Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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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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Nicole Scherzinger, Finances of friendship, Asha Puthli
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Nicole Scherzinger joins Anita to discuss her return to the West End.
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Marina Abramovic, GB News, Dehenna Davison MP, Taylor Swift Symposium
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic on retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts.
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Dame Joan Collins, Universities and sexual misconduct, Dr Ophira Ginsburg - a feminist approach to cancer
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Dame Joan Collins at 90 and on her new memoir, Behind the Shoulder Pads.
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Sexism in football, Mum rage, China's MeToo
Tue 26 Sep 2023
A football club boss has resigned over sexist comments about a female colleague.
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Tina Sinatra, Meg Winterburn and Willow Grylls on a new TV drama about the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, Dame Christine Lenehan
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Tina Sinatra on a new musical about her dad鈥檚 life.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Doon Mackichan
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Emma speaks to 'Alice', who alleges Russell Brand sexually assaulted her as a teenager.
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'Sharenting', Blood Scandal, Mary Shelley, British Gymnastics
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Have you heard of the term 'sharenting'? Are you an habitual 'sharent'?
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Iran hijab bill, BMX champion, CIISA, Doon Mackichan, Maternity in Sierra Leone
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Women in Iran face jail for dressing 'inappropriately' under new Hijab and Chastity Bill.
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Climate Change Policy, Girlhood, Feminisation of the workplace
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Economist Kate Raworth gives her reaction to leaked climate change policy changes.
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Russell Brand allegations & a 'staggered age of consent' with Baroness Helena Kennedy & Gudrun Young KC, Dr Susan Gilby
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Can a 16-year-old give meaningful consent to have sex with a 30-year-old?
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Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Emma speaks to 'Alice', who alleges Russell Brand sexually assaulted her as a teenager.
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Nadiya Hussain, Women's reproductive survey, The Knock, AI and IVF, Arlo Parks
Sat 16 Sep 2023
TV chef and author Nadiya Hussain on her Bangladeshi heritage and cooking with spices.
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Anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Comedian and author London Hughes, Dr Elise Inglis memorial, The Knock discussion
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Anita hears about the impact the death of Mahsa Amini has had for women in Iran.
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Nadiya Hussain, Morocco earthquake, Equal pay, Wilderness
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Superstar baker, Nadiya Hussain, on her Bangladeshi heritage and cooking with eight spices
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The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Jane Casey on the new TV show of her novel The Killing Kind, plus actor Emma Appleton.
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Dr Shazia Malik, Charlotte Regan, Female surgeons, Poison pen letters, The Knock special series
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Does a new reproductive health survey targeted at 16-55 year-old women ignore older women?
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Millie Bobby Brown, Arlo Parks, Martha's Rule
Mon 11 Sep 2023
Actor Millie Bobby Brown discusses her new book, Nineteen Steps.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Economic Abuse, Should there be a Minister for Men? Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright
Sat 9 Sep 2023
Why are victims of economic abuse still being let down by the police and the courts?
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Economic Abuse, Michal Oshman, Roisin Gallagher, Barbershop Quartet, Mum shaming
Fri 8 Sep 2023
What would you do if you weren't afraid? We hear from Michal Oshman about her new book.
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Primodos debate, Rebuilding my life: Wiz Wharton, Cricket umpire pay
Thu 7 Sep 2023
A new Commons debate on the pregnancy testing drug that families say harmed their children
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Listener phone in - should there be a Minister for Men? Could the role ultimately help women?
Wed 6 Sep 2023
Would a government Minister for Men also benefit women?
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Nick Fletcher MP, Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright, Food writer Bee Wilson, Filmmaker Celine Song
Tue 5 Sep 2023
Nick Fletcher MP is calling for a Minster for Men
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DIY fertility tests, Sudan conflict, Rebuilding my life
Mon 4 Sep 2023
How reliable is DIY fertility testing in helping you plan for a baby?
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Hostage negotiator Nicky Perfect, Sarah Beeny, Chelsea Women Manager Emma Hayes, Mothers with bipolar, Bad lists
Sat 2 Sep 2023
Nicky Perfect on the situations she has faced, and what it takes to be a negotiator.
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Radioactive chapatis, Hostage negotiation, Non-birth mothers, Japanese women in politics
Fri 1 Sep 2023
Why were 21 Coventry women of Indian origin given radioactive chapatis in 1969?
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Emma Hayes, manager of Chelsea FC Women, Karis Anderson on Tina Turner, Rose Matafeo and Emma Sidi on Starstruck
Thu 31 Aug 2023
Emma Hayes, manager of Chelsea FC Women, on leadership, motherhood and women's health.
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Scottish rape survivors, Writer Natasha Walter, New research on the Y chromosome and male infertility
Wed 30 Aug 2023
New research on the Y chromosome and the implications in relation to male infertility
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Sarah Beeny, Rebekah Staton, Spanish football kiss update, Deborah Bonello on Narcas
Tue 29 Aug 2023
TV presenter Sarah Beeny on what home means to her, and her breast cancer journey.
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Lists: How and why we make them, The psychology behind list-making, Lists in the public domain, Music and lists
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Nuala McGovern and guests discuss the centrality of lists in our lives.
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