Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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World record sheep shearer, Cuts to part-time work benefits,Seoul Femicide, Actors:Hayley Mills & Rula Lenska, Author Ira Mathur
Fri 23 Sep 2022
What is it like being one of the few female sheep farmers in the UK?
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Anna Fedorova, Women and Gambling, Iran Demonstrations, The End of Covid, Japan's Under-35s Rejecting Marriage
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Concert pianist Anna Fedorova joins Emma to talk about the Ukraine Freedom Orchestra.
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Beige Flags, Prince Andrew, The Waste Land poem
Wed 21 Sep 2022
You may have heard of red flags but how about beige flags?
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The Queen's funeral, Male friendships, PM Liz Truss as diplomat, Death of Mahsa Amini in Iran
Tue 20 Sep 2022
We speak to one of the community volunteers invited to attend the Queen's state funeral.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Julia Gillard, Ophelia Lovibond, Medusa
Sat 17 Sep 2022
Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, pays tribute to the Queen
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Pregnant women in Pakistan, Salary transparency, Writer Lottie Mills, Clothes and grief
Fri 16 Sep 2022
The impact of the floods in Pakistan on pregnant women.
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Julia Gillard, Dame Sheila Hancock, Tree Climbing Champion and Abortion in Hungary
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Dame Sheila Hancock shares her memories of the Queen.
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The role of Princess Anne, Fracking, Medusa
Wed 14 Sep 2022
The Times' royal editor, Roya Nikkhah, speaks about the Princess Royal.
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The role of Queen Consort; Samantha Cameron, Ophelia Lovibond, Women's Institute
Tue 13 Sep 2022
How will Camilla, former Duchess of Cornwall, make the role of Queen Consort her own?
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Woman's Hour special following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Fri 9 Sep 2022
Woman's Hour special following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Why has the post of women's minister been scrapped? Car park composer, Brown Gal Can't Swim
Thu 8 Sep 2022
Prime Minister Liz Truss will not have a dedicated women's minister. Why?
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Liz Truss's first day as PM, breaking away from Judaism, Mursal Hedayat
Wed 7 Sep 2022
On Liz Truss's first full day as PM, Emma speaks to Baroness Gabby Bertin.
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Strictly's Motsi Mabuse, New PM priorities, Author Holly Bourne on female friendship, Women and cost of living crisis
Tue 6 Sep 2022
Strictly's Motsi Mabuse on her new autobiography.
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Why do Conservatives elect female leaders?
Mon 5 Sep 2022
The Conservative Party and female leaders and a midwife on board a search and rescue ship.
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Baroness Hale, Gossip, Women and unions, Becoming a mother when yours is dying, 'Frock Up Friday', Fangirls
Sat 3 Sep 2022
Baroness Hale on Roe v Wade, the barrister strikes and how rape cases are tried in the UK.
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'Frock up Friday', Sexual harassment in Parliament, Young Conservative women, Fan Girls, Exercising outside
Fri 2 Sep 2022
In three weeks during lockdown, 'Frock up Friday' had 10,000 members worldwide.
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Baroness Hale on Roe v Wade, Women missing out on state pensions; Lara Feigel, Becoming a mother when yours is dying
Thu 1 Sep 2022
Baroness Hale talks about the law on abortion in light of Roe v Wade being overturned.
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Friends Forever, Fangirls, Period justice and flood victims, Energy crisis and use of public facilities
Wed 31 Aug 2022
We begin a new series on female friendship and explore if fan girls can change the world.
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Outliving Mum, Women and Unions
Tue 30 Aug 2022
How does it feel to reach the age your mum was when she died? Women and trade unions.
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Gossip: why we love it, why we do it, professional gossips, & its use in novels, films and television
Mon 29 Aug 2022
Gossip: is there really a difference between the amount women and men indulge in it?
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Ukraine sponsorship, Quizzes, Matrilineal communities, Anorexia and sectioning, Public hair loss, Trapezing
Sat 27 Aug 2022
Listener week: One woman's experience of hosting an Ukrainian student.
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DJ BB, DJ Ritu, Dame Esther Rantzen, Ros Whitehouse, Dr Caroline Boyd, Joy Porter, Dr Mariaelena Huambachano
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Older Women DJs on the UK鈥檚 club scene
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Rosie's Plaques, Anorexia and Sectioning, Hormones and Learning to Trapeze
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Emma speaks to Rosie's Plaques, a group from Norwich memorialising brilliant daring women.
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Listener Week: 106 marathons in 106 days, Universal Basic Income, Widowhood
Wed 24 Aug 2022
Emma and Fay join Emma Barnett to talk about their mammoth marathon challenge.
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Listener week: Patriarchal wedding practices. Ukraine sponsorship. Rural bullying. Pubic hair loss in menopause
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Listener week: Patriarchal wedding practices. Ukraine. Pubic hair loss in menopause.
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Listener Week: a basic guide to economics, quizzes, ageing without children
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Stories suggested by listeners.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Pockets and women鈥檚 clothing, Russia鈥檚 Mother Heroine Award
Sat 20 Aug 2022
We look at life for women in Afghanistan one year on from the Taliban taking control.
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Sharon Horgan, Sport and periods, Fangirls
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Sharon Horgan and Eve Hewson on Bad Sisters.
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Britain's secret war babies, Naomi Stadlen, Health impacts of anal sex
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Mary, a 'secret war baby', tracks down her Black heritage in a Channel 4 documentary.
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Alison Rodgers, Dan Scorer, Ros Coward, Anita Anand, Sarah Class, Tracey Cox, Dr Tristram Wyatt
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Vabbing - the viral social media trend that proponents say could help you attract a mate.
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