Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom · 276 episodes
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Podcast discussing women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Hosted by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom. New episodes every other Thursday.
Latest episodes
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38 min
Aliens want PHDs too – with Annalee Newitz
Humans have always looked up at the stars and wondered if there is life beyond this world, and science fiction writers have spent years exploring this idea. In the earliest works,…
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57 min
Is publishing broken?
We are seeing summer out with a bang. Yes it’s just us three – Megan, Lucy and Charlotte – talking about the changes we’ve observed in the publishing industry. It all began when Me…
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39 min
Folklore in the 21st century – with WyrdFolk Pod
We’re very excited because in this episode we get to talk to another podcast! Not just any podcast but the folklore world’s hottest up and coming show, WyrdFolk Pod! This show does…
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40 min
Ways of running the world – with K.L Kaine
For many fantasy writers, one of the great joys of writing a book is the opportunity it gives you to build a brand-new world. It can be based on the one we live in but with key dif…
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36 min
Creation, consent & control – with Bar Fridman-Tell
The beauty of myth is that it grows with us, that every generation brings its own perspective and interpretation to ancient stories to create something fresh, new and relevant to t…
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32 min
In the halls of learning – with Danielle Knight
Dark academia is a genre that has proven pretty popular. We’ve all been to school and plenty of us have been to university, so is it the pull of nostalgia that attracts readers? Or…
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37 min
Theatre as portal fantasy – with Rym Kechacha
In this month’s episode, we are taking you to the ballet, where stories are told through the medium of body and music. Just as this art can bring things to magical life, so too can…
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38 min
Far future food – with Lavanya Lakshminarayan
The beauty of science fiction is that it can be pretty much anything. It can be people on spaceships exploring the stars. It can be settlers being stalked and killed by an alien mo…
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41 min
Conventions – with Katie Bruce
Something a little bit different this month! Anyone who follows us on social media will be aware that we were completely thrilled and surprised to win the 2025 British Fantasy Awar…
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Writing the magic – with Juliet E. Mckenna
So, this is a bit of an unusual episode. Normally, we get an author on to discuss their new book. But today we have three authors talking about a brand new non-fiction book they’re…
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32 min
Alternate histories – with Sarah Brooks
For many writers, history can be both an inspiration and a source of plot. No one is going to call a fantasy writer out for “making it up”. With historical fiction, however, you ha…
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35 min
Zombies are us – with Leigh Radford
Zombies first shambled onto our cinema screens in the 1932 film White Zombie staring Bela Lugosi. Early incarnations involved voodoo reanimation and lacked the whole brain-eating a…
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29 min
Big deck energy – with Frances White
Part of a murder mystery’s charm is the narrative movement from chaos to order. The natural balance of justice is overturned and it’s up to ordinary people – rather than the law –…
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30 min
Unspinning Sleeping Beauty – with Georgia Leighton
Fairy tale retellings are always popular. Fairy tales are some of the first stories we learn as children. As well as being entertaining, they are instructive. Don’t stray from the…
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33 min
Why choose? – with Elizabeth Helen
It seems like these days you can’t go into a bookshop without seeing a display of romantasy books. It’s a broad term that applies to everything from secondary fantasy worlds with d…
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28 min
Pacifism and principles – with Maithree Wijesekara
We live our lives burdened with responsibilities, and expectations of how we should act. Those expectations are placed on us by society, by family, and even by ourselves. However,…
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42 min
Women on trial – with Grady Hendrix
We are back for 2025! We took a hiatus during the second half of 2024 due to our lives becoming that much busier. But loving what we have built with the show over the almost 10 yea…
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32 sec
Summer holidays!
We're on holiday! But don't worry, we will be back before you know it! The post Summer holidays! first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper.
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30 min
Writing horror comics with Corissa Grant
We have a lot of authors on our podcast, talking about their books, what inspired them, how they’ve written them etc. Quite often they’ll get drawn into the TV series or films that…
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39 min
The poetry of space – with Oliver K. Langmead
When we say the word “novel,” most of us think of a book written in prose, split into chapters and possibly parts. But every now and again, we come across novels that defy our expe…