As well as bringing us International Women’s Day, March is also Women’s History Month. So much of the history we are taught focuses on the male perspective, and the same can be said of many history podcasts. Even when searching for the best women’s history podcasts,  quite often you will be recommended podcasts from the USA, and focused on American history. So for those of you searching for some UK-based women’s history podcasts, we’ve pulled together some shows that look at the history on our doorstep.

History Becomes Her

Who inspires the women making history right now? In History Becomes Her, Mashable journalist Rachel Thompson speaks to some of the women making change today about the women of the past who paved the way for them. Episodes include journalist Zing Tsjeng talking about pirate queens, and Ruth Hunt speaking about Virginia Woolfe and LGBQT+ history. This is also a great one to listen to for the book recommendations to add to your reading list. Listen now >>

Hell Cats

Speaking of pirate queens, a great Audible Original podcast to listen to this month is Hell Cats. It tells the little-known story of history’s most progressive pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. This is a fictionalised version of a true story, so expect adventure on the high seas and an enduring love affair between the women.  This has had great reviews on Audible, with one listener saying “The sound design is like watching a series with your eyes closed”. Listen now on Audible>>

History Cafe

This podcast isn’t exclusively for women’s history, but it has some great episodes that delve into lesser-known parts of British women’s history. In a short series running this month ‘The Secret History of the Suffragettes’, they “peel away the Pankhurst monopoly to reveal something much uglier”. Learn about the WSPU and the terrorist tactics they employed in the name of women’s voting rights.  Listen now >>

Outliers

Another podcast that looks at history from an interesting angle, Outliers is an historic fiction podcast that explores how big events filter down to the people left out of the history books. Made by Historic Royal Palaces, in association with Rusty Quill (who are most popular for making fiction podcast The Magnus Archives and Stellar Firma) each episode has a writer pick a lesser-known person associated with a historical event, and write a monologue from their point of view. I really enjoyed Fresh Sweat and Cloves, where we hear from the widow of Walter Raleigh. Listen now >>

It’s A Continent

This podcast is here to remind us that Africa is a continent, not a country. And as such, there is a lot of history for many of us to unpack. For Women’s History Month, check out some of the episodes devoted to women who have changed their countries. ‘Queen Nzinga: Angola’s Protector’ was made famous by fighting against the slave trade and European influence, whilst ‘Wangari, Kenya’s mother’ tells the story of Wangari Maathai, who was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Listen now >>

Same Sh!t, Different Century

In the Women’s March in 2017, three women went viral for dressing as suffragettes and marching with a sign that said “Same Shit, Different Century”. They were Costume Coordinators Amy Trend, Hannah Monkley and Amy Toll, and this is their podcast. Made back in 2018, there are only eight episodes and the first couple are very homemade. But this is a great podcast diving deep into one aspect of history, and it often pops up in lists for offering a different angle on women’s history. Listen now>>

Normal Women

This podcast was created to be released alongside Philippa Gregory’s history book, Normal Women, but it’s not a book podcast but rather a standalone series based on the book premise. The eight-part series doesn’t focus on the normal podcast narrative about the three or four well-known historical heroines. It is a dive into the normal women who we don’t learn about in history, whether they left records or were ‘hidden from history’ in the everyday. Listen now >>

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Season 1 was filled with the fuzzy twinkle of Game Boys and the muffled murmur of Sony Walkmans, as well as a star-studded cast including Akie Kotabe (Mad Men) as Jim, Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin) as Staten, and Sharon D. Clarke (Dr. Who) as Ellis. Set in the economic climb of 90s America, Jim Yang, a financial manager at Enron, one day receives an email from the future. The introverted video-gamer is catapulted into the greed, chaos and debauchery of the late 90s tech boom, juggling feelings for his one true love and those mysterious – and threatening – emails from the future. With the fate of humanity as we know it lying in Jim’s inbox, he makes choices that will change history forever.

Now returning for a second season, BOOM kicks off in the year 2000. The millennium is barely an hour old when Jim finds himself hiding in a Las Vegas Casino as federal investigators storm the building. Have those emails from the future finally caught up with him? As the USA prepares to welcome George W. Bush to the Whitehouse, Jim Yang navigates the chaotic world of Enron’s impending doom. His personal life is in tatters as he remains unable to explain to the love of his life, Cora, just why he is unable to commit to a meaningful relationship. As he goes even further down the futuristic rabbit-hole, he is being ruthlessly tracked every step of the way – and when he discovers he is not the only ‘Chosen One’, the revelations have a devastating effect.

Joel and Adam have dominated the podcast fiction space for many years with their production company Holy Smokes Audio. Their female-led thriller, Jackie the Ripper, topped the UK fiction podcast charts and was optioned by UK production company Goldfinch. They have just concluded the final season of football mockumentary and British Podcast Award winner, The Offensive, after 3 million downloads and five years of releases. Now, with BOOM! coming into its second season, they’re back for more.

Don’t miss the second season of BOOM, which will be released on July 10th, or if you want to catch up with season one you can find it right now wherever you get your podcasts.

Subscribe to BOOM! now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps >>

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Behind The Yellow Tape, or BTYTPodcast, is an independent show sharing short stories of serious crimes, as well as interviews with people involved in the Criminal Justice System. The host and creator, J.A. Lovelock, is a Barrister-at-Law, an academic lawyer, lecturing examining and training in legal education. Her background adjudicating in the Criminal Justice System gives the show an authority, but not at the expense of the storytelling (a recent episode took the theme of ‘evil step mothers’ to consider four real-life cases.) And despite the heavy content, the episodes are kept to short, digestible narrations.

We asked the J.A. Lovelock to tell us more about the show.

Who are you and what’s your podcast about?

My podcast BTYTPodcast – Behind The Yellow Tape – is a twice-monthly podcast covering crime and criminality, which I created, produce and host. It is a podcast for those interested in serious crime and the solving of it. We hear from the people who have had a relationship with the Criminal Justice System in some way and those in-between. And particularly hear from those who caused the yellow tape to be erected in the first place. The episodes consist of both interviews and the narration of legal cases and due to its oftentimes controversial outcome, these cases will interest, fascinate, and perhaps even shock the listener.

The podcast has had great response. For example, Will Hanrahan, award winning broadcaster and documentary film maker of crime, said he loved my podcast. That I ‘hold a story well and my natural warmth shines.’ He also said my ‘voice is smashing and [my] style refreshing.’ I’ll take that, thanks!

In addition, when Lee Cornell, CEO/Founder of leecornellmediaUSA/UK/International, was asked in an interview by Dave Charles, Canadian journalist, to name those podcasts he would recommend, my Behind The Yellow Tape podcast was one of the few he selected.

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

I would say the first podcast I ever heard was, Have you Heard George’s Podcast? This was on BBC Radio 4, a couple of years ago. Up until that point, I had never even heard the word ‘podcast’. At the end of the programme I googled ‘Have you Heard…’ and that got me thinking…

But the first real podcast I listened to was Everything is Alive, where the guests are inanimate objects. Totally brilliant concept and loved it. I wish I’d thought of that one!

Why did you decide to start podcasting in the first place?

I had been a radio (and television) presenter and after 10 years out of it, I was really looking to get back into radio. For whatever reason, that didn’t work out. Then I thought there could be another way into audio. That’s when I started thinking maybe I could start a podcast. But what kind of podcast, I asked myself. Crime, almost immediately came to mind, bearing in mind my background, I suppose.

Which podcasts do you take inspiration from?

You would think I listen to a lot of crime podcasts. I have done in the past just to see what’s out there and what’s not, then I do my thing as I am not trying to emulate anyone else’s style. I am likely to listen to podcasts that uplift and inspire and I like the Dutty Sink Drama podcast and the issues it covers. Meaningful.

Who’s your dream guest for the podcast?

I have had some great guests so far. I have a profound interest in miscarriages of justice and the innocents who were incarcerated for crimes they did not commit and is then released after many years. So, I would like to interview any one of these (usually Black) men to hear about their experiences from start to finish. Another dream guest would be Byan Stevenson. He is a lawyer who works with cases like these. Another dream guest would be Clive Stafford-Smith. Gosh! How many dream guests can I have? Many years ago, I watched a documentary 14 Days in May about an American Black man sentenced to death for a murder he said he did not commit. Clive Stafford-Smith was the attorney trying to save his life. Sadly, to no avail. I would like to interview Mr Stafford-Smith about that experience as well as the producer and director of that documentary, Paul Hamann.

What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learnt so far as a podcaster?

It’s hard work! Especially flying solo. The solo podcasting road is not laid with tarmac and many times I have wanted to give up. I have physically walked away from my desk when working on it, saying, that’s it. I’ve had enough. I can’t do this anymore. And then I think no-one’s even listening, so what’s the point. Then I randomly see an article with my podcast being mentioned as one to listen to, and I soldier on again. The thing is if you really believe in what you are doing and you really love it, as I do producing my podcast, then keep at it and don’t give up. The other thing I’ve learnt is that the people I reach out to for interviews – are nice!

Which episode would you say is the perfect introduction to your podcast?

That’s a tough one. Start anywhere. They are all just as good as the other!

Where can the Pod Bible readers find out more about you?

btytpodcast.com

letmetellyou.co.uk

Or you can follow me @JALovelock1 on Twitter.

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