Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Tom Parker's widow on handling grief and her decision to take off her wedding ring.
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Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Tom Parker's widow on dealing with grief and deciding to take off her wedding rings.
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Mistresses, Ultrasound 'bra', Diane Foley, Black girls in education
Thu 22 Feb 2024
How society's view of the 'other woman' and mistresses has changed in recent decades.
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Ukraine children, Director of Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock, The implications of a new AI study on the brain
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Eleven Ukrainian children deported to Russia will soon be reunited with their families.
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Tracey Crouch MP, Marina Litvinenko, Author Kiley Reid
Tue 20 Feb 2024
The Conservative MP and former minister on why she is standing down at the next election.
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Aisling Bea, Profile of Yulia Navalnaya, Carmen Smith, Wellness v stoicism
Mon 19 Feb 2024
The comedy and acting star Aisling Bea discusses her latest show, Alice and Jack.
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Lorraine Kelly, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Sat 17 Feb 2024
Lorraine Kelly on her debut novel and her inspiration for writing.
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Lorraine Kelly, Actor and boxer Kali Reis, Presenter Gemma Cairney
Fri 16 Feb 2024
Lorraine Kelly discusses 40 years on breakfast TV and her first novel, The Island Swimmer.
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Rain Newton-Smith, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Homelessness
Thu 15 Feb 2024
CBI's chief exec Rain Newton-Smith on reforming the culture of the business lobby group.
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Surviving cancer five times, Government's independent rape advisor, Miners’ strike 40 years on, My Life with the Walter Boys
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Dr Natalie Yates-Bolton on surviving cancer five times.
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Joanne Froggatt and Dr Rachel Clarke, Minette Batters, NFU, Israel/Gaza war
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Dr Rachel Clarke and actor Joanne Froggatt discuss the new ITV series Breathtaking.
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Bryony Gordon, Israel-Gaza war, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Bryony on her latest book, Mad Woman.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Rhianon Bragg, Businesswoman and entrepreneur Emma Grede, Amelia Earhart’s legacy
Sat 10 Feb 2024
Rhianon’s story of being held at gunpoint by her ex-partner.
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TikTok sleuths, Widows, Politicising Taylor Swift, Surgery critics 'silenced'
Fri 9 Feb 2024
Questioning the morality behind the trend for social media sleuths who investigate cheats.
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Vapes, Phoebe Dynevor and Amelia Earhart's legacy
Thu 8 Feb 2024
The Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza joins Emma in the studio.
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Businesswoman and entrepreneur Emma Grede, Crystal Hefner, Social media algorithms and misogyny
Wed 7 Feb 2024
Businesswoman Emma Grede, known for her collaborations with the Kardashian sisters.
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Rhianon Bragg, Women of Substance, ultramarathon runner Allie Bailey
Tue 6 Feb 2024
Rhianon was held at gunpoint by her ex-partner, who is due to be released from jail soon
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Ambika Mod, Forgiveness, Grandparent classes, Grammys
Mon 5 Feb 2024
The actor taking on the role of Emma in Netflix's adaptation of bestselling novel One Day.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Candace Bushnell, Lisa St Aubin de Terán, Ideological Gender Gap
Sat 3 Feb 2024
Author of Sex and the City on her new one-woman tour.
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Candace Bushnell, No Queens in Europe, Early Years recruitment
Fri 2 Feb 2024
The original Carrie Bradshaw on the success of her creation: Sex and the City.
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Kaye Adams, Chemical attack, Gender gap, Saint Brigid
Thu 1 Feb 2024
Loose Women star Kaye Adams says 10-year battle with HMRC left her feeling 'gaslit'.
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Arlene Foster, french women and high heels
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Former DUP leader Arlene Foster on a return to devolution in Northern Ireland.
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Misogyny in the music industry, author Lisa St Aubin de Terán, cervical smears
Tue 30 Jan 2024
We look at a hard-hitting new report on the treatment of women in the UK music industry.
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Fasting and women, Conscription, Cuteness exhibition
Mon 29 Jan 2024
How should men and women approach fasting differently?
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Long Covid, Professor Jo Phoenix tribunal victory, Paying children for chores
Sat 27 Jan 2024
The doctors planning to sue the NHS over inadequate PPE provision.
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Lauren Sequeira, Rape misconceptions, Singer Julia Bullock
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Lauren Sequeira tells Anita about her 'dark and sexy' new drama, Domino Day.
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Long Covid, Holocaust Memorial Day, Princess Superstar
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Doctors are planning to sue the NHS over inadequate PPE, one of them joins us live.
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Claire Waxman, Victims' Bill, China birth rate, D-Mer Study, Academy Award nominations
Wed 24 Jan 2024
The Victim’s and Prisoner’s Bill: Claire Waxman on the amendments she is campaigning for.
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Professor Jo Phoenix tribunal victory, Actor Sarah Greene
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Professor Jo Phoenix has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University.
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DJ Paulette, Abortion, Vinted co-founder, Childcare
Mon 22 Jan 2024
One of the first women to DJ at the Hacienda in Manchester on her 30-year career.
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