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Over the past 10 years Trudy Kerr has led over 2,000 interviews. British-born, Maltese-homed Trudy has presented and produced over 400 TV shows on Malta's national television station, has spent 7 years as a drive time radio DJ, presented live events all over the world and presented and produced hundreds of podcast interviews, and it is this interviewing that is her passion, and it is this passion that lead to the launch of The SHE Word.

The YouTube and Spotify podcast, now available on Air Malta's inflight system, is a simple concept - conversations that women rarely have, but really should. The SHE Word was born directly from a moving and powerful interview on a podcast, and her own personal experience at the time;

"After COVID brought an end to my drive time radio DJ journey, a co-presenter and long time friend suggested I started podcasting, and at the end of 2020 I launched The Interviewer - which now rates in the 10% of Spotify podcasts globally. I had no idea that this platform would be so successful. When I started this journey, it just gave me the opportunity to do what I love; to interview, to share people's stories.

I was also asked to host podcasts for a Maltese household name brand Mvintage, and it was on behalf of this podcast (Mpowered), that I contacted friend and actress Maxine Attard to come to talk about 'Women in Theatre'. As I detailed the invitation on a phone call with Max, she replied softly, Yes, I would love to come, but do you mind if we talk about something else - do you mind if we talk about my recent miscarriage instead?'. Mindful of the sensitivity of the topic, and my complete lack of knowledge about it, I handled the interview as a conversation between two friends; a very moving, powerful and emotional conversation. The show went out on a Thursday evening, and within 24 hours over 40,000 viewers and listeners had engaged with the show, national press had picked up the story, and the show had been shared hundreds of times. Women responded to Maxine's touching and explicit description of what had happened to her with one key theme 'thank you for sharing a story that affects so many women so deeply, and is rarely spoken about'. And so the seed of The SHE Word was planted.

'At the same time, I was also passing through my own menopause journey, a journey that had caught me out. Still feeling like I was in my 30's, I wasn't expecting to face a life changing event - albeit one that affects every woman in one way or another. I found that this was another topic that women rarely spoke about, especially openly, and so it would seem that this was a podcast that needed to happen. Once we started planning the show we discovered that there are hundreds of conversations that women rarely have but really should.'

The SHE Word is recorded around a kitchen table, three women with one topic in common, and Trudy there to host and guide the conversation. Season One unravels topics with sensitivity, honesty and humour - Women and Parenting, Women and Body Image, Women and Social Media, Menopause, Women's Rights, Workplace and Business, Mental Health, Age, Career roles in a Man's World, Fertility, Sexuality and Gender and a very moving show with 3 young women as they look to what their future's might hold.

"I wasn't necessarily planning a second season, but as I we filmed these conversations it became apparent that the power of the show lies in openly discussing topics that need to be normalised, to remove any shame and embarrassment, and embrace the journeys that we pass through and bring us together as women".

The SHE Word Season One is available on the Air Malta in flight system, and also YouTube and Spotify. Join The SHE Word Patreon page for exclusive content and to support these conversations.