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A Seat At The Table

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A Seat At The Table brings together feminism, female friendship and food. Every episode Alex invites guests to take us through their perfect feminist dinner party; 3 feminist icons as dinner guests, 3 courses, and 3 tunes being played on repeat.


Hosted by Alex Holker, the creator of Spare Ribs Club, an intersectional feminist book & supper club which explores feminism and social justice through literature, art, music and food.

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Episodes

A Seat At The Table with Joke Amusan

Welcome back to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Joke Amusan. Joke is a German-Nigerian textile artist based in London. Her art practice highlights the experienc...

Sep 18, 202431 minSeason 3Ep. 2

A Seat At The Table with Dr Helen King

Welcome back to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Dr Helen King. Helen is Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at the Open University with an academic career sp...

Sep 04, 202437 minSeason 3Ep. 1

A Seat At The Table with Yulin Kuang

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Yulin Kuang. Yulin is an LA-based award-winning screenwriter and director. She was born in Guangzhou, China and quick...

Apr 12, 202427 minSeason 2Ep. 8

A Seat At The Table with Harriet Williams

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Harriet Williams. Harriet is a Deputy Leader of the Women's Equality Party and an active member of the Camden Violenc...

Apr 05, 202436 minSeason 2Ep. 7

A Seat At The Table with Kimberley McIntosh

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Kimberley McIntosh. Kim is a writer and researcher, with a focus on race and inequality. She has written for a range ...

Mar 29, 202432 minSeason 2Ep. 6

A Seat At The Table with Yasmin Ali

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Yasmin Ali. Yasmin is a chemical engineer, dedicated to developing renewable energy projects. Having worked in coal a...

Mar 22, 202424 minSeason 2Ep. 5

A Seat At The Table with Kemi Lawson

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Kemi Lawson. Kemi is a co-founder and creative director of The Cornrow, an Afrocentric home and lifestyle store which...

Feb 09, 202423 minSeason 2Ep. 4

A Seat At The Table with Habiba Katsha

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Habiba Katsha. Habiba is a freelance journalist who writes about race, gender, beauty, and internet culture. She has ...

Jan 26, 202425 minSeason 3Ep. 3

A Seat At The Table with Jennifer Savin

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Jennifer Savin. Jennifer is Cosmopolitan UK’s multiple award-winning Features Editor, who specialises in writing abou...

Jan 19, 202432 minSeason 3Ep. 2

A Seat At The Table with Mireille Harper

Welcome to Series 3 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Mireille Harper. Mireille is an award-winning editor, writer, sensitivity/authenticity reader and ...

Jan 12, 202437 minSeason 3Ep. 1

A Seat At The Table with Monika Radojevic

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Monika Radojevic. Monika is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer, award winning poet and women's rights advocate. In...

Nov 24, 202339 minSeason 2Ep. 11

A Seat At The Table with Ellen Miles

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Ellen Miles. Ellen is an activist who roots for urban nature. She started the Nature is a Human Right campaign...

Nov 17, 202337 minSeason 2Ep. 10

A Seat At The Table with Winnie M Li

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Winnie M Li. Winnie is an author and activist. Her latest novel Complicit draws from her earlier career in the...

Nov 10, 202338 minSeason 2Ep. 9

A Seat At The Table with Chloe Pierre

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Chloe Pierre. Chloe is the founder of disruptive wellness platform brand thy.self, which aims to diversify the...

Nov 03, 202335 minSeason 2Ep. 8

A Seat At The Table with Jyoti Patel

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Jyoti Patel. Jyoti is an author and winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize. An extract of her debu...

Oct 27, 202340 minSeason 2Ep. 7

A Seat At The Table with Cathy Reay

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Cathy Reay. Cathy is a writer covering disability politics and culture. She writes regularly for The Guardian ...

Oct 20, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 6

A Seat At The Table with Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin. Prishita is a queer non-binary writer, editor, campaigner, and community organiser....

Oct 13, 202340 minSeason 2Ep. 5

A Seat At The Table with Mary O'Connell

Welcome to A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Mary O'Connell. Mary is an award winning silly billy, comedian and writer fresh off her sold out, critically a...

Oct 06, 202338 minSeason 2Ep. 4

A Seat At The Table with Sunny Singh

Welcome to Episode 21 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Sunny Singh. Sunny is a writer, novelist and public intellectual, and widely recognised as a cha...

Sep 29, 202340 minSeason 2Ep. 3

A Seat At The Table with Paris Paloma

Welcome to Episode number 20 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club, the second episode of the our second series! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Paris Paloma. Paris is a UK-based singer son...

Sep 21, 202341 minSeason 2Ep. 2

A Seat At The Table with Finn Mackay

Welcome to Episode number 19 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club, the first episode of the our second series! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, music and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Finn Mackay. Finn is a Senior Lecturer in Soc...

Sep 15, 202339 minSeason 2Ep. 1

A Seat At The Table with Amanda Daud

Welcome to Episode 18 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club, our final episode of the first series! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Amanda Daud. Amanda is a camera assistant and...

Aug 11, 202340 minSeason 1Ep. 18

A Seat At The Table with Dr. Alex Ketchum

Welcome to Episode 17 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Dr. Alex Ketchum. Alex is a professor at the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Fe...

Aug 04, 202336 minSeason 1Ep. 17

A Seat At The Table with Bre Graham

Welcome to Episode 16 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Bre Graham, a food writer, editor and author. Originally from Sydney, she grew up in...

Jul 28, 202333 minSeason 1Ep. 16

A Seat At The Table with Elizabeth Fremantle

Welcome to Episode 15 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Elizabeth Fremantle. Elizabeth is the critically acclaimed author of seven novels. H...

Jul 21, 202349 minSeason 1Ep. 15

A Seat At The Table with Sophie Mackintosh

Welcome to Episode 14 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Sophie Mackintosh. Sophie is a writer from Wales, currently based in London. She is ...

Jul 14, 202331 minSeason 1Ep. 14

A Seat At The Table with Nell Carter

Welcome to Episode 13 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Nell Carter, a self-described lifelong foodie, who started reviewing high-street Chr...

Jul 07, 202331 minSeason 1Ep. 13

A Seat At The Table with Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

Welcome to Episode 12 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, an award-winning freelance journalist, book editor, columni...

Jun 30, 202335 minSeason 1Ep. 12

A Seat At The Table with Marina Jenkins

Welcome to Episode 11 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to broadcast journalist Marina Jenkins. Marina started her career in London, then worke...

Jun 23, 202342 minSeason 1Ep. 11

A Seat At The Table with Kieran Yates

Welcome to Episode 10 of A Seat At The Table with Spare Ribs Club! In this podcast series, creator of Spare Ribs Club Alex Holker talks to guests about their dream feminist dinner party. From their 3 feminist guests, the 3 tunes that will be on repeat all evening, and the 3 courses being served, this podcast brings together conversations around feminism, female friendship and food. In this episode, Alex talks to Kieran Yates, a London-based journalist, broadcaster and editor who has been writing...

Jun 16, 202334 minSeason 1Ep. 10
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