456. ROAD TO GILEAD: The Value of Coalition with Jessica Fostekew and Jolyon Rubinstein - part two

The Guilty Feminist

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Comedy

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The Guilty Feminist 456. The Value of Coalition Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guest Jolyon Rubinstein Recorded 2 November 2025 at The Bloomsbury Theatre. Released 9 November. 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 Amnesty International is the world’s largest grassroots human rights organisation, working tirelessly to expose human rights abuses, hold power to account, and campaign for a fairer, safer world. We stand stronger together. Join the Amnesty International community and support their work exposing truth, debunking narratives, confronting perpetrators, defending truth-tellers and equipping communities with evidence to demand change: https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/amnesty-guilty-feminist-november-2025 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 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/ice-immigration-queer-trans-louisiana More about Jessica Fostekew https://www.instagram.com/jessicafostekew https://linktr.ee/jessica.fostekew More about Jolyon Rubinstein https://www.instagram.com/jolyonrubs https://www.instagram.com/jollygriffinltd 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 Pleasance, 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white Museum of Comedy, 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/ Bill Murray, 23 November https://link.dice.fm/F147b081b51d Russell T Davies at Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/events/the-guilty-feminist-9/ 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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1:04.5	ready for the fun. Our guest today is a writer, performer and satirist who spent his career
1:09.9	mixing sharp political insight with
1:12.4	fearless comedy. He co-created and starred in The Revolution will be televised, the BAFTA-winning
1:17.6	BBC series that skewered hypocrisy in politics and the media. Since then, he's gone on to
1:22.1	create the Ministry of Justice and the BBC series revolting as well as starring in Brexageddon
1:27.4	and hosting the new conspiracist podcast.
1:30.2	Please welcome to the stage, Jolly and Rubinstein.
1:36.3	Wow, wow.
1:39.3	Welcome.
1:40.4	Hi, guys.
1:41.4	How's it going?
1:42.9	Good. You're a rare man on the Guilty Feminist podcast, but now we're doing Roald to Gilead.
1:47.1	We need to do coalition.
1:48.8	We need to join up and with other people that are doing great things.
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