The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

We kick off a two-part anthology following legendary women who operated at the absolute extremes of the Second World War, from Baker Street’s chain-smoking chief of staff, Vera Atkins and cosmetics-toting guerrilla commander, Pearl Witherington, to the traitor Mathilde Carré, who traded eighty comrades for a fur coat.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

Virginia heads south into the Haute Loire, where she will deal with some titanic egos, drive trains into gorges and liberate an entire department without any Allied back-up - before facing the far scarier prospect of peacetime.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

After escaping Spain and returning to Occupied France as an OSS operative, Virginia orchestrates a high-stakes campaign of sabotage and guerrilla warfare to pave the way for D-Day.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

Fresh from her greatest success, the honeymoon phase is officially over for Virginia Hall. Under attack from all sides and with her network penetrated, she is forced to risk everything on a treacherous winter escape.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

Virginia arrives in Occupied Europe and sets Vichy France alight, using a unique network made up of brothel madams, spinster antiquarians and corset-merchants. And when the suits in Baker Street try to pull her out, she plans one of the most audacious prison breaks of the war.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

Dismissed by her own government as a one-legged clerk who "talked too much," Virginia Hall traded the stifling confines of the Maryland elite for 1920s Paris and then the sound of the guns in France in 1940.Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

Deemed "not overburdened with brains" and morally opposed to lying, Noor Inayat Khan was the last person you'd send into Nazi-occupied France.Come to the Intelligent Speech Conference. Use the code OTHER to get 10% off!Support the show on PatreonFollow us on Facebook

She survived blizzards, the Gestapo and firing squads, but can Britain's first female World War II spy survive the peace?Support the show on PatreonFollow us on FacebookCome to the Intelligent Speech Conference. Use the code OTHER to get 10% off!