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The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

30 episodes · Explicit

The number 1 hit true crime series is back with more women fighting crime, battling injustice and seriously kicking ass. In Season 1 of The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include P***y Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova, British Nigerian beauty queen and founder of Miss Trans Global, Miss saHHara and ‘The Erin Brockovich of East Africa’, environmental activist Phyllis Omido. Now host Anna Sinfield returns with more incredible stories of women like bodyguard Jacquie Davis, who set out on a daring mission to free a pregnant British woman trapped in Pakistan. We’ll hear the story of Helene, a member of the French Resistance plotting to escape the brutality of a concentration camp. We’ll also meet Visaka Dharmadasa, a Sri Lankan mother who sat face to face with notorious terrorists and helped end a civil war.

More about the show

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Episodes

  1. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E25: Tamuna Finds Stolen Babies

    · 44 min · Episode 25 · Explicit

    When Tamuna Museridze opened a box in her mother's house in the summer of 2016, she didn't just uncover a family secret. She set in motion a chain of events that would lead her to something even bigger: a scandal that…

  2. Relisten to The Girlfriends: Spotlight: Nadya & Pussy Riot Punk the President

    · 42 min · Explicit

    Re-listen to the best of The Girlfriends: Spotlight: When Nadya Tolokonnikova saw her country Russia change under President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime, she knew she had to do something. She started the…

  3. Relisten to The Girlfriends: Spotlight: Hélène Outwits the Nazis

    · 43 min · Explicit

    Re-listen to the best of The Girlfriends: Spotlight: Germany. Spring 1945. The writing is on the wall for the Nazis. And thousands of women are marching along dirt roads. If they stop walking, they’ll be shot. Their…

  4. Relisten to The Girlfriends: Spotlight: Lu Ann Escapes the Order

    · 49 min · Explicit

    Re-listen to the best of The Girlfriends: Spotlight: When Lu Ann Cooper was just fifteen years old, she was told to drop out of school and marry her first cousin. She would be his fourth wife. Lu Ann grew up inside…

  5. Relisten to The Girlfriends: Spotlight: Rose Solves, At Least, 86 Cold Cases

    · 41 min · Explicit

    Re-listen to the best of The Girlfriends: Spotlight: Rose Brady’s job running Baltimore County’s SVU was a frustrating one. The sexual violence crimes she and her team were investigating were just the tip of the…

  6. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E24: Sucheta Exposes the Big Bull

    · 39 min · Episode 24 · Explicit

    In 1992, the Bombay Stock Exchange in India was skyrocketing. And at the centre of this chaotic, testosterone fuelled world was Harshad Meta: a man with aviator shades, a Lexus, and a reputation as a financial wizard.…

  7. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E23: Anna Catches a Catfish

    · 39 min · Episode 23 · Explicit

    Anna Rowe thought she’d found the perfect man: attentive, caring and totally devoted to his children. But Anna gradually started to suspect that things weren’t quite what they seemed… Her doubts led her to some late…

  8. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E22: Carolyn Builds a Wisterhood

    · 37 min · Episode 22 · Explicit

    On Valentine's Day 2000, Carolyn Moor's life changed forever when a hit-and-run accident killed her husband Chad. She was left a widow in her 30s - and with two young daughters to raise alone. And she discovered that…

  9. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E21: Morrell Breaks the Ban

    · 32 min · Episode 21 · Explicit

    When Morrell Andrews’s attacker was convicted of her sexual assault, she thought her fight was over. But it was just beginning. Because in Canada, where Morrell lives, ‘Publication Bans’ were enshrined in law. These…

  10. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E20: Rosamund Clears the Air

    · 42 min · Episode 16 · Explicit

    In 2013, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s nine-year-old daughter, Ella, died from a catastrophic asthma attack. Her death transformed her mum into a formidable campaigner. First, she fought to find out what had killed Ella…

  11. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E19: Lejla Fights for the Invisible

    · 40 min · Episode 15 · Explicit

    Christmas Day, 1992. Sarajevo, Bosnia. War is ranging - Serb forces surround the city. For nearly four years, its people have endured daily shelling and sniper attacks, cut off from the rest of the world in the longest…

  12. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E18: Antonia Pickets the Lusty Lady

    · 40 min · Episode 17 · Explicit

    It’s the 1990s in San Francisco, and Antonia Crane is a dancer at the legendary peep show, the Lusty Lady. In the dressing room and the mirrored ‘Fishbowl’ where the dancers perform in six inch heels, a revolution is…

  13. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E17: Tooba Stumps the Taliban

    · 33 min · Episode 17 · Explicit

    When the Taliban captured Herat City in August 2021, Tooba Sarwari had just one thing on her mind: cricket. Would she ever be able to play her beloved sport again? And more pressing, would the Taliban find the evidence…

  14. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E16: Hélène Outwits the Nazis

    · 43 min · Episode 16 · Explicit

    Germany. Spring 1945. The writing is on the wall for the Nazis. And thousands of women are marching along dirt roads. If they stop walking, they’ll be shot. Their route is lined with piles of corpses. It’s a death…

  15. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E15: Jacquie Saves a Hostage

    · 43 min · Episode 15 · Explicit

    Jacquie Davis joined the police when she was just 18 years old. She was fearless and ambitious, but she quickly realised her career progression was limited by her gender and education. Everything changed when she was…

  16. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E14: Visaka Sparks a Ceasefire

    · 35 min · Episode 14 · Explicit

    When Visaka Dharmadasa’s soldier son was kidnapped by the fearsome Tamil Tigers in the midst of Sri Lanka’s bitter civil war, she couldn’t find anyone who could help find him - or the 608 other soldiers who had been…

  17. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E13: Silvia Climbs to the Top of the World

    · 40 min · Episode 13 · Explicit

    When you’ve suffered childhood trauma, endured alcohol abuse, been through awful bereavements, how can you heal? For Silvia Vasquez-Lavado the answer was to climb to the top of the world - and then take other…

  18. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E12: Lois Captures Criminals

    · 37 min · Episode 12 · Explicit

    Lois Gibson has a rare gift: A gift for accurately drawing people she’s never seen before, from fragmented descriptions from traumatised witnesses. And that gift is incredibly useful to the Houston Police Department.…

  19. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E11: Miss saHHara Crowns Queens

    · 43 min · Episode 11 · Explicit

    Miss saHHara was born to be a beauty pageant queen. As a child at home in Nigeria she would wrap herself in a mosquito net and sashay along a make-believe cat walk, delivering inspirational speeches to an imagined…

  20. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E10: Phyllis Saves the People from Poisoning

    · 33 min · S3 E14 · Bonus · Explicit

    Phyllis Omido is just a few months into a new job, when her infant son starts to get sick. Fevers, dehydration, hospitalisation - Phyllis is scared. Then the doctors give her some shocking news: Her son has lead…

  21. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E9: Jasvinder Redefines Honour

    · 46 min · S3 E13 · Bonus

    When Jasvinder Sanghera was just 15 years old, her mum told her that she was going to be married to a man she had never met. Jasvinder’s older sisters had been through similar things. But instead of going along with…

  22. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E8: Nadya & Pussy Riot Punk the President

    · 42 min · Episode 8 · Explicit

    When Nadya Tolokonnikova saw her country Russia change under President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime, she knew she had to do something. She started the iconic ski-mask-wearing art protest collective Pussy…

  23. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E7: Eilís Runs the Ball Barn

    · 42 min · Episode 7 · Explicit

    As a trans woman, Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin didn’t have much faith in mainstream health care. So when she wanted gender affirming surgery to remove her testicles, she turned to her best friend and trainee doctor Willow, and…

  24. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E6: Madison and Christine Become Digital Detectives

    · 46 min · Episode 6 · Explicit

    Madison Conradis had her life turned upside down when someone began posting naked photos of her online. Soon, the abuse intensified with anonymous messages and calls to her family, friends and even her boss… The…

  25. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E5: Rose Solves, At Least, 86 Cold Cases

    · 41 min · Episode 5 · Explicit

    Rose Brady’s job running Baltimore County’s SVU was a frustrating one. The sexual violence crimes she and her team were investigating were just the tip of the iceberg. Her department was sitting on thousands of…

  26. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E4: June Rocks America

    · 46 min · Episode 4 · Explicit

    From the moment she heard a guitar being played in an empty classroom at her convent school in the Philippines in 1961, June Millington knew what she wanted to do with her life: rock and roll. So when a girl called up…

  27. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E3: Nelly Goes Undercover

    · 41 min · Episode 3 · Explicit

    Nellie Bly was a true trailblazer. In late 19th century America, women were expected to get married and become housewives, or go into a suitable career like teaching. But Nellie didn’t do any of that. Instead, she…

  28. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E2: Lu Ann Escapes the Order

    · 49 min · Episode 2 · Explicit

    When Lu Ann Cooper was just fifteen years old, she was told to drop out of school and marry her first cousin. She would be his fourth wife. Lu Ann grew up inside the so-called Kingston Clan, a religious sect where, Lu…

  29. The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E1: Tracy Hits the Bullseye

    · 48 min · Episode 1 · Explicit

    In 2019 Tracy Otto was a college student in Tampa, and a fitness fanatic. Then a violent attack by an ex-boyfriend changed her life forever. She was left paralysed from the chest down, and lost her left eye. But…

  30. Introducing The Girlfriends: Spotlight

    · 2:45 · Trailer

    Our brand new series The Girlfriends: Spotlight launches on Monday April 7th. Here's a taste of the incredible stories you can expect to hear... The Girlfriends: Spotlight is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For…

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