Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Life for women in India, latest on the Windrush scandal, women and napping and access to therapy records in rape investigatios
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Life for women in India.
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Bridget Christie, Windrush Women, Helen and Rob in the Archers
Mon 19 Jun 2023
The comedian talks about creating and starring in new TV comedy drama The Change.
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Cate Blanchett on Glenda Jackson, Susanna Hoffs, Yasmeen Lari, Power Lister Jo Tongue, Eco-grief, Lisa Squire
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Actor Cate Blanchett on Glenda Jackson and co-founder of The Bangles Susanna Hoffs.
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Actor Cate Blanchett on Glenda Jackson, Girlguiding, Decluttering your love life, Aasmah Mir on her childhood memoir
Fri 16 Jun 2023
Actor Cate Blanchett remembers Glenda Jackson.
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Synthetic embryos, Suzie Fletcher, Eco-anxiety, Lynzy Billing
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Scientists have created synthetic human embryos that sidestep the need for eggs or sperm.
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Jo Tongue, Universal Basic Income, Sian Norris, Childhood Obesity
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Abortion laws, Anorexia and bone health, Profile of Greta Thunberg, Susanna Hoffs
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Are UK abortion laws fit for purpose?
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Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, Relationships under pressure
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Yasmeen Lari on being awarded the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture 2023.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Ukraine Kakhovka Dam, Candi Staton & Christina Rossetti the Carer
Sat 10 Jun 2023
We discuss the rescue efforts in Ukraine after Tuesday鈥檚 breach of the Kakhovka Dam.
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Sue Barker, Period advert bans, Selling sexual assault in East Asia, Jenny Jungle
Fri 9 Jun 2023
The tennis player turned Wimbledon presenter on retiring from her long career in sport.
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Louise Redknapp, Insomnia, Lindsey Burrow, Ukraine dam
Thu 8 Jun 2023
Former Eternal singer Louise Redknapp celebrates 30 years in music.
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Polly Toynbee on her new book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals
Wed 7 Jun 2023
Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee on her new book.
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Candi Staton, Narcissistic mother 'Bethany', Author Emma Cline, Smart phones in school, Nurses
Tue 6 Jun 2023
Four-time Grammy award nominated singer Candi Staton.
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Women in Ukraine, Baroness Sue Campbell, Abortion law in Texas, Drastic hair
Mon 5 Jun 2023
The Sunday Times' Christina Lamb on the women involved in the war effort in Ukraine.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Witness Protection, Gender Pension Gap, Big Boobs and Dr Edna Adan Ismali
Sat 3 Jun 2023
We hear from a woman who went into witness protection to escape her stalker husband.
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Edna Adan Ismail, winner of Templeton Prize, Online games, Vasectomy increase in US, Iranian female journos on trial
Fri 2 Jun 2023
Edna Adan Ismail - winner of this year's Templeton Prize.
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Witness protection, Anti-LGBT law in Uganda, Author Harriet Gibsone, Women's World Cup squad
Thu 1 Jun 2023
We hear from a woman who went into witness protection to escape her stalker husband.
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Gender pension gap, Trampolining, A Paedophile in the Family
Wed 31 May 2023
Competing as a child athlete and why women are so much poorer when they retire.
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Childcare debt, Big boobs, Succession
Tue 30 May 2023
Is getting in to childcare debt worth it for a career?
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Why we lie, The Traitors star Amanda Lovett, Lies told by families, Lying to your partner
Mon 29 May 2023
Why do we tell lies in our personal life? And what impact do they have?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Period Inequality, Dr Katriona O鈥橲ullivan, Electropop duo Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma
Sat 27 May 2023
Period inequality, Dr Katriona O鈥橲ullivan and Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma.
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The Turkish elections and female voters
Fri 26 May 2023
Voters in Turkey go to the polls for the second round of presidential elections on Sunday.
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Tina Turner legend, Let's Eat Grandma, Whips, Sudan's women, Helen Hardy
Thu 25 May 2023
Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma, electro-pop duo perform 'Two Ribbons'.
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Independent Inquiry into child sexual abuse, writer Katriona O'Sullivan, electric cars, fertility laws in France
Wed 24 May 2023
Professor Alexis Jay's reaction to the government鈥檚 response to IICSA.
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Adoption, Protesting Indian Wrestlers, Naoise Dolan
Tue 23 May 2023
Families of adopted teenagers are at 'crisis point' according to a new report.
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Women of Northern Ireland; Baroness Nicky Morgan; Looking good for your age; Menopause drugs update
Mon 22 May 2023
Two women's stories of living through the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Suranne Jones, Karen Millen, Eating disorders, Men and contraception, Kissing
Sat 20 May 2023
Suranne Jones on her new series, Maryland, and a look into the world of eating disorders.
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Kesha, Kissing, Holly Smale on The Cassandra Complex, 'Depp v Heard' series, Manisha Tailor, assistant head of coaching at QPR
Fri 19 May 2023
The American singer-songwriter Kesha on her latest album, love and spiritual awakening.
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Feminist porn, Karen Millen, I Can Hear The Cuckoo, Forced marriage
Thu 18 May 2023
Erika Lust makes adult films that focus on female pleasure and ethical production.
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Suranne Jones, Housing, Eating disorders, Physicist Professor Dame Athene Donald
Wed 17 May 2023
Bafta-winning actor Suranne Jones talks about her latest role in a new three-part drama
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