S8 Ep4: Bookshelfie: Bryony Gordon

Award-winning poet, playwright, and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave makes a confession about her book “borrowing”, and explains why a 50 year old book about photography should be mandatory reading for young people before they join social media. Kiran’s first novel for adults, Th ...  Show more

Skins and Game of Thrones star Hannah Murray talks about the journey to writing her new memoir, early acting fame and why a love story with a merman had her spellbound to the end.Hannah worked as an actor for over a decade, cast as Cassie in E4’s Skins at the tender age of 16, an ...  Show more

We listened to your comments. You loved them covering the 2024 Games, so we brought them back for more. Welcome to Fast Friends with Kelley O'Hara and Lisa Leslie! These two legendary athletes will give you their thoughts on the biggest stories in women's sports every week. In to ...  Show more

This back to school season, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. Today's Womanican is Gayl Jones (1949-present). She is a prolific author celebrated for her writing about Black womanhood, slavery, and the African Diaspora. She disappea ...  Show more

Once upon a time, there was a bespectacled girl who loved tennis. She was resourceful and figured out a way to get tennis lessons for free since her family didn't have a lot of money. When she became a national champion, she began to fight for equal rights within the tennis circu ...  Show more

Lisa Lane (1933-2024) was an American chess player and 1959 U. S. Women’s Chess Champion. She was also the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. For Further Reading: Lisa Lane, Chess Champion Whose Reign Was Meteoric, Dies at 90 QUEEN OF KNIGHT ...  Show more