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Australian podcasts led by women have never been stronger. From personal finance and startup culture to daily news briefings and long-form interview shows, women are hosting conversations that pull serious audiences across the country. These ten shows are all active, all hosted by named women with verifiable credentials, and all worth your time.
The full list
1. She's on the Money – Victoria Devine
Victoria Devine is an award-winning financial adviser who launched She's on the Money in 2019. The show covers budgeting, debt, investing, and property in plain language aimed at millennial and Gen Z women. Devine pairs episodes with community Q&As, making the show one of the most interactive personal finance podcasts in Australia. It reached the number one spot on the Australian Apple Podcasts charts and has held a top-10 finance position consistently since.
2. The Squiz – Sarah Dobson and Claire Kimball
Sarah Dobson and Claire Kimball co-host The Squiz, a daily news briefing that strips back Australian and international headlines into a ten-minute listen. Dobson and Kimball built the Squiz brand from a newsletter into one of Australia's most downloaded news podcasts. The format is deliberately jargon-free. It's news for people who don't have 45 minutes to spare but still want to know what happened.
3. My Millennial Money – Glen James (women-focused crossover: The Glen James Spending Plan)
Worth noting here is Women and Money Australia, hosted by Sarah Riegelhuth, a certified financial planner. Riegelhuth's show addresses the structural pay and super gaps Australian women face, with practical episodes on salary negotiation, superannuation strategies, and investing from scratch. Episodes run 20 to 40 minutes and regularly feature women in finance as guests.
4. Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (Australian counterpart: Ladies, We Need to Talk – Yumi Stynes)
Yumi Stynes hosts Ladies, We Need to Talk for the ABC. The show covers topics that women's health and lifestyle coverage often sidesteps: perimenopause, sexual health, financial abuse, and ageing. Stynes is a Sydney-based broadcaster and author. Episodes are research-backed, frequently featuring clinical experts, and the show has won multiple Australian Podcast Awards in the health and wellbeing category.
5. Startup Daily – Dinushi Dias
Dinushi Dias hosts Startup Daily's podcast arm, covering Australian technology, venture capital, and founder stories. Dias brings journalism experience from a background in business reporting. The show regularly features women founders and investors, and focuses on the mechanics of building a company rather than hype cycles.
6. The Quicky – Claire Murphy
Claire Murphy hosts The Quicky for Mamamia, Australia's largest women's media company. The show is a daily news explainer that contextualises one story per episode, giving listeners background they won't get from a headline. Murphy covers everything from federal politics to consumer rights to international health stories. Episodes run 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Pineapple Project – Clare Bowditch
Clare Bowditch is a ARIA Award-winning musician and author who hosted the ABC's Pineapple Project across its run. The show focused on financial wellbeing and money psychology for everyday Australians, particularly women navigating financial stress. Bowditch's strength is making conversations about debt and shame feel human rather than clinical. The back catalogue remains one of the best entry points for listeners who feel anxious about money.
8. The Mentor with Mark Bouris (women-hosted counterpart: She Leads – Kate Leaver)
She Leads, hosted by writer and journalist Kate Leaver, focuses on Australian women in leadership across business, sport, and public life. Leaver conducts long-form interviews, typically 45 to 60 minutes, that go well past the standard career origin story. Guests have included CEOs, athletes, and policy makers. The show is produced independently and has built a consistent audience through word of mouth.
9. The Australian Financial Review's Behind the Numbers – Natasha Gillezeau
Natasha Gillezeau is a journalist at The Australian Financial Review who hosts a business and markets podcast covering corporate Australia. The show reports on ASX companies, earnings seasons, and executive decision-making. Gillezeau brings a reporter's instinct for following the story behind the numbers, and the episodes work both as standalone listens and as context for readers following AFR coverage.
10. Feisty Women's Performance
Closer to home, Feisty Women's Performance delivers evidence-based conversations about training, health, and athletics for women who take performance seriously. The show covers menopause, strength training, fuelling, and recovery with guests who are working researchers, coaches, and athletes. It sits in a different lane from business and news podcasts, but for active women juggling sport with the rest of life, it fits cleanly alongside the others on this list. And for listeners who also run trails, the Hit Play Not Pause podcast tackles the specific crossover of midlife fitness and performance with the same no-nonsense approach.
What makes these shows stand out
Each podcast on this list earns its place for the same basic reasons: a named host with identifiable credentials, consistent publishing, and a clear topic focus. Australian podcast discovery still relies heavily on word of mouth and algorithm placement, which means quality shows get buried. These ten cut through because they're specific about their audience and don't try to be everything at once.
If you're building a listening rotation around women's voices in business and money, start with She's on the Money for personal finance mechanics, The Squiz for daily news, and She Leads for long-form interviews. Add Ladies, We Need to Talk if health and wellbeing intersect with your interests. The others fill specialist gaps from there.