This week we're coming in hot with three topics that on the surface look completely different but somehow all end up in the same place, who gets to decide what women do, where women belong, and what women should be.

We kick off with Reform UK's Nigel Farage and his suggestion that working from home would be scrapped under a Reform government because, apparently, it doesn't make people more productive. As two women who've worked from home for years, we had thoughts. Quite a lot of thoughts. We get into the actual stats (yes, we did research this time), why poor leadership is really the issue, and why this policy would hit women harder than anyone, even if that's not the stated intention. Also, Nigel's own attendance record. We couldn't not.

Then we talk about the Women's Institute, and the news that at least 12 WI groups are closing following the decision that from April 2026, trans women will no longer be allowed official membership. We talk about what the Supreme Court ruling actually said, why the WI's decision doesn't hold up to scrutiny, what it means when organisations designed for women start policing who counts as one, and why this ultimately affects all women — not just trans women.

We finish on something more hopeful. It's Lunar New Year and we're in the Year of the Horse — all about courage, freedom, creativity and rebellion. After the hellscape that was January, we are absolutely here for it. We get into woo woo, star signs, the fire horse energy of 1966, and why maybe the better question isn't "how can we change?" but "how can we grow?"

Shed the old. Embrace the chaos. Let's go.

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In this episode: Reform UK's working from home policy and who it really affects, the WI trans membership ban and the groups closing in response, Lunar New Year, the Year of the Horse, zodiac signs, and a full defence of woo woo.