Episodes

  • Why Menstruation Matters with Katrina McDonnell (@katrina_mcd)

    Why Menstruation Matters with Katrina McDonnell (@katrina_mcd)
    Feb 25 2026

    I spoke to Katrina McDonnell, founder of Menstruation Matters about everything from periods, to imposter syndrome, to what it's like to have changed the law for people with periods right across the North of Ireland.

    Katrina is a force of nature, her unwavering commitment to making life better for women and girls in Northern Ireland has not only means that everyone now gets access to free period products in all public buildings in the North, but she's also working on a campaign to ensure kids can go to the toilet when they need during school hours, all the while she works in campaigns for The Good Law Project!


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    47 mins
  • Politics doesn't work: Women do

    Politics doesn't work: Women do
    Sep 24 2025

    Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explores the history of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and asks what the establishment of a dedicated Women's Safety Minister in the Northern Irish assembly could mean for women in the North of Ireland.


    Sign the petition for a Women's Safety Minister here:

    https://www.change.org/p/establish-a-dedicated-women-s-safety-minister-in-northern-ireland?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=f0eb8e30-a721-11ea-a64d-dd05d422ccbf
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    20 mins
  • SUSPEND SUSPENDED SENTENCES IN N.I.

    SUSPEND SUSPENDED SENTENCES IN N.I.
    Aug 24 2025
    Women are being failed by the Northern Irish judicial system as violent criminals who attack women are disproportionately handed suspended sentences, leaving women vulnerable to reattack and telling men that violence against women and girls is essentially decriminalised. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting compares three cases of domestic abuse in the Northern Irish judicial system with three cases in England.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    22 mins
  • Ireland's Heart Has Been BO(ugh)T

    Ireland's Heart Has Been BO(ugh)T
    Aug 16 2025

    Forget 'Stop the Boats': We Need to Stop The BOTS Causing Ireland's Disinformation Epidemic


    The rise of 'Irish Patriotism', when adopted and expressed alongside, and in alignment with, Anglo-American Patriotism and whiteness, is identity that is being pushed as being the 'true Irish' by bots targeting Irish social media: Where there are three times more bots accounts than there are real people. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explores what a bot is, asks what may be causing these bots, and suggests various motivations for narrative pushing in Ireland.

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    22 mins
  • Middle Class and Violent Men

    Middle Class and Violent Men
    Aug 1 2025
    Middle and upper class people are the gatekeepers of power. Changemakers, be that politicians, police, judges etc are often middle class. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting talks about why it benefits middle class and violent men to keep violent men in these positions, as well as exploring the relationship between porn consumption in young men and boys and gender based violence.

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    22 mins
  • Saving Molly Malone

    Saving Molly Malone
    Jul 18 2025
    Women are covering up Molly Malone's chest in Dublin in an act of sisterhood and respect. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explore why this is happening now and responds to listeners feedback and reads a section from her debut novel, INFLUENCED, about having boobs, body dysmorphia and the weight of being perceived as a sexual being from a very early age.

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    18 mins
  • Irish Women Deserve the World

    Irish Women Deserve the World
    Jul 11 2025
    Irish Women Deserve the World! Ireland has, for a long time, sought to keep women from seeking more for themselves. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting calls for Irish women to be selfish, be materialistic and be rude as an act of patriarchal rebellion.

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    27 mins
  • When Ireland Owned Women

    When Ireland Owned Women
    Jul 4 2025
    Where are the women? Ireland used to own women's bodies. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting looks into why and how that happened.

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    23 mins