Jon Faine's co-host is writer and social commentator Monica Dux. She is a columnist with the The Age, and her books include Things I Didn't Expect (when I was expecting) and The Great Feminist Denial.

Their first guest is feminist, writer and academic Professor Germaine Greer. Her first book was The Female Eunuch (1970), and she was last on The Conversation Hour on the publication of White Beech (2013). The Germaine Greer Collection at the University of Melbourne Archive was officially opened on Wednesday (International Women's Day).

Then they are joined by journalist and author Grantlee Kieza. His new book is Mrs Kelly: The astonishing life of Ned Kelly's mother (ABC Books).