Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Elite rower Helen Glover, Leader Interview: Carla Denyer, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Ozempic
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Helen Glover - what are the challenges of returning to elite sport post childbirth?
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Graves of stillborn babies, Chaka Khan, Climate seniors, Right wing women leaders in the EU
Thu 13 Jun 2024
The Queen of Funk Chaka Khan on her fiftieth anniversary in the music industry.
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Paloma Faith, Leader interview: Rhun Ap Iorwerth, Parents with learning difficulties
Wed 12 Jun 2024
The singer Paloma Faith on her myth-busting new memoir.
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Naomi Klein, Thornaby FC, folk singer-songwriter Aoife O鈥橠onovan, author Lucy Foley
Tue 11 Jun 2024
The writer and activist Naomi Klein on her latest book, Doppelganger.
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Isabella Tree, Emma Caldwell case, Baroness Delyth Morgan
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Conservationist Isabella Tree on a new documentary about her rewilding experiment.
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Plus ones, Swifties, Scotland rape rule, Long-lost siblings
Fri 7 Jun 2024
The complicated etiquette of asking to take an extra guest to a wedding.
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Bat for Lashes, Women and D-Day, Author Saima Mir, Sextortion
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Singer-songwriter Bat for Lashes on her new album, The Dream of Delphi.
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Tina Fey, Ireland's first 'witch', does young farmer culture have a problem with women?
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Comedy queen Tina Fey talks all things Mean Girls as the musical version comes to London.
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Abandoned babies, Adventurer Alice Morrison, Being a 'BoyMum'
Tue 4 Jun 2024
A newborn baby found earlier this year is the third child abandoned by the same parents.
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Mexico election, Queenie actor, Breast milk donor
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum? The first female President of Mexico.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Ruth Jones, Netball Super League, FGM ban at risk in Gambia, Muses, Hadestown creator Anai虉s Mitchell
Sat 1 Jun 2024
Ruth Jones on starring in Sister Act and writing the Gavin and Stacey finale.
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Trump conviction, FGM ban at risk in Gambia, TV鈥檚 Queen of Books
Fri 31 May 2024
Exploring the role of Stormy Daniels, the woman at the centre of Trump's hush money trial.
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Ozempic, Netball Super League, Olivier award-winner Cassidy Janson
Thu 30 May 2024
Will women find access to weight loss drugs gets harder?
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Hadestown creator Anai虉s Mitchell, Perfume鈥檚 Darkest Secrets, the return of Loaded magazine
Wed 29 May 2024
The writer of Hadestown performs one of the songs from her hit musical.
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Ruth Jones, Women and renting, Couples who disagree about having children
Tue 28 May 2024
The actor and writer on starring in Sister Act and writing the Gavin and Stacey finale
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Muses
Mon 27 May 2024
From inspirational goddesses to 60s icons, what is a muse and what's it like to be one?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Show-women, Love bombing, Infected blood scandal
Sat 25 May 2024
We hear from one of the wives of partners infected with HIV in the infected blood scandal.
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India's women voters, Dame Harriet Walter on Clara Schumann, Climate medal winner
Fri 24 May 2024
Could women outnumber men as voters for the first time聽in India?
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Show-women, Women and the general election, Smartphone-free kids
Thu 23 May 2024
The lost history of ground-breaking women magicians, aerial artists and sword climbers.
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Endurance runner Imo Boddy, love bombing, fake food artist
Wed 22 May 2024
Imo Boddy, who became the fastest woman to complete the UK Three Peaks, joins Nuala.
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Solving historic rape cases, British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Margaret Leng Tan
Tue 21 May 2024
How new forensic techniques help police re-examine old sexual assault and rape cases.
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Infected blood scandal, Anita Pallenberg, Feminist theatre
Mon 20 May 2024
We hear from one of the wives and partners infected with HIV in the infected blood scandal
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Royal Navy exclusive, Tamsin Greig, Period Tracker Apps, Formula One, Sleepwalking, Choral music
Sat 18 May 2024
Tamsin Greig on her latest role in Terence Rattigan鈥檚 The Deep Blue Sea.
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Lesbian bars, Period Tracker Apps, World champion boxer, Lauren Price MBE
Fri 17 May 2024
Film-makers Erica Rose and Elina Street discuss the documentary The Lesbian Bar Project.
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Women in Formula One, Monstrum, Sex education, Bridgerton dresses
Thu 16 May 2024
F1 expert Bernie Collins talks race strategy in new book How to Win a Grand Prix.
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Beth Mead, Women and choral music, Eating disorders
Wed 15 May 2024
The England Lioness gives her thoughts on equal access to football pitches for women.
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Birth trauma, Sleepwalking, Lolita Chakrabarti
Tue 14 May 2024
Lolita Chakrabarti discusses her new Radio 3 drama Calmer, which stars Meera Syal.
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Royal Navy Exclusive, Sarah Atherton MP, Tamsin Greig, singer-songwriter Lauren Mayberry
Mon 13 May 2024
Olivier award-winning actor Tamsin Greig on her latest role in The Deep Blue Sea.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Foster caring, Liz Carr on assisted dying, Sabrina Ali on Dugsi Dayz, Rachel Chinouriri
Sat 11 May 2024
Comedian and writer Kiri Pritchard-McLean on becoming a foster carer.
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Whooping cough, Shirley Conran, Lying, Afghanistan tourism
Fri 10 May 2024
Tribute to the author, journalist and campaigner Dame Shirley Conran.
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