Podcast Episodes

The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E12: Lois Captures Criminals

Episode 12

Lois Gibson has a rare gift: A gift for accurately drawing people she’s never seen before, from fragmented descriptions from traumatised witnesses. And that gift is incredibly useful to the Houston P…

Published on 9 hours ago

The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E11: Miss saHHara Crowns Queens

Episode 11

Miss saHHara was born to be a beauty pageant queen. As a child at home in Nigeria she would wrap herself in a mosquito net and sashay along a make-believe cat walk, delivering inspirational speeches …

Published on 1 week ago

The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E10: Phyllis Saves the People from Poisoning

Season 3 Episode 14

Phyllis Omido is just a few months into a new job, when her infant son starts to get sick. Fevers, dehydration, hospitalisation - Phyllis is scared. Then the doctors give her some shocking news: Her …

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E9: Jasvinder Redefines Honour

Season 3 Episode 13

When Jasvinder Sanghera was just 15 years old, her mum told her that she was going to be married to a man she had never met. Jasvinder’s older sisters had been through similar things. But instead of …

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 4: Live from Wilderness with Kate Summerscale

Season 3 Episode 12

The fourth and final bonus episode of Season 3 and our first ever LIVE episode of The Girlfriends!

Recorded in front of a live audience from Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire, UK, Anna is joined by …

Published on 1 month ago

Introducing: Sacred Scandal: The Many Secrets of Marcial Maciel

Hello, Girlfriends Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, Sacred Scandal: The Many Secrets of Marcial Maciel

About the show: Sacred Scandal is back for a fourth season. The Many Secr…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 3: Is Abolition the Answer?

Season 3 Episode 11

Anna sits down with author, lawyer and activist; Leigh Goodmark, to discuss the problems of prisons. Especially when it comes to imperfect victims, like Kelly. 

And Anna asks - is prison abolition re…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 2: Tina’s story

Season 3 Episode 10

Anna deep dives into the story of Tina, who you first met back in Episode 7. 

Unlike Kelly, Tina fully admits that she committed a terrible crime. But is prison the right place for her?  And does she…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 1: Lisa and Bruna

Season 3 Episode 9

Bruna DiBiase is the judge who presided over Kelly’s resentencing. But long before Kelly walked into her courtroom, Judge Bruna’s life had already been touched by tragedy. 

In the first of four bonus…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Girlfriends S3/E8: No Regrets

Season 3 Episode 8

Struggling to adjust to life outside of prison, Kelly tries to start fresh.  

And Anna discovers that while her story is nearly over, for Kelly… it’s only just the beginning. 

If you’re affected by…

Published on 2 months ago