Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Black women and wigs, Author Helen Mort, Supporting a parent with dementia, Child poverty
Tue 2 Apr 2019
Black women and wigs. supporting a parent with dementia, and author Helen Mort.
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Women and Wigs
Mon 1 Apr 2019
From the personal to the political, we explore the many reasons women wear wigs.
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Fran & Flora, Maths anxiety, the spy Virginia Hall
Sat 30 Mar 2019
Eastern European music from Fran & Flora. Anxiety about maths. The WWII Spy Virginia Hall.
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Brexit anxiety, Bedtime Stories, UN women, Pain management
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Brexit anxiety. Bedtime Stories. Managing pain in women.
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Fran & Flora, Margaret Thatcher, Maths
Thu 28 Mar 2019
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world.
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Parenting: Ketamine
Wed 27 Mar 2019
The dangers of taking the illegal drug Ketamine. What parents need to know.
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Celebrating the bicentenary of her birth: Northern Ballet's Victoria
Wed 27 Mar 2019
Victoria, the ballet; women's jobs and automation; Zeenat Aman; Virginia Hall.
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Child marriage, Jack the Ripper's victims
Tue 26 Mar 2019
We discuss child marriage in Afghanistan, plus the new book on Jack the Ripper's victims.
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Women and Environmental Activism
Mon 25 Mar 2019
We speak to three generations of women fighting for the environment.
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Jacinda Ardern's leadership, Spring poetry, and Tomi Adeyemi
Sat 23 Mar 2019
Do female leaders do things differently? Spring Equinox poetry. Author Tomi Adeyemi.
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Impact of Cyclone Idai. Film director Carol Morley. Author Tomi Adeyemi. Losing your mum.
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Cyclone Idai. Director Carol Morley. Author Tomi Adeyemi. Dealing with losing your mum.
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Jacinda Ardern's leadership; W series; Talking to children about their disabilities
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Jacinda Ardern's leadership; W series motor racing; talking to a child with a disability
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Porn, Breed-Ready Women, Poetry
Wed 20 Mar 2019
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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Parenting: Making Friends
Wed 20 Mar 2019
How can you help your child make friends? How much can friendship skills be taught?
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Mary Berry, Ketamine, New Zealand attacks
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Mary Berry makes a trifle. Plus a discussion about the rise of teenagers taking ketamine.
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Actor Lupita Nyong'o
Mon 18 Mar 2019
Lupita Nyong'o, Bryony Frost, Cervical smears, Nice Nailantei Leng'ete, Eleanor Anstruther
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The jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, Early onset dementia & Cleaning Tips
Sat 16 Mar 2019
Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed Iranian lawyer, Early onset dementia, Cleaning tips
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Jane visits the Bike Project
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Jane visits the Bike Project. Plus Rachel Reeves, and why is cleaning cool?
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Margaret Busby on New Daughters of Africa, sponsorship of women's football
Wed 13 Mar 2019
New Daughters of Africa, sponsorship of women's football, helping children make friends
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Women priests, Treasuring your mother's memories, Violent women on TV
Tue 12 Mar 2019
LBT Women's Health, Women priests, Treasuring your mother's memories, Violent women on TV.
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Reshma Saujani, Wendy Mitchell, Fern Champion
Mon 11 Mar 2019
Wendy Mitchell describes her life since being diagnosed with young on-set dementia at 58.
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Knife crime, Women and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt, Waitress the musical
Sat 9 Mar 2019
Talking to children about knife crime. The new musical, Waitress. Melanie Reid.
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The first all-women-of-colour cast and crew production of Richard II
Fri 8 Mar 2019
The star and co-director of Richard II, Adjoa Andoh. Women and leadership. Parental leave
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Kylie Jenner's success, Kristalina Georgieva CEO of the World Bank
Thu 7 Mar 2019
Kylie Jenner's success, Kristalina Georgieva - World Bank CEO, Michele Kirsch on Clean
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Talking to your children about knife crime
Wed 6 Mar 2019
Talking to your children about knives, Fatima Bhutto, Bump Birth and Beyond.
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Parenting: Eating Disorders
Wed 6 Mar 2019
Boys and eating disorders - What to look out for and how to talk to your child.
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Author Melanie Reid, Parenting tips, Intrepid women
Tue 5 Mar 2019
Author Melanie Reid, Parenting tips from Phillipa Perry, Intrepid women exhibition
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Missing children, Women's minister Penny Mordaunt, Waitress the musical
Mon 4 Mar 2019
We hear from the mothers of missing children, and women's minister Penny Mordaunt.
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Periods, Caroline Criado Perez, Simran Kaur, Cook the Perfect... with Tom Kerridge
Sat 2 Mar 2019
The stigma of periods, Tom Kerridge's perfect curry and boxer Simran Kaur.
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