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Women With Balls

Katy Balls speaks to women at the top of their respective games, about their passions, their battles, and what makes them tick.Katy Balls is Deputy Political Editor of The Spectator.

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Lib Dem Special: Jo Swinson

Lib Dem Special: Jo Swinson

Jo Swinson is the current deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, but she's running to be leader against Ed Davey. With ... Read more

19 Jul 2019

19mins

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The Claire Fox Edition

The Claire Fox Edition

Claire Fox, left libertarian thinker, director and founder of the Academy of Ideas, and panellist on the Moral Maze, was... Read more

31 May 2019

41mins

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The Andrea Leadsom Edition

The Andrea Leadsom Edition

Katy Balls talks to Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, about her childhood ambitions to prevent nuclear war... Read more

22 Feb 2019

28mins

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The Mary Curnock Cook Edition

The Mary Curnock Cook Edition

Mary Curnock Cook is an educationalist and former head of Ucas. On this podcast, she talks about leaving school at 16, h... Read more

7 Mar 2019

27mins

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The Victoria Atkins Edition

The Victoria Atkins Edition

Victoria Atkins is a former barrister, a Conservative party MP, and a Minister at the Home Office.  She talks about her ... Read more

5 Apr 2019

25mins

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The Amber Rudd Edition

The Amber Rudd Edition

Katy talks to Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, about walking in Theresa May's shoes, No 10's SpAd j... Read more

6 Sep 2019

33mins

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Conservative party conference special: Liz Truss II

Conservative party conference special: Liz Truss II

Liz Truss is the Secretary of State for International Trade and holds the Women and Equalities brief. On the podcast, sh... Read more

29 Sep 2019

26mins

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The Jo Coburn Edition

The Jo Coburn Edition

Broadcaster and journalist Jo Coburn tells how German got her into journalism, what it's like to work with Andrew Neil, ... Read more

28 Jun 2019

34mins

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Nine years in Yemen - stories from a war reporter

Nine years in Yemen - stories from a war reporter

Iona Craig is an award-winning war correspondent who has been reporting from Yemen since 2010. On the podcast, Iona tell... Read more

17 May 2019

28mins

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The Jess Phillips Edition

The Jess Phillips Edition

Join Katy Balls as she talks to MP Jess Phillips about growing in an activist home, her life path before becoming an MP ... Read more

7 Feb 2019

29mins

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The Lionel Shriver Edition

The Lionel Shriver Edition

Lionel Shriver is an American journalist, author and Spectator columnist. Her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin – about ... Read more

19 Apr 2019

25mins

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The Joan Collins Edition

The Joan Collins Edition

Dame Joan Collins is an actress, author, and entrepreneur. Her acting career spans three quarters of a century, includin... Read more

16 Aug 2019

20mins

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The Margaret Hodge Edition

The Margaret Hodge Edition

Margaret Hodge is the Labour MP for Barking and Dagenham, and well-known for her role as former head of the Public Accou... Read more

27 Sep 2019

34mins

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The Lynn Barber Edition

The Lynn Barber Edition

Lynn Barber is an award-winning journalist known for her incisive interviews and her best-selling books An Education and... Read more

11 Oct 2019

26mins

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The Sarah Baxter Edition

The Sarah Baxter Edition

Sarah Baxter is Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times. Katy talks to Sarah about what it was like to be a woman in the lobby... Read more

24 Jan 2019

28mins

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The Helena Morrissey Edition

The Helena Morrissey Edition

Join Katy Balls as she interviews Dame Helena Morrissey - a financier, a campaigner for more women in the boardrooms, an... Read more

7 Jan 2019

36mins

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The Layla Moran Edition

The Layla Moran Edition

Layla Moran tells Katy Balls about her childhood as a diplomat's daughter, the social life of an MP, and getting arreste... Read more

14 Jun 2019

29mins

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The Karen Pierce Edition

The Karen Pierce Edition

Karen Pierce is the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN. In this episode, she talks to Katy about her career ambitio... Read more

2 Aug 2019

28mins

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The Kate Hoey Edition

The Kate Hoey Edition

Kate Hoey is a Labour MP for Vauxhall, having been in that role for 30 years.  Hoey talks to Katy Balls about growing up... Read more

3 May 2019

32mins

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The Kay Burley Edition

The Kay Burley Edition

Kay Burley is a Sky News founding member, host of The Kay Burley Show, and holds the record for hosting more hours of li... Read more

21 Mar 2019

18mins

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