Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Loneliness, Lucy Calcines, Nicole Travolta, Kids at risk
Thu 3 Aug 2023
How to cope with feelings of loneliness and, if possible, reframe them.
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Accusations against Lizzo, Power Lister Jodie Ounsley, Concepts of renaissance beauty, Loneliness, Rock Follies musical
Wed 2 Aug 2023
The latest on the accusations made against pop star Lizzo with a correspondent in LA.
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Air pollution and pregnancy, BookTok, Loneliness and health
Tue 1 Aug 2023
The woman who walked out of Facebook HQ with 22,000 photos of documents tells us why.
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Author Jane Fallon, Two mothers talk about daughters' deaths, Netball World Cup, Young women and loneliness, Nouhaila Benzina
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Best-selling author Jane Fallon on her latest novel, Over Sharing.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Grenfell play, Date Stacking
Sat 29 Jul 2023
What role should men play in stopping sexist behaviour?
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Women's Football World Cup, Black Beauty, Women in the city, Italian Lifeguard
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Live coverage of the Women's World Cup game between England and Denmark
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Sinead O'Connor tribute, Singapore is scheduled to execute a woman, Scottish women artists, Date stacking, Femorabilia.
Thu 27 Jul 2023
We hear a special performance that Sin茅ad O'Connor gave to Woman鈥檚 Hour in 2013.
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Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Beauty Salons close in Afghanistan, Chief Midwife
Wed 26 Jul 2023
What role should men play in stopping sexist behaviour?
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Narcissistic mothers, Grenfell play, Orca whale mothers & their sons
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Two psychotherapists discuss parenting and narcissism.
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Post botulinum toxin experiences, Photographing all your objects, FGM
Mon 24 Jul 2023
New research into adverse events following the administration of botulinum toxin.
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Mina Smallman, Flexible working laws, Dr Gladys McGarey, Barbie set design and The Wizard of Oz
Sat 22 Jul 2023
Explanation of the new flexible working laws, and Mina Smallman on police accountability.
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Barbie, Spain's election, Rallycross driver Catie Munnings, Author and comedian Andi Osho
Fri 21 Jul 2023
The creation of the new Barbie film.
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Roisin Murphy, World Cup 2023, US abortion, Flexible working
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Irish singer-songwriter Roisin Murphy's hip-hop-influenced music about life and death.
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Police Accountability, Wizard of Oz, Phubbing, World Cup song
Wed 19 Jul 2023
We speak to Mina Smallman from the launch of the Alliance for Police Accountability.
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Zoe Salda帽a, Yomi Adegoke, Guardianship, Lunar module engineer
Tue 18 Jul 2023
The star of Avatar and Star Trek joins Nuala to discuss her new series about female spies.
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Hope Powell, Dr Gladys McGarey, Deirdre O'Kane, suicide and young women
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Women's World Cup kicks off this week with England among the favourites.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Welfare Support at Sandhurst, Women Plumbers, Flying with Children
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Exclusive broadcast interview with Louise Townsend, the mother of Olivia Perks.
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Having a sick sibling, Boxing pioneers, Abortion in Iran, Where do you keep your awards?
Fri 14 Jul 2023
What do you learn growing up as the sibling of someone who is very ill?
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Crime, Robotics, Narcissism, Flamenco
Thu 13 Jul 2023
44% of women who experienced a crime in the past year chose not to report it to police.
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Welfare support at Sandhurst, Women's Ashes, Rape trials in Scotland
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Exclusive broadcast interview with Louise Townsend, the mother of Olivia Perks.
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Flying with children, Comedian Rosie Jones, wedding party wax seals, Theo Clarke MP birth trauma, Anorexia Nervosa treatment
Tue 11 Jul 2023
The comedian Rosie Jones who has cerebral palsy talks about her new personal documentary
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The effect of being a victim in high profile cases, Ruchira Gupta, Women Plumbers Women & premature deaths, Story of Ana Obreg贸n
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Patricia Clarke on her podcast, 'Modern Family: I Had My Dead Son鈥檚 Baby at 68'.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Caitlin Moran, Trichotillomania, Prison Officers, TikTok Nans, Olivia Dean
Sat 8 Jul 2023
Best-selling author Caitlin Moran on turning her hand to writing about men.
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Should convictions for trafficking victims be overturned?, Author Gabrielle Zevin, and Nan's on Tik Tok
Fri 7 Jul 2023
We hear the case of 'Tina', whose criminal conviction is limiting her work opportunities.
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Caitlin Moran, Ellie Simmonds, Esperanza Spalding, Brandi Morin
Thu 6 Jul 2023
What About Men? Caitlin Moran takes on the modern man in a book.
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Trichotillomania, Singer-songwriter Olivia Dean, Sexual harassment in schools
Wed 5 Jul 2023
Trichotillomania and the secret shame of pulling your hair out.
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Probation and domestic abuse, Gravestone recipes, Black and menopausal
Tue 4 Jul 2023
Exploring recipes found on gravestones.
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Christina Lamb on Victoria Amelina, Alex South, Actor Beth Alsbury, Debbie and Helen Singer, Female photographers
Mon 3 Jul 2023
Former prison officer Alex South, actor Beth Alsbury and journalist Christina Lamb.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Olivia Colman, Rosamund Pike, Managing your Energy Levels
Sat 1 Jul 2023
Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman on working with a domestic violence prevention charity.
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Olivia Colman, Undercover policing inquiry, Afua Hirsch, Lottie Jackson
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Award-winning actress Olivia Colman on working with a domestic violence prevention charity
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