iHeartRadio Launches New Podcast: "The Women's War"

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, March 25, 2020 | 10:09am CT

Robert Evans, notable investigative journalist for Bellingcat, author and host of iHeartRadio's popular podcast "Behind the Bastards," has launched a new iHeartRadio Original Podcast called "The Women's War" based on his time reporting in Syria. Evans was embedded with a group of women fighting in the Kurdish Revolution right before Trump withdrew US support. In this intimate miniseries, he interviews revolutionaries from a number of different backgrounds and circumstances including:

• Militia women who fought ISIS at point-blank range
• Judges and police women seeking to build a new, fairer system from the ashes of civil war;
• Farmers, small business owners and community organizers, all fighting to rewrite the role of women in their society.

More information can be found HERE.

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