A podcast about women, power, and our wayward world.

The former Australian of the Year tells her extraordinary story of courage in the public spotlight.

The journalist, writer and lifelong women’s rights activist who to many is the ‘godmother of Australian feminism’.

The unstoppable changemaker that became Australia's youngest ever Senator and has built a stellar career post-politics that propelled her on to the global stage as a warrior for women’s rights and gender equality.

In her first week as the first ever woman Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Sally McManus had parts of the media and politicians calling for her to resign. But she survived and thrived, creating powerful change for the union movement.

How this amazing changemaker convinced the world of finance to defund the tobacco industry.

From Kitchen Table Conversations to lasting substantial policy change.

For episode two of our series on Australian Women Changemakers we hear from a life-long activist for social and environmental justice and a passionate advocate against racism and misogyny.

In the first episode of our new series on Australian Women Changemakers we hear how Chanel Contos started a movement that led to social and policy reform around consent

In this final episode of our BroadTalk Election22 series we rip into what happened to turn the Australian federal election into a watershed moment for women and why!

At the end of what feels like a long and bitter federal election campaign, Virginia is joined by award winning journalist, Jess Hill, acclaimed author Nikki Gemmell, and one of Australia’s most powerful businesswomen, Carol Schwartz AO.