On The Rag

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michele A'Court look at, laugh at and question the state of women in pop culture, news and the world.

Episodes

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020

December 21, 2020 • 68 mins

Pour yourself some eggnog and join the hosts of The Spinoff’s podcast network for our annual Superpod round up of the year that was. Representing Gone By Lunchtime, Dietary Requirements, The Real Pod, Papercuts, The Fold and On The Rag our hosts dive into the key events, issues, heroes and villains of 2020. From National’s botched election campaign to Ben Thomas’ take on TikTok, via the collapse of Bauer, the rise of oat milk, wi...

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On the Rag: Some cool tips on how to cope with the chaos

April 6, 2020 • 69 mins

It's our last podcast for a little while so crack open a bottle of something fizzy and join us as we undergo what is basically a group therapy session. We are one week into national lockdown and starting to settle into our new normal, and there is much to discuss. How does Covid-19 affect woman specifically? Is this going to be the end of the beauty industry? And why is everyone so horny? Beyond that, we'd just like to say a huge t...

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On the Rag: Victories in the courts and dramas over shorts

February 28, 2020 • 70 mins

The On the Rag team assemble to dissect the previous month in news, media and feminism. It's somehow the end of February so we're here to look back at the month in Women's Stuff. Uniform shorts are sending young women into counselling sessions at a a local high school, but why? How the hell did anyone think Hannah Tamaki was going to make it onto Dancing With the Stars NZ without a fuss? And how crucial is the Weinstein verdict to...

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On the Rag: Vagina candles, climate angst and the power of Lizzo

January 30, 2020 • 82 mins

The On the Rag team assemble to dissect what feels like the longest month in human history. We're back for another year to yarn about all things to do with women in the news and media, along with some other things that have nothing to do with anything. The first month of 2020 has come to a close and we already feel like we have lived a million lives. How can you focus on your 2020 resolutions when the sky is orange? Why do people ...

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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019

December 19, 2019 • 70 mins

Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019. In this special end of year podcast hosted by Leonie Hayden, we dissect the country's response to national disasters, the highs and lows of MAFS, international literary scandals, the madness and tragedy of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Mad Chapman's ...

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On the Rag: Sometimes the best self-care is just having a big rage

December 3, 2019 • 68 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. As Christmas breathes down our necks and summer threatens us with bikini waxing, it's time to have a bit of a rage. November was a rough month for women in New Zealand. The Grace Millane trial was dragged through the media in excruciating detail, and the public examination of her sex life reminded us t...

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On the Rag meets Gloria Steinem

November 12, 2019 • 30 mins

In this special episode of On the Rag, we are joined by author, activist and feminist hero Gloria Steinem ahead of the launch of her new book "The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off". For 20 minutes we get to pick her glorious brain about everything we can think of – climate change, the role of humour in feminism, indigenous rights and what books are on her nightstand right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

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On the Rag: Scrambled brains, bad cartoons and the Freddy Krueger in the room

October 31, 2019 • 81 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Boo! We witches are back for a scary Halloween podcast, after a month where Freddy Krueger (Harvey Weinstein) showed his face in public and was courageously confronted by two women in Los Angeles. There's also been a terrifyingly bad cartoon drawn about nasty mothers and their beloved phones, and Ernst an...

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On the Rag: Young women are going to save the world

October 2, 2019 • 57 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. It's been a big month for young women using their voice. Greta Thunberg admonished leaders at the UN for not doing enough for the dying planet, which annoyed brave old media boys who think teens should just stick to doing the dishes. Closer to home, a young woman within the Labour Party detailed allegatio...

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On the Rag: Helping the environment doesn't make you less of a man

September 5, 2019 • 71 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Mother Earth? What about Father Earth?! In cool news, the world is on fire and some men aren't using reusable bags because they think it makes them look less masculine. There's also the scarily familiar story JJ Feeney taxi assault case, a bold step forward in abortion reform and Marco Pierre White decidi...

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On the Rag: Wearing our yoga pants into the fires of hell

August 1, 2019 • 62 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. This month on On the Rag, we have a lot of making up to do after skipping out on our July episode. You haven't missed much though, because Brian Tamaki is still screaming about abortion being premeditated murder! As if demonic pagan rituals weren't enough, we also celebrate the mana wahine protecting Ihum...

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On the Rag: Celebrating women's right to choose and also Fleabag

June 5, 2019 • 66 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. Rough winds do shake the darling pod of May, but that won't stop the On the Rag team huddling together in the midst of a thunderstorm. Not to get all Gone by Lunchtime on you, but it's been a wild month for people in politics making truly bizarre statements, from Brian Tamaki to Alfred Ngaro, to the New C...

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On the Rag: Don’t buy your Mum scales for Mother’s Day

May 7, 2019 • 70 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. This month on On the Rag, we look back at the month of April and yes we are very late and we’re very sorry. Mother’s Day is around the corner, and brands are doing the absolute most to make the worst gift suggestions of all time. Farmers is encouraging you to buy 11 different hair removal machines, and Mic...

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On the Rag: We learn more about Muslim feminism

April 1, 2019 • 34 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden, Michèle A’Court and Mahvash Ali tackle the past month in women, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. For our March episode we have brought in an extra special guest to reflect on the month in New Zealand that was. Mahvash Ali is a producer for The Project NZ, and describes herself a sassy Muslim woman, a motor mouth, and claims that coffee is addicted to HER. She also brings with her a wea...

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On the Rag: Women can wear suits and men can wear skirts

March 7, 2019 • 79 mins

Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. A very late February episode of On the Rag appears, complete with Michele's pitch perfect Jordan B. Peterson impersonation, outrage over gender fluid clothing and some scary truths about a world built for men. Why is the office air con always too cold for women? Why would an ar...

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On the Rag: In which January has felt 40,000 years long

January 31, 2019 • 77 mins

Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Michèle A’Court tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. It began with a Gillette razor and it ended with a whole week of New Zealand rape culture under a microscope. January was a rough one for sure, so join us in our extremely hot studio as we try to figure out what in the hell is going on around us. Why give The Roast Bu...

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On the Rag: So this is Christmas, and what has 2018 done?

December 19, 2018 • 60 mins

Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Madeleine Chapman tackle the past YEAR in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. We made it everyone! It's last episode of On the Rag for the year, and we are more than ready to say goodbye to 2018. But first, we must look back. December was a time of hurt for women across New Zealand, as the murder of Grace Millane brought violence against women...

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The Spinoff SuperPod 2018: the official New Year's honours and dishonours list

December 19, 2018 • 72 mins

In the now-annual event of the year, five of our podcasts' hosts join forces like a mighty end of year podcast rat-king. Join Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Pod on the Couch and Dietary Requirements in regurgitating the highlights and lowlights of the year that was, and pondering the year that will be. In this special Christmas episode hosted by Leonie Hayden, we talk about the The Beths, amassing a Cornie army, and w...

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On the Rag: Everything you've ever wanted to ask Clementine Ford

November 26, 2018 • 71 mins

A very special episode with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. They said it couldn't be done. They said we couldn't get Clementine Ford back to do another pod. But we did, and here it is. Promoting her new book Boys Will Be Boys, Clementine spends an hour in The Spinoff studio to answer everything you've ever wanted to know about feminism, the patriarchy, and dealing with goblins and/or trolls. What is toxic masculinit...

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On the Rag: Man meatballs, royal greetings and hairy legs

November 2, 2018 • 90 mins

Listen to Alex Casey, Leonie Hayden and Madeleine Chapman tackle the past month in women, news and popular culture, with thanks to our friends at The Women’s Bookshop. This month Madeleine Chapman steps in for Michele A'Court as we dissect the October in womanhood. The fancy royal couple were here for a bit, the government is finally pushing abortion reform along and one Otago girls' school is finally wearing the pants. In sportin...

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On the Rag: Victories in the courts and dramas over shorts

On the Rag: Vagina candles, climate angst and the power of Lizzo

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019

On the Rag: Sometimes the best self-care is just having a big rage

On the Rag meets Gloria Steinem

On the Rag: Scrambled brains, bad cartoons and the Freddy Krueger in the room

On the Rag: Young women are going to save the world

On the Rag: Helping the environment doesn't make you less of a man

On the Rag: Wearing our yoga pants into the fires of hell

On the Rag: Celebrating women's right to choose and also Fleabag

On the Rag: Don’t buy your Mum scales for Mother’s Day

On the Rag: We learn more about Muslim feminism

On the Rag: Women can wear suits and men can wear skirts

On the Rag: In which January has felt 40,000 years long

On the Rag: So this is Christmas, and what has 2018 done?

The Spinoff SuperPod 2018: the official New Year's honours and dishonours list

On the Rag: Everything you've ever wanted to ask Clementine Ford

On the Rag: Man meatballs, royal greetings and hairy legs

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