Hiya!
I don't use Acast but I listen to many podcasts on varying topics - most "feminist" podcasts I have encountered are painfully woke and just make me angry (Feminist Current as a previous poster mentioned is a diamond in the rough). The following are female-led - I give you host name, podcast name, description, & link. The list is not in order of greatness just how they fell out of my brain - be advised some are light-hearted non-fiction and some are heavy-hearted non-fiction.
Ear Hustle by Nigel Poor
Radiotopia
The Ear Hustle team works in the San Francisco Bay Area, both in San Quentin State Prison’s media lab and from offices on the outside, to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny and always honest. Episodes offer a nuanced view of people involved with the American prison system and those reintegrating into society after serving time.
www.earhustlesq.com/listen
Science Vs. by Wendy Zukerman
Gimlet Media
Science Vs is your team of friendly fact checkers that blow up your firmly held opinions and replace them with science.
gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs
Terrible Thanks For Asking by Nora McInerny
APM
You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally dying inside, you just say “fine,” so everyone can go about their day? This show is the opposite of that.
www.apmpodcasts.org/ttfa/
Criminal by Phoebe Judge
Radiotopia/PRX
The purist’s true crime series. ~Time
thisiscriminal.com/episodes
Every Little Thing by Flora Lichtman
Gimlet Media
ARRRRR pirate peg legs really a thing? Who invented the Cha Cha Slide? How old is Winnie the Pooh? If you have a burning question that needs answering, call the ELT Help Line at 833-RING-ELT or send an audio message to [email protected].
gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing
Invisibilia by Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin
NPR
Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia
Serial by Sarah Koenig
Serial Productions
Serial tells one story — a true story — over the course of a season.
serialpodcast.org
The Habitat by Lynn Levy
Gimlet Media
On a remote mountain in Hawaii, there's a fake planet Mars. Six volunteers are secluded in an imitation Mars habitat where they will work as imitation astronauts for one very real year. The goal: to help NASA understand what life might be like on the red planet—and plan for the day when the dress rehearsals are over, and we blast off for real.
gimletmedia.com/shows/the-habitat/episodes#show-tab-picker
None of the above involve business or economics - I have a very involved list of podcasts covering these topics that I enjoy. Let me know if you'd like more suggestions like from the original list above, or if you'd like some fiction suggestions, or other topics like business/economics and I will be happy to provide more lists.
I don't really watch TV so I tend to do things while listening to podcasts... I could literally spend an entire day listing good podcasts to listen to. Many of the podcasts I enjoy are co-led by groups of people (women & men) but I do have more female-led in my library if that is your main podcast focus.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.