Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Baroness Margaret Hodge, Racism in women's football, Author Georgina Moore
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Former MP Margaret Hodge on why she wants women over 70 to be screened for breast cancer.
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Water industry review, Actor Harriet Webb, Author Molly Jong-Fast
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Two female campaigners react to today's water industry review.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Helena Bonham Carter, Three-person DNA babies, Claire Waxman, Black Girl Gamers, Louise Candlish
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Actor Helena Bonham Carter on her new film, Four Letters of Love.
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Three-person DNA babies, Emer Kenny, Dangers of sexual strangulation
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people.
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Louise Candlish, Domestic abuse, Samara Joy, Women and gaming
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Bestselling author Louise Candlish on her latest novel, A Neighbour's Guide to Murder.
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Claire Waxman, Miranda Raison, Women in gaming
Wed 16 Jul 2025
What is the impact on victims of the record court delays?
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Author Holly Jackson, Black Girl Gamers, Constance Martin case
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Holly Jackson on why she's moved from YA fiction to writing a thriller for adults.
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Helena Bonham Carter, UEFA Women's Euro, Tuam, Women and gaming
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Actor Helena Bonham Carter joins Nuala to discuss her new film, Four Letters of Love.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: 7/7 attacks, Artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, Christine McGuinness, Fangirls, Fats Timbo, Katie Brayben
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Marking the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks with Gill Hicks and Kate Price.
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Katie Brayben, Maternal deaths, Fangirls
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Olivier Award-winner Katie Brayben on her role in Girl from the North Country.
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Southport inquiry, Cam, DCI Helen Tebbit
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Statements from parents of children who survived the 29 July attacks.
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Christine McGuiness, Dianaworld, Marcia Grant inquest, Weight loss ads
Wed 9 Jul 2025
How could your local playground better suit the needs of your child?
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Caroline Eshghi, Fats Timbo, Malaria drug for babies
Tue 8 Jul 2025
Caroline Eshghi, whose mother was jailed for historic abuse, wants sentencing law changed.
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7/7 attacks, Writer Bolu Babalola, SEND
Mon 7 Jul 2025
Marking the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks with Gill Hicks and Kate Price.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Fiona Shaw, Gurinder Chadha, Women Footballers, Fashion Disrupter Amy Powney
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Bafta-winning and Emmy-nominated actor Fiona Shaw on her new film, Hot Milk.
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UEFA's VP Laura McAllister, playwright Beth Steel, film director Gurinder Chadha
Fri 4 Jul 2025
On the eve of Wales' debut in the Euros, their former captain Laura McAllister joins us.
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Crying, Fashion disruptor Amy Powney, NHS 10-Year Plan, Novelist Esther Freud
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Why did the image of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, crying in Parliament cause a stir?
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Rachel Brosnahan, Jenny Evans, Annie MacManus on football
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Rachel Brosnahan on playing Lois Lane in the new Superman movie.
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Fiona Shaw, Prositution Law, Director Rebecca Frecknall
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Bafta-winning and Emmy-nominated actor Fiona Shaw on her newest film, Hot Milk.
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Paternity Leave, Wimbledon, Sudan civil war, Women footballers
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Has the current paternity leave provision worked for you and your family?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: SEND, Christiane Amanpour, Self Esteem, Return of the bullet bra
Sat 28 Jun 2025
New figures show a rise in care plans for SEND in England. We look at the impact.
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Live from Glastonbury with Self Esteem and Jamz Supernova
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Musican, songwriter & actress Self Esteem speaks to Anita ahead of her peformance tonight
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SEND, Kate Burton, Yehudis Fletcher
Thu 26 Jun 2025
New figures show a rise in care plans for SEND in England. We look at the impact.
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Christiane Amanpour, Child Q, Melissa Febos
Wed 25 Jun 2025
The legendary war reporter and news anchor on her new podcast with her ex-husband.
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Porn review, Maternity inquiry, Dr Laurie Marker, Return of the bullet bra
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Baroness Gabby Bertin on the Independent Pornography Review Taskforce.
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Child criminal records, Screen time, Heart valve disease
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Grooming survivor Jade on child criminal records being quashed.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Natalie Fleet MP, HIV prevention, Trisha Goddard, Older surrogacy, Comedian Rosie Jones
Sat 21 Jun 2025
Natalie Fleet on speaking out about being a victim of grooming and statutory rape.
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Natalie Fleet MP, a spike of botulism cases and Kethiwe Ngcobo on her mother Lauretta
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Natalie Fleet on speaking out about being a victim of grooming and statutory rape.
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Trisha Goddard, HIV prevention, Family favourites, Air pollution
Thu 19 Jun 2025
TV presenter Trisha Goddard on her career as the British Oprah and living with cancer.
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Abortion vote, Crime writer Karin Slaughter, Co-sleeping with older children, Racing driver Abbi Pulling
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Crime writer Karin Slaughter discusses her latest novel We Are All Guilty Here
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