Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Lauren Sequeira, Rape misconceptions, Singer Julia Bullock
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Lauren Sequeira tells Anita about her 'dark and sexy' new drama, Domino Day.
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Long Covid, Holocaust Memorial Day, Princess Superstar
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Doctors are planning to sue the NHS over inadequate PPE, one of them joins us live.
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Claire Waxman, Victims' Bill, China birth rate, D-Mer Study, Academy Award nominations
Wed 24 Jan 2024
The Victim鈥檚 and Prisoner鈥檚 Bill: Claire Waxman on the amendments she is campaigning for.
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Professor Jo Phoenix tribunal victory, Actor Sarah Greene
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Professor Jo Phoenix has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University.
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DJ Paulette, Abortion, Vinted co-founder, Childcare
Mon 22 Jan 2024
One of the first women to DJ at the Hacienda in Manchester on her 30-year career.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Jodie Comer, Vicky McClure, Jameela Jamil
Sat 20 Jan 2024
The Killing Eve star reflects on her new film The End We Start From and the impact of fame
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Vicky McClure, Mean Girls, Women鈥檚 Health Strategy update
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Jodie Comer, Olivia Attwood, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Thu 18 Jan 2024
The Killing Eve star plays a mum battling to survive a flooded Britain in a new film.
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Jameela Jamil, Claudia Winkleman, Abortion buffer zones, Female Israel border soldiers
Wed 17 Jan 2024
The actress Jameela Jamil on her new strategy for how she communicates on social media.
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Domestic abuse and brain injury, Calvin Klein advert, Exhaustion
Tue 16 Jan 2024
New research on brain injuries in survivors of domestic abuse.
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Having more children after 40, Gladiators, Nikki Hayley profile
Mon 15 Jan 2024
The challenges and benefits of having children for the second time later in life.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour - Cush Jumbo, Spice Girls Stamp, Assisted Dying
Sat 13 Jan 2024
Actor Cush Jumbo on her new Apple TV series, Criminal Record.
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Quarterlife crisis, Family Courts, Northern Soul
Fri 12 Jan 2024
To struggle with the direction your life is going in your 20s and 30s.
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Zara Aleena's aunt, Spice Girls stamps, surge in scabies
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Allegations the killer of Zara Aleena has been caught having sex with a prison worker.
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Cosmetic surgery reviews, Speed dating, Bangladesh elections, Assisted dying & palliative care
Wed 10 Jan 2024
A woman who posted unfavourable reviews about her cosmetic surgery is facing legal action.
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Midwife shortages, Dating at 81, Jackie Mag anniversary
Tue 9 Jan 2024
Clare hears about the impact midwifery shortages are having on patients giving birth.
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Cush Jumbo, Church leader survivors, Exonerated sub-postmistress
Mon 8 Jan 2024
The Good Fight actor on her new TV role in a British police drama
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Weekend Woman's Hour - Women in the metaverse, Author Vanessa Chan, Women and negotiation
Sat 6 Jan 2024
Weekend Woman's Hour: Join Clare McDonnell for highlights from this week.
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Women and music in 2023, Nicole Jacobs, Women in farming
Fri 5 Jan 2024
Female artists spent a record-breaking 31 weeks in 2023 at No.1 in the UK singles chart.
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Dame Joan Ruddock, Katherine Parkinson, Negotiating care with siblings, Author Vanessa Chan
Thu 4 Jan 2024
Actor and comedian Katherine Parkinson on her ITV drama Significant Other.
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Shakespeare's Women, Izzy Judd, Women in the metaverse
Wed 3 Jan 2024
What if Shakespeare's female characters got together to share their stories?
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Lavinia Greenlaw, Lindsay Duncan, the Irish mother and baby homes scandal
Tue 2 Jan 2024
Faber's new poetry editor looks back over three decades of her own writings.
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Women and Negotiations
New Year's Day 2024
Women and their role in negotiations, with expert negotiator Nicky Perfect.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Si芒n Phillips, Highflying care-leavers, 'Trouser-less' trend
Sat 30 Dec 2023
Actor Dame Si芒n Phillips reflects on her life and career aged 90.
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Dame Si芒n Phillips, Abuse of vulnerable elderly, Clemency Burton-Hill
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Dame Si芒n Phillips talks about her acting career and marriage to Peter O鈥橳oole.
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Highflying care-leavers, Freebirths, 'Trouser-less' trend
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Two care-experienced women on breaking through the so-called 'care ceiling'.
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UTI treatment, Being dumped by text, Lighthouse keeper
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Up to half of women will have a UTI at some point; is enough known about treatments?
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Women who dig for the truth
Boxing Day 2023
Women who go to all lengths for the truth, including historian Philippa Langley.
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The Queen of the Brassicas - the Brussels sprout!
Christmas Day 2023
Our Christmas Day special on why women should consider eating more sprouts.
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Weekend Woman's Hour - Gracie Spinks鈥檚 parents, Gatekeeping your perfume, Child-free women at work
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Weekend Woman's Hour: Join Jessica Creighton for highlights from this week.
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