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The Mummafesto

Being a parent, trying to become one, choosing not to be, gaining a family or losing one, having or being mums or dads or not shapes our lives in so many ways. In this podcast we explore how parenting – both being one or not or having them near or far- influences your perspective. And how in the run up to an election here in the UK it influences your politics. In the Mummafesto, Labour and Cooperative MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy will speak to campaigners, academics and changemakers - people

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31:25

The Mummafesto: Orla Donoghue, Solas Coaching

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2025/10/10

Orla leads Solas Coaching. After her own single and co-parenting journey, she now works with both single parents, empowering them to navigate their unique challenges as well as with workplaces, to develop tailored policies and training to support single parents. Orla recently authored a report on how to build workplaces that work for single parents, arguing that this is a way to both unlock potential and retain top talent. She argues that “leading the way for single parents in the future of

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32:24

The Mummafesto: Michelle Niziol - the Empowering...

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2025/09/19

Joining me on the Mummafesto this week is Michelle Niziol. Michelle has spent more than two decades building and scaling companies across property, finance, and investment. From being on the brink of homelessness at 17 to running seven successful businesses – and even being fired in week one of The Apprentice. She is also a Mum of two and an advocate for female entrepreneurship. In June this year she launched a campaign that calls on the government to make childcare costs tax-deductible for

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33:27

The Mummafesto: Laura Abbott - founder of the Lost...

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2025/09/01

My guest this week is Dr Laura Abbott, whose research career has been dedicated to studying the experiences of pregnant women in the prison system. She co-authored The Birth Charter for pregnant women in England and Wales. She has contributed to Government reviews on how staff can manage and care for pregnant women and mothers in prison. She leads the Lost Mothers project, explores the experiences of incarcerated mothers, separated from their babies, and the professionals who support them.

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35:26

The Mummafesto: Tina Miller

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2025/07/31

Joining me on TheMummafestothis week is professor of sociology, Tina Miller.Tina’s research covers all things motherhood and fatherhood, reproductivehealthand constructions of gender. Tina, welcome to TheMummafesto.You can find out more about Tina's work and her publications here. Her latest book is 'Motherhood: Contemporary Experiences and Generational Change'Cambridge UniversityPress.

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27:34

The Mummafesto: Becca Ehrlich, founder of The Noisy...

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2025/07/23

Joining me on TheMummafestothis week isBeccaEhrlich. Becca is a Walthamstow local and founder of the noisy book club,designed to help teach parents how to support their children both in their education and emotionally.Becca’s missionisto teach parents alongside their children, creating a resilient household in which everyone can support and be supported.Becca, welcome to TheMummafesto.You can find out more about The Noisy Book Club via the website: http://www.noisybookclub.com/

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33:32

The Mummafesto: Founder and CEO of Vote Mama, Liuba...

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2025/06/19

Joining me on The Mummafesto is the indomitable Liuba Grechen Shirley. Liuba is the founder of the Vote Mama Foundation, the leading source of research and analysis about the political participation of moms. Liuba became the first woman in history to receive federal approval to spend Campaign Funds of childcare, gaining support from Hilary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren.

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35:20

The Mummafesto: Helen Pankhurst

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2025/06/19

Helen is the Convenorof The Centenary Action Group, the UK’s largest coalition of women’s rights activists and organisations. The Centenary Action Group advocates for the development, improvement and implementation of laws and policies that reduce or remove the barriers to women’s political participationHelen is the great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst.CARE International: Helen is an international development and women’s rights advisor to CARE

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29:43

The Mummafesto: Louise Webster - Beyond the school run

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2025/06/06

Joining me on The Mummafesto this week is founder of Beyond the School Run, Louise Webster. Beyond the School Run was founded as a place to help parents utilise their skills and talents and help businesses connect with this talent. Since then, Louise has published her first book, ‘A new way for mothers’.

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34:17

The Mummafesto: Author and researcher Alex Bollen

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2025/05/22

Joining me on The Mummafesto this week is the author and researcher Alex Bollen. Formerly a research director at Ipsos MORI, Alex has recently published her firstbook, 'Motherhood: Breaking free from bad science and good mothermyths' - exploring how motherhood has been weaponised by science andthe state and the inherently political nature of motherhood. Alex,welcome to The Mummafesto.You can find out more about Alex's work and book here.

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35:46

The Mummafesto: Mums Who Build

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2025/05/09

Joining me this week on TheMummafestois Georgie Harris and Bex Taylor, founders of Mums Who Build.Mums Who Build is a space for women navigating motherhood,businessand career growth, focusing on financial security and tackling the motherhood penalty. It was born out of their own experienceof managing careersand parenting.MOB,welcome to TheMummafesto.

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30:28

The Mummafesto: Arooj Shah

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2025/04/24

Joining me on TheMummafestothis weekis Arooj Shah. Arooj is a Labour politician and has been the leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Great Manchester since May 2023. Arooj has had aa long and varied career in local Government and was the first Muslim woman to charge of a council in the north of England. Arooj, welcome to TheMummafesto.

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40:58

The Mummafesto: Gaby Hinsliff

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2025/04/17

Joining me on The Mummafesto this week is Guardian columnist andpolitical correspondent, Gaby Hinsliff. Gaby is the former editor ofThe Observer and editor at large of Grazia magazine. In 2012 Gabypublished 'Half a Wife:The Working Family's Guide to Getting a LifeBack'. Half a Wife is based on Gaby's own experience of trying tobalance a family life with a rewarding career. Gaby, welcome to TheMummafesto.

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31:08

The Mummafesto: Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City...

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2025/04/03

Joining me on TheMummafestothis week is Bev Craig. Bev is aLabour politician, serving as the leader of Manchester City Council.Bevis the city council’s first female and LGBT leader and during her time as leader has made significant strides in provision for children and young people inManchester. Bev isalso a founder and co-chair of Open Labour.

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37:09

The Mummafesto Mother's Day Special: Laura Bates

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2025/03/27

Joining me for The Mummafesto Mother's Day special, and the one year anniversary of the podcast, is author and campaigner Laura Bates. Laura is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, an ever-increasing collection of over 200,000 testimonies of global gender inequality andauthor of several books on misogynyand sexism. Her most recent book, Fix the System, Not the Women was named one of Waterstones' best books of 2022. In May, Laura will publish her latest book 'The New Age of Sexism - How the AI

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32:35

The Mummafesto: Beverley Pannell, founder of...

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2025/03/18

My guest this week is Beverley Pannell.Beverley is the founder of Motherhood Uncensored and mum to a toddler. After facing fertility issues, baby loss and a traumatic birth Beverley felt there was so much missing from our conversations around motherhood. Motherhood Uncensored began as a platform to share stories and collectively work through the misogyny that surrounds modern motherhood but has grown into much more.This week Beverley has published her first book, ‘Motherhood Uncensored’,a collection

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32:49

The Mummafesto: Marvyn Harrison, Founder of Dope...

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2025/02/27

My guest this week is Marvyn Harrison. Marvyn is the father of two small children and the founder of Dope Black Dads. Beginning as a solidarity whatsapp chat with fellow fathers, Dope Black Dads has now grown into a global community with over 250,000 members in the UK, US and South Africa, helping dads with everything from new fatherhood to finances to problems your child mayface at school. Marvyn, welcome to the Mummafesto

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34:49

The Mummafesto: Ashley James, presenter and campaigner

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2024/12/06

This week's guest is Ashley James, the TV presenter and DJ. Ashley started out her career in Made in Chelsea but has now moved into being a commentator and journalist on a number of platforms, including on the Jeremy Vine Show, GB News, and indeed This Morning. Ashley is a fearsome campaigner for women's rights, having spoken out on a range of issues, including sexual harassment, the rights for single women to have IVF on the NHS, and indeed on reproductive rights. Ashley, welcome to the Mummafesto

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36:13

The Mummafesto: Jemma Forte, journalist and host of...

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2024/11/14

My guestthis week is broadcaster and journalist Jemma Forte. Jemma has been a professional presenter for over twenty years and began her career at Disney Channel. Jemma is now a regular on Sky News, BBC, Jeremy Vine and was formally a presenter and panelist on Channel 5’s current affairs show ‘The Wright Stuff’. For the last two years Jemma has hosted popular politics podcast, The Trawl, with journalist Marina Purkiss. On The Trawl Jemma and Marina scroll through social media so their listeners

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42:05

The Mummafesto: Rachel Johnson

The Mummafesto ·

2024/11/07

Joining me this week is journalist and author Rachel Johnson. Rachel was the first female graduate trainee at the Financial Times and has since written weekly columns for the Sunday telegraph, daily telegraph and evening standard. She is a contributing editor of The Spectator and now writes a weekly column in the The Mail on Sunday. From 2009-2012 she was editor of The Lady, Britain’s longest-running women’s magazine. Rachel, welcome to the Mummafesto.

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31:53

The Mummafesto: Tinuke Awe, founder of fiveXmore and...

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2024/10/24

My guest this is blogger, campaigner and founder of grassroots organisation Five X More, Tinuke Awe. Five X More is an organisation committed to changing and highlighting Black maternal outcomes in the UK and was founded following Tinuke’s own experience with traumatic birth. She's also a campaigner on Autism in the black community. In April this year, Tinuke received an Inspirational Women Award for her campaign for quality maternity care.You can find out more about Tinuke's work via her Instagram

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