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The Guilty Feminist www.guiltyfeminist.com GEMMA Arterton recently big-upped this podcast in an interview, and we can see why. Presented by comedians Sofie Hagen (pictured right) and Deborah Frances-White and recorded weekly in front of a live audience and with a buzzy selection of guest stars including Cariad Lloyd, Sally Phillips and Sara Pascoe, this works on the premise that most us feel a guilty secret twinge that we could be ‘better’ at feminism. Under discussion are the kinds of topics all 21st century feminists agree on, such as kids — to have and have not — the problem of trying to be ‘likeable’, and shoes, but engaged with in a way that is funny, enlightened, and real. Hagen and Frances-White are great at confessing their insecurities, hypocrisies and the fears that underlie their lofty principles, meaning the rest of us can too. Burnt Toast www.food52.com/topics/burnt-toast-podcast Food52 is pretty much a one-stop website for recipes, food features, useful kitchen tips, and interiors/utensil shopping, along with plenty of foodie-focused cheerleading, set up by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs. Burnt Toast is the podcast arm of the site, where the duo, along with various guests, chat, advise and experiment on our behalf, tackling such must-knows as which food hacks actually work, and how to make a wedding toast. Right now, Burnt Toast is in greatest hits mode, with a series of favourite moments from the past two years — including an interview with Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of the Los Angeles Times — prior to returning with a hot new version of the weekly format. So, now’s the chance to catch up.