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Woman's HourWomen up for Ivor Novellos, Chronic UTIs, How do women listen?Tonight sees the 70th Ivor Novello awards taking place at Grosvenor House in London. They are coveted in the UK music industry because they specifically celebrate songwriting. Singer-songwriter Lola Young leads the nominations this year including one for 'best song musically and lyrically' for her breakthrough hit Messy, which spent a month at number one in the UK earlier this year. Does this spell good news for women in the music industry? Anita Rani is joined by Linda Coogan-Byrne to discuss. If you've ever had the bad luck of getting a UTI - or Urinary Tract Infection...2025-05-2256 min
Audio TalksMeet the Data Driven Divas reshaping the Music Bizwith Linda Coogan Byrne and Vick Bain
In this energy-loaded episode of Audio Talks, host Oisín Lunny is joined by two leading voices for change in the music industry: Linda Coogan Byrne, music publicist, DEI strategist, and author of Why Not Her?, and Vic Bain, music business consultant, academic, and founder of The F-List for Music.
Together, they dive into deep-rooted gender inequalities in the industry, discuss latest data and share their personal journeys as activists, researchers, and change-makers.
Tune in for a vivid conversation about resilience, representation, and rewriting the soundtrack of the f...2025-04-1045 min
Drowned in SoundThe Report That Shook the Music Industry & Exposed InequalityWhy does gender bias still dominate radio airplay? And how did one data report force the industry to face its inequalities?
In this episode of the Drowned in Sound Podcast, Sean Adams talks to Linda Coogan Byrne, activist and music consultant behind the Why Not Her? campaign.
Her reports have exposed gender and racial disparities in radio airplay, driving real industry change.
This conversation reveals how data is power or as Linda puts it, “the data validates lived experiences.”
00:00 – Introduction: How One Report Changed Music
01:45 – Meet Linda Coogan Byrne & Her Data Repo...2025-03-161h 09Woman's HourGraves of stillborn babies, Chaka Khan, Climate seniors, Right wing women leaders in the EUUp until the 1980s, stillborn babies were swiftly taken from their mothers who weren’t always told what had happened to them. Now one of those mothers is calling for an apology after finding the grave of her stillborn son more than five decades after he was born. Gina Jacobs talks to Anita about how she found where her son Robert had been buried and how she’s working to help other women do the same. In April the European Court of Human Rights passed a landmark ruling saying that Switzerland was violating the human rights of its...2024-06-1354 min
How to Break an ArtistMusic PR & Why Not Her? with Linda Coogan ByrneThis week, Alfie and Fionnán welcome PR expert and music industry consultant Linda Coogan Byrne to the podcast. Linda is the CEO of award-winning PR and marketing company Good Seed PR and the managing director of Culture Change company Why Not Her. In this episode, Linda explains what music PR is and how the job has changed over her 20-year career and shares invaluable insights and advice for new artists considering their first PR campaign. We hear about the shocking data found in Why Not Her's gender and racial disparity reports and whe...2024-01-311h 08
We Are The Unheard020 When We Work Together, We Rise Together with Linda Coogan ByrneIn this episode Linda talks about being an activist and campaigner and their courageous fight to change the music industry. We discuss their Gender Disparity Data Reports that have had a huge impact on the industry and the attempt to silence them by hacking their computer and deleting their whole book! “I mean, not only that, but we do for those that are yet to come, like, you know. Because if they can't see it, they can't be it. So unless we have visibility and unless we have people being heard you know, the LGBTQIA commu...2022-05-1049 min
Why Not Her?Parenthood or not? with Linda Kelly and Margaret O ConnorOn today's show, Linda Coogan Byrne chats with special guests Margaret O'Connor, a Counsellor & Psychotherapist specialising in helping people with the decision to have children or not and Linda Kelly, a media spokesperson for the #bettermaternitycare campaign, which is focused on the experience of women attending maternity services during Covid-19. Tune in a learn about the choices you have on whether or not to become a parent and what it looks like becoming a parent during Covid_19. For more information on today's guests please see the links below:Linda Kelly: https://lindabkelly.ie2021-11-3055 minWhy Not Her?Dorothy CarvelloDorothy Carvello knows all about the music biz. She was the first female A&R executive at Atlantic Records, and one of the few in the room at RCA and Columbia. But before that, she was secretary to Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic’s infamous president, who signed acts like Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin, negotiated distribution deals with Mick Jagger, and added Neil Young to Crosby, Stills & Nash. In the memoir ‘Anything for a Hit’, Dorothy details her experience of toxic work culture during her career as a record executive The stories she tells about the kingmakers of the mu...2021-09-2741 min
The Self Love SeriesEpisode 33 - Linda Coogan Byrne & Sophie La ToucheOur host Sophie La Touche chats to activist, nutritionist and music & PR entrepreneur, Linda Coogan Byrne, on this weeks episode of the #SelfLoveSeries where the two women chat about the work Linda has done in making the music and radio industry of Ireland more equal and inclusive and also the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.
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20MinutesWithLinda Coogan ByrneLinda Coogan Byrne, Gender Diversity & Equality Activist and CEO of Good Seed PR & Marketing on how the music sector can contribute making sure a range of voices are heard, why Linda chose the business side over her work as an artist, her podcast series and what she discovered and achieved with the inspiring Why Not Her campaign. Tune in and find out what makes Linda hopeful about the future and, of course, what she's listening to at the moment.On Linda's playlist: Yebba, Denise Chaila, Orla Gartland2021-06-1622 minWhy Not Her?Activism & Campaigning for Equality.In Season Two, Episode One we reflect on the Why Not Her? campaign work and our most recently published report on 20 Years of the Irish Singles Charts. Podcast Host Linda Coogan Byrne chats candidly with fellow campaigners Margaret E Ward (Mags) a well-known entrepreneur, journalist and broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland and Winnie Ama, a Singer and Performer, a team member at Why Not Her and a professional Data Analyst.We would like you to check out some of the wonderful collectives who are working towards change in Ireland as we strive for equality and d...2021-05-121h 07
Our Man In StockholmWhy Not Her - Linda Coogan Byrne On Radio And RepresentationTurn on your radio in Ireland and you'll hear some of the best music anywhere in the world - but it will most likely be by a man.
Linda Coogan Byrne started "Why Not Her?" to get an answer to that very simple questions - why do Irish female artists only get a fraction of the airplay they deserve?
She spoke to me about anonymous veiled threats, the truth of the data and what needs to change for inequality to become a thing of the past.2021-03-0939 min
The Storytime Podcast with ClisareS2: I Exposed Gender Bias In The Music Industry | Storytime With ClisareThis week, I speak to Linda Coogan-Byrne about her powerful campaign exposing a lack of gender parity in the music industry, "Why Not Her".2021-02-2644 min
The Women's PodcastEp 469 The shocking gender disparity on Irish radio / Conductor Marin AlsopIn our latest podcast we hear about the Gender Disparity Report on Irish radio, compiled by the Why Not Her? collective. It outlines a continuing gender disparity among the 20 most-played songs by Irish artists on Irish stations between June 24th and December 24th, 2020. On today’s podcast, Roisin Ingle speaks to activist and Why Not Her? founder Linda Coogan-Byrne about the report’s findings, where improvements have been made and what she believes needs to be done to achieve greater gender and racial diversity on Irish Radio. The hugely successful singer-songwriter RuthAnne also gives her reaction to the report and desc...2021-01-251h 00
I Am A Diva PodcastSEASON 2 EPISODE 1 - With Linda Coogan ByrneWe are back with Season Two, first episode of 'I Am A Diva Podcast'.
With myself, as your lovely host & Linda Coogan Byrne, an Activist for Women’s rights, Artist, Writer, Musician & Publicist.
Linda Coogan Byrne: Company MD, Publicist, Entertainment Consultant and Gender/Diversity Equality Activist and Campaigner & the creator of The Gender Disparity Data Report.
Good Seed PR was founded in 2008 by
Linda Coogan Byrne, one of Ireland & the Uk’s most well-known and established Music Industry PR professionals.
Linda formed the compan...2020-12-1951 minWhy Not Her?Lewis Barfoot & Laura WhalenOn today's episode, we chat about channelling our feminine and divine healing energies with guests Lewis Barfoot - a thespian of many sorts ranging from acting, writing and performing and hosting empowering workshops for womxn to reconnect with their divine goddess energies and we also have artist and craftworker Laura Whalen a professional dollmaker who found the power of healing through the ancient craft.Have you ever wanted to reconnect with your inner child? or indeed discover the goddess within? Then sit back and press play and be enlightened by today's show and guests. Books m...2020-12-011h 08Why Not Her?Mise Fosta & Tobi LawalOn today's episode, we chat with three womxn who have been forces of instrumental change this year towards equality, raising awareness on sexual abuse in the music scene, educating on issues of racism and highlighting the harsh conditions asylum seekers face in Ireland.Mise Fosta: Over the past few months, dozens of brave women and victims of abuse have gone public and shared their experience of the ripe misogyny and discrimination that pervades the Irish music scene, particularly the Irish traditional folk scene. Many figures who have for years been applauded as legends of their scene, with...2020-11-2747 minWhy Not Her?Cindy Gallop & Goddess NicoleToday we explore the world of sex with Cindy Gallop and Goddess Nicole. Fasten your seatbelts as you are in for a sexually liberating and educational ride!Cindy Gallop is an English advertising consultant, founder and former chair of the US branch of advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty, responsible for large accounts like Coca-Cola, Ray-Ban, and Polaroid. She is also the founder of the IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn companies. She is a brand and business innovator, consultant, coach and keynote speaker, available to work with anybody who wants to change the game in their particular sector. ...2020-11-251h 08
Why Not Her?Aoife Ahern & Úna MolloyToday we sit and chat candidly with Festival Advance Manager/VIP Manager to the stars Aoife Ahern, who has worked for over twenty years with extraordinary talent across the Music & Events Industry. Her role is to handle and deal with all contracts, riders and logistics for the client. Acting as the main point of contact for each artist and looking after all matters pertaining to agents & management. And who might the ‘client’ be? Aoife has toured with the elite of the music world, such as Prince, Ceelo Green, Gavin Friday (U2), Billy Ocean, Stereo Kicks, One Direction, Beyon...2020-11-191h 05
Why Not Her?Dr. Jennifer Cassidy & Haru MajengwaToday we chat about womxn in politics and delve into how giving womxn equal rights leads the way towards better and more stable nations.Our guests are:Dr. Jennifer A. Cassidy is a Departmental Lecturer in Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford, where she lectures on Diplomacy, International Law, Digital Diplomacy, and Women in Leadership.Her PhD from the University of Oxford focused on the unique and changing relationship between social media and foreign policy. With a specific focus on the evolving nature of digital diplomatic signalling and online strategic narrative...2020-11-181h 05Why Not Her?Margaret E. Ward & Louise BrutonToday's episode see's guests Margaret E. Ward and Louise Bruton delve into Womxn in Media & Journalism with your host Linda Coogan Byrne.The media should be a reflective mirror of society, not a distorting lens. What if the journalists reporting and the editors/producers making the decisions are unrepresentative of the audience they serve? Will distortions inevitably be the result? Join us as we chat about the significant strides in the representation of women in our industry although the current situation is by no means perfect it is getting better. We discuss how...2020-11-171h 15
Why Not Her?Áine Tyrrell & RuthanneToday we discuss how finding your voice can open many doors to experiencing life to the fullest with our co-founder Áine Tyrrell and special guest RuthAnne. Having lived in Australia for a decade, Irish born singer-songwriter Áine Tyrrell rewrites what is imaginable every step of the way. Whether she is captaining her infamous 1966 Bedford Tour Bus or whether she is carving a unique musical path melding her own Irish roots from the ancient limestone rocks of Country Clare with her respect of the red dirt roads of 60,000 years of Indigenous culture in Australia, she is doing it al...2020-11-171h 04
Why Not Her?Nadia Khan & Vick BainGender and Diversity activists Nadia Khan of Womxn in CTRL & Music Industry expert Vick Bain join us on the podcast today to discuss the importance and power of data in modern activism. Nadia Khan is a music industry consultant who has been working in the music industry for 19 years, over 16 years as a manager. She has also led multiple record labels to Top 20 success independently and sits on the AIM Board.Nadia is passionate about bringing womxn’s rights to the forefront and is the founder of ‘Womxn In CTRL’ – a platform which empowers...2020-11-171h 04
The Limerick Lady PodcastThe Limerick Lady 20: The Angry Women SpecialIn recent weeks, social media has seen a surge in accounts of sexual assault and misconduct within performing arts circles in Ireland, not to mention the publication of a devastating new report by Linda Coogan Byrne on gender disparity in Irish radio. Legends of the screen & stage, musician Áine Tyrrell and writer-actor Roxanna Nic Liam join our hosts over zoom to talk turkey (or tofu) about the endemic sexist structures within our creative community. Follow Áine Tyrrell on Twitter @AineTyrrell Insta @ainetyrrellmusic www.ainetyrrell.com Follow Roxanna Nic Liam on Twitter and Insta @Nic...2020-07-161h 41