Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Women & renting, Catherine Dalton cricketer, Women's peace petition, Maggie Murphy CEO, Lewes FC
Fri 3 Nov 2023
Cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson on her collaboration with the LSO Percussion Ensemble.
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Covid Inquiry, Child-free friends, Afghans in Pakistan, Alison Larkin
Thu 2 Nov 2023
Covid Inquiry, Child-free friends, Afghan refugees, Sarah Ditum's Toxic, Grief... a Comedy
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AI and child sexual abuse, Alex O鈥橞rien, Molly Manning Walker
Wed 1 Nov 2023
The growing role of artificial intelligence in child sexual abuse imagery.
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Failures in maternity care, Spain's Princess Leonor turns 18, Women's Ballon d'Or
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Families call for a public inquiry into maternity care in England.
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Bianca Williams, Sandra H眉ller, Living with your parents too long
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Athlete Bianca Williams on her stop and search ordeal.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Rescuing seal pups, Tell-all celebrity memoirs
Sat 28 Oct 2023
Leigh-Anne Pinnock from Little Mix on embarking on a solo career.
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Little Mix鈥檚 Leigh-Anne Pinnock on her new memoir, Believe.
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Tell-all celebrity memoirs, child poverty, and 'de-banking'
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Celebrities oversharing in memoirs, child poverty, bigamy, and long baby names.
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Israel-Gaza war, Monica Dolan, Kathryn Mannix
Wed 25 Oct 2023
The impact of the conflict on women and children in Gaza and Israel.
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Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton
Tue 24 Oct 2023
The history of women in the CIA.
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Ukrainian children in Russia, Fanny Mendelssohn, Men designing clothes for women
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Film-maker Shahida Tulaganova, whose documentary Ukraine's Stolen Children airs tonight.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Coleen Rooney, IVF add-ons, Online safety, Talking on the phone, Singer Mica Millar
Sat 21 Oct 2023
Coleen Rooney on her documentary series The Real Wagatha Story.
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Maternity services, Resigning as a bridesmaid, Mica Millar, Poet Safiya Sinclair
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Two thirds of maternity units in England put women and babies at risk.
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Dr Lisa Cameron MP, Saffron Coomber & Yero Timi Biu, Julia Fox, IVF add-ons
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Former SNP politician Dr Lisa Cameron on her defection to the Conservatives
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Coleen Rooney, Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, Poet Becky Hemsley.
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Coleen Rooney on the term WAG, football and her documentary series The Real Wagatha Story.
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Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Latest update on the Online Safety Bill which is soon to become law.
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Madonna, Polish elections, Diana Parkes, Unconventional setups
Mon 16 Oct 2023
We speak to two women who were at the Madonna concert in London this weekend.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Dawn French, Shirley Ballas, Violinist Esther Abrami, Pelvic Pain
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Strictly Come Dancing鈥檚 head judge Shirley Ballas on her new book.
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Shirley Ballas, Bed Bugs, Everything Now writer Ripley Parker
Fri 13 Oct 2023
The Queen of Latin joins Krupa to discuss her new book, Murder on the Dancefloor.
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Dawn French, Laura Linney, Israel-Gaza conflict, Unconventional living
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Gaffes galore from comedy star Dawn French as she celebrates 30 years in show business.
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Dr Katalin Kariko - Nobel Prize winner, latest on Israel Gaza, Pelvic pain and pain in sex, The International Day of the Girl.
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Dr Katalin Kariko has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Drew Weissman.
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Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide, musician Esther Abrami, Emily Hunt, Is the future of the Labour Party
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Two parents from the different communities caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Israel-Gaza conflict, Endometriosis test, Sam Brown - Savile survivor
Mon 9 Oct 2023
Women and children in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Gunner Jaysley Beck鈥檚 mother, Organist Anna Lapwood, Menopause tribunal, Mary McAleese, Grace Dent
Sat 7 Oct 2023
The mother of the girl believed to have taken her own life after army sexual harassment.
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Food writer Grace Dent, Artist Shirin Neshat, History of enslaved women, Actor Mei Mac
Fri 6 Oct 2023
What's your go-to for comfort eating? Has that food item changed as you've got older?
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Gunner Jaysley Beck's mother, Wild Hope, Earth Mama, Dangerous dogs
Thu 5 Oct 2023
The mother of the girl believed to have taken her own life after army sexual harassment.
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Mary McAleese, Isabel Hardman, Kitty Donaldson, Emma Reed Turrell, Viv Groskop, Dr Bernadette Jenner
Wed 4 Oct 2023
The former Irish president Mary McAleese on the need for reform in the Catholic Church.
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Doctors' strike, Organist Anna Lapwood, M谩ir铆a Cahill, Suffragette medal
Tue 3 Oct 2023
Organist Anna Lapwood on why she initiated the social media hashtag #playlikeagirl.
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Russian journalist-in-exile Elena Kostyuchenco, Karen Farquharson, Teleri Glyn Jones, Nerys Evans, Innes Fitzgerald
Mon 2 Oct 2023
We hear from one of Russia鈥檚 most fearless independent journalists, Elena Kostyuchenco.
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Performance artist Marina Abramovic, Universities and sexual misconduct, Nicole Scherzinger, Finances and friendship
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Marina Abramovic, the godmother of performance art on her works spanning a 55-year career.
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