🎧 Podcasts

Gender Troubles is a podcast hosted by Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade, dedicated to deconstructing feminist academic discourse and reexamining gender theory and cultural phenomena from a critical leftist perspective. The show covers pornography platformization, sex wars, abortion rights, ethical consumption, and feminist canonical text rereading, emphasizing knowledge democratization and critical thinking. With a sharp, theory-dense style suitable for audiences with deep interest in feminist theory and gender politics, it has a Spotify rating of 4.0 (71 reviews) and serves as an important voice in academic feminist podcasting.

Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style! is a podcast produced by Feminism In India that focuses on intersectional feminist issues within the South Asian context. Hosted by Sukanya Shaji and Shriya Roy, the show covers stereotypes and challenges faced by women in politics, technology, pornography, media, and development, emphasizing decolonial perspectives and gender justice. With a critically sharp and culturally astute style, it's perfect for audiences interested in South Asian women's experiences and intersectional issues. Rated 4.7 on Spotify (47 reviews), it stands as a representative work among Indian feminist podcasts.

Lean Back is a critical feminist podcast hosted by Lisa Corrigan and Laura Weiderhaft, focusing on in-depth analysis of American culture, politics, and social phenomena. The show uses a theory-driven approach to explore issues including abortion rights, democratic crisis, perfectionism, complicity, and candor, emphasizing the intersection of structural oppression and feminist critique. With a sharp, academically rigorous style, it's suitable for audiences interested in critical feminism and cultural politics.

Masala Podcast is hosted by Sangeeta Pillai, an award-winning South Asian feminist podcast focusing on sex, body, mental health, and cultural taboos. The show features intimate narrative and critical reflection, exploring themes of shame, sexual harassment, menopause, belonging, and motherhood pressure, emphasizing diverse experiences of South Asian women and intersectional feminist perspectives. Winner of British Podcast Award, Spotify SoundUp Award, and featured on New York and London street billboards. With a Spotify rating of 4.8 (56 reviews), it has widespread influence in global South Asian feminist communities.

Not Your Average Feminist is a podcast hosted by Amanda Elliott and Sarah Curran, exploring contemporary gender and political issues from a conservative feminist perspective. The show critiques mainstream feminism's progressive policy positions, emphasizing personal responsibility, traditional values, and free market logic. Content covers Supreme Court hearings, transgender movement, Equal Pay Day, workplace culture, and media event commentary, with a sharp, satirical style that has certain influence among conservative female audiences. With a Spotify rating of 5.0 (3 reviews), it positions itself as an alternative feminist voice.

The Patchwork Feminist, hosted by Ja'Mya Jackson, is a podcast that weaves together culture, identity, and current events, using the patchwork metaphor to present the diversity of women's experiences. With an intimate yet critical style, the show covers Black feminism, coming-of-age anxiety, social media influence, and political participation. Rated 3.7 on Spotify (3 reviews), it has representative appeal among college students and young communities.

The REAL-WORLD FEMINIST® Podcast is hosted by career coach Michelle Kinsman, designed for 'bold and fearless' women, providing workplace strategies, goal setting, and self-improvement tools. The show emphasizes action orientation, motivational language, and authentic experience sharing, covering workplace communication, goal planning, financial discipline, and self-awareness, serving as a practical guide in feminist career development podcasting.

Secret Feminist Agenda is a podcast hosted by Canadian scholar Hannah McGregor that focuses on feminist practice and cultural critique in everyday life. Using the metaphor of a 'secret agenda,' the show explores how feminism unfolds in ordinary, rebellious, and institutional spaces. Content covers publishing ethics, gender politics in academia, trauma writing, intergenerational collectivism, and strategies for refusing power structures. The show concluded in 2020, but all episodes remain accessible.

She Who Persisted is a biweekly feminist podcast co-hosted by an American and an Austrian, focusing on cross-cultural gender issues, political events, and marginalized communities' history. The show covers abortion rights, gaming culture, tech industry sexism, LGBTQ+ history, and media representation critique, with a sharp, humorous, and critical style emphasizing transnational feminist perspectives and community memory. Spotify rating of 5.0 (1 review), serving as an independent platform for European and North American feminist dialogue.

Shrinks on Third is a feminist psychology podcast hosted by psychologists Julie Mayer and Cindy Ariel, with social justice at its core, exploring connections between mental health, trauma recovery, and political structures. With a gentle, rational, and critical style, the content covers antisocial personality, adult ADHD, traumatic separation, factitious disorder fabrication, and collective survival psychology. Spotify rating of 5.0 (1 review), uniquely positioned at the intersection of psychology and social justice podcasting.

The Spiritual Feminist is hosted by Leneth Witte, a podcast blending feminism with spiritual exploration, emphasizing self-awareness, intuitive living, and women's growth journeys. Using personal stories as threads, the show explores the intersection of slow living, trauma repair, community belonging, and spiritual practice, with a gentle, profound, and healing style. Spotify rating of 4.8 (76 reviews), widely popular in spiritual feminist communities.

The Everyday Feminist is a podcast hosted by Stephanie Heck and Lois Volta, focusing on feminist practice in daily life, emphasizing gender politics in family, relationships, and self-awareness. The show blends psychology, social critique, and cultural analysis, covering housework labor, marriage institution, silence mechanisms, holiday culture, and feminist expression in music. With an intimate, philosophically strong style, it's an important platform for bringing feminism into everyday details.