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Football and feminism are both huge parts of our culture and everyday lives, but rarely have they been brought together and forced to get along.In this podcast, comedian and feminist activist Grace Campbell, and her father, that well-known guy from politics, Alastair Campbell, bring Grace’s obsession of feminism, and Alastair’s obsession of football together to create what they hope is a fun and thought provoking podcast.Each week they’ll be joined by people from varying industries to chat football, feminism, and everything in between. The guests will vary from football (Burnley manager Sean Dyche) to feminism (countdown star Rachel Riley) to anything else in between (Ed Miliband, Kelly Holmes, and Josh Widdecombe).*ABOUT THE HOSTS *Grace Campbell is a comedian and activist who is fast making a name for herself as a feisty feminist stand-up. Grace is currently writing her debut solo-show to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer. The show, Why I’m Never Going Into Politics, tells Grace’s story of growing up in politics and why she feels her life so far has meant she could never be a politician. As an activist, Grace co-founded the feminist, law-changing, activist collective, the Pink Protest.Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications. Alastair is a lifelong Burnley fan and sometimes even a pundit for Burnley FC. Alastair is still very active in politics, mainly focussing his energy on mental health causes, and trying to stop Brexit. He is very excited to be venturing into the podcast world with his daughter.
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This week we're joined by the hilarious writer and comedian Russell Kane. Expect chat about Ernest Hemingway, state schools, and how to take the piss of of lefties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trigger warning: Suicide. In this episode topics like suicidal ideation and suicide are mentioned. Roman Kemp is a radio presenter and TV personality who recently made a BBC documentary about the suicide of his best friend Joe. In this episode we talk mental health, having a famous father, and what its spending Christmas with George Michael. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Alastair and Grace are joined by the most important person in both of their lives. Fiona Millar is a journalist, political aide, and campaigner on education and gender issues. She is also Grace's mum and Alastair's partner. In this episode the family talk about Fiona's life, and love, and Skye, the dog, also features, loudly snoring throughout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In a week with news dominated by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah, we're joined by political commentator, comedian, and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika to discuss the royals, racism in the UK, the Labour Party, and Ayesha and Alastair's time prepping Ed Miliband for the leadership debates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Anthony Scaramucci is an American entrepreneur, and served as the White House Director of Communications under Donald Trump from July 21 to July 31 in 2017, later going onto campaign against President Trump's politics. This week, Grace and Alastair talk American politics, the media, Donald Trump, and what happens when the ego takes over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Grace and Alastair are joined by the MP for Tottenham David Lammy. David is critical of Jose Mourinho and Boris Johnson, two leaders of things he cares about. He joins us from lockdown, where he is longing for a long walks in the English countryside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Grace and Alastair are joined by the wonderful novelist and broadcaster Kate Mosse. Kate is a novelist who has sold millions of books and is best known for her 2005 novel Labyrinth, which has been translated into more than 37 languages. Kate's a hoot, and in this episode the gang talk growing old, love, caring for family members, and how to write. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Back and better than... well no, the pandemic is still here and the lockdown is relentlessly carrying on, so we're not better than ever. But Football & Feminism is back, and in this episode we're joined by Jordan North, BBC1 DJ and presenter competing with Alastair for the most famous Burnley fan crown. In December Jordan went on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, stole the nations heart, and came second. In this episode the gang discuss I'm A Celeb, Burnely FC, mental health, fear of flying, and what having good etiquette really means. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back for another heavy week. This is an episode focussed on mental health, less politics, and we are still continuing the conversation around #blacklivesmatter. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We took a week out last week to listen and learn and offer our platforms to the #blacklivesmatter movement. This week we're back and talking about BLM, the end of lockdown, and JK Rowling's comments about transgender people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back with an episode mainly talking about the Dominic Cummings saga which unravelled this weekend. Plus some football, and a bit of feminism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#mentalhealthawarenessweek Alastair and Grace are back for another week. They discuss mental health, what life was like for Grace when they had protestors outside her house growing up, swimming and MORE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Another week in lockdown and another week of no football and some feminism. This week we're discussing The Eddy, Kier Starmer (and his hair), football, and what we're grateful for. Enjoy. And apologies for the momentary sound issues, hopefully you can forgive us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Grace and Alastair are back with an incoherent but riveting conversation about Normal People, After Life, gratitude lists, Boris Johnson, why we shouldn't forgive him because he's had a baby AND you guessed it some Football & Feminism. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Grace and Alastair are back with their podcast, brought to you from isolation. They discuss Miss World, how they're coping without football and comedy, and Alastair's obsession with trees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
*BONUS EPISODE ALERT* The legendary, Golden Globe winning actor Brian Cox was in town and we had to get him on the podcast!! If you listen to this podcast, you'll know we obsessively discuss Cox's most recent hit show Succession all the time. Cox plays media mogul Logan Roy on the show & his catch phrase is 'Fuck Off' so he couldn't be bette than that. His career has spanned almost 60 years as an actor. Cox is very political, and has never held back his opinions when it comes to Scottish independence & the Labour Party. This is a fascinating episode where we talk Scotland, Succession, politics, feminism, and his evening with Indira Gandhi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is our season finale! Sorry for the very long Christmas hiatus! Thank you so much to everyone who has listened this season, we love you all! This week we have journalist, author, and incredible powerhouse Poorna Bell. Poorna's story is a unique one. Poorna's book Chasing The Rainbow was a game changer in talking about male suicide and depression, inspired by Poorna's own experience losing her husband Rob to suicide. In this episode we talk mental health, addiction, fitness, and Ru Paul! What could be better? We hope you enjoy it and do follow Poorna on all social media channels you won't regret it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Here is part two of our interview with Joey Barton. In this episode Grace takes on Barton when it comes to women's football, Ched Evans, and feminism. This is our last episode before Christmas, thank you so much for listening to our podcast this year. Merry Christmas from Alastair and Grace! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our first footballer this season. And we know he is a controversial one. Joey Barton's career has seen him play at multiple clubs. From Manchester City, Newcastle, QPR, Marseille, Burnley & Rangers, and now he is manager of Fleetwood Town. But Barton's career has transcended football because Joey has been involved in one too many controversies. Our interview with Joey ended up being much longer than expected, and it is split into two parts. Part one is football, and part two is feminism. We hope you enjoy it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jack Lowden is an actor but more importantly he's our first guest on the podcast who is a die hard junior football fan!! Jack starred in Mary Queen Of Scots, Dunkirk, A Long Song, War & Peace and much more. In this podcast we discuss male feminists in the film industry, junior football matches, and Scottish independence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is well worth a listen. Just listened to the RR interview and we could all learn something about the importance of speaking out about intolerance from her.