The Guilty Feminist

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The Guilty Feminist
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Presentation
Hosted by Deborah Frances-White + guest co-host
Starringe.g. Aisling Bea, Rachel Parris, Felicity Ward, Sindhu Vee
GenreComedy, Feminism
Created by Deborah Frances-White
Sofie Hagen (2015-September 2016)
LanguageEnglish
Production
Production The Spontaneity Shop
Theme music composed byMark Hodge
No. of episodes179
Publication
Original release15 December 2015
Related
Website http://guiltyfeminist.com/

The Guilty Feminist is a feminist comedy podcast hosted by Deborah Frances-White. Created by Frances-White and Sofie Hagen in 2015, the podcast features guests on a panel to discuss topics on and related to feminism, and is recorded in front of a live audience.

Contents

Overview

The podcast was created by Deborah Frances-White and Sofie Hagen in December 2015. [1] The idea for the podcast came from the pair having lunch together and often sharing their hypocrisies and double standards with each other. [2] [3] Hagen and Frances-White co-hosted the podcast until September 2016 when Hagen left. Since then a range of guests have co-hosted each episode. The podcast is recorded in front of a live audience and each episode lasts approximately 45 minutes. [4] [5]

Each episode begins with short stories starting with the words "I'm a feminist, but...", with the episode's hosts admitting to moments where they have done or thought something that an ideal feminist wouldn't. [1] [6] Episodes are based around a theme, and topics of discussion have included stereotypes, hair removal, periods, not having children, or purchase of cosmetics. [3] [7] [8] [9] [10] The presenters set themselves weekly challenges, [10] and at the end of each episode audience members are invited to ask the panel questions. [2]

The show has featured guests such as Shappi Khorsandi, [2] Gemma Arterton, [11] Dawn O'Porter, and Aisling Bea. [7] Frances-White aims to create diverse and inclusive panels of guests. [2] In 2023, the house of The Guilty Feminist also launched Media Storm, a news podcast hosted by journalists Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia, featuring underrepresented individuals who are rarely given a chance to voice their lived experience. [12]

Reception

The podcast was shortlisted for an Internet Award in the 2017 Chortle Awards and nominated for Best Podcast in the 2017 Audio & Radio Industry Awards. [13] [14] In The Guardian's 2017 list of best podcasts, Kathryn Bromwich listed The Guilty Feminist as one of her six favourite podcasts in the 'sex, life and relationships' category. [10]

To date, the podcast has been downloaded over 100 million times. [15]

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