Women Making Waves: Recent Episodes
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What if a single story could flip your idea of strength and creativity? Bar Groisman and Donna Lovett show how dance and empowerment can spark change in the most unexpected […]
Single mums, business pros, and podcasters Ella Tebbutt and Grace Lowrie share the unfiltered truth about balancing work and motherhood. Plus, hear how past guest Joanna Borrett found real friendship […]
Suzie Thorpe & Linda Ness meet meet artists Susan Mealing and Jill Eastland, helping refugee women shine in Cambridge. Plus, Emilie Silverwood-Cope shows us how to make brands pop online! […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe spotlight 2025’s guests – from Cambridge visionaries to ground-breaking founders, athletes, and authors. Hear how these women are redefining what’s possible.
Linda and Suzie meet Barbara Oxley, writer, actor, singer, and Cambridge’s most captivating tour guide. Plus, Luce shares how she spun struggles into song – with raw stories, grit, and […]
Research fellow Dr Eleanor Drage spends her days at Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre, asking a question that most tech companies would rather ignore: what would it take to make AI genuinely […]
Alison Cooper, fresh at the helm of a membership club for female businesswomen – Six Figured Females, is just about to open a new Cambridge location to bring ambitious women […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe in conversation with Dr Lee David, a GP and therapist, who is the brains behind 10 Minute CBT, making mental health easy and doable. And […]
Once homeless, Inge Hunter now runs two AI powerhouses that are shaking up digital marketing from her Cambridgeshire base. And Niamh Eadie, nicknamed The Unlikely Builder, is taking on Britain’s […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe feature two of the local winners of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards, Monica Saavedra and Claire Given.
CEO Tamara Polajnar of HerEthical AI unveils how she’s shaking up AI in law enforcement by tackling victim blaming. Plus, Jules Walters, the science whiz turned wellness guru, reveals her […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe meet Cambridge-based author Maud Blair, whose raw and powerful memoir In between captures her extraordinary journey through British-ruled Rhodesia during apartheid, and Rachel Hales, a […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe celebrate the festive season chatting to Gill Abbs who has worked at the world famous Fitzbillies in Cambridge as a baker for 53 years and […]
At this busy and stressful time of year, Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe bring you two calming influences, Nicci Roscoe, whose book Manifest your Everything helps you to focus on […]
Linda and Suzie meet Alison Wright, owner of Fitzbillies, one of the most iconic businesses in Cambridge and traditionally the place to go for your tea and Chelsea bun. And […]
Suzie Thorpe & Linda Ness meet Renata Drumond, a Brazilian-born architect and founder of an interior design company whose passion for design started as a child when she built houses […]
Maiya Fleming left Hills Road Sixth Form and became an apprentice quantity surveyor. She tells us why she chose to do an apprenticeship rather than a university degree. And we […]
It’s all about new music and pre-loved clothing on this month’s programme. With under 8% of classical music written by women, we chat to Cambridgeshire composer Joanna Borrett and Jane […]
Linda Ness & Suzie Thorpe meet singer-songwriter harpist, Chloe Matharu, inspired by the sea and her time working in the Merchant Navy, and Livvy Partington, recently part of the Cambridge […]
In a new edition, Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe are joined by former BBC Politics controller Katie Searle and author Lucy Broadbent talks about her book What Would Ted Lasso […]
Linda & Suzie meet lifelong Cambridge City supporter Alice Dewey (pictured), who is now General Manager of the club, and involved in the building of a new stadium. They’re also […]
Anglia Ruskin University Professor Catherine Lee (right) and Marketing Executive Hannah Hagon join Linda & Suzie this week. Professor Lee’s own experiences while teaching in secondary schools during the years […]
Cambridge-based author and founder of Planetari, Cindy Forde speaks to Linda and Suzie about her new book, Bright New World, a world in which today’s children have grown up and […]
With COP27 taking place in Egypt, Linda and Suzie speak with Zoe Arden, fellow at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership, about the role of female leaders in the climate […]
Linda Ness and Susie Thorpe chat to Berenice Smith, owner of design agency Hello Lovely and podcast presenter of The Full Stop, a social design project that raises awareness of […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe meet Tetiana Preobrazhenska. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Tetiana chose to stay in the country – she tells them what it’s like living in Kiev today. […]
Linda and Suzie meet local folk music artist Faradina Afifi, the co-founder of free improvisation music group The Noisy Women. And Grace Lawson Baker, an Equine Facilitated Human Development Practitioner. […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe hear from Sarah Turner, the founder of Angel Investing, which specialises in helping women entrepreneurs and investors. Also, conservationist Rebecca Willers, who was brought up […]
Linda and Suzie speak to Dorothy Byrne, President of Murray Edwards College. A leader of British broadcasting, Dorothy shares an amusing insight into her life, and covers a range of […]
In this Christmas special, singer Lorenza Wildcard divulges her magic Italian Christmas recipe that only her mamma knows best! Musical artist Ellie Dixon kicks off her favourite festive song and […]
Linda and Suzie meet Councillor Anna Smith who has just been elected the Leader of Cambridge City Council. Anna tells them about her work in education, and the powerful reason […]
Linda and Suzie meet acclaimed pianist Brenda Lucas Ogdon, widow of John Ogdon. Brenda has released an album and is donating her royalties to homeless charity Shelter. And they meet […]
Musician Louise Eatock has been diagnosed with ADHD. She joins Suzie Thorpe and Linda Ness to talk to expert Rebecca Champ about the condition and what it’s like to be […]
Imogen Grant talks about her experience at the Tokyo Olympics, the excitement of being in the Olympic village and the heartbreak of missing out on the medals by a whisker. […]
Linda Ness & Suzie Thorpe meet Jo Moseley, who journeyed 162 miles coast to coast on a paddleboard, picking up litter and Beverley Lawrence Beech, a fierce advocate for the […]
Linda and Suzie meet a star in the rowing world, Imogen Grant. She became hooked on rowing at Cambridge University, and is now in the Team GB Olympic rowing squad […]
Linda and Suzie eavesdrop on a conversation by two women about their very different experiences at Cambridge University. Author Dr Georgia Kaufmann was in the first intake of women at Queens […]
Linda Ness & Suzie Thorpe meet Julia Sang, Forget Shareka and Anke Adams. Campaigner, Julia has been making waves, achieving safer streets for neighbours to meet up, a place for […]
Linda Ness & Suzie Thorpe meet Faye Holland and Lorenza Wildcard. Faye (right) is a well-known entrepreneur who is known for getting things done. Wildcard had never written a song […]
Isabella Moore CBE (right) tells Linda Ness & Suzie Thorpe about how she started a successful business, twice, and how she is helping those who want to start a business […]
Linda and Suzie chat to make-up artist Hannah Martin (pictured), who has worked with royalty and iconic actresses and is currently part of TV show 10 years younger in 10 […]
Linda Ness & Suzie Thorpe meet Crime Writer Alison Bruce (pictured) who recognised the moment to change the course of her life; and sparky, Cathy Cockin, an electrician who sees […]
Suzie Thorpe and Linda Ness meet missionary Irene Manley who has spent most of her life abroad helping those who have become disenfranchised in Nepal and Mongolia; and Kay King, […]
Suzie Thorpe and Linda Ness meet singer-songwriter Anita Gabrielle who’s spent her life fighting against injustices and has produced an EP raising funds for research into Parkinson’s Disease; and Yvonne […]
If you’re planning to start a fitness regime, Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe have advice from Amber Brammah who runs Love Fit; and Lenka Koppova talks social media.
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe speak to Christine O’Reilly who helps struggling families ensure that their children get to school. And Sonal Kadchha on setting up a girls school in […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe present more stories from incredible women. In this week’s edition they hear from Gill Ashby who’s created a puzzle book designed to help people with […]
Suzie Thorpe and Linda Ness hear from Kasia Wozniak who speaks to protestors, academics and politicians about the Polish Government’s decision to ban abortion even in the case of severe […]
Suzie Thorpe & Linda Ness meet Professor Tamsin Ford CBE, an expert in child and adolescent psychiatry and Jemima Wilcox, who runs a successful portraiture photographic business.
This week’s programme features Kristine McLaughlan from Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue and Katie Underwood (pictured), the former restaurant manager who set up her own PR business to serve the hospitality […]
In this edition we meet Professor Cecilia Mascolo (pictured) who’s leading the development of an app aiming to detect if a person is suffering from COVID-19 purely by listening to […]
Linda News and Suzie Thorpe speak to musical director Rachel Mason and rising comedy pop star Lydia Maddix.
Following the tragic death of George Floyd in the United States and the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests we talk to musician Claudia McKenzie. The recent protests triggered Claudia’s own […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe meet Professor Christi Deaton, who started her career as a nurse, but who’s now Clinical Professor of Nursing in Cambridge and keen to encourage people […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe meet spoken word artist Jaspreet Kaur, who’s moved from teenage years shattered by anxiety and depression to performing her poetry in front of large crowds. […]
In this edition meet award-winning writer Patrice Lawrence whose books reflect the diverse range of lives and experiences she sees every day and Kath Austin founder of BeeBee Wraps who […]
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe meet Professor Catherine Barnard, senior tutor at Trinity College and a leading researcher working on the issues surrounding the Brexit negotiations. We also hear from […]
In this edition we speak to Sonita Alleyne OBE, the first woman to be the master of Jesus College since its foundation in 1496 and Sara Marshall from the UK […]
Women Making Waves celebrates International Women’s Day in the company of spoken word artist Jaspreet Kaur, Rising Network Festival founder Lily Cheng, and Cheesemonger Suzannah Wansell. We hear from Joanna […]