Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Lionesses' win & Diane Bronze, Child sex abuse gangs, Michelle Collins, Sara Pascoe, Nicola Benedetti
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Lucy Bronze鈥檚 mum, Diane on her Euros success.
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Hattie Williams, Trump's tariffs, Playwright Shaan Sahota
Fri 1 Aug 2025
Hattie Williams on how her experience of motherhood inspired her novel Bitter Sweet.
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Michelle Collins, Women's Golf, Access to work, Girls Like You
Thu 31 Jul 2025
EastEnders actor Michelle Collins makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with a new play.
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Child sex abuse gangs, Advice overwhelm, Football feminist Karen Dobres
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Prof Alexis Jay responds to reports that police abused girls who were victims of grooming.
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Lynda La Plante, Women's Rugby World Cup, Sara Pascoe
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Lynda La Plante discusses her latest novel and lead character CSI Jessica Russell.
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Lionesses' Euros win, Nicola Benedetti
Mon 28 Jul 2025
We get reaction to the Lionesses' historic win over Spain, retaining their European title.
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Woman's Hour special: Women and gaming
Sun 27 Jul 2025
A Woman鈥檚 Hour series taking a deep dive into women and gaming.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Baroness Margaret Hodge, Dame Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter, Statues of women
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Former MP Margaret Hodge on why she wants women over 70 to be screened for breast cancer.
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Kathryn Harkup on Agatha Christie, Ofcom, Sexual violence in Haiti, Mistress Dispeller
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Kathryn Harkup on the science behind the fiction that inspired Agatha Christie鈥檚 plots.
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Gaza, Dame Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter, Yasmin Khan, Cyberflashing
Thu 24 Jul 2025
蜜芽传媒's Yolande Knell on the warning from aid organisations about mass starvation in Gaza.
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Scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Statues of women, Foreign aid cuts, Non-hormonal menopause pill
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on why the Space Shuttle programme was a game changer for women.
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Baroness Margaret Hodge, Racism in women's football, Author Georgina Moore
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Former MP Margaret Hodge on why she wants women over 70 to be screened for breast cancer.
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Water industry review, Actor Harriet Webb, Author Molly Jong-Fast
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Two female campaigners react to today's water industry review.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Helena Bonham Carter, Three-person DNA babies, Claire Waxman, Black Girl Gamers, Louise Candlish
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Actor Helena Bonham Carter on her new film, Four Letters of Love.
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Three-person DNA babies, Emer Kenny, Dangers of sexual strangulation
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people.
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Louise Candlish, Domestic abuse, Samara Joy, Women and gaming
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Bestselling author Louise Candlish on her latest novel, A Neighbour's Guide to Murder.
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Claire Waxman, Miranda Raison, Women in gaming
Wed 16 Jul 2025
What is the impact on victims of the record court delays?
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Author Holly Jackson, Black Girl Gamers, Constance Martin case
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Holly Jackson on why she's moved from YA fiction to writing a thriller for adults.
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Helena Bonham Carter, UEFA Women's Euro, Tuam, Women and gaming
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Actor Helena Bonham Carter joins Nuala to discuss her new film, Four Letters of Love.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: 7/7 attacks, Artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, Christine McGuinness, Fangirls, Fats Timbo, Katie Brayben
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Marking the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks with Gill Hicks and Kate Price.
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Katie Brayben, Maternal deaths, Fangirls
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Olivier Award-winner Katie Brayben on her role in Girl from the North Country.
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Southport inquiry, Cam, DCI Helen Tebbit
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Statements from parents of children who survived the 29 July attacks.
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Christine McGuiness, Dianaworld, Marcia Grant inquest, Weight loss ads
Wed 9 Jul 2025
How could your local playground better suit the needs of your child?
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Caroline Eshghi, Fats Timbo, Malaria drug for babies
Tue 8 Jul 2025
Caroline Eshghi, whose mother was jailed for historic abuse, wants sentencing law changed.
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7/7 attacks, Writer Bolu Babalola, SEND
Mon 7 Jul 2025
Marking the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks with Gill Hicks and Kate Price.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Fiona Shaw, Gurinder Chadha, Women Footballers, Fashion Disrupter Amy Powney
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Bafta-winning and Emmy-nominated actor Fiona Shaw on her new film, Hot Milk.
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UEFA's VP Laura McAllister, playwright Beth Steel, film director Gurinder Chadha
Fri 4 Jul 2025
On the eve of Wales' debut in the Euros, their former captain Laura McAllister joins us.
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Crying, Fashion disruptor Amy Powney, NHS 10-Year Plan, Novelist Esther Freud
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Why did the image of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, crying in Parliament cause a stir?
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Rachel Brosnahan, Jenny Evans, Annie MacManus on football
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Rachel Brosnahan on playing Lois Lane in the new Superman movie.
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Fiona Shaw, Prositution Law, Director Rebecca Frecknall
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Bafta-winning and Emmy-nominated actor Fiona Shaw on her newest film, Hot Milk.
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