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The Women's Agenda Podcast — 267 episodes

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A blokey problem, the 'have it all' debate ramps up, and pervert glasses

2

Why it's time to quit being nice

3

Convicted, still can't be named. Massive health breakthrough, and AI beauty 'models'

4

Just put up with it? Tate arrest and leadership in current times

5

AI displacement, masculinity, parents night and birth trauma

6

The truth about longevity for women

7

Peptides and women, free speech issues, AI layoff excuses

8

Founders, breakfast TV, and the footballer who wanted to be at the birth

9

A goalkeeper's masculinity, Pauline Hanson's abolish-everything Press Club debut, career minimalism

10

A viral period campaign, truth about 'masculinism' and Brittany Higgins new role

11

Sarah Wilson on collapse, fierce mother energy, and the relief of accepting the moment

12

Embracing the Women Who Win

13

Deepfakes, women get heat for using AI, a PM not 'throwing everything' at national crisis

14

Young men, care, and a global backsliding on fatherhood expectations

15

The women-led 106-day resistance that protected democratic institutions

16

World's largest funder of human rights is willing to take on Trump

17

The pull of outragement: How Julie Inman Grant's office is taking on big tech

18

The leader of world's largest reproductive health network knows about backlash

19

Money, power and who is moving it

20

A turning point week for women: Orbán done, Army's first woman Chief, and Melania's Epstein moment

21

Women's Heart Health! Historically overlooked, now in focus

22

The week women held the line

23

More babies! (Australian ones). More jokes! (Australian ones)

24

Introducing, There Will Be Dancing!

25

We are a bit 'difficult'

26

How to be brave, with Senator Fatima Payman

27

Falling from the glass cliff, confidence and ego

28

Epstein files? But You don't smile!

29

Davos men, Coalition split, About those 'wine moms' and a Jan 26 idea

30

Start drinking, as one EU leader suggested? No. Others ideas for a chaotic 2026

31

A week we will never forget

32

Bring back 'masculine energy'! And is Pauline Hanson closing the gender pay gap?

33

How everyday products and services are weaponised by perpetrators

34

An MP’s attention-seeking stunt for ‘women’s rights’ and a billionaire’s wild rant

35

May I meet you? Asks a billionaire + Glass cliff cracks

36

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

37

Wave of firsts, and the country where mothers will soon pay zero income tax

38

An iconic organisation of heroes facing allegations of a toxic culture

39

The best-earning time to be a woman, AFP crackdown, men in parliament

40

WFH win for mother set to change the game, women missing from world negotiations

41

Working while caring in the era of longevity

42

Japan's 'Iron Lady', RFK's latest attack on mothers and Gisele Pelicot's courage

43

A former independent MP takes on one of Australia's biggest challenges

44

Young women more interested in gendered roles? Creepy women-based AI avatars, and Jane Goodall's lessons for all of us

45

Are you quietly cracking at work? You're not alone!

46

You need to know about Andrew Hastie and his 1960s Australia aspirations

47

Harmful lies and rhetoric hurt mothers, sexist mortgage bokers, girls changing behaviours

48

How to hold the weight of knowing

49

One state's plan to end domestic and family violence

50

Trump's latest, baseless claims and Australian women

51

Why vigilance is always necessary.

52

Breastfeeding ridiculousness, violent rhetoric for women who speak out

53

How a city turned grief into action on violence against women

54

How women lead through life transitions

55

The climate reality check meets hope

56

Why 25yo Grace Brown is the next household name in business

57

More women at the Cabinet Table. Will it change things for women?

58

Lessons in connection for strongmen, and marathons over racism

59

Transparency and intentionally investing in women

60

What's with the emotional men in parliament

61

How opportunities change the VC game for founders

62

What the Government's health investment means for women

63

Bootstrapping and rejecting the VC system

64

How a DV disclosure scheme could save lives

65

The bold plan to make WFH a legal right

66

Closing the investment gap? Start with VCs committing to the challenge

67

What's behind the massive gender gap in startup investment?

68

New parliament. More women than ever. Will it make a difference?

69

Of course the birthrate's down!

70

Blindfolded, interrogated, detained. Cheng Lei on freedom

71

NDAs silence women. Can employers stop using them?

72

Only 123 years for gender equality! Who gets honoured? Preference for girls

73

Fresh imposter sydrome take, and the 1 in 3 men

74

'You can't get everything right' Is no excuse

75

How to use power for good

76

Resilience, self worth and the power of a simple act of help

77

Power, Policy and Representation as we go to vote

78

We need a Minister for Food. The food insecurity crisis on women

79

Olympian turned politician: Zali Steggall on holding power to account

80

Glazing politicians, + where is ending DV this election?

81

Foreign correspondent to politician: Zoe Daniel

82

What Budget 2025 means for women

83

Stop weaponising working from home

84

We need more women in politics

85

The troubling 'rules' of Married At First Sight

86

Jan Fran on Australia's Unofficial History

87

'Mainstreaming misogyny' ends today

88

AI Unlocked: Women shaping AI and supporting others to join them

89

Yes, most employers still have massive gender pay gaps

90

AI Unlocked: How women are using AI in business

91

Women saying 'enough' and saving democracy

92

AI Unlocked: Closing the Gender Gaps in AI special

93

Beyond bikini health for women

94

Just 2%! The funding gap for women founders and how it can change

95

Women, community and chasing once safe Liberal seats

96

What workplace bullying is doing to us

97

It’s DEI’s fault! Why companies are proudly cutting DEI

98

Zuckerberg just changed everything for women on social media

99

Changing the game for female founders in 2025

100

How to manage 'Dopa hits' and other perils of social media

101

Why 2025 is a pivotal point for girls globally

102

Best Books! What to read this Summer

103

Merci Gisele Pelicot

104

Is 2025 actually the year for optimism?

105

How Sherele Moody tells the stories of women killed by violence

106

What are nukebros? And standing up on social media

107

Childcare undervalued. Sex work rights. Free contraceptives.

108

Social media ban. Walmart walks back on DEI. NT coronial inquiry.

109

Gender pay gap. 4B movement. Interview with Minister Nat Hutchins.

110

Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Iraq’s lowered age of consent. Interview with Sarah Williams.

111

The US Election: where do we go from here?

112

Trump or Harris. QLD election. Women's democracy

113

LinkedIn Lechers - is any social media platform safe for women?

114

A list of top creative directors - but where are the women?

115

Sit down? Be humble? Kamala Harris says no

116

The digital double burden women face

117

How would job-sharing in politics work? Interview with Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock

118

Interview with Senator Jana Stewart

119

Um, Donald Trump… who is Abdul?

120

Recap of our Women’s Health Summit

121

The Ladies League is now open!

122

Why aren’t there more job-sharing roles in leadership?

123

Why are we still talking about Raygun?

124

Interview with the PM: Will Albanese’s ‘good first steps’ lead to a lasting legacy?

125

Busting women’s health myths with Dr Jennifer Gunter

126

Was Kamala Harris a DEI pick?

127

When they go low, we go high

128

Seventy-five years of NATO, and just four women at the Summit

129

'Part time' prime ministers and parental leave for grandparents

130

A woman gets a pay bump. Stop everything!

131

A woman facing a trial for stealing period products? Really?

132

Senator Jane Hume: We've all been there

133

Guilty! Donald Trump convicted

134

Breakdown of the budget

135

The private school ranking list is nothing new

136

What’s the solution to men’s violence against women?

137

Is Australia in a ‘baby drought’?

138

Discrimination at the MONA's Ladies Lounge?

139

The death of Zomi Frankcom in Gaza

140

Wins for the long weekend

141

Where is the happiest place on earth?

142

#FinishSamanthasRun

143

What's going on with Sam Kerr?

144

Ending 'jobs for mates': Teal Dr Sophie Scamps on IWD

145

From one gender gap to the next

146

The glass cliff at Woolies

147

Barnaby’s booze-fest and the double standards for women

148

The epic fail on investing in female founders

149

Why was the search term “Taylor Swift” blocked on X?

150

Barbie, climate change and business meetings in saunas

151

New year, new women leaders?

152

From Barbie to the RBA: 2023 all wrapped up

153

Palaszczuk, Pamela and Positive Duty

154

Allegations against Alan Jones

155

Jokes about domestic violence aren’t so funny

156

The part-time promotion cliff is real

157

No women startup mentors? We don’t buy it

158

A 'good guy' who snapped? Epidemic of violence against women

159

Women’s Agenda - more than a ‘side hustle’

160

New Zealand’s election: Chris vs Chris

161

International Day of the Girl

162

Boy math is…

163

Farewell, Rupert Murdoch

164

Consent Laid Bare: Interview with Chanel Contos

165

Boys chuck a tantrum over the Matildas

166

The ultimate showdown: Zuckerberg v Musk cage fight

167

Wanted: More gender balanced cabinets

168

Special ep: Interview with Megan Davis

169

Schooled by his Mum

170

Take a pay cut, if you work from home

171

The 131 year wait for gender equality (maybe)

172

Message to women? Watch out

173

Can't you just, work more hours?

174

PwC, Ben Roberts-Smith and AI's diversity problem

175

Love and hate and breaking barriers

176

Already on the Glass Cliff

177

Five years and three trials

178

The race to the top

179

If untapped women's workforce participation was a massive ore deposit

180

Pay rises, educators and the climate

181

The Crux | Time to celebrate the gender pay gap?

182

Nope, still won't 'break the bias' or 'embrace equity'

183

The Crux | Quietly quitting at home

184

The Crux | Diversity of Opinion?

185

This was 2022! And how to lead in 2023

186

Masculinity and what comes next

187

How the law silences women

188

The case for hope on climate change

189

The case of the missing female PMs and presidents

190

Hair straighteners won't attract women

191

Fixing the $1 billion a week gender pay gap

192

Creativity, storytelling, and exposing the real issues

193

The business of kindness and how to be wise with time

194

What next? Rebel Wilson, Jacinda Ardern, and winning female entrepreneurship

195

Women disappearing behind screens? Julia Gillard Vs Elon Musk

196

Four day work weeks and how to push a deadline

197

Don't get bulldozed! It's somewhat political

198

When men in leadership step down

199

Drop the 'mean girls' opportunism

200

On giving up everything to make a stand

201

Floods, subs and the hijacking of IWD

202

On courage

203

War and women and Putin

204

All Jenny's fault

205

Legacy matters

206

The glass cliff comes full circle

207

The 'untitling' of women

208

The moments that moved us

209

The Work Creep

210

The motherhood penalty, and why are young women staying at home?

211

Will they set the standard?

212

Get women quoted!

213

'It's bedtime darling': Jacinda Ardern, childcare and women's health

214

Women making noise and having a load of burnout

215

The missing super and the isolated parents

216

The Nats, the push for safety and the new uniforms

217

The 17yos taking a stand, and the Queen gets irritated

218

New premier, get a pay rise, go on 138 dates

219

A Premier's fall, the woman taking on FB and how to keep your brain young

220

What Facebook knew was damaging girls, and impacts on women as COVID restrictions ease

221

How to overcome fear, and a 20 year history lesson with Lisa Millar

222

The billionaire woman giving it away

223

One of 23 CEOs a woman? How to say No

224

‘I will not be lectured by the PM on..’ anything really

225

Afghanistan, books, pay gap, wins

226

Code Red on climate, covid and gender equality

227

Simone Biles, vaccines and Senator Kristina Keneally

228

Boosting female disappointment + Inspiring women, and burnout

229

End of networking? And why 1 hour will solve sexual harassment! + Tanya Hosch interview

230

The employers making life harder + Linda Burney interview

231

Julia Banks joins the pod and will women change the vote?

232

Re-Joyce for Barnaby's quota appointment! No?

233

Big swinging... space men. Why?

234

Empathy and compassion would change all this

235

Dismantling the ultimate Boy's Club

236

Let’s quit with the ‘drums of war are beating’

237

The 'women's budget'? We'll see...

238

Christine Holgate's brilliant takedown. And pink gloves for tampon removal? No

239

Respect? Finally gets a nod. And not so Married At First Site

240

The political debacle continues

241

Grateful protesters not shot? No Prime Minister

242

He said, politics & mental health days

243

Women's safety must go beyond being 'someone's daughter'

244

Creativity, burnout & the future of work

245

Life as entrepreneurs & why more women are needed

246

How to have integrity: Cathy McGowan joins the pod

247

Women's leadership out loud

248

Play, real success & positivity: Sarah Davidson

249

It pays to appoint female CEOs. So where are they?

250

Budget special! What's in it for women?

251

Layne Beachley: Surfing's greatest talks fear & gender equality in the sport

252

Yes, Parental Burnout is a thing

253

How to hack happiness

254

An opportunity now to reimagine everything

255

A flexible working future? We'll see

256

A war survivor turned lawyer on writing it down

257

The childcare crisis

258

Women on the Glass Cliff

259

How women’s leadership is winning on COVID-19

260

The little disappointments, and how do you actually work at home with kids & others around?

261

Love at home! Power of clear communication & vulnerability as source of strength

262

Self care, solidarity and how to lead in a crisis

263

Turning point on remote work? Taking on the caring in a pandemic. Female president, ever?

264

Ok to dislike IWD? Educating girls and the very incredible Dr Kakenya Ntaiya

265

3. A turning point on DV? | What makes a ‘good’ employer? | Astronomer Lisa Harvey Smith

266

2: No ‘trad wives’ here | Startup sexism, tennis superstars & more

267

1: Finland’s 34yo PM stuns world on paid parental leave. What was Weinstein’s lawyer thinking?