A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard
Episodes
Ayesha Hazarika on women and political power
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to former political advisor and comedian Ayesha Hazarika. They discuss the similarities between comedy and politics these days (“there’...
Anne Marie Rafferty on women in nursing
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode marking 2020 as the Year of the Nurse, Julia talks to Anne Marie Rafferty, President of the UK’s Royal College of Nursing and P...
Reni Eddo-Lodge on intersectional feminism
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to British writer Reni Eddo-Lodge. Author of the award-winning book ‘Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race', Reni discuss...
Regina Benjamin on women in healthcare
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Regina Benjamin, the 18th Surgeon General of the United States, who was appointed under President Obama. Regina shares her concern...
Katharine Viner on women in journalism
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Katharine Viner, the the first female editor-in-chief at The Guardian and one of few women to have edited a national UK newspaper....
Cate Blanchett on women in film
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to two-time Academy Award winning actor Cate Blanchett about telling women’s stories through film, the importance of diversity in creati...
Hannah Fry on predicting coronavirus and women in maths
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Dr Hannah Fry, perhaps the UK’s best-known mathematician. They discuss Hannah’s 2018 BBC documentary Contagion, which predicted the...
Sally McManus on women and trade unions
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Sally McManus, the first woman to serve as Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions in its 90-year history. Sally discusses ...
Sally Davies on women in medicine
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Professor Dame Sally Davies, the first and only woman to serve as Chief Medical Officer for England. They discuss the UK government’s...
Emma Watkins on gender stereotyping
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Emma Watkins, aka Emma Wiggle, the first and only woman to be part of Australia’s hit children’s entertainment group the Wiggles. S...
Mary Beard on women in academia
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Julia talks to Cambridge Classics Professor and TV historian Mary Beard, who discusses the first recorded examples of misogyny in Ancient Greek mythol...
Deborah Frances-White on women and guilt
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White talks to Julia about the power of podcasting in making women’s voices heard and why women need to rid them...
Asher Keddie on women in TV
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leading Australian actor Asher Keddie opens up about the pressure fame has brought, the toxic culture around celebrity and her drive to support women ...
Penny Mordaunt on women in the military
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
UK Conservative MP and Britain’s first ever female Secretary of State for Defence, Penny Mordaunt, talks to Julia about her military upbringing, the...
Marcia Langton on Aboriginal women’s rights
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of series two of A Podcast of One’s Own, Julia talks to leading academic and Indigenous activist Professor Marica Langton....
Julia Gillard on her highlights from 2019
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A special end of year round-up of some of Julia’s favourite moments from A Podcast of One’s Own this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Hillary Clinton on global gender equality
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode recorded live from King's College London, Julia talks to Hillary Rodham Clinton about the barriers to women’s equality world...
Stella Creasy on making parliament more women-friendly
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded midway through the UK general election campaign and two weeks before the birth of her first child, Labour MP Stella Creasy found time to talk...
Carrie Gracie on equal pay
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UK journalist Carrie Gracie famously resigned from her post as BBC China editor when she discovered her male equivalent was being paid almost twice as...
Yvette Williams on campaigning for Grenfell
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coordinator and co-founder of Justice4Grenfell, Yvette Williams, talks to Julia about her experience leading the campaign to get justice for the victi...
Helena Morrissey on women in business
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Top British businesswoman Helena Morrissey tells Julia about how she rose to the top in the heavily male-dominated world of finance, her campaigning e...
Caroline Criado-Perez on the gender data gap
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UK journalist and activist, Caroline Criado-Perez, talks to Julia about getting Jane Austen on the ten-pound note and the first ever statue of a woman...
Pamela Hutchinson on workplace equality
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bloomberg’s Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Pamela Hutchinson, talks to Julia Gillard about how we accelerate the pace of change in workplac...
Tanya Plibersek on women in politics
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Former Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Tanya Plibersek talks to Julia Gillard about juggling her career in politics with family life.Earn...
Kathy Lette on motherhood and women writers
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Australian-British bestselling author Kathy Lette talks “chick lit”, motherhood and why it benefits men to do more housework, with Julia Gillard. ...
Sandi Toksvig on women in comedy
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sandi Toksvig talks to Julia about her experience forging a career as a leading female comedy figure in a male-dominated world, as well as the sexual ...
A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard - Trailer
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership is launching a new podcast series hosted by Julia Gillard, first and only women to be Prime Minister of ...