#Podcasts
Queer Common Spaces: Podcast Picks
Find friends who don’t judge you. Find friends who understand you. Find friends who listen to you, help you grow, and commiserate with you when the future seems uncertain. All these qualities...
Whose Lens is it Anyway?: Podcast Picks
While we’ve come a long way with on-screen representation, much of mainstream television and film fails to offer relatable, authentic representation for all. That’s the beauty of...
Under the Radar: The “Mind Your Uterus” Podcast Looks Beyond Stereotypes to Destigmatize Abortion
Abortion is “so much more complicated than the stereotypes.” This sentiment, expressed by 2+ Abortions Worldwide founder Karen Thurston in the first episode of “Mind Your...
Gina Rodriguez to Lead and Exec Produce Amazon Series “Last Known Position”
Gina Rodriguez is set to star in and exec produce a new Amazon mystery thriller series, “Last Known Position,” which will be an adaptation of the QCode scripted podcast of the same name....
Anita Hill Is Launching a Podcast
Anita Hill will continue to push the conversation forward. The lawyer, author, and feminist trailblazer brought workplace sexual harassment into the national spotlight when she testified at Clarence...
The Girls on Film Podcast Launches Girls on Film Awards
The Girls on Film Podcast is set to “reward excellence in the field of feminism, inclusion and diversity, female representation, and the female gaze” with its inaugural Girls on Film...
Roxane Gay to Host and Produce New Podcast on Luminary
Another podcast from Roxane Gay is on the way. The “Hear to Slay” co-host and “Bad Feminist” writer is launching “The Roxane Gay Agenda” on subscription podcast...
Comfortable in Her Own Skin: VOD, Web Series, and Podcast Picks
The burden to live up to social expectations is omnipresent. As such, the struggle to be free of modern society’s demands — from unattainable body standards propagated through social...
Indigeneity in All Its Complexity: Web Series and Podcast Picks
Representation of Indigenous people in mainstream media is undergoing a tectonic shift, from being perceived through the dominant lens of white settler society, which mostly oversimplifies and...
Women-Driven Podcast Platform Fictionz Launching in October, Features Voices of Judy Greer & More
A new platform dedicated to women’s voices, literal and creative, is coming to the podcast landscape. Featuring the talents of Judy Greer (“Halloween” franchise), Jeanine Mason...
Jemele Hill to Launch Unbothered Podcast Network to Elevate Black Women’s Voices
Award-winning journalist and producer Jemele Hill is set to launch a new podcast network, The Unbothered Network, which will focus on elevating the voices and stories of Black women. The Hollywood...
The Pleasure Is All Mine: VOD and Podcast Picks
Finger painting, DIY time, ménage à moi: these are a just handful of euphemisms for — you guessed it — female masturbation. As fun as some of these are to say, why must we refer to a natural,...
Ava DuVernay Will Develop and Produce Original Podcasts Under New Deal with Spotify
Ava DuVernay is the latest artist getting into the podcast game. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker has inked a multiyear deal with Spotify, under which she’ll develop and produce exclusive original...
Rosario Dawson, Retta, and Aly Raisman Hosting Women’s Suffrage Podcasts
Two podcasts honoring the anniversary of women’s right to vote are on the way from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC). The commission, along with the National Park Service and...
These Projects Have Been Affected by Coronavirus. Here’s How You Can Help. (Volume IV)
It seems like every day brings more cancellations, closings, and upsetting news. The coronavirus is affecting the whole world, not least of all the artists and creators who are trying to bring their...
Kate McKinnon to Star in Series Adaptation of “Joe Exotic”
Kate McKinnon has signed on to star in another small-screen adaptation of a podcast. Earlier this year Hulu handed out a series order to “The Dropout,” a limited series inspired by the...
Shonda Rhimes Is Starting Her Own Podcast Company
Having made her mark in television, theater, and social justice, Shonda Rhimes is now set to conquer the podcast game. Deadline reports the mogul is executive producing a slate of podcasts for...
Trailer Watch: Octavia Spencer Is a Podcast Host with a Guilty Conscience in “Truth Be Told”
“I am for truth no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against,” says Octavia Spencer in the first trailer for “Truth Be Told.” The...
Margaret Nagle to Bring Operation Varsity Blues to the Small Screen
Margaret Nagle is shifting her focus from one toxic world to another. Hot off the heels of the announcement of “Alpha Girls,” the project about women in Silicon Valley she’s writing...
Women-Created Podcast Network Earios’ Inaugural Slate Features Shows from Margaret Cho & More
“Podcasts by women, for everyone.” That’s the slogan for Earios, the new podcast network launched by comedy performers Maria Blasucci (“Mascots”) and Amanda Lund...
Kate McKinnon Will Play Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu Limited Series
The story of Elizabeth Holmes and the $9 billion hoax known as her company Theranos is coming to Hulu. Emmy winner Kate McKinnon is set to portray Holmes in a limited series based on ABC News/ABC...
Exclusive: WhoHaha Announces Spring Creator Lab Participants
WhoHaha, the Elizabeth Banks-co-founded creative community and digital content studio elevating women in comedy, has named the participants of its Spring Creator Lab. Women and Hollywood has...
Apply Now: WhoHaha Spring Creator Lab
Attention creators: WhoHaha wants to nurture your talent. Launched to celebrate and elevate women in comedy, the creative community and digital content studio is now accepting applications for their...
“2 Dope Queens” Getting Another Four Specials at HBO
Long live the Queens. HBO has announced that it will air four more episodes of Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s comedy podcast, “2 Dope Queens,” as hourlong specials in 2019....
Amy Berg to Direct Doc Series About Adnan Syed of “Serial” Fame
In news that seems inevitable if delayed, “Serial” is getting a TV follow-up. HBO and Sky have partnered to continue the true crime story with “The Case Against Adnan Syed,”...