Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Dame Margaret Beckett MP. Author Susan Cain. And helping women get a job.
Tue 26 Apr 2022
Dame Margaret Beckett MP. Author Susan Cain. And helping women get a job.
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Ladies of Letters with Tessa Peake-Jones and Gwyneth Strong; Caroline Nokes MP on Angela Rayner
Mon 25 Apr 2022
The female stars of Only Fools and Horses team up again for Ladies of Letters.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Francis Fricker, baby loss, female con artists, the metaverse and online safety bill, women and boxing
Sat 23 Apr 2022
Rhian from Wet Leg, the indie rock band whose debut album shot to number 1 last week.
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Wet Leg's Rhian, HRT shortage, Women and boxing
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Rhian Teasdale from the band Wet Leg.
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Bonnie Langford celebrates 50 years of performing, Frances Fricker, Divorce - a male perspective, Lipoedema treatment
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Celebrating a career spanning 50 years - Bonnie Langford.
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Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D鈥橝rcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Women and stand up paddleboarding.
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Fiona Hill, Baby loss, Why do we lie?
Tue 19 Apr 2022
Foreign policy advisor to three US presidents, Fiona Hill, on the war in Ukraine.
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The Female Con Artist
Mon 18 Apr 2022
From Inventing Anna to The Dropout, why are female con artists enjoying a cultural moment?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Anya Taylor-Joy, Arlene Phillips and Oti Mabuse, Lone Female Ukrainian Refugees
Sat 16 Apr 2022
The Queen's Gambit actor Anya Taylor-Joy on her new film and female friendships.
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Diane Morgan, Clinic Investigation, Divorce
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Philomena Cunk, Mandy and Liz in Motherland; some of the parts played by Diane Morgan.
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Meera Syal in 'Roar', Women prisoners facing racism report, 'Goblin mode', Single women Ukrainian refugees, Esme Young
Thu 14 Apr 2022
'Roar'- a new series of 'darkly comic fables'- includes Meera Syal as Anu,
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Dame Barbara Woodward; Maggie Oliver on police apology to grooming victims
Wed 13 Apr 2022
The woman who is the UK's permanent representative to the UN talks about Ukraine.
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Actor Anya Taylor-Joy, Rosie Duffield MP, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Celia Paul and Gwen John
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Actor Anya Taylor-Joy discusses her latest film, The Northman.
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The Cher Show with Oti Mabuse and Arlene Phillips, Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Mon 11 Apr 2022
The director and choreographer of a new musical about the pop icon Cher.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Ellie Simmonds, No-fault divorce, Educating Afghan girls and SMS education
Sat 9 Apr 2022
No-fault divorce: The biggest reform of divorce law for 50 years.
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Saffron Hocking, French presidential elections, Midwives, Afghan girls and SMS education, Author Jendella Benson
Fri 8 Apr 2022
Netflix鈥檚 Top Boy star who plays Lauryn, Saffron Hocking.
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Grace Lavery, Maternity Services Nottinghamshire, Life After Divorce
Thu 7 Apr 2022
Emma speaks to transgender scholar Grace Lavery and investigates a new maternity scandal.
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Woman's Hour Phone-In: No-Fault Divorce
Wed 6 Apr 2022
No-fault divorce becomes law today - what impact will that have on you?
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Rape in war, Single-sex spaces, No-fault divorce
Tue 5 Apr 2022
Rape as an instrument of war in Ukraine.
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Ellie Simmonds: British Paralympian swimmer, Gynaecology waiting lists, Threads, Ukranian Dancers, Meriel Beale,
Mon 4 Apr 2022
Paralympic five time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds.
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Sister Bliss, DC Comics character, Nubia, the Ockenden Review, Lucy Easthope, Ukrainian MPs, Listener Dorothy
Sat 2 Apr 2022
DJ Sister Bliss and Professor Lauren Stewart discuss the impact of music on our mood.
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Nubya, Justyna Wydrzynska, Ramadan and Parasocial relationships
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Anita speaks to the cartoonist Robyn Smith about Nubia the first Black superwoman.
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Donna Ockenden and The Ockenden Review
Thu 31 Mar 2022
The Ockenden Review, the biggest maternity scandal in the NHS's history.
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Sister Bliss, Lucy Easthope, Rachel Maclean on Domestic Abuse Plan, Ockenden Review
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Sister Bliss and Professor Lauren Stewart on the power of music to affect our emotions.
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Ella Jarmulska, Dr Caitlin Dean, Nicola Cutcher, Professor Marian Knight, Rose Gallagher, Threads, Marion Lees McPherson
Tue 29 Mar 2022
The women helping to rescue women and children fleeing Ukraine
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Ukrainian MPs, Women Surgeons, Remember Monday
Mon 28 Mar 2022
We speak to three MPs who are members of the Women鈥檚 Diplomatic Battalion of Ukraine.
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Body hair, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks out, UK ambassador to Ukraine, Actor Ruth Wilson, Kinship care, Duvets
Sat 26 Mar 2022
Where's the body hair in period drama?
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Separate duvets, Asma Khan, South Asian women in Regency England
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Using two duvets to help your sleep and your relationship.
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Actor Ruth Wilson. Kinship Care. Rear Admiral Jude Terry. Body hair in history.
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Actor Ruth Wilson talks to Emma Barnett about her latest roles on stage and screen.
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Ash Barty retires from tennis, Growing up in poverty, Shame, Threads, Men and sexual entitlement
Wed 23 Mar 2022
At 25, Ash Barty walks away from tennis as the world's number one player.
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