Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Grease stars Olivia Moore and Jocasta Almgill. Author Julie Myerson. Restorative justice.
Tue 31 May 2022
Grease stars Olivia Moore and Jocasta Almgill. Author Julie Myerson. Restorative justice.,
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Hannah Fry, Female Bouncers, Ukrainian Refugees
Mon 30 May 2022
Hannah Fry on her new documentary, Making Sense of Cancer.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Amara Okereke as Eliza Doolittle, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Sean O'Neill on his late daughter's ME
Sat 28 May 2022
A recent landmark report reveals 75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work.
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The play Lotus Beauty, Women in Agriculture & America’s Sterilisation policy
Fri 27 May 2022
The salon Lotus Beauty, women in farming and forced sterilisation in the US.
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ABBA Voyage, rape disclosure, Katie Hickman, cost of living, women of colour & racism in the workplace
Thu 26 May 2022
Forty years since their last concert, ABBA are once again performing.
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Roxanne Tahbaz, Mina Smallman, Amara Okereke on playing Eliza Doolittle
Wed 25 May 2022
Roxanne Tahbaz speaks to Emma about her father's detention in Iran.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe talks to Emma Barnett
Tue 24 May 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells her own story, exclusively to Emma Barnett.
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Mary Anning statue, Sean O'Neill and daughter's death from ME, Social care
Mon 23 May 2022
Sean O'Neill on the death of his eldest daughter Maeve from ME.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Siobhan McSweeney, Anne-Marie Duff, Mel C
Sat 21 May 2022
The actor who plays Sister Michael in Derry Girls joins us.
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US singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman, Laura Bates, Menstrual leave/abortion reform in Spain, Feminine power & goddesses
Fri 20 May 2022
Two-time Grammy nominee Beth Nielsen Chapman sings live in the Woman's Hour studio.
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Actor Anne Marie Duff, Chinese feminism, the story of Henrietta Howard
Thu 19 May 2022
Actor Anne Marie Duff. Chinese feminism. Who was Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk?
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Helen Fitzgerald, Abortion Clinic Harassment, Nuns and Juliet Stevenson on Acting Your Age
Wed 18 May 2022
Author Helen Fitzgerald on sibling rivalry and a nun who's found fame on Tiktok.
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Kate Rusby, Gay Women and Sport, Motor Racing
Tue 17 May 2022
Kate Rusby, one of the UK’s leading folk singers, talks about her latest album.
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Girl Bands, Period Tracking Apps, Couples Therapy
Mon 16 May 2022
Mel C from the Spice Girls discusses the end of Little Mix.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Emeli Sandé, Abi Morgan, Sophie Willan
Sat 14 May 2022
We meet best-selling singer and songwriter Emeli Sandé.
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Alice Urbach, Your children's friends, Katrina and The Waves
Fri 13 May 2022
Alice Urbach wrote Cooking the Viennese Way!, but her name was removed. Why?
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Michelle Kholos Brooks, Monica McWilliams, Mandy Garner, Cecilia Floren, Sophie Willan
Thu 12 May 2022
The women who tasted Adolf Hitler’s food.
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Jules Montague on diagnosis, Abortion in the US, A scratch and sniff T-shirt, Disabled children in Ukraine
Wed 11 May 2022
Former consultant neurologist Jules Montague joins us to discuss her new book on diagnosis
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Abi Morgan, Toddlers running errands, Suzie Miller
Tue 10 May 2022
Award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan on loss, illness and her powerful new memoir.
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Emeli Sandé, Depp v Heard, Afghanistan
Mon 9 May 2022
The musician Emeli Sandé joins Emma in the studio.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Peggy Seeger, Exam Stress, Candice Carty-Williams
Sat 7 May 2022
Author Candice Carty-Williams on the complex nature of families.
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Artificial wombs, exam stress, and celebrating the role of grandmothers
Fri 6 May 2022
Artificial wombs, how parents can help their children deal with exams, music from Toshi.
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Adele Roberts, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½s for Ukraine - Judith and Oksana, Sylvia Young, Ruth Dodsworth
Thu 5 May 2022
The award-winning Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts on her bowel cancer journey
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04/05/2022
Wed 4 May 2022
Anne Robinson, Testosterone and menopause, No- fault evictions, cut flowers, thread lifts.
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Candice Carty-Williams, Russian Feminist Protestors, Roe v Wade
Tue 3 May 2022
The author Candice Carty-Williams on her new novel, People Person.
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Women and Folk Music
Mon 2 May 2022
Emma interviews Peggy Seeger and learns about female collectors and folk performers today.
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TV presenter Julia Bradbury, Dame Margaret Beckett, Aunties, Porn in Parliament, BMX champion Bethany Shriever, Jude Rogers
Sat 30 Apr 2022
The TV presenter Julia Bradbury on life after her breast cancer diagnosis.
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Maya Sondhi, Aunties, Consulate Failings
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Maya Sondhi was in Silent Witness & Line of Duty. Now she's written her own police series.
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Julia Bradbury, Porn in Parliament, Female Life of Pi
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Julia Bradbury joins Emma to discuss her documentary Breast Cancer and Me.
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