Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Singer songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor is Gabby’s guest this week! Gabby chats to her about being a working mum to five boys and what it’s like when your eldest is leaving home the same week that your youngest is starting school; how her legendary&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m000tsg9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Kitchen Discos</em></a>&nbsp;came about; hearing the voice of her inner critic less as she ages and the liberation this brings; and her ‘rate your childhood’ survey that you won’t be able to stop thinking about! Zoologist and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/bitch/lucy-cooke/9780857524133" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Bitch</em></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lucycooke.tv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lucy Cooke</a>, also joins to talk about how sex and heteronormative bias have been present in the scientific study of animals since Darwin’s day, and have influenced the way we see the females of all sorts of species – including our own. Listen on to&nbsp;hear how Orcas recognised the power of post-menopausal&nbsp;women before humans did!&nbsp;<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>