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Women Making Waves Podcast

Featuring women who play a positive part in shaping our society and empowering change


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  • 90. WMW Dr Eleanor Drage

    50:01||Ep. 90
    Dr Eleanor Drage studies how to make AI fairer for everyone, using feminist and anti-racist ideas to fight bias in tech. She’s also published books on building more ethical machines.

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  • 89. WMW Alison Cooper

    38:12||Ep. 89
    On Women Making Waves we meet Alison Cooper, fresh at the helm of Membership Club for Female businesswomen - Six Figured Females. Alison will tell us how she plans to take this community to the next level.

  • 88. WMW Tess Howard MBE and Dr Lee David

    56:52||Ep. 88
    Tess Howard MBE is a well known hockey player who played for Cambridge City and England Women’s 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal squad. Tess was recently awarded an MBE for her work in changing women’s sportsware for hockey players.And if you’re looking for stress-busting tips that actually work, you’re in the right place as our guest Dr. Lee David, a GP, and therapist, is the brains behind "10 Minute CBT," making mental health easy and doable. 

  • 87. WMW Inge Hunter and Niamh Eadie

    57:22||Ep. 87
    Inge Hunter went from selling cocktails while homeless at 17 to building Clue Content, a powerhouse agency with a team of 14 in Newmarket; and meet Niamh Eadie, the tech whiz who swapped coding for construction. She went from not knowing a hammer from a handsaw to becoming a successful property developer.

  • 86. WMW Monica Saavedra and Claire Given

    56:53||Ep. 86
    CTO & Co Founder of Lambda Agri Monica Saavedra has figured out how to supercharge sunlight in greenhouses, boosting crop yields in ways that could transform agriculture as we know it; And Claire Given, who turned frustration into innovation. When one-handed products fell short, she created Equipmii - matching people with perfect medical solutions.Both women have been awarded the prestigious  Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award

  • 85. WMW Dr Tamara Polajnar and Jules Walters

    55:48||Ep. 85
    We chat to CEO of HerEthical AI Dr Tamara Polajnar who talks about how she came to the world of Machine Learning and AI in policing and talks of her interest in devising systems which detect victim blaming;And Jules Walters, a health coach with a rich background in science. Jules now dedicates her expertise to empowering busy women to become the CEO of their health.

  • 84. WMW Maud Blair and Rachel Hales

    56:55||Ep. 84
    We meet Maud Blair a Cambridge-based author known for her storytelling about her life under British rule in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe during the era of apartheid which lead to her acclaimed book ‘In between’; And Rachel Hales is adamant that Cambridge can become a thriving community for everyone by pioneering ground-breaking partnerships to address challenges and social good.