Donate to her PayPal at http://paypal.me/Alaa4Gaza
https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-support-and-evacuate-10-families-in-gaza
Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.
To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist
You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Oct 6, 2025 • 57min
451. Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Stella Duffy and Emma Walker
 451. CoppaFeel! With Stella Duffy and Emma Walker
The Guilty Feminist 451. CoppaFeel!
Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Stella Duffy with special guest Emma Walker.
Recorded 5 October 2025 via Riverside. Released 6 October.
The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. 
Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have
More about Deborah Frances-White
• https://deborahfrances-white.com
• https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
• https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
• https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Stella Duffy
• https://stelladuffy.blog
• https://stelladuffytherapy.co.uk
More about CoppaFeel!
• https://coppafeel.org
• https://www.tiktok.com/@coppafeel
• https://www.instagram.com/coppafeel
For more information about this and other episodes…
• visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com
• tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod
• like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist
• check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist
• or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/
Come to a live show
• Femonomics: Using Data to Improve Women’s Lives, 6 October https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/femonomics-using-data-to-improve-womens-lives-tickets-1606840797079
• Cheltenham Book Festival with Poorna Ball, 11 October https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/deborah-frances-white
• Wimbledon Book Fest with Jessica Swale, 21 October https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jessica-swale/
• Museum of Comedy, 2 and 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/
• Pleasance, 4 and 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white
• Bill Murray, 23 November On sale soon
Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.
To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist
You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts.
The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Sep 29, 2025 • 48min
450. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure with director Emily Burns
 The Guilty Feminist 450. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
Presented by Deborah
Frances-White with special guest Emily Burns
Recorded 22
September 2025 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Released 29 September.
The Guilty
Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. 
Measure for
Measure is playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon
until 25 October 2025.
Get
Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have
More about
Deborah Frances-White
·      
https://deborahfrances-white.com
·      
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
·      
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
·      
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Emily
Burns and Measure for Measure
·      
https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/emily-burns
·      
https://www.rsc.org.uk/measure-for-measure
For more
information about this and other episodes…
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us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod
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More Big
Speeches workshops now available
https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/
Come to a live
show
·      
Femonomics:
Using Data to Improve Women’s Lives, 6 October https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/femonomics-using-data-to-improve-womens-lives-tickets-1606840797079
·      
Cheltenham
Book Festival with Poorna Ball, 11 October https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/deborah-frances-white
·       Wimbledon Book Fest with Jessica Swale,
21 October https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jessica-swale/
Thank you to
our amazing Patreon supporters.
To support the
podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist
You can also
get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts.
The Guilty
Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us,
please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com.
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Sep 22, 2025 • 1h 24min
449. Live from the London Podcast Festival with Jessica Fostekew, Josie Naughton and Amira Nimerawi
 The Guilty Feminist 449. Live from the London Podcast Festival
Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guests Josie Naughton, Amira Nimerawi
Recorded 14 September 2025 at the London Podcast Festival. Released 22 September.
The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge.
Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have
More about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Jessica Fostekew
https://www.instagram.com/jessicafostekew
https://jessicafostekew.com
More about Josie Naughton and Choose.Love
https://choose.love
https://www.instagram.com/chooselove
More about Amira Nimerawi
https://www.instagram.com/amiranimerawi
https://www.instagram.com/healthworkers4palestine
https://www.instagram.com/palestinianmedicalreliefsoc
For more information about this and other episodes…
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or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/
Come to a live show
Women and Words, 21 September https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/women-and-words-30-year-celebration-of-the-womens-prize-for-fiction/
Director Talk – RSC Stratford, 22 September https://secure.rsc.org.uk/58366
In Conversation with Annie Lennox, 26 September https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/bJWolgKZX/annie-lennox-in-conversation
Femonomics: Using Data to Improve Women’s Lives, 6 October https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/femonomics-using-data-to-improve-womens-lives-tickets-1606840797079
Cheltenham Book Festival with Poorna Ball, 11 October https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/deborah-frances-white
Wimbledon Book Fest with Jessica Swale, 21 October https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jessica-swale/
Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.
To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist
The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network, if you’d like to work with us please get in touch hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Sep 15, 2025 • 52min
448. Women Against the Far Right with Jessica Fostekew, Chantelle Lunt, Samira Ali
 The Guilty Feminist 448. Women Against the Far RightPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guests Chantelle Lunt and Samira AliRecorded 11 September via Riverside. Released 15 September 2025.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge.Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-haveMore about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Jessica Fostekew
https://www.instagram.com/jessicafostekew
https://jessicafostekew.com
More about Chantelle Lunt, Samira Ali and Women Against the Far Right
https://standuptoracism.org.uk/sign-the-open-letter-women-against-the-far-right
https://www.instagram.com/chantelle_lunt
https://www.instagram.com/standuptoracismuk
https://www.instagram.com/womenagainstfarright
For more information about this and other episodes…
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or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/Come to a live show
The Guilty Feminist at the London Podcast Festival https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/london-podcast-festival/Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Sep 8, 2025 • 47min
The Guilty Feminist Redux: Belonging with Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Mariam Khan
 The Guilty Feminist Redux: BelongingPresented by Deborah Frances-White with Yassmin Abdel-Magied and special guest Mariam KhanRecorded 17 July 2019 at King Place in London. First released 24 February 2020. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-haveMore about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Yassmin Abdel-Magied
https://twitter.com/yassmin_a
https://www.patreon.com/yassmin_a
More about Mariam Khan
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/mariam-khan
https://twitter.com/helloiammariam
For more information about this and other episodes…
visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com
tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod
like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist
check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist
or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/Come to a live show
The Guilty Feminist at the London Podcast Festival https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/london-podcast-festival/Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Sep 1, 2025 • 59min
447. Neurodivergence and Education Policy with Dr Mine Conkbayir MBE
 The Guilty Feminist 447. Neurodivergence and Education PolicyPresented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Dr Mine Conkbayir MBERecorded 26 August in London. Released 1 September.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-haveMore about Deborah Frances-White
https://deborahfrances-white.com
https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811
https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120
More about Mine Conkbayir
https://mineconkbayir.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mine-conkbayir
https://www.instagram.com/drmineconkbayir
https://www.imadhdnoyourenot.com
For more information about this and other episodes…
visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com
tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod
like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist
check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist
or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT
More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/Come to a live show
The Guilty Feminist at the London Podcast Festival https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/london-podcast-festival/Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 


