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We Don't Talk About That Podcast

We Don't Talk About That Podcast

By: Linda Coogan Byrne
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We Don't Talk About That is a bold new podcast exploring the conversations society often avoids but desperately needs to have.


Hosted by award-winning campaigner, researcher and author Linda Coogan Byrne alongside Season One special guest co-hosts Ndidi O and Sangeeta Kalsi, the podcast brings together survivors, activists, academics, artists, industry leaders and changemakers for honest, unfiltered discussions about power, inequality, culture, trauma, resilience and social change.


From violence against women and girls, gender inequality and workplace culture to music, media, politics, identity and the stories that shape our lives, no subject is off limits.


Each episode creates space for the voices too often left out of mainstream conversations, combining lived experience, expert insight and challenging dialogue with compassion, humour and curiosity.


At a time when so many important issues are reduced to headlines and soundbites, We Don't Talk About That goes deeper.

Because the conversations we avoid are often the ones we need most.


Now available across all major podcast platforms.


Brought to you by Why Not Her? and The Industry Review


Season One features "Call Me Queen" by guest co-host Ndidi O, used with permission, as the podcast's opening and closing theme music.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • End Eye Check Part 2: Zoe Watts on Sexual Violence, Survivor Advocacy and Fighting Back

    End Eye Check Part 2: Zoe Watts on Sexual Violence, Survivor Advocacy and Fighting Back
    Aug 30 2026
    In Part 2 of our special "End Eye Check Campaign" interview on We Don't Talk About That, hosts Linda Coogan Byrne, Sangeeta Kalsi, and Ndidi O are joined by Zoe Watts, founder of the End Eye Check Campaign.They discuss drug-facilitated rape, image-based abuse, the failures of policing and justice systems, and the devastating impact these crimes have on survivors. Zoe also explores the power of collective action, survivor-led advocacy, and why challenging the culture of silence around violence against women matters now more than ever.This is a conversation about survival, accountability, justice and the women refusing to look away.Content warning: This episode contains discussions of rape, sexual violence, coercive control, image-based abuse and trauma.Follow: @wedonttalkaboutpodcastSupport & Further InformationIf you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode, including rape, sexual assault, drug-facilitated rape, image-based abuse or online sexual exploitation, support is available and don't forget to check out endeyecheck.org.United KingdomRape Crisis England & Waleshttps://rapecrisis.org.ukRape Crisis Scotlandhttps://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.ukThe Survivors Trusthttps://www.thesurvivorstrust.orgIrelandDublin Rape Crisis Centrehttps://www.drcc.ieRape Crisis Network Irelandhttps://www.rcni.ieWomen's Aidhttps://www.womensaid.ieUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)https://www.rainn.orgEndEyeCheck CampaignLearn more about the EndEyeCheck campaign and the work being carried out by survivors and advocates:https://www.endeyecheck.comIf you are in immediate danger, please contact emergency services in your country or seek support from a trusted person, healthcare professional or local crisis service.Hosted by Linda Coogan Byrne, We Don't Talk About That explores the conversations society often avoids but desperately needs to have. Through honest conversations with survivors, advocates, researchers, artists and changemakers. This season will also include guest co-hosts Ndidi O and Sangeeta Kalsi.Follow the podcast and leave a rating or review to help others discover the show.Connect with us:Instagram: @wedonttalkaboutpodcastLinda Coogan Byrne: @lindacooganbFor guest enquiries, media requests or partnership opportunities, please contact:info@whynother.eu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Silenced, Not Erased: Five Years of Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

    Silenced, Not Erased: Five Years of Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
    Aug 7 2026
    In this special collaborative episode of We Don’t Talk About That, host Linda Coogan Byrne steps back and the show is led by guest Sangeeta Kalsi, development editor at Fourth Wave Feminist Magazine, to mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan.Our special guests are Afghan journalist Zahra Joya, founder and editor-in-chief of Rukhshana Media, and Akriti Saraswat, Protection Officer for Safety and Gender at Free Press Unlimited.Zahra founded Rukhshana Media to ensure that the lives of Afghan women were documented by Afghan women. Now working from exile, she leads a team of female journalists who continue reporting from inside Afghanistan, often secretly and at enormous personal risk.Akriti works internationally to protect journalists facing violence, persecution, displacement and gender-based threats and speaks about what meaningful support must look like when physical safety is only one part of survival.Together, they discuss what five years of Taliban rule have meant for women and girls, the systematic erasure of women from education, employment and public life, the dangers faced by female journalists, exile, trauma and the international community’s failure to hold the Taliban accountable.This is a conversation about journalism, resistance and what happens when women’s rights are treated as negotiable. Above all, it is a call to listen to Afghan women, support their work and use the freedoms we still possess to demand political action.How you can help support Afghan women:Support Rukhshana Media and help Afghan women journalists continue reporting from inside the country.Support Free Press Unlimited and its emergency assistance for journalists facing threats, violence and displacement.Support the Malala Fund’s Afghanistan Initiative, which funds Afghan-led organisations working to keep girls learning.Support online education for Afghan women and girls, including the Herat Online School.Support Sahar Education, which provides educational and digital-skills programmes for Afghan girls and women.Support the Afghan Women’s Fund, providing emergency assistance to women's rights defenders and at-risk Afghan women.Support UN Women’s work in Afghanistan, including urgent services and programmes defending women’s rights.Join the campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid and call for gender apartheid to be recognised as an international crime.Listeners can also contact their elected representatives and foreign ministers and ask their governments to publicly recognise Taliban rule as a system of gender apartheid, support its codification as a crime against humanity and refuse any political normalisation of the Taliban that abandons Afghan women and girls.This episode contains discussion of gender-based violence, persecution and trauma.Follow We Don’t Talk About That for future conversations exploring culture, equality, power and the stories we are too often told not to discuss.Hosted by Linda Coogan Byrne, We Don't Talk About That explores the conversations society often avoids but desperately needs to have. Through honest conversations with survivors, advocates, researchers, artists and changemakers. This season will also include guest co-hosts Ndidi O and Sangeeta Kalsi.Follow the podcast and leave a rating or review to help others discover the show.Connect with us:Instagram: @wedonttalkaboutpodcastLinda Coogan Byrne: @lindacooganbFor guest enquiries, media requests or partnership opportunities, please contact:info@whynother.eu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    49 mins
  • “Even If Everything Goes to Shit, We Must Remember We Are Magical” | Dee Mulrooney

    “Even If Everything Goes to Shit, We Must Remember We Are Magical” | Dee Mulrooney
    Aug 3 2026

    In this episode of We Don't Talk About That, hosts Linda Coogan Byrne and Ndidi O are joined by Irish artist, performer and activist Dee Mulrooney.


    Dee discusses art, exile, class, trauma and the transformative power of female rage. We also meet Growler at the end of the podcast, Dee’s award-winning alter ego: an 80-something-year-old drum-banging shamanic vulva with a tongue like a lash and a heart of gold.


    Through storytelling, song, comedy and performance, Growler gives voice to the forgotten woman and transmutes collective pain into something fierce, sacred and gloriously unruly.


    Intro music:

    "Call Me Queen"

    Written and performed by Ndidi O.

    Used with permission.


    Follow We Don't Talk About That for future conversations exploring culture, equality, power and the stories we are too often told not to discuss.

    Hosted by Linda Coogan Byrne, We Don't Talk About That explores the conversations society often avoids but desperately needs to have. Through honest conversations with survivors, advocates, researchers, artists and changemakers. This season will also include guest co-hosts Ndidi O and Sangeeta Kalsi.


    Follow the podcast and leave a rating or review to help others discover the show.


    Connect with us:

    Instagram: @wedonttalkaboutpodcast

    Linda Coogan Byrne: @lindacooganb


    For guest enquiries, media requests or partnership opportunities, please contact:

    info@whynother.eu

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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