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Standard Issue Podcast

SIM Ep 347 IWD20 #2: Sophie Walker

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Inspiring force of nature and all-round top woman Sophie Walker chats to Mickey about: activism and how we can all get involved; being an optimistic feminist (and how we can all be one); how being the founding leader of the Women’s Equality Party changed her life; her recent appointment as CEO of The Young Women’s Trust, and her brilliant book, Five Rules For Rebellion: Let’s Change The World Ourselves. 

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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Standard Issue for all women.

0:35.0

Oh hey, welcome to day two of our International Women's Day 2020

0:40.0

series of interviews.

0:41.0

If you've not already listened to Hannah and Jen's chat with the

0:44.0

incredibly talented and utterly charming Amelia Bulmore, please do, it is a delight and

0:49.5

also has potentially a rousing yogurt. After I this, I'm heading off to meet Jen and we will be chatting to journalists

0:56.4

now author Helen Lewis about her excellent book,

0:59.4

Difficult Women, a History of Feminism in the 11thights fights and that chart will be coming up later

1:04.0

this week but now this one I caught up with the force of nature that is Sophie Walker and

1:09.6

while I didn't eat out the secret as to where she gets the energy to do all the stuff she does,

1:14.0

we had a brilliant and hopefully inspiring chat about activism and how we can all get involved,

1:19.0

being an optimistic feminist and how we can all be one,

1:22.1

how being the founding leader of the

1:23.7

Women's Equality Party changed her life, her new role as CEO of the Young

1:27.6

Women's Trust and her brilliant book, Five Rules for Rebellion,

1:31.4

Let's Change the World Ourselves.

1:33.2

Without further ado.

1:34.4

Hello, I am here at Bills with Sophie Walker, activist, founding leader of the

1:40.5

Women's Equality Party, CEO of the Young Women's Trust,

1:43.9

optimistic feminist, and author of Five Rules for Rebellion,

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