Strong Female Leads

Hey There Leaders Greetings from Disneyland Paris. As Kate is unable to join us this week and our Debs  finally returned from Disneyland Paris she teams up with daughter extraordinaire @EponaN64 to talk all things Disneyland Paris, past, present and future. If you have been or are planning to go we offer our insights of any DLP trip from start to finish and just like the parks themselves seem to barely scratch the surface. Normal service will be resumed shortly but in the meantime, enjoy the magic.

Hey there Leaders, We're back with another episode and this time we take to the digital wastelands populated by clans, guilds, trolls and griefers. The world of online multiplayer games with their shared persistent environments teeming with real live players can seem a daunting and intimidating place which you may think requires you to be constantly teamed up to enjoy. Not so as we examine the phenomenon of 'solo-ing' with Cal Doughty (@SuperCatDad) and the joy from exploring these ever changing worlds alone.  

Hey there leaders, This time round we take up our crane stance, grab a katana or just a good ole frying pan and take an in-depth look at lady powered action scene's in the movies. Whether it's Black Widow overpowering her enemies by leaping onto their faces or Charlize Theron brutalising anyone and everyone in 80's Berlin, Our Kate takes action and stage combat with our special guest We pick our best action scenes starring our fave femme fighting furies.

Hey there Leaders, Finally we get to the upside down, the dark place and good ole Hawkins Indiana as we take a stroll, walking our demodog through the woods. We crank it up to Eleven and roll a D20 with Mike, Dustin, Max, Will and Lucas and ride our bikes back into the 80's to see if Joyce and Hopper can make it work. These and other... Stranger Things. Kate and Debs are joined by Kate's ole College pal Ari @veganari Solomon.

Hey there Leaders, While Kate is off wowing audiences across the globe our Debs is joined by Marvel correspondent Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard. At San Diego Comic-Con the MCU made their big Phase 4 announcement. So we pick it apart like a couple of bosses.  

Hey there Leaders, This time round the Mrs Appelby's took our illustrious host on a tour of the (probably) premium British Theme Park, Alton Towers. How did this six flags waving, Disney landing, Cedar pointing yankee take to the british take on themed entertainment? Find out as we have an on the spot discussion, stuffing ourselves with crap in the lee of "THE WICKER MAN" ooooo  

Hey there Leaders. This time we look at sequels. With no irony at all it is the second time we did the episode as the first time someone forgot to hit record. So in a world of nothing but sequels don't you have to have the odd original story in order to sequel it? Or are we just going to reboot the re-imagining of the sequel to the straight to Netflix live action version of the franchise of the trilogy... Again. Enjoy! Again and again and again.

Hey there Leaders, This time we review all the great news from E3. Yeah! E3. E3? You don't know what E3 is? Well it's like, you know, comic-con for games. Video games not board games that's gen-con. Which autocorrects to Gin con which we REALLY want to be a thing now. So yeah. Video game news. It's good. Really. PLAY MORE GAMES!!!  Special Guest Callum Doughty

Hello Leaders, WE'RE BACK!!! After a lovely break where we got to watch Avengers Endgame on a loop and soak in Game of Thrones' final season we have reconvened with Standard Issue's Hannah Dunleavy to talk the controversial end of the Song of Ice and Fire. All your usual faves are back with more new and exciting features to come as we leap headlong into our 4th Season. It's great to be back. Stay tuned... Hannah Dunleavy is currently appearing on twitter as @thatdunleavy

Hey There Leaders, As promised our spoiler filled review of Avengers Endgame. See you Season 4!

Hey there Leaders, We wrap up season 3 with a look ahead at what the Fox takeover by Disney means for the future of the X-men in the MCU. Kate and Debs are joined by X-Nerd and tech guru Caitlin Chatfield We also review Soulless our latest Strong Female Read.

Hey There Leaders, Penultimate episode of season 3! So we take the time to have a leaf through the catalogues to see which Strong Female Leads will be gracing the graphical pages of comics and trades coming this spring/summer season. Enjoy, K&D @katemccabesays @dj_appelby

Hey there Leaders, We all know how stressful cons can be, the cosplay, the queues, the travel, the prices. And we all know how stressful being a parent can be. The cosplay, the queues, the travel, the prices. So how is it when you want to combine the two and take your little ones to the places you like to act as a little one yourself. Joining us Stephanie Amy Hindle, actress and daughter and mother of two of those boy things to tell what it was like and to drop a few mums net style hints and tips (just with more swearing and Minecraft). Enjoy  

Hey There Leaders, What's this? It only feels like one week since we posted our Captain Marvel primer because, well, it is. That should've been enough time to see but if you haven't we have been very careful to only spoil things after a very specific warning. However after that warning we SPOIL THE BEHOOBAS OUT OF IT. So please listen carefully for the spoiler warning and OBEY!  

Hey there Leaders, It's finally time to go Higher, Faster, Further with the wonderful Ms Carol Danvers. As you prepare to see Captain Marvel we tell you some of her non-spoilers backstory and where to get into her comics and what to look out for as you all become massive comic reading Captain Marvel Carol Corps regulars. Enjoy

Hey there Leaders, Back to our regularly scheduled programming where we are joined by the  Simmonds Sisters, Kim and Danni, of the Oblong Babysitter podcast to talk Anime. How to get into, why you should get into, minefields to avoid and just what is this worldwide phenomena that seems just so Japanese that many are still a little shy from trying it out. One of those being the tentacle-phobic Kate McCabe. Our fab guests can be found on twitter at @oblongpodcast and on instagram at @theoblongbabysitter Enjoy!

Hey there Leaders, Due to circumstances entirely within our control we missed out on recording a regular episode. However, as we are about to launch our Patreon to further enhance the SFL Project we have partnered up with Fiona Howatt of the "What am I rolling" Podcast (@WAIR_podcast) to do a full Dungeons and Dragons 5e one-shot adventure. This will eventually appear on the Patreon first over the next couple of months but in preparation of all that our DnD PnP virgin @KateMcCabeSays had to create her character from scratch. And here is that episode 0 in all it's glory. If you want any more of your fave SFLers we can be found over on Standard Issue this month at bit.ly/2DS5qlH We'll be back next episode as usual talking about getting into ANIME! TTFN

Hey there Leaders, Back in the full swing we take an overview of the DC TV universes. With the release of TITANS and more upcoming from DOOM PATROL and UMBRELLA ACADEMY and the ARROW-verse going from strength to strength, while Netflix cancels their Marvel shows, is DC killing TV the way the MCU takes the movie lead? We are joined by actress, cosplayer and all round giggly superstar Vanessa Thorp-Downes (@VanessaMT_D) to pull apart what it is that makes DC get TV right. For our special feature we pick some of the trade paperbacks that the shows are based on so you can have a great read of the source material. There's even a tip as to how to get some of them for nowt.   We are @strfemaleleads @kayemccabesays @dj_appelby  

Hey there Leaders! Welcome back and welcome to 2019! This time we look ahead to what we'll be covering this year with our picks, ones to watch and downright hopefuls. Oh and we dip into some little indie video game about cowboys. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! @strfemaleleads are @katemccabesays and @dj_appelby

Merry Xmas Leaders, So 12018HE leaves us at last and as your StrongFemaleLeads prepare for a well earned rest of two whole weeks (i.e. one episode) over the festive period we take the time to look back at our faves in the phenomenon of the Christmas Special. Well... MacCabe does. Debs just suffers gruffly through a stinker of a cold so this one sounds like a chirpy yank trying to talk a slime monster off the ledge. Either way, happy holidays to you all and here's some links to the lists we chat about in the show. https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/12/definitive-ranking-7-christmas-episodes-simpsons   https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/christmas/38292/top-100-christmas-tv-episodes-ever-20-1 We'll be back mid-Jan with the rest of Season 3. TTFN,   KnD x