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The Snash with Jennie Cook

The Snash with Jennie Cook is a podcast about women, made in Scotland. In this series Jennie Cook starts to explore her own feminism by talking to Scottish women, hearing their stories and experiences and discussing the issues they face.

Dec 6, 2018

I had a great chat with my lovely friend Viki all about the process her and her wife went through to get pregnant. When we spoke she was 37 weeks and she's since had a super adorable wee boy called Frank. We discuss how I.U.I works, her experience of pregnancy, how they chose which sperm to use and how, as a lesbian she...


Nov 22, 2018

In this episode I talk to Cat Hepburn about the themes she explores in her recent book of poetry Girlhood. We try to get in about some complex issues including being a teenager, some of the potential problems with internet porn, we touch on safety, sexual assault and partner rape, current beauty standards and why...


Nov 8, 2018

In this episode I chat to Talat Yaqoob about representation and why it's so important. We discuss why quotas are needed, why women are so under represented in STEM and politics and what we can do to improve the stats. We delve into a bit of privilege and talk about how to pass the mic and allow those with less their...


Oct 25, 2018

In this episode Jennie talks to human and disability rights activist Pam Duncan-Glancy about her experiences of growing up with a disability in a small town in Scotland. She tells us about trying to get the right social care package to get to University. She also talks about her bodily autonomy and the ways in which...


Oct 11, 2018

Lydia Morrow is a maker and small business owner who had Ransom at 22. In this episode of the podcast we talk about her experiences of being a mother in her early 20s, her pregnancy and birth and how she feels about her body after having a baby. We talk about some of the difficulties of motherhood, how it can feel like...