Podcasts & Interviews 2025 - 2026

2026

The Hidden 20% — Part 1
“Neurobiologist Gina Rippon on Myths, Gender and Neurodiversity” — brain plasticity, alpha rhythms, ageing, neuroscience myths and the problems with categorising brains as male or female.

The Hidden 20% — Part 2
“Undiagnosed Autism in Women: Masking, Misdiagnosis and More” — the women excluded from autism research and the consequences of late or missed diagnosis.

ADHD Chatter with Alex Partridge
“No.1 Female Autism Expert: What Female Autism REALLY Looks Like” (It’s Not What You Think)”. The episode features Gina Rippon discussing the presentation and underdiagnosis of autism in women, masking, and the male-centred history of autism research.

TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
“Autism Research Has Overlooked Women: Gina Rippon” — masking, rehearsing social behaviour and why autistic girls and women remain under-recognised.

Spicy Brain with Lara Sullivan — Part 1
“Hidden Autism in Women: Why Women Are Diagnosed So Late” . This covers why autistic girls and women have been overlooked or misdiagnosed, and the arguments in The Lost Girls of Autism. YouTube:

Spicy Brain with Lara Sullivan — Part 2
“Hidden Autism in Women: Life After a Late Diagnosis”
YouTube: - the hidden cost of masking, the emotional impact of receiving a late diagnosis, the importance of finding community, and how autism research and diagnosis could evolve to better support future generations.

2025

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
“Autism Spectrum w/ Gina Rippon” — discussion of Off the Spectrum and the historical neglect of autistic women and girls.

Reckoning with Jason Herbert
“How the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls with Dr Gina Rippon” — a 63-minute discussion of autism’s diagnostic history and male-centred research.

All Of It with Alison Stewart
“Why Is It So Difficult to Diagnose Women with Autism?” — discussion of Off the Spectrum, including calls from listeners.

The Lisa Wexler Show
“The Underdiagnosis of Autism in Girls”— an 18-minute interview about why girls have historically been overlooked.

How To Academy Podcast
“Gina Rippon — How Science Failed Autistic Women” — a 62-minute episode on female autism, camouflaging, belonging and diagnostic bias.

Your Anxious Child
“Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls: Interview with Gina Rippon” - a 55-minute discussion focusing particularly on masking, anxiety and adolescence.

Just Another Neurotype
“The One About The Lost Girls of Autism” - Gina discusses brain-imaging research, female autism and why it was neglected. This was originally broadcast on CHAOS Radio and made available through Mixcloud.

Book Shambles/Science Shambles
“Weirdly Normal: The Science of Neurodiversity — Live from Latitude” — with Gina Rippon, Camilla Pang and Robin Ince; recorded at the 2025 Latitude Festival.

Stompcast/Figuring It Out with Dr Alex George — Part 1
“Are More People Autistic Nowadays?” — diagnosis rates, the meaning of an autism diagnosis and attitudes towards difference.

Stompcast/Figuring It Out with Dr Alex George — Part 2

“Understanding Autism in Women and Girls” — the male spotlight, masking and the social experiences of autistic women.

Stompcast/Figuring It Out with Dr Alex George — Part 3
“Are Men and Women’s Brains Really Different?” — brain imaging, stereotypes, childhood environments and autism.