Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Dame Jenni Murray remembered, Elizabeth Moss and Kate Mara, Jane McDonald
Mon 23 Mar 2026
We remember Dame Jenni Murray, our presenter here on Woman's Hour for 33 years.
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FIFA's women's football tournaments, Glasgow fire, Pilgrimages
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Women's football tournaments must now include a female head or assistant coach.
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FIFA's women's football tournaments, Women in Cuba, Adoption
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Women's football tournaments must now include a female head or assistant coach.
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Glasgow fire, Sibling relationships, Artist LR Vandy
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Female business owners unite after their retail units were destroyed in Glasgow fire.
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Meningitis, FA's Director of Women's Football, Abortion amendments
Wed 18 Mar 2026
What parents need to know about the 'unprecedented' Kent meningitis outbreak.
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AI heart health mammogram, Prison family visits, The manosphere
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Researchers have developed an AI mammogram tool to assess the risk of heart problems.
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Jesse Buckley's Oscars win, Social work, Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Jessie Buckley becomes the first Irish woman to win the best actress Oscar.
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Leeds Maternity Review, Forgetting birthdays, the term 鈥榬ough wooing鈥�, Ashley Dalton MP, Maimuna Memon
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Donna Ockenden will lead a review into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
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CPR on women, AI toys, Maimuna Memon
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Women are less likely to receive CPR, due to nervousness of touching a woman's chest.
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Dunblane 30 years on, Catfishing, Forgetting birthdays
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Women who led the Snowdrop campaign to ban handguns in the UK after the Dunblane massacre.
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Leeds maternity review, Women vets, The term 'rough wooing'
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Donna Ockenden will lead a review into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
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Rape investigations, Ashley Dalton MP, Winter Paralympics, Comic novel Motherfaker
Tue 10 Mar 2026
Government advisor, Prof Katrin Hohl, says overhauls of rape investigations are at risk.
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Iran's women's football team, Menopause and mental health, Katherine Priddy
Mon 9 Mar 2026
What will happen to the Iran's women's football team after they leave the Asian Cup?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Matrescence, Ramadan & the 'sandwich generation', The Traitors' Harriet Tyce
Sat 7 Mar 2026
The science of Matrescence, Ramadan & the sandwich generation, The Traitors' Harriet Tyce.
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Iranian diaspora, Gen Z study, Onjali Rauf
Fri 6 Mar 2026
We hear the perspective on the conflict from three women based in the UK.
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Allergy training, A Woman of Substance, Ramadan & 'sandwich generation', Model Charli Howard
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Schools in England to provide allergy awareness training for staff in new guidance.
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Matrescence, Mexico's 'searching mothers', New novel The Night Nag
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Neurologists report a change in grey matter in pregnant women's brains.
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Sarah Everard anniversary, The Traitors' Harriet Tyce, Geniuses
Tue 3 Mar 2026
Five years after Sarah Everard's murder by a police officer, what has changed?
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Women in Iran, George Eliot on stage, Professor Kate Pickett
Mon 2 Mar 2026
What do current events in Iran mean for women in the country?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracey Emin, SEND reforms, Student midwives
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Groundbreaking artist Tracey Emin talks about her body of work in a new exhibition.
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Tracey Emin, Menstrual blood, Hannah Spencer MP
Fri 27 Feb 2026
The groundbreaking artist talks about her body of work in a new exhibition.
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'Molly vs the Machines' doc, Female Afghan Ambassador, Maternity care, Cleopatra re-imagined
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Molly Russell's friends discuss the negative impact of social media.
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Kyla Harris, Womb transplants, Women in farming, Alev Scott
Wed 25 Feb 2026
How have Kyla Harris' experiences as a disabled person impacted her unflinching TV series?
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SEND reforms: A Woman's Hour and SEND in the Spotlight special
Tue 24 Feb 2026
We hear from a range of voices on the impact of the government's SEND reforms in England.
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Marian Keyes, SEND, Designer Tolu Coker, Student midwives
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Irish author Marian Keyes on her new 麻豆社 series, The Walsh Sisters.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Rosamund Pike, Nadiya Hussain, Gisele Pelicot memoir, Dr Punam Krishan, Ketamine & young people
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Actor Rosamund Pike on motherhood and masculinity.
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Rosamund Pike, Ketamine, Author Madeline Cash, Winter Olympics
Fri 20 Feb 2026
The actor Rosamund Pike on motherhood and masculinity.
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George Sand, SEND provision leak, Dr Punam Krishan, Divine Feminine Opera
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Remembering the hugely successful prolific writer and feminist.
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Belle Burden, Controversy at the Civil Service, Women in Sudan, Pelvic mesh
Wed 18 Feb 2026
The woman tipped to be the next cabinet secretary faces accusations of bullying.
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Gis猫le Pelicot memoir, Catrin Finch, Ice Hockey mixed teams
Tue 17 Feb 2026
We speak to the co-writer of the Gis猫le Pelicot memoir, Judith Perrignon.
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