Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Episodes to download
-
![]()
Women鈥檚 refuges and disability, Aisling Walsh, Roxanne de Bastion
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Why women with disabilities are impacted more by domestic abuse
-
![]()
Vicki Pattison's deepfake doc, Kim Wilde, Misogyny, Football academies
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Reality star Vicky Pattison on creating her own deepfake sex tape for a new documentary.
-
![]()
Mary Robinson, Holocaust Memorial Day, Catherine Airey
Mon 27 Jan 2025
Ireland's first female president talks about her life and work.
-
![]()
Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Felicity Jones, Ukraine's Zla Mavka, Author Kate Fagan, Adult sons at home, WSL record signing
Sat 25 Jan 2025
The Oscar-nominated actor Felicity Jones on her latest role in The Brutalist.
-
![]()
Zla Makva, 'Bicycle face', Lebanon, The Traitors
Fri 24 Jan 2025
All-female non-violent Ukrainian resistance group fighting against Russian occupation.
-
![]()
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, WSL record signing, India rape case
Thu 23 Jan 2025
The actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste on her latest role in Mike Leigh's Hard Truths.
-
![]()
Felicity Jones, Eating disorders, Adult sons at home
Wed 22 Jan 2025
The BAFTA-nominated actor on her new role in The Brutalist.
-
![]()
Trudie Styler, Broadcasting to Afghan women, Author Kate Fagan
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Actress and film-maker Trudie Styler on her new documentary about Naples.
-
![]()
Israel-Gaza ceasefire, Donald Trump's inauguration, Runner Elise Downing
Mon 20 Jan 2025
As Donald Trump is inaugurated, what will a second Trump presidency mean for women?
-
![]()
Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Corridor care, AI & IVF
Sat 18 Jan 2025
The UK鈥檚 first black female bishop on her autobiography, The Girl from Montego Bay.
-
![]()
AI and IVF, Cousin marriage, Sugarcane documentary, 'Masculine energy'
Fri 17 Jan 2025
What will be in the impact of AI on IVF?
-
![]()
Ofcom's age check guidance, Adwaith, Kamala Harris's legacy
Thu 16 Jan 2025
New measures to prevent children from accessing online porn and harmful content.
-
![]()
Author Holly Bourne, SEND, Alcohol pilot scheme at Women's Championship football clubs, Women & cycling
Wed 15 Jan 2025
A report out today says services for children with SEND in England are 鈥榰nviable鈥�.
-
![]()
Sticky floor jobs, Kiena Dawes, The Mare, Badass Gran
Tue 14 Jan 2025
Why do women often get stuck at lower-level jobs and what can be done about it?
-
![]()
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Fast-fashion company Shein, Abortion in Texas
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Britain鈥檚 first black woman bishop tells her story for the first time in a new memoir.
-
![]()
Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Rape gangs, Exploring Antarctica, Deep fakes, Oti Mabuse
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Girls groomed & raped by gangs are adamant the crime is still happening. We find out more.
-
![]()
Oti Mabuse, Eldest daughters, Hygiene poverty
Fri 10 Jan 2025
The former Strictly professional dancer on motherhood, Dancing on Ice and writing a novel.
-
![]()
Rape gangs, Playing Nice, Cancer friends, Erotica
Thu 9 Jan 2025
Girls groomed & raped by gangs are adamant the crime is still happening. We find out more.
-
![]()
Deep fakes, Female membership on Boards, Exploring Antarctica
Wed 8 Jan 2025
Channel 4's Cathy Newman responds to the new law on deep fakes.
-
![]()
Child sexual exploitation, Endometriosis reporting tool, Lucy Lawless on Margaret Moth
Tue 7 Jan 2025
Lucy Lawless, best known as Xena: Warrior Princess, on camerawoman Margaret Moth.
-
![]()
Women in the Church of England, Mel Giedroyc, Granny Advice
Mon 6 Jan 2025
What role are women playing in the reform of safeguarding in the Church of England?
-
![]()
Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: National Care Service, Miranda Hart on walking, Parenting adult children, Beth Moran on fostering
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Miranda Hart on the benefits of walking and the outdoors.
-
![]()
Women's Rugby World Cup, Amy Gledhill, National Care Service, Russian ballet
Fri 3 Jan 2025
Potentially a breakthrough tournament to inspire a new generation of women's rugby fans.
-
![]()
Rape Crisis at 50, Extroverted kids/introverted parents, Atlantic Ocean rowers
Thu 2 Jan 2025
We look back at 50 years of Rape Crisis with Dr Kate Cook and Lee Eggleston.
-
![]()
Walking: A Woman's Hour Special
New Year's Day 2025
Nuala McGovern dons her walking boots and steps out for her first walk of 2025.
-
![]()
Beth Moran on fostering, Theo Bleak, Dating someone a similar age to your children
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Author Beth Moran on her decision to foster and how it inspires her work.
-
![]()
Joan Smith, Parenting adult children, Dolly Parton musical
Mon 30 Dec 2024
The challenges and pitfalls of being a parent to adult children.
-
![]()
Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Michelle Yeoh, SEND system, Friends 30th Anniversary, Living in a van
Sat 28 Dec 2024
A look back at Woman鈥檚 Hour in 2024.
-
![]()
Shazia Mirza, Haiti, Dutch surnames, Imposter Syndrome, Celia Pym on socks.
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Shazia Mirza on Comedy Queens and growing up in a strict religious family in Birmingham.
-
![]()
The women behind our best-loved puzzles and games - A Woman's Hour special
Boxing Day 2024
Anita Rani explores the women behind Jenga to World of Warcraft via Agatha Christie.
Follow us on Instagram
Get all the pictures, videos, behind the scenes and more from Woman鈥檚 Hour
