Episodes 230
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 2.9 (15)
Since Apr 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Well-behaved women rarely make history – as someone once said – difficult women do. In this new LBC new podcast, Rachel Johnson's Difficult Women, Rachel will be talking to women who had to be a pain in the backside to get where they are today. Women who take the word difficult as a compliment not an insult. And women who had to fight, resist, insist, or otherwise be badly behaved in order to get things done. Listen and subscribe on Global Player, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Rachel on Twitter: @RachelSJohnson For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: [email protected]

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219. Kathryn Stockett

Jun 12, 2026 33m

This week's Difficult Woman is Kathryn Stockett, who, 17 years after the release of her hit novel 'The Help', joins me to talk about her long-awaited second book, 'The Calamity Club'. Kathryn tells…

218. Isla Traquair

May 29, 2026 41m

This week's difficult woman is the Scottish journalist, producer and TV show host, Isla Traquair. Best known for her work in true crime, Isla's reported on countless cases throughout her career, and…

217. Philippa Langley

May 22, 2026 38m

This week Rachel is joined by the historian, bestselling author and award-winning producer Philippa Langley, who discovered the remains of Richard III beneath a car park in Leicester back in 2012.…

216. Penny East

May 15, 2026 35m

Penny East is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, the UK’s foremost campaigning charity for women’s rights, working against misogyny. A seasoned charity boss and campaigner, she helped shape…

215. Zoe Strimpel

May 01, 2026 42m

This week's Difficult Woman is the journalist, author, academic and historian, Zoe Strimpel, whose new book 'Good Slut' argues that women's liberation comes from the intertwined forces of money,…

214. Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason

Apr 24, 2026 30m

This week Rachel is joined by the writer, speaker and leading advocate for music education: Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason. Matriarch of what The Times has described as ‘Britain's most musical family’,…

213. Bryony Gordon

Apr 17, 2026 36m

This week Rachel is joined by the journalist, author, broadcaster and podcaster, Bryony Gordon. Having worked at the Telegraph for decades, Bryony is now a Daily Mail columnist and host of 'The Life…

212. Ela Lee

Apr 03, 2026 32m

This week Rachel is joined by the author Ela Lee, whose debit novel 'Jaded', took the literary world by storm. Ela became a secret novelist during the pandemic, switching her job as a City lawyer to…

211. Nimco Ali

Mar 27, 2026 47m

This week's Difficult Woman is Nimco Ali, co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership working to end female genital mutilation. An FGM survivor herself, Nimco tells Rachel about…

210. Amanda Craig

Mar 20, 2026 37m

In this episode of Difficult Women, Rachel sits down with the author Amanda Craig, known for her ‘state of the nation’ novels that explore British society through an often satirical lens. Ahead of…

209. Claire Coutinho

Mar 13, 2026 42m

This week's difficult woman is Conservative MP for East Surrey, Claire Coutinho, who is Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, as well as Shadow Minister for Equalities. Claire…

208. Tilly Rose

Mar 06, 2026 34m

This week Rachel is joined by the author and activist Tilly Rose, who spent 20 years in and out of hospital as a ‘medical mystery’. When Tilly was told by a doctor all she could be offered was…

207. Olia Hercules

Feb 27, 2026 33m

This week’s difficult woman is the chef Olia Hercules, who before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was mainly known for celebrating Eastern European cuisine through her recipes. In 2022 she…

206. Baroness Kishwer Falkner

Feb 20, 2026 50m

This week Rachel is joined by Baroness Kishwer Falkner, the recent chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. During her time in the role, Baroness Falkner found herself at the centre of one…

205. Rachel Cockerell

Feb 13, 2026 37m

This week Rachel is joined by the writer and historian Rachel Cockerell, whose debut book ‘Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land’ tells the story of the long-forgotten…

204. Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Feb 06, 2026 42m

This week's difficult woman is the senior firefighter, psychologist and author, Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton. From joining the fire service at just 18 years old when nationally only one per cent of…

203. Eluned Morgan

Jan 30, 2026 38m

This week’s difficult woman is truly a first for the podcast. First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan, aka Baroness Morgan of Ely, joins Rachel in the studio. From growing up in a home at the centre of…

202. Cat Bohannon

Jan 23, 2026 37m

This week’s difficult woman is the writer, researcher and intellectual Cat Bohannon, best known for her New York Times bestseller Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Millions Years of Human Evolution.…

201. Hannah Barnes

Jan 16, 2026 47m

In this week’s Difficult Women, Rachel is joined by Investigations Editor at the New Statesman, Hannah Barnes. Hannah led BBC Newsnight’s investigation into the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation…

200. Cindy Gallop

Jan 09, 2026 31m

Cindy Gallop is a true Difficult Woman: born in Buckinghamshire, raised in orthodox Brunei by a formidable “tiger mother,” and destined for marriage and motherhood. Instead, she became the founder of…

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