What’s it like when the professional inquisitor becomes the subject of inquisition? Well, you’re about to find out!  In this special episode of BroadTalk we flip the microphone around and put host Virginia Haussegger in the ‘hot seat’.

Elizabeth Ames discusses female imposter syndrome; the art of networking; how she ditched a career in diplomacy, moved countries again, and built a whole new career from scratch.

Virginia chats with an exceptional icon of Australian feminism - Wendy McCarthy AO. Wendy is perhaps most fated for her mentorship of hundreds, if not thousands, of women executives, business leaders, political aspirants and MP’s. 

In 2018, when Julia Banks quit the Liberal party and became an Independent, she was the first woman to so boldly turn on her own party.  What followed was a relentless attack on Julia Banks sanity … from death threats to numerous attempts to discredit her. 

What do you do when you see gender injustice …and then can’t make yourself ‘unsee’ it?  Well, if you are a leading feminist lawyer such as Jocelynne Scutt you dedicate your life to fighting it.

Writer and activist, Biff Ward is one of the original, so called ‘Brazen Hussies’, those fiery feminist activists of the 1960’s and ‘70’s who defied the status quo, demanding gender equality and profound social change.  

Helen Dalley-Fisher heads the Equality Rights Alliance, and is a seasoned feminist activist. Called upon by the campaign’s organisers to help steer the politics around some of the March 4 Justice policy ‘demands’, Helen sat down with BroadTalk just two days after the March to take a deep breath and reflect on … what the hell just happened!

How do two 17-year-old school girls, with a passion for a global social enterprise, turn their dream into reality and a thriving business? The 2021 Young Australian of the Year, Isobel Marshall, and her ‘bestie’, Eloise Hall, are using the power of their Australian privilege to do something super practical, and push back against a pervasive gender inequity.

Licia Heath stepped up for one of the toughest by-elections in the nation, but when she failed to win, Licia turned her efforts to teaching other women how they too could and should have a go. She is now CEO of the not-for-profit group Women For Election Australia.

Ashleigh Streeter-Jones is a 26-year-old, global award-winning feminist advocate, named by Forbes as one of Asia’s ’30 Under 30’ “youthful visionaries”. In this raw and delicate discussion about what it’s like to push back against the rolling tide of inequality, Ash explains how at times young women feel simply overwhelmed. And how maintaining her energy, whilst also honouring her passion, has come at a considerable cost.