Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Part-time work, sexual violence in conflict, graphic novel No Surrender
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Why are there so few decently paid part-time jobs?
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Ricki Lake talks about latest project. Sexual abuse in the navy. China protests. Camilla's Squad.
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Ricki Lake on her new documentary, The Business of Birth Control.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: stalking, long-term relationships and why they fail, women boxers, the clitoris, Andrea Riseborough
Sat 26 Nov 2022
A candid chat with Andrea Riseborough & ten years of stalking laws: what has changed?
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Women Boxers, Naming Sexual Predators, Fathers & Daughters, Sexual Health over 65
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Susannah Schofield promoting and supporting women boxers.
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Lady Glenconner, Ukraine, Clever girls, The Clitoris
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Lady Glenconner, lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret for three decades, on her new memoir
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Andrea Riseborough, Egg Freezing, Women in Qatar
Wed 23 Nov 2022
Andrea Riseborough on her latest role in Mathilda and egg freezing - is it worth it?
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Long-term relationships and why they fail, football and politics, Brain of Britain, Susan Seidelman
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Why is it that we so often struggle or fail in marriages or long term partnerships?
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Ten Years of Stalking Laws: 'Changing attitudes is harder than changing the law'
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Woman's Hour looks at stalking in England and Wales, ten years on from the law change.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: 蜜芽传媒 100, Auntie Beeb with Mel Giedroyc, Incels, Women in Space
Sat 19 Nov 2022
We ask Mel Giedroyc and Professor Jean Seaton why the 蜜芽传媒 is known as Auntie
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Jill Goldston, Internet Watch Foundation report, Getaway Girls in Leeds, Cash for Babies Scandal
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Jill Goldston: possibly Britain's most prolific 'extra'.
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The Big Swing鈥檚 Georgina Jackson and Emma Smith. Bronwyn Curtis, Vicky Pryce, Dr Kaitlyn Regehr and Ben Zand
Thu 17 Nov 2022
The world's first double female fronted big band.
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Poet Joelle Taylor, Fantasy Football and Yusra Mardini and Sally El Hosaini
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Poet Joelle Taylor, winner of the Polari Prize and the rise of women in Fantasy Football.
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Practical advice for anxious mothers. Burns specialist Professor Fiona Wood. Iran protests
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Practical advice for anxious mothers. Burns specialist Professor Fiona Wood. Tampon tax .
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蜜芽传媒 100 - Kim Moore poem with women's voices, Auntie Beeb with Mel Giedroyc, former MP Anne Milton on Gavin Williamson
Mon 14 Nov 2022
The voices of women across the last century, via a specially commissioned Kim Moore poem.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: LeAnn Rimes, Women in the Royal Navy, Althea McNish
Sat 12 Nov 2022
The How Do I Live singer discuss her new album, turning 40 and growing up in the spotlight
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LeAnn Rimes, Professor Julie Cupples, Fiona Macintosh, Ebinehita Iyere, Professor Asma Khalil
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Singer LeAnn Rimes talks to Anita Rani.
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Woman in the Royal Navy 'was raped on ship'
Thu 10 Nov 2022
A woman who served in the Royal Navy speaks about being raped while serving on a ship.
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Women's Rugby League World Cup, Matt Hancock in the jungle, Friends Forever - Nina, US midterms
Wed 9 Nov 2022
The women's ambassador for the Rugby League World Cup on how to get more women involved.
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Textile designer Althea McNish, Albanian female asylum seekers, endurance athlete Jenny Tough
Tue 8 Nov 2022
Crime writer Denise Mina on why she has changed her twitter display name to Elon Musk.
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Lorna Luft on White Christmas. Mussolini's daughter. COP 27
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Lorna Luft on her role in White Christmas. Plus a new biography of Mussolini's daughter.
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Beth Mead, Female doctors and the menopause, Donna Patterson, Policing, Shonda Rhimes & Betsy Beers, Caroline and Rose Quentin
Sat 5 Nov 2022
Beth Mead, England Women's Player of the Year on Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022.
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Anne Longfield, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Sudha Bhuchar, Claire Mason, Romy Gill
Fri 4 Nov 2022
Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, the women behind Netflix hit Bridgerton.
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Dame Sharon White - Chair of John Lewis, Beth Mead, Caroline and Rose Quentin
Thu 3 Nov 2022
Dame Sharon White, the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership speaks to Emma.
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Cat Power, US Midterms, Hope Boxes, writer Yasmin El-Rifae
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Cat Power on music, motherhood and honouring rock and roll icon Bob Dylan.
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What's a feminist city look like? Female doctors and the menopause. Jan Etherington on bickering.
Tue 1 Nov 2022
What does a feminist city look like? Jan Etherington on bickering.
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Donna Patterson, Running in the dark, Tammy Faye Musical
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Donna Patterson speaks about winning an employment tribunal against supermarket Morrisons.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: climate activist Vanessa Nakate, rogue landlords, deepfake porn, Goth fashion, the state of child care
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Vanessa Nakate on what she wants to hear from world leaders ahead of the COP27 summit
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Childcare in the UK: does it need an overhaul?
Fri 28 Oct 2022
How can an accessible, affordable, high quality childcare system be developed in the UK?
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Rogue refuges update, Una Marson, Agony aunts, Iran
Thu 27 Oct 2022
How can rogue landlords who exploit survivors of domestic abuse be stopped?
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Hygiene Poverty, Hanna Flint, Lumberjills
Wed 26 Oct 2022
As the cost of living crisis continues we discuss hygiene poverty.
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