Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: /guidetolife
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Dame Meera Syal, Breast cancer drugs, Black child Down syndrome
Yesterday
Writer and actor Dame Meera Syal talks about the publication of her memoir.
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Sense and Sensibility, Women in Iran, Rebecca F Kuang, Climber Shauna Coxsey
Wednesday
The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.
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Sydney Sweeney advert, Singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, GLP-1s
Tuesday
Why has a new ad featuring Sydney Sweeney provoked such a strong reaction from athletes?
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AI and women鈥檚 jobs, Therapy speak and girls, C茅line Dion's comeback
Monday
Could AI put women鈥檚 jobs at greater risk than men鈥檚?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Nudity-blocking law, Thelma & Louise: The Musical, French maternity care, Smaller rugby balls for women
Last Saturday
How will government plans to stop children taking or sharing nude images actually work?
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Lady in Blue, Daddy issues, the Sexism of capitalism
Last Friday
London's Fourth Plinth has a new artwork by Tschabalala Self.
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Thelma and Louise the musical, Continuing Care funding, Changelings
Last Thursday
Oscar-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri on new stage version of 90s film Thelma & Louise.
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Nudity-blocking law, Smaller rugby balls for women, Fathers with dementia
Wed 9 Sep 2026
How will government plans to stop children taking or sharing nude images actually work?
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Nadine Dorries, Emeli Sand茅, Darts
Tue 8 Sep 2026
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sand茅, Nadine Dorries on deepfakes and darts player Beau Greaves.
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Boxer Katie Taylor, Baroness Margaret Hodge, The impact of having an absent father.
Mon 7 Sep 2026
Baroness Margaret Hodge on her memoir Battleaxe.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Natalie Imbruglia, Nursery safety, Car maintenance
Sat 5 Sep 2026
The Australian-British musician talks about the themes of her new album.
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Sussex Maternity Review, Hidden world of charity shops, Remembering Gloria Steinem
Fri 4 Sep 2026
Bereaved mothers discuss their poor maternity care and the importance of Sussex review.
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Nursery safety, Women in Norman times, Motor mechanics, Women in Film
Thu 3 Sep 2026
Why have new rules for early years provision come in and how will they work in practice?
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Child mental health, Siobhan Daniels & RV travels, Testosterone,
Wed 2 Sep 2026
The rise in children presenting at A&E units in England in a state of mental health crisis
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Natalie Imbruglia, Adele Parks, Forced adoption, Heart attacks
Tue 1 Sep 2026
The Australian-British musician talks about her new album.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: HPV home-testing kits, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnappings, author Louise Doughty
Sat 29 Aug 2026
How will HPV self-testing kits work?
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HRT and dementia, Cookbook author Amy Sheppard, Cosplay
Fri 28 Aug 2026
Research shows HRT may reduce the risk of dementia.
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Parent Strike, Bella Mackie, non-recent child sexual abuse
Thu 27 Aug 2026
Call for government to improve parenting policies like flexible working & paternity leave
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Remembering Dolly Parton, Karen Carney, restriction zones for violent offenders, poet Georgie Jones
Wed 26 Aug 2026
Woman's Hour listeners remember singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80.
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HPV home-testing kits, Women-run hospitality map, Digital wardrobe apps
Tue 25 Aug 2026
How will HPV self-testing kits work?
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Author Louise Doughty, Scottish women offenders, Boxer Chantelle Cameron
Mon 24 Aug 2026
What did author Louise Doughty learn about her parents from an old black suitcase?
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GCSE resits, Hotel safety, Baby milk, Alisha Palmowski
Fri 21 Aug 2026
Maths and English resits leave many in cycle of failure.
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Amelia Dimoldenberg, Vaping, Bigamy, Angel Blue
Thu 20 Aug 2026
Amelia Dimoldenberg, creator of Chicken Shop Date, on her career and creative academy.
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France's mass drugging case, Olympian Jade Jones, Air pollution research
Wed 19 Aug 2026
Why has a French civil servant charged with drugging hundreds of women not faced trial?
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Sex offenders and ID change, IVF Investigation, A History of Bandanas
Tue 18 Aug 2026
We ask why it's so easy for sex offenders to change their names.
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Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter
Mon 17 Aug 2026
Amy Hunt on winning four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Tourette Syndrome
Sat 15 Aug 2026
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of women in Afghanistan.
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Girls in Afghanistan, Female entrepreneurs and life editing, Women鈥檚 cricket
Fri 14 Aug 2026
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of girls in Afghanistan.
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Simon Levy verdict; the partition of India in fiction; mudlarking
Thu 13 Aug 2026
Lessons for the justice system from the Simon Levy case.
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