Whether you mass bunked to catch a first day first show or snuck off alone to escape real life for a few hours, movies have always been a form of escape. In this very first episode of City of Women, we ask what it is about the cinema that makes women feel so free.

Written and produced by Radhika Viswanathan and Samyuktha Varma. Our Associate Producer is Menaka Raman. Music, sound, mixing, and mastering by Erwick D’Souza. Episode artwork by Adrija Ghosh. Thanks also to Mark Pagan, Lindsay Abrams and Stephanie Kuo!

City of Women is supported by the Google Podcasts creator program and PRX. 

Whether you mass bunked to catch a first day first show or snuck off alone to escape real life for a few hours, movies have always been a form of escape. In this very first episode of City of Women, we ask what it is about the cinema that makes women feel so free. Written and produced by Radhika Viswanathan and Samyuktha Varma. Our Associate Producer is Menaka Raman. Music, sound, mixing, and mastering by Erwick D’Souza. Episode artwork by Adrija Ghosh. Thanks also to Mark Pagan, Lindsay Abrams and Stephanie Kuo! City of Women is supported by the Google Podcasts creator program and PRX.

In City of Women, we explore the calculated strategies, backdoor negotiations, and often absurd lengths women go to have fun and feel free in their city. 

Every Indian woman knows that being out in the city comes with rules - rules that determine who gets to be where and what you can and can’t do. But this  show is not about those rules. It’s about how they get broken, bent, and jumped over when women decide to do things just for themselves.  City of Women is fun, complex, and a bit of a joyride into the minds of women and the streets of Bangalore.

In City of Women, we explore the calculated strategies, backdoor negotiations, and often absurd lengths women go to have fun and feel free in their city.

City of Women

Whether you mass bunked to catch a first day first show or snuck off alone to escape real life for a few hours, movies have always been a form of escape. In this very first episode of City of Women, we ask what it is about the cinema that makes...

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