Football, Feminism & Everything in Between

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with big news!!!! Books! Babies! No more depression! And swimming! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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!

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. 

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. 

#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. 

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!

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. 

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. 

*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.

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.

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!

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. 

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. 

We travelled to Kingston, Jamaica, to interview one of the greatest athletes of our times, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce!! Shelly-Ann has too many medals to count, and she's not done yet. In this episode we discuss her entry into athletics, her religion, football in Jamaica and the work she does on it, and why the upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be her last. This episode was recorded with low-tech equipment so the sound isn't perfect, but the guest is so we make up for it with that.  Please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast!  

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a retired Danish politician who was the first woman to lead the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015, and the first female Prime Minister of Denmark from from 2011 to 2015. Helle's career has been an interesting one. And even now she continues to influence in politics, feminism, and football! In this episode, we discuss Helle's famous selfie with Barack Obama and David Cameron, her remarkable and yet so modest attitude to her career, Borgen, and what Grace was like as a child! Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to our podcast!

In this episode we have our first ever Prime Minister on the podcast. Julia Gillard was the first woman to be Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party in Australia from 2010-2013. Julia was born in Barry, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. In this podcast we discuss not getting married, Julia's famous speech on misogyny in politics, and Julia's rocky end to being a Prime Minister. 

Kay Burley is one of the longest standing news presenters of our times. Kay’s reporting career began aged 17 on the Wigan Evening Post & Chroncile. Since then Kay’s built a reputation as a tough, rigorous political journalist, and a face of Sky News. Kay has recently started presenting her own breakfast show, with her own name in it, and in the three weeks this show has been on air Kay has already gone viral three times for putting politicians in their place! In this episode we discuss women in news, plastic surgery, Succession, and presenting the news in your 80s. 

We're back!! We've had a summer off, spending some quality time away from each other. But now we're back and ready to tackle all of the worlds problems through the lens of football and feminism. Our first guest is one of the coolest politicians today. Jess Philips is the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, a seat which once belonged to leader of the Peaky Blinders Tommy Shelby. Jess is a passionate feminist, and has always been an advocate for women's issues throughout her career. In this episode we talk Brexit (sorry!), the current state of Westminster, Peaky Blinders, and more. Enjoy. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe and tell everyone you know!!! This is a Pink Protest podcast Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/

This weeks episode of the finale of SEASON ONE!!! And we couldn’t be more excited about who it is with. Scarlett and Richard Curtis. Another father-daughter duo. Scarlett is a writer, activist, and co-founder of the Pink Protest, and Richard is the award-winning writer/director behind classics like Love Actually, Four Weddings & a Funeral, and his recent his, Yesterday, as well as co-founder of the incredible charity Comic Relief.  Our ‘fab four’ discuss everything from generational divides on sexism, the evolution of comic relief, and how you can really change the world. We couldn’t be happier to round up season one with this treasure. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

This week Grace and Alastair are joined a man who is already very important in their lives - a man vital to Alastair’s happiness and well-being, and therefore important to Grace too. He is Burnley manager Sean Dyche, affectionately known to Alastair as ‘the gaffer.’ Sadly, the gaffer disabuses Grace of the belief she has had all her life that Alastair is some kind of co-gaffer at Burnley, but more happily the Premier League’s second longest serving manager, who has performed miracles in getting Burnley into Europe, talks about much more than football - racism, sexism, homophobia, tattoos (he is not a fan!) And for listeners of Alastair’s generations, he has some great Brian Clough stories, not least about things he would not dare do and say to a modern player. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

This week Grace & Alastair are joined by a woman who needs no introduction, but we will give her one. Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes is a two time Olympic Gold Medal Winner and record holder for various middle distance lengths in the U.K. Holmes is now very active in the world of training and motivational speaking. This is a fascinating episode about persistence, being an athlete while your mental health is crumbling, and what it’s like being in the army while being a competitive athlete. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Grace and Alastair Campbell sit down with comedian and writer & lifelong Plymouth Argyle fan, Josh Widdicombe. Josh is a host on The Last Leg as well as the writer and star of his own BBC sitcom, Josh. In this episode, Josh, Alastair & Grace discuss sexism in comedy, Josh’s obsession with his football team, and that time he met Anne Widdicombe.  Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

This episode, with presenter and ex-gymnast, Gabby Logan, was recorded last week in Paris, during the Women’s World Cup. Gabby is in France presenting the BBC broadcasting of the women’s world cup, as part of the BBC’s Change the Game campaign. Gabby has played a huge part in moving sports broadcasting closer to being more gender balanced. In this fascinating episode, the three discuss the way that women’s football is moving into the mainstreams, Gabby’s childhood with a famous footballing father, the death of her brother and her own career as a gymnast. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Grace and Alastair Campbell sit down with 25-year-old rugby player, Maro Itoje. Maro is expected to be one of the big stars in the World Cup in Japan later this year. He plays for Saracens, England, and has also played for the British and Irish Lions. In this episode, Maro, Grace & Alastair discuss private schools, the true meaning of feminism, racism in sport, and Maro’s potential future in politics. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Grace and Alastair Campbell sit down with an icon. Ebony Rainford-Brent Is a retired British cricketer, who was the first black woman to play for the England cricket team. During her playing career, she was also captain of the Surrey women's team. She now sits on the board at Surrey Cricket Club and is a pundit for the BBC’s flagship Test Match Special. Grace and Alastair chat to Ebony about her career, competing with your friends, and the loss of her elder Jay who was murdered when she was 5 years old.  Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Grace and Alastair Campbell sit down with an absolute football legend. Jamie Carragher is a retired footballer who played as a defender for Premier League Club Liverpool in a hugely successful career which spanned over 17 years. Carragher is now a leading football pundit for Sky Sports. In this episode, Carragher discusses everything from mental health in the football industry, to why he’ll never be a manager, and how the aftermath of a very public spat he got in with a fan last year affected his family. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Alastair and Grace Campbell talk to television presenter, mathematician and Manchester United fan, Rachel Riley about football, feminism & everything in between. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Alastair and Grace Campbell talk to former Labour Party leader and co-host of the 'Reasons to be Cheerful' podcast, Ed Miliband about football, feminism & everything in between. Produced by The Pink Protest with additional editing by Sarah Myles. Follow Alastair Campbell: https://twitter.com/campbellclaret Follow Grace Campbell: https://twitter.com/GraceCampbell & https://www.instagram.com/disgracecampbell/ Please remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast! The Pink Protest: https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Welcome to Football, Feminism & Everything in Between .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). Join us every Friday for new episodes!