Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Female history in 101 objects, Big hair, Toilet training and schools, Primodos
Fri 1 Mar 2024
A hatpin and radium-laced chocolate - just two of 101 objects celebrating women in history
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Alabama IVF, Porn series, Tattoos
Thu 29 Feb 2024
After an Alabama court casts doubt on the future of IVF, one woman shares her story.
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Yvette Cooper on Raneem's Law, Porn review, Andi and Charlotte Osho, Lucia Keskin
Wed 28 Feb 2024
The shadow home secretary wants to change the way domestic abuse 999 calls are handled.
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Nadine Shah, Vivian Oparah, Baby loss certificates, Amber Heard trolling
Tue 27 Feb 2024
The Mercury prize-nominated singer-songwriter Nadine Shah talks about her new album.
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Actor Samantha Morton, Mary Beard, Leap year proposals
Mon 26 Feb 2024
British actor Samantha Morton on receiving Bafta's highest accolade.
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Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Tom Parker's widow on handling grief and her decision to take off her wedding ring.
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Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Tom Parker's widow on dealing with grief and deciding to take off her wedding rings.
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Mistresses, Ultrasound 'bra', Diane Foley, Black girls in education
Thu 22 Feb 2024
How society's view of the 'other woman' and mistresses has changed in recent decades.
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Ukraine children, Director of Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock, The implications of a new AI study on the brain
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Eleven Ukrainian children deported to Russia will soon be reunited with their families.
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Tracey Crouch MP, Marina Litvinenko, Author Kiley Reid
Tue 20 Feb 2024
The Conservative MP and former minister on why she is standing down at the next election.
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Aisling Bea, Profile of Yulia Navalnaya, Carmen Smith, Wellness v stoicism
Mon 19 Feb 2024
The comedy and acting star Aisling Bea discusses her latest show, Alice and Jack.
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Lorraine Kelly, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Sat 17 Feb 2024
Lorraine Kelly on her debut novel and her inspiration for writing.
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Lorraine Kelly, Actor and boxer Kali Reis, Presenter Gemma Cairney
Fri 16 Feb 2024
Lorraine Kelly discusses 40 years on breakfast TV and her first novel, The Island Swimmer.
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Rain Newton-Smith, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, 蜜芽传媒lessness
Thu 15 Feb 2024
CBI's chief exec Rain Newton-Smith on reforming the culture of the business lobby group.
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Surviving cancer five times, Government's independent rape advisor, Miners鈥� strike 40 years on, My Life with the Walter Boys
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Dr Natalie Yates-Bolton on surviving cancer five times.
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Joanne Froggatt and Dr Rachel Clarke, Minette Batters, NFU, Israel/Gaza war
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Dr Rachel Clarke and actor Joanne Froggatt discuss the new ITV series Breathtaking.
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Bryony Gordon, Israel-Gaza war, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Bryony on her latest book, Mad Woman.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Rhianon Bragg, Businesswoman and entrepreneur Emma Grede, Amelia Earhart鈥檚 legacy
Sat 10 Feb 2024
Rhianon鈥檚 story of being held at gunpoint by her ex-partner.
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TikTok sleuths, Widows, Politicising Taylor Swift, Surgery critics 'silenced'
Fri 9 Feb 2024
Questioning the morality behind the trend for social media sleuths who investigate cheats.
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Vapes, Phoebe Dynevor and Amelia Earhart's legacy
Thu 8 Feb 2024
The Children鈥檚 Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza joins Emma in the studio.
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Businesswoman and entrepreneur Emma Grede, Crystal Hefner, Social media algorithms and misogyny
Wed 7 Feb 2024
Businesswoman Emma Grede, known for her collaborations with the Kardashian sisters.
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Rhianon Bragg, Women of Substance, ultramarathon runner Allie Bailey
Tue 6 Feb 2024
Rhianon was held at gunpoint by her ex-partner, who is due to be released from jail soon
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Ambika Mod, Forgiveness, Grandparent classes, Grammys
Mon 5 Feb 2024
The actor taking on the role of Emma in Netflix's adaptation of bestselling novel One Day.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Candace Bushnell, Lisa St Aubin de Ter谩n, Ideological Gender Gap
Sat 3 Feb 2024
Author of Sex and the City on her new one-woman tour.
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Candace Bushnell, No Queens in Europe, Early Years recruitment
Fri 2 Feb 2024
The original Carrie Bradshaw on the success of her creation: Sex and the City.
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Kaye Adams, Chemical attack, Gender gap, Saint Brigid
Thu 1 Feb 2024
Loose Women star Kaye Adams says 10-year battle with HMRC left her feeling 'gaslit'.
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Arlene Foster, french women and high heels
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Former DUP leader Arlene Foster on a return to devolution in Northern Ireland.
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Misogyny in the music industry, author Lisa St Aubin de Ter谩n, cervical smears
Tue 30 Jan 2024
We look at a hard-hitting new report on the treatment of women in the UK music industry.
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Fasting and women, Conscription, Cuteness exhibition
Mon 29 Jan 2024
How should men and women approach fasting differently?
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Long Covid, Professor Jo Phoenix tribunal victory, Paying children for chores
Sat 27 Jan 2024
The doctors planning to sue the NHS over inadequate PPE provision.
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