The Price of Speaking Up – with Baroness Claire Fox

In this powerful conversation, Penny Dee sits down with Baroness Claire Fox Director of the Academy of Ideas, and a fearless advocate for free speech. Together, they explore why open debate is vital for our freedom and flourishing, why cancel culture hits women harder, and how we can reclaim spaces to speak up without fear. From the corridors of power in the House of Lords to everyday workplaces, Claire shares her unique insights on resilience, courage, and the true cost of silence.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✔️ Why women’s voices are more likely to be silenced in today’s culture
✔️ How cancel culture and progressive language are used to stifle debate
✔️ The role of the House of Lords in protecting public debate (even if Claire thinks it should be abolished!)
✔️ Why workplace camaraderie and open conversation are crucial for freedom
✔️ The importance of resilience and solidarity in standing up for what’s right

PLUS, We Discuss:
💡 How free speech laws and hate crime legislation are weaponized to silence dissent
💡 The shocking cases of nurses and workers punished for defending women’s spaces
💡 Why young women and girls are paying the highest price when it comes to gender ideology

Quote of the Episode:
“We need to build an atmosphere of public opinion that gives people the confidence to speak—and reminds those in power that common sense still matters.” – Baroness Claire Fox

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
🔗 Academy of Ideas
🔗 Battle of Ideas Festival

🔗Claire Fox Website

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🎧 Tune in now for this thought-provoking conversation about women, freedom, and finding your voice in a world that often tells you to stay quiet

✨ Episode Description:
Women today are more burned out and less happy than ever before. So... can we really have it all?

Penny Dee is joined by academic and author Dr. Giselle Goodwin, PhD in Women, Work & Wellbeing, for a deeply relatable, research-backed chat about the pressure to do it all, the emotional toll of modern motherhood, and the steps we can take toward happiness and balance.

If you’ve ever juggled work, parenting, beauty standards, and burnout, this one’s for you.

💬 Quote of the Episode:
"We’re the daughters of feminists who told us we could be anything, and what we heard was, we have to be everything." – Dr. Giselle Goodwin

✔️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why women’s happiness has declined in the last 50 years

• The real cost of burnout, multitasking, and emotional labour

• Dr. Giselle’s Empower Life framework for working mothers

• The science of happiness and what actually works for women

• How to drop the guilt and start asking for more

💡 PLUS, We Discuss:

• The third shift... the invisible work of living in a female body

• How ambitious women face different penalties at work

• Why societal change matters but sisterhood helps right now

🔗 Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
📘 Can Women Really Have It All? by Dr. Giselle Goodwin – (Amazon)
📝 Free Happiness Manifesto: www.gisellegoodwin.com
📸 Instagram: @gisellegoodwinwrites
💼 LinkedIn: Dr. Giselle Goodwin on LinkedIn

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Episode Description:
In this powerful and emotional episode, Penny Dee sits down with 🎙️ Laura Enston, granddaughter of Ruth Ellis – the last woman to be hanged in Britain. With fresh attention on Ruth’s life through ITV’s A Cruel Love, Laura speaks publicly for the first time about the impact of inherited trauma, media distortion, and reclaiming Ruth’s true story.

Quote of the Episode:
🗣️ “Ruth was everything the establishment didn’t want women to be. Independent. Outspoken. Powerful.” – Laura Enston

What You’ll Learn in This Episode: ✔️

• 👩‍⚖️ The real Ruth Ellis and why history got her so wrong

• 🗞️ How media portrayals shaped a legacy built on shame

• 💪 Why Ruth is now seen as a symbol of female resilience

• 🧬 What it means to break generational silence

• 🔥 The deeper cost of women who lived outside the rules

PLUS, We Discuss: 💡

• 🎬 The 1985 film Dance With A Stranger and its damaging portrayal

• 📚 Carol Ann Lee’s groundbreaking book that changed everything

• ⚡ Why Ruth was a woman ahead of her time

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 🔗

• 📺 ITV drama A Cruel Love

• https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice-for-ruth-ellis/

• 📖 A Fine Day for Hanging by Carol Ann Lee

• ✍️ Link to Telegraph article by Laura Enston

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