The Girlfriends: Spotlight
iHeartPodcasts and Novel
True crime · Ongoing · ~40 min · Explicit
Taste attributes: documentarycrimebiographyjournalisticunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeExpect a serious, realistic true-crime podcast, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
The number 1 hit true crime series is back with more women fighting crime, battling injustice and seriously kicking ass. In Season 1 of The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include P***y Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova, British Nigerian beaut…
Description: from the show's own feed
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Details
- Publisher
- iHeartPodcasts and Novel
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 40 minutes
- Latest episode
- 9 November 2026
- Categories
- True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Relationships
- Taste scores
- How we score
How podcast matches work
Podcasts are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. The scores are estimates, from fixed rules plus a one-off AI reading of each show's own description and episode titles. Quality badges never change your match.
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and production, not just genre.
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