The Girlfriends: Spotlight Is Back...

About this episode

The Girlfriends: Spotlight returns with more stories of women fighting crime and injustice.

The number 1 hit true crime series is back with more women fighting crime, battling injustice and seriously kicking ass. In The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include Pussy Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova, British Nigerian beauty queen and founder of Miss Trans Global, Miss saHHara and ‘The Erin Brockovich of East Africa’, environmental activist Phyllis Omido. Now host Anna Sinfield returns with more incredible stories.  The Girlfriends: Spotlight is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For more from Novel visit Novel.Audio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Anna Sinfield

Guests: Nadya Tolokonnikova, Miss saHHara, Phyllis Omido

Topics covered

• true crime
• women empowerment
• social justice
• activism
• injustice
• environmentalism

Keywords

• true crime
• women fighting crime
• activism
• Pussy Riot
• environmental activism
• social justice
• Miss Trans Global

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pussy Riot, Novel, iHeartPodcasts

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