Ask A Woman

Ask A Woman

After a break for the pandemic, Julie Etchingham’s podcast Ask A Woman is back. As we get ready to unlock, women are getting to grips with all we’ve been through these past 12 months. We want to find out what lessons leading women have learned, and what needs to happen to make sure we build back better for all of us. From politicians to comedians, sportswomen to business leaders, Julie will pick the brains of some of the world’s top women, to fire us all up and fill us with inspiration.

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July 13, 2021 29 mins
Journalist and author Mary Ann Sieghart joins Julie for Episode Seven of Ask A Woman to discuss her new book ‘The Authority Gap’.

In the episode, Mary Ann explains her research into why women are still taken less seriously than men and how the pandemic could change things.

They also discuss the issue of sexism in schools, making parenting an equal occupation and just some of the 140 things Mary Ann thinks you can do to be a better f...
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Julia Samuel, the renowned psychotherapist and counsellor, joins Julie for Episode Six of Ask A Woman to share a lifetime's wisdom on embracing change and handling loss.

In a really absorbing conversation, Julia shares how different people will experience the impending unlocking of society, why everyone has suffered a form of loss in the pandemic, and why we need to change our attitude to change itself to remain healthy.

Following th...
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Former education secretary Justine Greening joins Julie Etchingham in Episode Five to explain why the government is better at handling potholes than people and needs to change.

The daughter of a Rotherham steel worker and first openly gay government minister resigned from the cabinet in 2018, before ultimately quitting Parliament, after then-PM Theresa May surprisingly moved her out of the key role in pushing social mobility.

Now pur...
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Are authors better equipped to handle lockdowns? Why is the pandemic dividing rather than uniting the world? And how do you handle being prosecuted for something a fictional character in your novel says?

Award-winning Turkish-British novelist Elif Shafak joins Julie Etchingham on Ask A Woman to answer those questions and more.

Elif has earned a global and devoted readership for titles that range from The Forty Rules Of Love, How To S...
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ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham is back with another series of Ask A Woman - the podcast that seeks enlightening answers from bright, powerful, fascinating and funny women.

Leading economist Kalpana Kochhar joins Julie this week to chat about why the pandemic is a wake-up call for gender equality.

Kalpana is the current Director of the IMF’s Human Resources Department and has worked for the Fund for over 30 years.

She will soon be...
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ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham is back with another series of Ask A Woman - the podcast that seeks enlightening answers from bright, powerful, fascinating and funny women.

Criminal barrister Alex Wilson joins Julie this week to chat about her journey into law.

In the episode, Alex discusses:

2:46 - being mistaken for a defendant in court more than once

11:07 - how losing a close friend to knife crime inspired her journey into law

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ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham is back with another series of Ask A Woman - the podcast that seeks enlightening answers from bright, powerful, fascinating and funny women.

After a small pause caused by a big pandemic, Julie's out to find out what each guest has learned in lockdown and ask them: what comes next?

The first guest in the new eight-part series is comic performer, TV presenter and now novelist Mel Giedroyc, who tells ...
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