Leila Pahlavi

Host Anita Anand joins author Damian Barr and podcaster Meff to hear about how the 80s icon She Ra - sister of He Ra - has become a main character. We hear about how, in her newest iteration, the Prin...

6 Apr 202331min

Host Anita Anand joins author Simon Sebag Montefiore and journalist Sian Williams to explore the story of the first documented female author, the Mesopatamian princess Enheduanna. The priestess, poet...

6 Apr 202329min

Host Anita Anand joins presenter William Hanson and satirist Craig Brown to discuss Princess Margaret. From her relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth to what it was like to be the original ‘spare...

6 Apr 202330min

Presenter Anita Anand joins Journalist Charlene White and Ravynn Stringfield to discuss Afrofuturism, why Marvel's fictional country of Wakanda matters and how T’Challa’s smart talking, genius little ...

6 Apr 202328min

Anita Anand is joined by the actor Carrie Hope Fletcher and Brenda Chapman, the animator, screenwriter and director of the Pixar movie Brave. They discuss why Merida was such a monumental animated Pri...

6 Apr 202328min

Presenter Anita Anand joins Author Louise O’Neil and Professor Sarah Peverley to explore the dark, doomed tale of The Little Mermaid. From Hans Christian Anderson’s original tale to all the modern ada...

6 Apr 202332min

Presenter Anita Anand joins Actor Ayesha Dharker and author Amish Tripathi to discuss the Hindu Goddess Devi Sita, the female protagonist at the heart of the Diwali story. They explore different retel...

6 Apr 202334min

Presenter Anita Anand joins artist Edmund de Waal and author Livia Manera to uncover the mysterious story of an Indian princess who went from living a luxurious Parisian life as the daughter of a Maha...

6 Apr 202330min