'The C Word with Catharine Redden' Sat, 23 May 2026 12:56:57 +0930 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2594538 en-us © 2026 'The C Word with Catharine Redden' yes 9cbe0ee4-c294-5c8a-9d22-a0d8df9c992b Catharine Redden episodic true START HERE → BLOODY HORRENDOUS


If you’re new and wondering where to begin, scroll nearly to the bottom and find Bloody Horrendous.

It was my second episode, and it’s still the one people land on.


It’s about first periods.

Not the neat version. The real one.


• What it was actually like

• What we weren’t told

• What’s changed (thank god)

• What hasn’t (of course)


It’s funny in parts, uncomfortable in others, and very recognisable if you’ve ever had a body that does things without asking your permission.




THE C-WORD WITH CATHARINE REDDEN


A podcast for difficult women.


Inside:


• Bodies that don’t behave

• Anxiety that doesn’t respond to medication tested predominantly on men, while being told to just meditate

• Ageing without apology

• Small, everyday moments where sexism just… hums in the background


No self-improvement arc.

No neat conclusions.


Just the ongoing, slightly absurd experience of being a woman paying attention.

This is what it sounds like from inside one life.


Not polished.

Not resolved.

Just said out loud.


Welcome to the party of women’s direct experience. 



]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) feminism, feminist podcast, women’s rights, gender equality, mental health, anxiety podcast, women’s stories, personal development, relationships, social issues, Australian podcast, self improvement Catharine Redden https://storage.buzzsprout.com/6zzmvuw6ztbfmq2epnxhyyti8h53?.jpg 'The C Word with Catharine Redden' Pride Round and the Question the AFL Won’t Ask Pride Round and the Question the AFL Won’t Ask A solo episode about Pride Round, psychological safety, queer inclusion, AFL culture, masculinity, and the difference between performative allyship and genuine cultural change in Australian Rules Football. 

Catharine explores the AFL, AFLW, homophobia in sport, rainbow branding, and why visibility without safety is not enough.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> A solo episode about Pride Round, psychological safety, queer inclusion, AFL culture, masculinity, and the difference between performative allyship and genuine cultural change in Australian Rules Football. 

Catharine explores the AFL, AFLW, homophobia in sport, rainbow branding, and why visibility without safety is not enough.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19225534 Sat, 23 May 2026 12:00:00 +0930 1164 AFL, AFL podcast, Pride Round, Australian Rules Football, LGBTQ inclusion, queer athletes, AFLW, women in sport, homophobia in sport, psychological safety, Australian culture, feminism podcast, sports culture, masculinity, performative allyship 22 full true Lou Nicholson: The MP, the Netballer, and the Cappuccino (GUEST CHAT) Lou Nicholson: The MP, the Netballer, and the Cappuccino (GUEST CHAT) This week, Lou Nicholson joins me on “The C-Word with Catharine Redden”.

Lou is the newly elected independent member for Finniss in South Australia, the first woman ever elected to the seat, and in this conversation we talk about politics, public life, community, netball, democracy, aging, country towns, cappuccinos, and what people are quietly carrying right now.

Lou first contested the seat in 2022, lost by a narrow margin, then came back in 2026 and won in one of the more unusual election results in South Australian politics.

But this episode isn’t really about political strategy or party talking points. It’s about people.

We talk about:
• growing up as “strong Viking children”
• why democracy is a “doing word”
• whether women in public life still have to perform niceness
• the emotional weight people are carrying
• public transport, aging, and life on the Fleurieu
• why netball matters more than you’d think
• and what it means to represent a community in real life, not just on paper

This is a warm, thoughtful conversation about modern political life, regional South Australia, and the women who quietly step forward and change things.

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> This week, Lou Nicholson joins me on “The C-Word with Catharine Redden”.

Lou is the newly elected independent member for Finniss in South Australia, the first woman ever elected to the seat, and in this conversation we talk about politics, public life, community, netball, democracy, aging, country towns, cappuccinos, and what people are quietly carrying right now.

Lou first contested the seat in 2022, lost by a narrow margin, then came back in 2026 and won in one of the more unusual election results in South Australian politics.

But this episode isn’t really about political strategy or party talking points. It’s about people.

We talk about:
• growing up as “strong Viking children”
• why democracy is a “doing word”
• whether women in public life still have to perform niceness
• the emotional weight people are carrying
• public transport, aging, and life on the Fleurieu
• why netball matters more than you’d think
• and what it means to represent a community in real life, not just on paper

This is a warm, thoughtful conversation about modern political life, regional South Australia, and the women who quietly step forward and change things.

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19193705 Tue, 19 May 2026 05:00:00 +0930 2604 Lou Nicholson, Lou Nicholson MP, Lou Nicholson Member for Finniss, Member for Finniss, Finniss, South Australian politics, Independent politician, Women in politics, Fleurieu Peninsula, Regional Australia 21 full false The Maths of Sex (GUEST CHAT) (PART TWO) The Maths of Sex (GUEST CHAT) (PART TWO) The Maths of Sex (Part 2)

with Associate Professor Simon Graham

Part 2 of Catharine’s conversation with Associate Professor Simon Graham about sexual health, STI testing, condoms, contraception, harm reduction, public health, relationships, and why shame is often terrible health policy.

If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, go back and start there first.

In this episode, Simon and Catharine discuss:
 • STI testing and taking control of your sexual health
 • Condoms, contraception, and bodily autonomy
 • Needle and syringe programs in Australia
 • Hepatitis C treatment and public health savings
 • Violence, vulnerability, and sexual health risk
 • Why free sexual health clinics matter

This is an honest, funny, occasionally chaotic conversation about sex, health, and human behaviour in the real world.

Important note

Associate Professor Simon Graham and Catharine Redden are not medical doctors. This podcast is intended for conversation, education, and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Please speak with a qualified healthcare professional if you have concerns about your sexual health.

Free Sexual Health Clinics (Australia)

Public sexual health clinics in Australia are generally free, confidential, and do not require a Medicare card.

• SA: SHINE SA
• VIC: Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
• NSW: NSW Sexual Health Clinics
• QLD: Queensland Sexual Health Services
• WA: HealthyWA Sexual Health Services
• TAS: Tasmanian Sexual Health Service
• NT:

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> The Maths of Sex (Part 2)

with Associate Professor Simon Graham

Part 2 of Catharine’s conversation with Associate Professor Simon Graham about sexual health, STI testing, condoms, contraception, harm reduction, public health, relationships, and why shame is often terrible health policy.

If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, go back and start there first.

In this episode, Simon and Catharine discuss:
 • STI testing and taking control of your sexual health
 • Condoms, contraception, and bodily autonomy
 • Needle and syringe programs in Australia
 • Hepatitis C treatment and public health savings
 • Violence, vulnerability, and sexual health risk
 • Why free sexual health clinics matter

This is an honest, funny, occasionally chaotic conversation about sex, health, and human behaviour in the real world.

Important note

Associate Professor Simon Graham and Catharine Redden are not medical doctors. This podcast is intended for conversation, education, and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Please speak with a qualified healthcare professional if you have concerns about your sexual health.

Free Sexual Health Clinics (Australia)

Public sexual health clinics in Australia are generally free, confidential, and do not require a Medicare card.

• SA: SHINE SA
• VIC: Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
• NSW: NSW Sexual Health Clinics
• QLD: Queensland Sexual Health Services
• WA: HealthyWA Sexual Health Services
• TAS: Tasmanian Sexual Health Service
• NT:

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19165231 Wed, 13 May 2026 01:00:00 +0930 1025 Sexual Health, STI Testing, Public Health, Harm Reduction, Relationships, Contraception, Condoms, Hepatitis C, Women’s Health, Australian Healthcare 20 full true The Maths of Sex (GUEST CHAT) (PART ONE) The Maths of Sex (GUEST CHAT) (PART ONE) Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Associate Professor Simon Graham about sexual health, stigma, statistics, testing, HPV, bacterial vaginosis, public health, relationships, and the gloriously awkward reality of being a human with a body.

This isn’t a morality lecture wrapped in a lab coat. It’s an honest, funny, occasionally chaotic conversation about how sexual health actually works in real life, and why shame is often the least useful public health strategy imaginable.

Part 2 will be released shortly in the main feed.

Disclaimer
This episode is general information and conversation only. Catharine Redden and Associate Professor Simon Graham are not medical doctors, and this podcast is not a substitute for personal medical advice.

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)
Common symptoms of BV can include unusual vaginal discharge, a fishy odour, irritation, or burning when urinating. Many people have no symptoms at all.
Source: healthdirect Australia

Getting Tested in Australia
Public sexual health/STI clinics in Australia are free and confidential. You do not need a Medicare card to attend most public clinics.

• SHINE SA (South Australia)
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (Victoria)
• NSW Sexual Health Infolink
• Queensland Health Sexual Health Clinics
• WA Sexual Health Helpline & Clinics
• Clinic 60 (Tasmania)
• Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control Sexual Health Services
•

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Associate Professor Simon Graham about sexual health, stigma, statistics, testing, HPV, bacterial vaginosis, public health, relationships, and the gloriously awkward reality of being a human with a body.

This isn’t a morality lecture wrapped in a lab coat. It’s an honest, funny, occasionally chaotic conversation about how sexual health actually works in real life, and why shame is often the least useful public health strategy imaginable.

Part 2 will be released shortly in the main feed.

Disclaimer
This episode is general information and conversation only. Catharine Redden and Associate Professor Simon Graham are not medical doctors, and this podcast is not a substitute for personal medical advice.

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)
Common symptoms of BV can include unusual vaginal discharge, a fishy odour, irritation, or burning when urinating. Many people have no symptoms at all.
Source: healthdirect Australia

Getting Tested in Australia
Public sexual health/STI clinics in Australia are free and confidential. You do not need a Medicare card to attend most public clinics.

• SHINE SA (South Australia)
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (Victoria)
• NSW Sexual Health Infolink
• Queensland Health Sexual Health Clinics
• WA Sexual Health Helpline & Clinics
• Clinic 60 (Tasmania)
• Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control Sexual Health Services
•

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19144555 Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 +0930 3200 Sexual Health, Sexual Health Education, STI Awareness, Public Health, Women’s Health, HPV, STI Testing, Safe Sex, Bacterial Vaginosis, Sex and Relationships, Health Communication, Feminism and Health, Australian Podcast 19 full true Your Cock Is Not a Divining Rod Your Cock Is Not a Divining Rod In this slightly feverish, slightly feral episode, Catharine continues on from her commentary about David King publicly calling women’s armpit hair “repulsive,” and unpacks the much bigger question underneath it:

Why are women expected to remain visually pleasing to strangers in the first place?

Catharine talks about:

  • body commentary at family functions,
  • fat-shaming disguised as “health,”
  • the entitlement behind public ridicule,
  • why shame and control get confused with concern,
  • the exhausting pressure to remain aesthetically acceptable,
  • and the connection she sees between everyday objectification and broader cultures of misogyny.

Also featured:

  • Lawrence the camp dog,
  • a rawhide providing temporary podcast stability,
  • one very sick podcaster,
  • and the phrase “your dick is not a divining rod,” which honestly deserves its own merch line.

This episode contains discussion of body shaming, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and misogyny.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> In this slightly feverish, slightly feral episode, Catharine continues on from her commentary about David King publicly calling women’s armpit hair “repulsive,” and unpacks the much bigger question underneath it:

Why are women expected to remain visually pleasing to strangers in the first place?

Catharine talks about:

  • body commentary at family functions,
  • fat-shaming disguised as “health,”
  • the entitlement behind public ridicule,
  • why shame and control get confused with concern,
  • the exhausting pressure to remain aesthetically acceptable,
  • and the connection she sees between everyday objectification and broader cultures of misogyny.

Also featured:

  • Lawrence the camp dog,
  • a rawhide providing temporary podcast stability,
  • one very sick podcaster,
  • and the phrase “your dick is not a divining rod,” which honestly deserves its own merch line.

This episode contains discussion of body shaming, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and misogyny.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19138947 Thu, 07 May 2026 14:00:00 +0930 1222 feminism, body image, misogyny, fatphobia, women’s rights, body shaming, social commentary, patriarchy, women’s bodies, Australian podcast 18 full true David King, You’re a Dick ~ The Armpit Hair Episode David King, You’re a Dick ~ The Armpit Hair Episode Tiny unionised dinosaur chooks. Humid shoulder pelts at Pilates. AFL commentary. Pre-peeled grapes.

This episode begins as a fruedian slip, turned into a feminist ranch fantasy and ends as a rant about women’s bodies, beauty standards, sport media, and why some jokes no longer land the way they used to.

Also: Kane Cornes says beer is the most overrated thing in the world, and honestly, I love that journey for him

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Tiny unionised dinosaur chooks. Humid shoulder pelts at Pilates. AFL commentary. Pre-peeled grapes.

This episode begins as a fruedian slip, turned into a feminist ranch fantasy and ends as a rant about women’s bodies, beauty standards, sport media, and why some jokes no longer land the way they used to.

Also: Kane Cornes says beer is the most overrated thing in the world, and honestly, I love that journey for him

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19107355 Fri, 01 May 2026 15:00:00 +0930 729 17 full true I Wasn’t Ever Told I Was Beautiful I Wasn’t Ever Told I Was Beautiful A three-year-old in a fairy skirt, gumboots, dragon tail and Bob the Builder helmet thinks she’s beautiful.

This episode is about what happens before the world talks her out of it.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> A three-year-old in a fairy skirt, gumboots, dragon tail and Bob the Builder helmet thinks she’s beautiful.

This episode is about what happens before the world talks her out of it.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
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Support The Pod
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19095005 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0930 1773 beauty standards, body image, feminism, appearance, women’s bodies, social media, beauty industry, wellness culture, capitalism, marketing, ageing, anti-ageing, fatphobia 16 full true I Recorded Myself Having a Panic Attack (FIELD NOTES) I Recorded Myself Having a Panic Attack (FIELD NOTES) We say “panic attack” all the time.

This is what one actually sounds like.

Includes a real-time recording of a panic attack.

Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts.


Please take care. Support links are in the show notes.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> We say “panic attack” all the time.

This is what one actually sounds like.

Includes a real-time recording of a panic attack.

Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts.


Please take care. Support links are in the show notes.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
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Support The Pod
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19063528 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0930 784 mental health, panic attack, anxiety, CPTSD, depression, real time panic attack, lived experience, nervous system, trauma response, mental health awareness, public panic attack, invisible illness, emotional distress, coping strategies, workplace health 15 full true Elijah Hollands: What We Saw… and What We Didn’t Do Elijah Hollands: What We Saw… and What We Didn’t Do On Thursday night at the MCG, during a game between Carlton and Collingwood, some things that happened on the field that did not look like football.

This episode is about those moments.

It is not about analysing the reasons or causes of a player’s behaviour.


 It is about what was done, and more importantly, what was not done, to assist somebody in obvious distress in their workplace.

I refer to Elijah Hollands a couple of times in this episode as Elijah Holland. His name is Elijah Hollands.

What was off was not Elijah’s behaviour.

What was off was the response to it.

A player who appeared to be in distress was left on the field. For three quarters. 


Afterwards, he was spoken about by his senior coach in a way that suggested his performance mattered more than what he was going through.

This episode is not a diagnosis.
It is not speculation.

It is an observation about how we respond to visible distress, particularly in environments where performance is prioritised.

And it asks a simple question.

When someone is clearly not okay, why don’t we act? Particularly given Victoria has very strong laws in place surrounding psychological distress in the workplace. 

If this episode brings anything up for you, there are support resources in the show notes. 


Take care of you first, everything else can wait. 


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
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Support The Pod
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> On Thursday night at the MCG, during a game between Carlton and Collingwood, some things that happened on the field that did not look like football.

This episode is about those moments.

It is not about analysing the reasons or causes of a player’s behaviour.


 It is about what was done, and more importantly, what was not done, to assist somebody in obvious distress in their workplace.

I refer to Elijah Hollands a couple of times in this episode as Elijah Holland. His name is Elijah Hollands.

What was off was not Elijah’s behaviour.

What was off was the response to it.

A player who appeared to be in distress was left on the field. For three quarters. 


Afterwards, he was spoken about by his senior coach in a way that suggested his performance mattered more than what he was going through.

This episode is not a diagnosis.
It is not speculation.

It is an observation about how we respond to visible distress, particularly in environments where performance is prioritised.

And it asks a simple question.

When someone is clearly not okay, why don’t we act? Particularly given Victoria has very strong laws in place surrounding psychological distress in the workplace. 

If this episode brings anything up for you, there are support resources in the show notes. 


Take care of you first, everything else can wait. 


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19037776 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0930 1044 AFL, Australian Rules Football, Carlton Football Club, Collingwood, Elijah Hollands, mental health, mental health in sport, athlete welfare, duty of care, systems failure, public distress, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, invisible illness, OH&S 14 full true You Had a Baby. He Kept His Job (GUEST CHAT) You Had a Baby. He Kept His Job (GUEST CHAT) A conversation with my mum, Margaret Redden, about what it was like to grow up, work, and have children as a woman in South Australia in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, and the kinds of inequality women were simply expected to accept.

Show Notes

Books mentioned:

  • Storm Boy by Colin Thiele
  • Other books by Colin Thiele: Blue Fin, The Fire in the Stone, February Dragon

Film:

  • Storm Boy (film adaptation)

Topics touched on:

  • Women in teaching in the 1960s–80s
  • Temporary teaching status for women
  • Lack of maternity leave and having to resign
  • Superannuation inequality
  • Women’s unpaid labour in farming communities
  • Inheritance and farming succession

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> A conversation with my mum, Margaret Redden, about what it was like to grow up, work, and have children as a woman in South Australia in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, and the kinds of inequality women were simply expected to accept.

Show Notes

Books mentioned:

  • Storm Boy by Colin Thiele
  • Other books by Colin Thiele: Blue Fin, The Fire in the Stone, February Dragon

Film:

  • Storm Boy (film adaptation)

Topics touched on:

  • Women in teaching in the 1960s–80s
  • Temporary teaching status for women
  • Lack of maternity leave and having to resign
  • Superannuation inequality
  • Women’s unpaid labour in farming communities
  • Inheritance and farming succession

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19013287 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0930 2794 feminism, women’s history, women in the 60s and 70s, women teachers, equal pay, superannuation, maternity leave, women’s liberation, rural women, farming women, country Australia, family stories, intergenerational feminism, inheritance inequality 13 full true I Already Know The Name Of Your Street I Already Know The Name Of Your Street Go for a walk.

Look at what’s named.

Then tell me you don’t see it.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Go for a walk.

Look at what’s named.

Then tell me you don’t see it.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-19000555 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0930 988 feminism, everyday feminism, naming power, public spaces, street names, gender bias, historical memory, invisible women, patriarchy, Aboriginal history, cultural bias, lived experience 12 full true I Was 11 and I Thought No One Would Miss Me (GUEST CHAT) I Was 11 and I Thought No One Would Miss Me (GUEST CHAT) A raw conversation about suicidal thoughts, Lifeline, and what it feels like at a granular level to not be okay. 

~~~

In this episode I have a chat with Julia Ridout. (Find out more about Julia here: https://www.instagram.com/chiefencouragementofficeau) 

She’s worked at Deloitte, led major projects, and volunteered as a Lifeline counsellor. She now runs her own business as a Chief Encouragement Officer, helping people and organisations understand themselves and work better together.

But this episode isn’t about titles.
It’s about what it’s like to not be okay.

We talk about calling Lifeline, suicidal thoughts, and why you don’t have to be at breaking point to ask for help. We talk about rumination, coping, and the difference between living in your life and numbing it out.

This episode includes discussion of suicide and self-harm.
We are speaking from lived experience only. This is not medical advice.

When you need support consider contacting the organisations below (if you are not in Oz, Google 'how to get help for suicidal ideation right now near me', people want to help you, there is a plan for how to safely get you to the next moment)

~~~

BOOKS MENTIONED 

'Life Is in the Transitions ~ Mastering Change at Any Age' by  Bruce Feiler

~~~

SUPPORT (Australia)

• Lifeline Australia
 24/7 phone, text, and chat
 https://www.lifeline.org.au/

• Beyond Blue
 Online and phone support
 https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

• MindSpot
 Practical mental health support
 https://www.mindspot.org.au/

MORE 

If you want somewhere to land after this, I’ve written more on Substack.
 
I will never gatekeep support. If you need help, or you’re looking for resources, that will always be available for free.

https://substack.com/@catharineredden

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> A raw conversation about suicidal thoughts, Lifeline, and what it feels like at a granular level to not be okay. 

~~~

In this episode I have a chat with Julia Ridout. (Find out more about Julia here: https://www.instagram.com/chiefencouragementofficeau) 

She’s worked at Deloitte, led major projects, and volunteered as a Lifeline counsellor. She now runs her own business as a Chief Encouragement Officer, helping people and organisations understand themselves and work better together.

But this episode isn’t about titles.
It’s about what it’s like to not be okay.

We talk about calling Lifeline, suicidal thoughts, and why you don’t have to be at breaking point to ask for help. We talk about rumination, coping, and the difference between living in your life and numbing it out.

This episode includes discussion of suicide and self-harm.
We are speaking from lived experience only. This is not medical advice.

When you need support consider contacting the organisations below (if you are not in Oz, Google 'how to get help for suicidal ideation right now near me', people want to help you, there is a plan for how to safely get you to the next moment)

~~~

BOOKS MENTIONED 

'Life Is in the Transitions ~ Mastering Change at Any Age' by  Bruce Feiler

~~~

SUPPORT (Australia)

• Lifeline Australia
 24/7 phone, text, and chat
 https://www.lifeline.org.au/

• Beyond Blue
 Online and phone support
 https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

• MindSpot
 Practical mental health support
 https://www.mindspot.org.au/

MORE 

If you want somewhere to land after this, I’ve written more on Substack.
 
I will never gatekeep support. If you need help, or you’re looking for resources, that will always be available for free.

https://substack.com/@catharineredden

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18966839 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0930 2255 mental health, Lifeline, suicide awareness, self harm, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, crisis support, lived experience, vulnerability, psychological safety, self awareness, rumination, coping strategies, sobriety, trauma, asking for help, kindness, s 11 full true Feminism Is Easy Until Someone You Love Says Something Shit Feminism Is Easy Until Someone You Love Says Something Shit Feminism is easy… until it’s your family.

This one’s about the dinner table.

The comments that don’t sit right.

And the moments where you stay quiet.

Recorded in my car by the beach,

       with seagulls who are frankly furious about the lack of chips.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Feminism is easy… until it’s your family.

This one’s about the dinner table.

The comments that don’t sit right.

And the moments where you stay quiet.

Recorded in my car by the beach,

       with seagulls who are frankly furious about the lack of chips.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18942878 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +1030 2063 feminism, women empowerment, gender equality, relationships, family issues, mental health awareness, anxiety, personal stories, self awareness, social issues, podcast, storytelling, life lessons 10 full true Wait… This Is Legal? Wait… This Is Legal? Last year, I worked on an egg farm.

7am starts. No lunch break. One 15-minute smoko.

Lifting a tonne of eggs a day. Collecting dead birds.

Driving half an hour each way.

And I was being paid less than the minimum wage.

Not by accident.

Not cash-in-hand.


Legally.


In this episode, I walk through what it’s actually like to work under the pastoral award in Australia, where minimum wage isn’t always minimum, penalty rates don’t exist, and “fair go” starts to look more like a marketing slogan than a reality.

This isn’t a rant. It’s a field note.

From inside a system that most people don’t even know exists.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
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]]> Last year, I worked on an egg farm.

7am starts. No lunch break. One 15-minute smoko.

Lifting a tonne of eggs a day. Collecting dead birds.

Driving half an hour each way.

And I was being paid less than the minimum wage.

Not by accident.

Not cash-in-hand.


Legally.


In this episode, I walk through what it’s actually like to work under the pastoral award in Australia, where minimum wage isn’t always minimum, penalty rates don’t exist, and “fair go” starts to look more like a marketing slogan than a reality.

This isn’t a rant. It’s a field note.

From inside a system that most people don’t even know exists.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18904023 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +1030 1891 Minimum Wage, Inequality, Fair Go, Un-Australian, Workers, Unions, Myth of Equality 9 full true I Thought Everyone Knew This I Thought Everyone Knew This What is period underwear?

What is Prozac?

This episode started as a Q&A.

It didn’t stay that way.

From black “cheek to kidney” netball undies…

to the very real experience of taking antidepressants…



🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

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This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> What is period underwear?

What is Prozac?

This episode started as a Q&A.

It didn’t stay that way.

From black “cheek to kidney” netball undies…

to the very real experience of taking antidepressants…



🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

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Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
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Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18889509 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +1030 1379 Feminism, Periods, Anti-depressants, Sexism 8 full true I Was Just Ordering a Fucking Coffee (FIELD NOTES) I Was Just Ordering a Fucking Coffee (FIELD NOTES) I was just ordering a coffee. (Decaf latte, two shots, two sugars, normal milk) 

Instead, I found myself in an unsafe conversation about women, worth, and who deserves what.

This episode is a real-life moment.

No theory. No filters. Just how sexism actually shows up in the wild.

Welcome to Notes From the Field.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
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Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> I was just ordering a coffee. (Decaf latte, two shots, two sugars, normal milk) 

Instead, I found myself in an unsafe conversation about women, worth, and who deserves what.

This episode is a real-life moment.

No theory. No filters. Just how sexism actually shows up in the wild.

Welcome to Notes From the Field.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

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Instagram
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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18866261 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +1030 1090 Sexism, Field Notes, Smash The Patriarchy, feminism, everyday feminism, equality, sexism, racism, family dynamics, dinner table politics, micro shifts, social change, lived experience 7 full true I Thought I Was Watching the Whole Game I Thought I Was Watching the Whole Game When I was a kid, I used to sit on the bonnet of an HR Holden and watch my dad play country footy.

I thought I understood the game.

But years later I realised something strange: I had only ever been watching half of it.

In this episode of The C-Word, I look at what happens when women step into sporting spaces that were never originally built for them.

From ill-fitting guernseys and dodgy change rooms to online abuse aimed at women players, commentators and umpires, women’s sport still provokes reactions that go well beyond the game itself.

Along the way we talk about:

• why women’s sport suddenly grows when it becomes visible

• the history of women being pushed out of football despite drawing huge crowds

• why gay women seem to find space in sport while gay men still struggle to come out in the AFL

• and why being a woman in sport can sometimes feel like being a vegan handed a chicken schnitzel.

Technically you’ve been served dinner.

It’s just not made for you.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

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LinkedIn
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> When I was a kid, I used to sit on the bonnet of an HR Holden and watch my dad play country footy.

I thought I understood the game.

But years later I realised something strange: I had only ever been watching half of it.

In this episode of The C-Word, I look at what happens when women step into sporting spaces that were never originally built for them.

From ill-fitting guernseys and dodgy change rooms to online abuse aimed at women players, commentators and umpires, women’s sport still provokes reactions that go well beyond the game itself.

Along the way we talk about:

• why women’s sport suddenly grows when it becomes visible

• the history of women being pushed out of football despite drawing huge crowds

• why gay women seem to find space in sport while gay men still struggle to come out in the AFL

• and why being a woman in sport can sometimes feel like being a vegan handed a chicken schnitzel.

Technically you’ve been served dinner.

It’s just not made for you.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18832828 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +1030 2575 feminism, women in sport, AFLW, Australian football, sexism, gender bias, women athletes, country sport, sports culture, equal access, grassroots sport, body shaming, lived experience 6 full true Not on My Bingo Card: A Panic Attack at Woolworths (FIELD NOTES) Not on My Bingo Card: A Panic Attack at Woolworths (FIELD NOTES) If you’ve ever wondered what a panic attack actually feels like, this episode is a very honest answer.


This episode was recorded while I was recovering from a panic attack. Earlier that morning I found myself lying on the floor of the self-checkout at Woolworths, with a bag full of ice cream, fresh salmon and milk — more worried about getting the groceries home to the fridge and freezer than the fact that I’d been nanoseconds away from passing out in public.


For me, panic attacks don’t look like hyperventilating into a paper bag. They look like shaking at 4am, feeling freezing cold, not knowing where I am for a moment, and sometimes spending hours trying to convince myself I’m just being lazy rather than recognising what’s actually happening.


In this episode I talk openly about living with anxiety and depression as a 54-year-old woman, the strange realities of panic attacks, CPTSD, medication, childhood trauma, and the quiet ways these experiences shape everyday life.


This conversation includes discussion of depression, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, trauma, childhood abuse, medication, fainting and domestic violence, so please take care while listening.


If you’re struggling, please reach out to someone you trust or a support service like Lifeline.


And if you’re listening because you live with anxiety too, I hope this episode helps you feel a little less alone.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> If you’ve ever wondered what a panic attack actually feels like, this episode is a very honest answer.


This episode was recorded while I was recovering from a panic attack. Earlier that morning I found myself lying on the floor of the self-checkout at Woolworths, with a bag full of ice cream, fresh salmon and milk — more worried about getting the groceries home to the fridge and freezer than the fact that I’d been nanoseconds away from passing out in public.


For me, panic attacks don’t look like hyperventilating into a paper bag. They look like shaking at 4am, feeling freezing cold, not knowing where I am for a moment, and sometimes spending hours trying to convince myself I’m just being lazy rather than recognising what’s actually happening.


In this episode I talk openly about living with anxiety and depression as a 54-year-old woman, the strange realities of panic attacks, CPTSD, medication, childhood trauma, and the quiet ways these experiences shape everyday life.


This conversation includes discussion of depression, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, trauma, childhood abuse, medication, fainting and domestic violence, so please take care while listening.


If you’re struggling, please reach out to someone you trust or a support service like Lifeline.


And if you’re listening because you live with anxiety too, I hope this episode helps you feel a little less alone.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18804559 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +1030 1178 5 full true Once You See It, You See It Everywhere Once You See It, You See It Everywhere This episode of The C-Word with Catharine Redden comes to you from a spare bedroom in Loxton, South Australia. The sound is a little echoey. The ideas are not.

Today is not a rage episode. It’s a recalibration.

Using the Macquarie Dictionary definitions of sexism and feminism as a starting point, I walk through 115 years of legal, cultural and structural change for women in Australia and beyond. From the 1902 Commonwealth Franchise Act to the criminalisation of marital rape in 1992. From the marriage bar to paid parental leave. From my Nana’s life, born in 1910, to the unfinished business of 2026.

This episode asks:

What does it mean when women are not counted in the design phase of life?

What does progress actually look like?

And what is still unresolved?

Feminism is not hostility toward men. It is structural correction. It is generational recalibration in systems that were not designed with us in mind.

This episode is dedicated to my Nanna ~ 

Evelyn Maud Eime (née Smith)

Born 14 February 1910 – Died 2010

Never far from my heart.

Further reading and influences for this episode include 

‘Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’ by Caroline Criado Perez

‘The Beauty Myth’ by Naomi Wolf. 

I’ll also be writing on Substack about other texts that have shaped my feminism and understanding of structural inequality.

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> This episode of The C-Word with Catharine Redden comes to you from a spare bedroom in Loxton, South Australia. The sound is a little echoey. The ideas are not.

Today is not a rage episode. It’s a recalibration.

Using the Macquarie Dictionary definitions of sexism and feminism as a starting point, I walk through 115 years of legal, cultural and structural change for women in Australia and beyond. From the 1902 Commonwealth Franchise Act to the criminalisation of marital rape in 1992. From the marriage bar to paid parental leave. From my Nana’s life, born in 1910, to the unfinished business of 2026.

This episode asks:

What does it mean when women are not counted in the design phase of life?

What does progress actually look like?

And what is still unresolved?

Feminism is not hostility toward men. It is structural correction. It is generational recalibration in systems that were not designed with us in mind.

This episode is dedicated to my Nanna ~ 

Evelyn Maud Eime (née Smith)

Born 14 February 1910 – Died 2010

Never far from my heart.

Further reading and influences for this episode include 

‘Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’ by Caroline Criado Perez

‘The Beauty Myth’ by Naomi Wolf. 

I’ll also be writing on Substack about other texts that have shaped my feminism and understanding of structural inequality.

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
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Support The Pod
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Buzzsprout-18703015 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +1030 1983 4 full true This Is Not an Emergency. But It Feels Like One This Is Not an Emergency. But It Feels Like One If you are a survivor of sexual assault and you are experiencing re-trauma because of the (still partial) release of the Epstein Files this episode is for you (big warning though ~ only if you feel safe & well. Please get the help you need) 

Just to be clear, I stand with all victims of sexual assault, including the victims of Epstein and his cronies. 

Our world has changed, but it changed for the Epstein & Co. victims a long time ago & still there is no justice. None. 


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
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Support The Pod
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Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> If you are a survivor of sexual assault and you are experiencing re-trauma because of the (still partial) release of the Epstein Files this episode is for you (big warning though ~ only if you feel safe & well. Please get the help you need) 

Just to be clear, I stand with all victims of sexual assault, including the victims of Epstein and his cronies. 

Our world has changed, but it changed for the Epstein & Co. victims a long time ago & still there is no justice. None. 


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18703033 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +1030 1165 Trauma, Survival, 3 full true Bloody Horrendous Bloody Horrendous This episode is dedicated to Irene. The strength you showed as a little girl foretold the remarkable human you would become. Thank you for trusting me, and my listeners, with your story.

Episode 2: Bloody Horrendous ~ First Periods, Shame, and Sisterhood

Fun fact: over a lifetime, the average woman will menstruate for about seven years ~ end on end.
And yet we still whisper about it.

In this episode of The C-Word with Catharine Redden, Catharine talks about first periods. The confusing ones. The painful ones. The ones that arrived with a pad but no instructions. It’s about euphemisms like “the curse,” blue liquid in tampon ads, and the quiet expectation that girls should endure discomfort without complaint.

Alongside Catharine’s own story, women from across generations share what their first periods were really like. Awkward, frightening, funny, and often bloody horrendous. It’s also about the small, practical ways women have always looked after each other, even when no one else did.

Periods are not a failure of the body.
They’re evidence of endurance.

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
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Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
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Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> This episode is dedicated to Irene. The strength you showed as a little girl foretold the remarkable human you would become. Thank you for trusting me, and my listeners, with your story.

Episode 2: Bloody Horrendous ~ First Periods, Shame, and Sisterhood

Fun fact: over a lifetime, the average woman will menstruate for about seven years ~ end on end.
And yet we still whisper about it.

In this episode of The C-Word with Catharine Redden, Catharine talks about first periods. The confusing ones. The painful ones. The ones that arrived with a pad but no instructions. It’s about euphemisms like “the curse,” blue liquid in tampon ads, and the quiet expectation that girls should endure discomfort without complaint.

Alongside Catharine’s own story, women from across generations share what their first periods were really like. Awkward, frightening, funny, and often bloody horrendous. It’s also about the small, practical ways women have always looked after each other, even when no one else did.

Periods are not a failure of the body.
They’re evidence of endurance.

🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18646631 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +1030 1527 2 full true Oh Cunt Wherefore Art Thou Oh Cunt Wherefore Art Thou This episode is dedicated to ABF, the first man who said the C-word about my body in a way that was tender, affirming, and entirely without contempt.

Episode 1: Oh, Cunt Where Art Thou?

In the first episode of ‘The C-Word with Catharine Redden’, Catharine starts where few podcasts dare: with the word cunt. Loved, loathed, weaponised, reclaimed, how did one word that names a life-giving part of women’s bodies become one of the most explosive insults in the English language?

With humour, storytelling, and a proudly non-academic feminist lens, Catharine traces the word’s journey from medieval England (yes, Grope Cunt Lane was a real street) through class politics, religion, Victorian moral panic, and into its strange modern life as both taboo slur and affectionate Aussie greeting. Along the way, she asks bigger questions about language, power, women’s bodies, and why some words are policed harder than others.

This is not a rage-bait podcast. It’s a curious, funny, thoughtful exploration of what it’s like to be a woman in a world largely designed by and for men, making space for complexity, contradiction, and conversation. If you love words, feminism, cultural history, and smart swearing, you’re in the right place.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> This episode is dedicated to ABF, the first man who said the C-word about my body in a way that was tender, affirming, and entirely without contempt.

Episode 1: Oh, Cunt Where Art Thou?

In the first episode of ‘The C-Word with Catharine Redden’, Catharine starts where few podcasts dare: with the word cunt. Loved, loathed, weaponised, reclaimed, how did one word that names a life-giving part of women’s bodies become one of the most explosive insults in the English language?

With humour, storytelling, and a proudly non-academic feminist lens, Catharine traces the word’s journey from medieval England (yes, Grope Cunt Lane was a real street) through class politics, religion, Victorian moral panic, and into its strange modern life as both taboo slur and affectionate Aussie greeting. Along the way, she asks bigger questions about language, power, women’s bodies, and why some words are policed harder than others.

This is not a rage-bait podcast. It’s a curious, funny, thoughtful exploration of what it’s like to be a woman in a world largely designed by and for men, making space for complexity, contradiction, and conversation. If you love words, feminism, cultural history, and smart swearing, you’re in the right place.


🎙️👀 What worked? What dragged? What made you mutter “Jesus Christ, Catharine”? Tell me.

Content Note
This podcast gets into bodies, panic attacks, trauma, sexism, mental health, and the occasional emotional sinkhole. Please look after yourself only listen when you feel safe to engage with potentially triggering material. 
Also, I swear.

Support
These aren’t here as a formality. I’ve used some of these myself.

Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (ages 5–25)
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Emergency 000

Outside Australia, local crisis services are available.

The Socials (I'd love a follow) 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/catharine.redden/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-redden/

Support The Pod
Substack (where I write stuff)
https://catharineredden.substack.com

Buy Me a Coffee (where you can financially support the pod, and me!)
https://buymeacoffee.com/CatharineRedden

Credits
Recorded on the lands of the Ramindjeri and Ngarrindjeri peoples.
Sovereignty never ceded.

Recorded & edited at Ridley Farm Studio by Luke Ridley
https://ridleyfarmstudio.com.au...

]]> Catharine Redden Buzzsprout-18646332 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +1030 1371 1 full true