464. ROAD TO GILEAD: Reform’s Ties to the ADF with Susan Wokoma and special guest Jane Bradley

The Guilty Feminist

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Comedy

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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The Guilty Feminist 464. Reform’s Ties to the ADF Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Susan Wokoma and special guest Jane Bradley. Recorded 23 November 2025 at The Bill Murray Comedy Club. Released 5 January. 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 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 Susan Wokoma https://www.instagram.com/susiewoosie12 https://www.instagram.com/p/DFK7aZDI5Sb More about Jane Bradley https://www.instagram.com/janebradleynyt https://www.nytimes.com/by/jane-bradley 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 Open Space Event, 17 January. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/road-to-gilead-open-space-event-tickets-1976897741361 Open Space in Basingstoke. https://www.proteustheatre.com/events/open-space-the-road-to-gilead/ Museum of Comedy, 13 February, 20 February, 5 March. https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist 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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0:30.1	Hello guilty feminist. This is Deborah. This is the sixth and last of the initial run of Road to
0:34.9	Gilead shows in the first season of Road to Gilead. We are going to be doing more.
0:39.2	No doubt you read or heard about the incredible New York Times expoise, uncovering links between Nigel Farage's Reform UK Party and the ADF or the Alliance Defending Freedom, the organisation which was very instrumental
0:55.4	in overturning Roe versus Wade in the US. Now, this was uncovered by Jane Bradley and Elizabeth
1:02.2	Dias to New York Times journalists. And I am very excited to say that Jane Bradley, based in London,
1:09.9	was able to join us in the theatre live. Some of you
1:14.2	came along to that recording. We had an incredible show. The atmosphere was electric and you will
1:19.7	really, really enjoy that episode. Now, we're dropping two episodes today, part one and part two.
1:24.9	Part two is a follow-up to part one. Nobody saw this. It was a
1:30.7	Zoom recording with Elizabeth Dias, Jane Bradley's colleague in New York City, Susan, Elizabeth
1:37.5	Jane and I all talked, and that is part two. So we really got to go into a deeper dive about what the New York Times uncovered, which was really, really exciting. I know this is one that lots of people have been waiting for. So we left it to the new year. We didn't want it to get buried over Christmas. So I'm very excited to hit the ground running in 2026 with The Road to Gilead.
2:02.9	We hope you also have been enjoying our 10 for 10 shows, our 10th birthday shows with Guilty Feminist regulars looking back.
2:10.3	They've been really exciting too.
2:12.1	But there will be some more live shows coming up at the Museum of Comedy.
2:15.6	We will be focusing back on the Road to Gilead for those shows on the 13th of February, 20th of February and 5th of March. Join the mailing
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