Women With Balls

By: The Spectator
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  • 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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Episodes
  • The Lucy Powell Edition

    The Lucy Powell Edition
    Sep 13 2024
    From working on the 1997 general election campaign, to serving in the shadow cabinets of three leaders, politician Lucy Powell has been a prominent figure in the Labour Party for many years. First elected to parliament in 2012, she was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council following Labour's general election win in July.

    As Women With Balls returns from a summer break, Katy Balls talks to Lucy about why she transferred out of Oxford University, what her motivations were for serving under Jeremy Corbyn, and why the 2024 general election felt like Glastonbury festival. Lucy also talks about her focus for the newly formed Modernisation Committee.

    Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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    27 mins
  • From the archives: the Dame Karen Pierce Edition

    From the archives: the Dame Karen Pierce Edition
    Aug 30 2024
    Women With Balls has taken a summer break and will be back in September with a new series. Until then, here's an episode from the archives, with Dame Karen Pierce, who will shortly complete her term as British Ambassador to the United States.

    Filmed in 2019, when Dame Karen was the UK’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, she talks to Katy Balls about her career ambitions when she was young, using Lewis Carroll to combat the Russians, and what day to day life is like at the UN.
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    29 mins
  • From the archives: the Kemi Badenoch Edition

    From the archives: the Kemi Badenoch Edition
    Aug 16 2024
    Women with Balls has taken a summer break and will be back in September with a new series. Until then, here's an episode from the archives, with current Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch MP.

    Widely seen as one of the Conservative Party’s rising stars upon her election to Parliament in 2017, her star has only continued to rise. Serving under successive PMs, this episode was recorded in May 2022 when she was Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities, and for Equalities. Now many consider her the frontrunner to be Tory leader.

    On the podcast, Kemi talks about her childhood in Nigeria and the golden ticket that was her UK passport, hacking Harriet Harman and what it's like to be a 'rising star'.
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    39 mins

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