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Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women

Well-behaved women rarely make history – as someone once said – difficult women do. In this new LBC new podcast, Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women, Rachel will be talking to women who had to be a pain in the backside to get where they are today. Women who take the word difficult as a compliment not an insult. And women who had to fight, resist, insist, or otherwise be badly behaved in order to get things done. Listen and subscribe on Global Player, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Rachel

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27:14

Alice Hendy from tragedy to triumph

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/09/09

This week's Difficult Woman is Alice Hendy. In November of 2020,she received news that her only sibling had taken his own life. Alice found that he had been researching techniques to take his own life via harmful internet searches. To ensure more help and support is given to individuals searching for harmful content online, Alice set up Ripple Suicide Prevention. Listen as she talks us through that journey from tragedy to triumph.

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38:50

From the Archive: the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/09/02

“On Saturday 31st August, the IDF recovered the body of Hersh Goldberg-Polin. To many he was the recognisable face of the hostages kidnapped on October 7th. Earlier this year, we spoke to his mother. Listen back as the world mourns his loss”

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30:17

Why Eleanor Mills was REALLY fired from The Sunday Times

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/08/19

This week's difficult woman is the brilliant author and journalist Eleanor Mills to discuss her new book, which dives into the challenges and triumphs of navigating life as a middle-aged woman. With her signature warmth and with, Eleanor shares her personal journey of grappling with societal beauty standards and the sexism that often comes with them. Listen as we explore the liberation that comes with embracing who you are, wrinkles and all.

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39:40

The Many Strings to Kat Brown's Bow

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/08/12

This week's difficult women is Kat Brown, author, journalist, and guide to all things ADHD. Upon being diagnosed as an adult, Kat's whole life began to click into place. She has used this to try and help others to recontextualise their life in light of this new diagnosis. All of this goes without touching on her greatest love, Difficult Women alumni- Jilly Cooper!

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40:40

Why Jennifer Ewing believes Trump will still win in...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/07/29

This week's Difficult Women is Jennifer Ewing, wealth manager and proud republican living overseas, in the enemy territory! Given the ever present melodrama emanating from our western neighbour it felt appropriate to host an emergencyAmerican episode to find out exactly what it takes to be a difficult woman in the US. Listen as I press her on the Republican's decidedly anti-abortion stance...

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41:48

Harriet Wistrich: The feminist lawyer's feminist lawyer

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/07/15

The stalwart defender of women's rights, Harriet Wistrich, is this week's difficult woman. Responsible for keeping John Worboys locked up and the founder and director of the Centre for Women's Justice. Harriet has worked tirelessly for 25 years to advance and protect women's rights listen to her experience fighting the patriarchal mountain that is British law.

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48:06

The many voices of Ronni Ancona

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/07/08

This week's difficult woman is probably more accurately described as difficult women! Lorraine Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Olivia Coleman, Ann Widdecombe AND Miss Piggy join me this week, all voiced by the wonderful Ronni Ancona. A long and storied career in comedy that is as fascinating as it is funny.

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36:03

Why Ann Widdecombe REALLY abandoned the Tories...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/06/24

Ann Widdecombe is a titan of British politics. Wheather or not you agree with her, you cannot deny the monumental impact she has made on our political landscape over the past 35 years. Instrumental in bringing forth Brexit, Ann now works for the Reform party as once again she finds herself at the centre of political disruption.

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53:41

How Plum Sykes lives with the weight of familial...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/06/16

A gala edition of Difficult Woman Live! with the author, influencer, glamazon, and daughter of one of the most fascinating families in Britain – the Sykes. Plumis descended from the grandest of Yorkshire grandees, Plum Sykes. Pack leader of the transatlantic glossy posse, working at Vogue both here and in New York and achieving international success with her first novel Bergdorf Blondes about blowdried airheaded Park Avenue Princesses, more novels, screenplays, marriage and children followed and

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46:06

What's next for Sharon White?

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/06/09

Fresh off the back of her tenure at the head of John Lewis, Dame Sharon White is at a bit of a loss. With Ofcom and the Treasury on her CV, there is very little she can't turn her hand too. Listen to this surprisingly candid interview from one of the UK's most successful businesswomen.

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37:36

The Many Friends of Rosemary Reed...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/06/03

If there is a man woman or child in showbiz that Rosemary Reed doesn't know, then they're not worth knowing! This producer/director is the mastermind behind some of the most insightful interviews of our generation. "The Power of Women" is her latest interview series, each episode pits two influential women in a room together and charges them to put the world to rights... Sounds like a good idea for a podcast I reckon...

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36:10

Kathy Lette's advice on aging with style!

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/05/20

"Go forth and be fabulous!" Strap in dear listener for our most raucous episode yet! The inimitable Kathy Lette is this weeks difficult woman, done with her flirty fifties and well into her sexties, Kathy's new book explores the discrimination women face as the age, and how to have fun regardless!

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41:29

What the Godmother of Radio REALLY thinks about...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/05/13

I don't have a single bad word to say about this weeks difficult women... not least because she may well be listening! Gillian Reynolds, the Doyenne of Radio,has been a radio critic for over 57 years and what she doesn't know about this industry ISNT WORTH KNOWING.A woman who is nearly older than radio itself has quite the insights into everything from podcasts to the age old rivalry of Nick Ferrari vs James O'Brien...

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38:50

Rachel Goldberg's 208 days without her son

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/05/06

"We are frozen in a trauma that has now become our reality"This week's difficult woman may well be one of the strongest I have ever met. The terror attack of October 7th changed thousands of lives; Rachel Goldberg is one such life. Her son, Hersh, was kidnapped and remains a hostage inside Gaza to this day. Our conversation was a fascinating insight into the daily turmoil that she has to reckon with, holding on hope that she will maybe, one day, see her son again.

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46:41

Patsy Stevenson on the arrest that catapulted her...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/04/29

When something goes wrong, you don't take it lying down" This week's difficult women is Patsy Stevenson. She is a writer and campaigner who was catapulted into the public eye after being arrested at the vigil for Sarah Everard back in March 2021. The stark image of her arrest was splashed across every paper in the country and for many, it laid bare the oppression they had been facing in silence for years. She has now pivoted her life to champion women in STEM as the AI revolution comes upon us.

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47:03

How Alexandra Tolstoy escaped from a Russian Dacha

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/04/22

"He brought in a Psychiatrist to sedate me and handcuff me" From a Bareback Cossack to an abusive Russian Oligarch, Alexandra Tolstoy has lived one hell of a difficult life... Related to the great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, Alexandra has written of her many horseback adventures. She was also in a relationship with the Russian Oligarch known as 'Putin's Banker', with whom she has three children, though escaping his control proved to be her most difficult time yet...

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46:00

Sam McAlister, the woman behind THAT Prince Andrew...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/04/15

This week’s difficult woman is Newsnight's star booker Sam McAlister. A working class girl who’s mixed with princes and paupers, Sam has always known how to get where she needs to be. The story behind THAT Prince Andrew interview has now been turned into a blockbuster Netflix film, listen as I interview the woman behind the SCOOP

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44:07

How Daisy Goodwin derailed the Conservative Mayoral...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/04/08

"Men get away with it because women don't want to report it" This week's difficult woman is author, producer, and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin. The brilliant mind behind Grand Designs, Victoria, and Diva, Daisy's multi-format career is impressive to say the least. Though you may be more familiar with her as the defiant voice who exposed Tory Mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski and derailed his campaign. Listen as she tells EXACTLY what went on that day.

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44:13

The Former Chief of Ofsted on the death of Ruth Perry

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/04/01

“People assume everything should be about making the adults comfortable and happy and forget about the extra risk that puts on children.” This weeks difficult women is Amanda Spielman. Former chief of Ofsted who stepped down at the end of last year amid the death of Ruth Perry. A death which has subsequently lead to a total overhaul of how we assess schools and the role Ofsted should play in that process. In her first interview since leaving the role, listen as we discuss the state of education and

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32:25

How to destroy the institution of marriage according...

Rachel Johnson"s Difficult Women ·

2024/03/25

"The structure of marriage is a big part of maintaining the gender inequality between men and women"This week's difficult women is the Israeli leader of the opposition Merav Michaeli. Over her 12 years in Israeli politics, Merav has never struggled to make her voice heard. After recently deciding to stand down from her role as leader of the Labour party, we discussedher continued opposition to Netanyahu, a potential end to the war, and her decades long fight against the institution of marriage.

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