Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Episodes to download
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Sugababes, Kate Summerscale & Kamila Shamsie, The History of Abortion
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Pop legends the Sugababes on their 'new chapter'.
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Lockdown babies, Breast cancer study, Femgore, Chess Masters
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Five years on from Covid lockdown, what's been the impact on babies born during that time?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Sara Davies, Neath RFC tweet, Ramadan health, Frankie Bridge
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Sara Davies, best known as an investor on Dragon's Den, on success in business and life.
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Country singer Lainey Wilson, Sodium Valporate, Women and war in fiction
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Grammy award-winning country singer Lainey Wilson explains why country is cool again.
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Endometriosis pill, Bollywood star Radhika Apte, Ramadan health
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Endometriosis pill, Bollywood actor Radhika Apte, Ramadan health.
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Employment Rights Bill, SEND, Neath RFC tweet, Spitfire Girls
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Katie, 17, on her experience of SEND and what she'd like to see from the government.
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Businesswoman Sara Davies, Holiday without kids, Restless Leg Syndrome
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Sara Davies, best known as an investor on Dragon's Den, joins Nuala.
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Toxic Town, Women in counter terrorism policing, Climbing Everest
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Why did some families in Corby win a financial settlement in 2010?
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Twiggy, Misogyny and boys, Lucy Edwards, Segregation, Mhairi Black, Nieve Ella
Sat 8 Mar 2025
Twiggy: the defining figure and fashion icon of the swinging Sixties.
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Mhairi Black, Women's boxing, Helen Castor and Rosanna Pike on writing history
Fri 7 Mar 2025
Former MP Mhairi Black on her new career as a stand-up comedian.
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Millie Bobby Brown's video, Tuppence Middleton on OCD, 30 years of Lush
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Stranger Things star hits out at 'bullying' about her appearance in press.
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New womb cancer swab test, the legacy of the last woman hanged, music from Nieve Ella
Wed 5 Mar 2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Obesity and children, How carers are coping, Lucy Edwards' new book
Tue 4 Mar 2025
As new figures predict a rise in obesity, how can families approach this tricky topic?
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Twiggy, Trauma cards, Lesbian Lines
Mon 3 Mar 2025
Twiggy: the defining figure and fashion icon of the swinging Sixties.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie, Esther Ghey, Nnedi Okorafor, Same Dress Different Bodies, Fostering, Rory
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are currently starring in Backstroke, a new play in London.
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Simone Ashley, The Tate brothers, Fostering siblings, Driving instructors
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Bridgerton and Sex Education star Simone Ashley discusses her new romcom.
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Pornography review, Padel, Esther Ghey, Rory
Thu 27 Feb 2025
How to create a safer world and the challenge of regulating online pornography.
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Tim Westwood, Same Dress Different Bodies, LeighAnn McCready, Fatma Said
Wed 26 Feb 2025
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondent Chi Chi Izundu on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ investigation into the DJ Tim Westwood.
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Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie, Carers march, Botox and friendships
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are currently starring in Backstroke, a new play in London.
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Southport dance teacher Leanne Lucas, Indira Varma, German elections, Nnedi Okorafor
Mon 24 Feb 2025
We hear from the dance teacher who saved many children in the Southport knife attack.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Raising the ‘Sen-betweeners’, Signs of teenage exploitation, Formula One, Nussaibah Younis, Egg-freezing
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Lisa Lloyd on raising neurodivergent children.
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Jess Phillips MP, Luis Rubiales case, author Nussaibah Younis
Fri 21 Feb 2025
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Office minister Jess Phillips on launch of Raneem's Law.
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Sexism in British kitchens, Clueless the musical, Non-harassment orders in Scotland, Raising the 'Sen-betweeners'
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Chefs and hospitality professionals are calling out what they call sexism in kitchens
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Women's Tennis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Formula 1, Lambrini Girls
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Looking at how vulnerable professional female tennis players can be on and off the court.
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Afghan government rebel over women's rights, Egg freezing, Indian Sportswoman of the Year
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Why are members of the Afghan Cabinet speaking out over women's rights?
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Nao, Women in Ukraine, Signs of teenage exploitation
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Singer-songwriter Nao talks about fame, motherhood, her new album and performs live.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: EastEnders 40th anniversary, Grandparenting, Maternal mental health
Sat 15 Feb 2025
Matriarchal women and strong female storylines from 40 years of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½1's iconic soap opera.
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Hayley Atwell, Grandparenting, Post-natal depression
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Is Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy Much Ado About Nothing the original romcom?
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EastEnders 40th anniversary: A Woman's Hour special
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Woman’s Hour live from Albert Square, as part of the EastEnders 40th anniversary.
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Parole and victims, Met Police vetting, Women’s Prize for Non-fiction
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Ellie Wilson on why she’s campaigning for victims to be admitted to parole hearings.
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