Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour

This week Harriet speaks to her guests about how to be actively anti races, she is joined by Sophie Williams, authors of anti racist ally, plus Uju Asika joins Harriet to discuss how to speak to our children about race and her new book ‘Bringing up race’. 

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This week Harriet speaks to Alexandra Wilson about what life is like for her as a female black barrister working in the British justice system and how she is continuously seen as the defendant in court and not the barrister. Plus, Dolly Alderton and Harriet chat about her new novel ‘Ghosts’ along with dating in the 21st century and the ghosting phenomenon. 

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This week Harriet discusses life through lockdown, dealing with grief and parenting with Dawn O’Porter, in line with her new book ‘Life in Pieces’ based on blogposts she wrote during lockdown. Plus Alvin Hall chats about his new podcast Driving the green book.

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This week Harriet discusses Black History Month and is joined by Djamila Boothman, deputy head teacher at Woodside High School to talk about why Black, Asian and Minority ethnic authors have been sidelined from the curriculum. Dotun Abebayo, host of 400 years of taking the knee to talk about the inspiring resistance heroes who have fort for black freedom over 400 years. Plus, Sam Baker discusses her new book ‘The Shift’ and how menopause and life after it can really empower women. 

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This week Harriet is joined by Parth Patel to discuss how new Lockdown rules are still harming people from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic communities, at a higher rate than white communities and what the Government need to do about it. Plus Dr Angelina Osborne introduces 100 great black Britons. While Tina Wilson shares her new dating app that lets your friends decide who you’re going to go out with. 

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This week Harriet speaks to author of A Dutiful Son, Mohsin Zaidi about how his family adapted to him being a gay muslim man. Sarah Akwisombe joins to discuss how we can manifest our way to more money and gives us tips on how to have a better relationship with money. Plus Mary Wilson, Paralympian hopefully, talks about the struggles of being an athlete during Covid-19.

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This week Harriet speaks to journalist and author of Man Down, Matt Rudd and looks at the trials and tribulations that middle aged men face. Plus Everyday sexism founder Laura Bates discusses the frightening area of the internet that she discovered during her research, that hate women. 

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This week Harriet talks about falsely being accused of sexual assault with Yusuf Salaam and joins Ibi Zoboi to discuss what life is like being a young black man in America. Radio legend Annie Nightingale shares her story of 50 years on the frontline of music, how to find passion in your job and why she will never stop listening to the new. Finally Louise Hulland talks about modern day slavery in the UKthe reality of being a fat black woman in the UK and how much bigger it is than we realise. violence and Kavita Puri tells the stories of partition.

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This week Harriet talks about the reality of being a fat black woman in the UK with Stephanie Yeboah, Kelechi Okafor brilliantly describes the reality behind Megan the Stallion’s recent claims of domestic violence and Kavita Puri tells the stories of partition.

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How do you go from bomb disposal to the Love island Villa? And what can men add the happy vagina conversation?

Joining Harriet this week is Camila Thurlow who we all know from Love Island however, did you know she left a job as a bomb disposal expert to find fame in the love island villa but soon found herself educating the other islanders on feminist issues, Camilla has written a book on all of her unlikely pursuits, “Not The Type” is out now.

As instagram ramps up our desire for new clothes and expensive looks, Urenna Okonkwo talks to Harriet about her money saving app Cashmere and why she thinks it will help women save some cash.

Author and Historian Tess Little and Harriet discuss the spread of radical feminism movement of the 60's & 70's and how we shared ideas with France and the US to grow the resources available to women from places of refuge to historic manifesto's. Tess also tells Harriet about her new book The Octopus.

And Friend of the show Mika Simmons is back to chat about the new series of her podcast “The Happy Vagina”. How did it go when she invited men into the conversation? 

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