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The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe

The Girlfriends: Spotlight Is Back...

The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Society & Culture, Relationships, Documentary

4.46.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

In Season 1 of The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include Pussy Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova, British Nigerian beauty queen and founder of Miss Trans Global, Miss saHHara and ‘The Erin Brockovich of East Africa’, environmental activist Phyllis Omido, to name a few. Now Anna Sinfield is back with more incredible stories of women like Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, who battled through trauma, loss and addiction to become the first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest, and Visaka Dharmadasa, a Sri Lankan mother who sat face to face with notorious terrorists and helped end a civil war. Come back every week for more stories of women winning. The Girlfriends: Spotlight is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For more from Novel visit Novel.Audio

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.2

Hello, it's me, Anna Sinfield, from The Girlfriends, the number one hit true crime show

0:12.0

that puts women right in the center of their own stories.

0:16.3

We'll be back with another incredible limited series soon, but for now I'm back with more one-off interviews

0:23.0

with some truly kick-ass women on the Girlfriend's Spotlight.

0:28.8

I want to introduce you to Sylvia, who took ayahuasca,

0:32.6

had a vision about climbing mountains, and then did it.

0:36.5

I'm going to climb it.

0:38.8

Taking a group of young survivors with her.

0:41.9

And then there's Fasaka, whose motherly instinct helped bring an end to a 26-year civil war.

0:48.1

We said, look, we came to speak to you as mothers.

0:52.0

Let's see how we can stop killing and save lives. Layla dared to ask the

0:58.4

question. You know, is badness hereditary? That's not all. We'll meet Rosamond, whose daughter's

1:05.3

tragic death inspired her to take on the government and win. If it wasn't for the year where Ella lived,

1:13.0

she wouldn't have died on that fatal night.

1:16.3

You'll even get to meet my mum in that one,

1:18.1

who I can always count on to keep my feet on the ground.

1:21.4

I'm not too intimidated by her.

1:22.9

What are you talking about?

1:26.3

So, if you love the girlfriends, do check out Spotlight.

1:30.0

It's got the same spirit, heart, and girlhood.

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