452. Women in Music with Lucy Karczewski and Nia Towle

The Guilty Feminist

The Spontaneity Shop

Comedy

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guests Lucy Karczewski and Nia Towle. Recorded 7 October 2025. Released 13 October. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have Book your V&A South Kensington tickets at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/marie-antoinette?utm_source=spotify-theguiltyfeminist&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=marie_antoinette_campaign&utm_content=theguiltyfeminist More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborahfrances-white.com https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811 https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120 More about Stereophonic, Lucy and Nia https://www.thedukeofyorks.com/stereophonic https://www.instagram.com/lucykarczewski https://www.instagram.com/niatowleofficial https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-11-02-alyssa-bonagura-and-the-west-end-cast-of-stereophonic-one-night-only-half-moon-putney For more information about this and other episodes… visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ Come to a live show Wimbledon Book Fest with Jessica Swale, 21 October https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jessica-swale/ Museum of Comedy, 2 and 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/ Pleasance, 4 and 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white Bill Murray, 23 November https://link.dice.fm/F147b081b51d Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.
0:02.8	We'll be on it all the time.
0:04.1	He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.
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0:21.4	usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone. Choose EEE safer Sims, only on the UK's
0:26.7	best network. To verify best network see e.e.com.uker slash claims. Ever wondered what power is.
0:32.6	Power is transforming the sun into your own energy source. Power is getting energy companies to pay you.
0:40.0	Power is enjoying your morning coffee, knowing you created the energy to make it.
0:46.2	Well, you and the colossal ball of fire in the sky.
0:49.4	Because with solar panels from Hive, the sun works for you.
0:53.1	Hive, know your power. May not cover all
0:55.8	electricity usage, roof and weather dependent. Paid for surplus requires eligible SET
0:59.5	tariff. Hello, Guilty Feminist. This is Deborah. Now, I was lucky enough to go to talk to the
1:05.8	two lead female cast members of Stereophonic. It's a show currently on in the West End, but
1:12.5	whether or not you can get to see this show, and I hope some of you can, it's a really interesting
1:17.2	conversation about women's autonomy in music and historically how women have been treated.
1:24.9	It felt to me a little bit like, and I'll reference it in the
1:28.0	conversation, understanding the 60s through the lens of madmen, that it's a feminist show
1:33.7	in as much as it doesn't shy away from how women were treated. And I think it's always good to check
1:38.0	in, especially with what we're seeing at the moment in the United States of America, with a push away from
1:46.2	even women getting the vote, and you think, well, that's not serious, is it? But it genuinely is.
1:51.3	There's a proper movement there to have one vote for household and for that to go to the man.
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