The Girlfriends: Spotlight
iHeartPodcasts and Novel · iHeartPodcasts
Show overview
The Girlfriends: Spotlight has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 85 episodes, alongside 17 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 45 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 4th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 29 min and 40 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 39% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language True Crime show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 29 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 36 episodes published. Published by iHeartPodcasts.
From the publisher
When a group of women from all over the country realise they all dated the same prolific romance scammer they vow to bring him to justice. In this brand new season of global number 1 hit podcast, The Girlfriends, Anna Sinfield meets a group of funny, feisty, determined women who all had the misfortune of dating a mysterious man named Derek Alldred. Trust Me Babe is a story about the protective forces of gossip, gut instinct, and trusting your besties and the group of women who took matters into their own hands to take down a fraudster when no one else would listen. If you’re affected by any of the themes in this show, our charity partners NO MORE have available resources at https://www.nomore.org. To learn more about romance scams, and to access specialised support, visit https://fightcybercrime.org/ The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe is produced by Novel for iHeartPodcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. Open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “iHeart True Crime+, and subscribe today!