Top 5 literary heroines
Mark is joined by one half of the literary podcast Your Own Words, voracious reader and Danish furniture fan, Becky Graham, to swap notes on badass women from the printed page.
- (00:00) - Preamble
- (01:26) - Meet Becky Graham
- (07:32) - Becky's pick: Maureen O’Hara
- (19:04) - Mark's pick: Lisbeth Salander
- (25:28) - Becky's pick: Matilda Wormwood
- (29:36) - Mark's pick: Granny Weatherwax
- (32:58) - Becky's pick: Miss Marple
- (38:00) - Mark's pick: Arya Stark
- (42:14) - Becky's pick: Lucy Pevensie
- (46:22) - Mark's pick: Clarice Starling
- (49:20) - Becky's pick: Elizabeth Bennet
- (53:20) - Mark's pick: Zoey Ashe
- (55:52) - Midamble
- (58:20) - Putting the final list together
- (01:02:04) - Your Own Words
You can find Becky co-hosting the podcast Your Own Words, with Allison Dunnings, and you can follow them show on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
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Mark Steadman
My mum thinks I’m an internet thought leader. I haven’t had the heart to tell her I just have a microphone and some good intentions.
