Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife
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Feminist porn, Karen Millen, I Can Hear The Cuckoo, Forced marriage
Thu 18 May 2023
Erika Lust makes adult films that focus on female pleasure and ethical production.
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Suranne Jones, Housing, Eating disorders, Physicist Professor Dame Athene Donald
Wed 17 May 2023
Bafta-winning actor Suranne Jones talks about her latest role in a new three-part drama
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Calls for allergy tsar, Men and contraception, Judy Blume books
Tue 16 May 2023
Two mothers call for an allergy tsar.
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Can trauma in childhood become a driving force for success in later life?
Mon 15 May 2023
Can trauma in childhood become a driving force for success in later life?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Activist Masih Alinejad, Malorie Blackman, Bel Powley and Kate Ferdinand
Sat 13 May 2023
Iranian activist Masih Alinejad on her fight for women’s rights in Iran.
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Maureen Lipman, Kate Ferdinand, Power Lister Rimla Akhtar, Women ambassadors
Fri 12 May 2023
Dame Maureen Lipman on bringing her one-woman play Rose to the West End.
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Operation Identify Me, Iran, Rosie & Chris Ramsey, Race Across the World
Thu 11 May 2023
Interpol are asking for help to identify 22 murdered women whose names are a mystery.
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Malorie Blackman, Trump verdict, Kitemark for female-founded firms, Netball
Wed 10 May 2023
Bestselling children's author Malorie Blackman talks about her memoir, Just Sayin'.
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Bel Powley, UTIs, Thai Elections, Theatre for Teenagers, Under Pressure
Tue 9 May 2023
Bel Powley on playing Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank.
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Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times
Mon 8 May 2023
Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Maternal mental health; Actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd & Comedy drama Black Ops
Sat 6 May 2023
Perinatal mental illness, actors Diane Ladd and Laura Dern, and Black Ops.
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Plaid Cymru & culture of harassment, Egg freezing, Taylor Swift, Lisa Selby & Blue Bag Life, Wrexham and DJ Katie Owen
Fri 5 May 2023
The review that found a culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny within Plaid Cymru.
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Maternal mental health, Ellie Goldstein, Kneelers, Black Ops, Power List
Thu 4 May 2023
Ellie Goldstein, the first model with Down's syndrome to star on the front cover of Vogue.
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Ellie Wilson, Women-only tower block, Rejection, Women's Hour
Wed 3 May 2023
Ellie Wilson on why she's waived her right to anonymity and become a campaigner.
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Caregivers, What do we know about Queen Charlotte, Ukrainian musical prodigies
Tue 2 May 2023
Two writers discuss the experience of caring for their mothers.
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Actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, Nurses Strikes, Sarah Gilmartin
Mon 1 May 2023
Actors Diane Ladd and Laura Dern.
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Ruby Wax, Abortion in Ireland, Jo Hansford MBE and Comedian Zoe Lyons
Sat 29 Apr 2023
Ruby Wax on spending 10 days cut off from the modern world on a desert island.
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Ruby Wax, Murty women, Summer clothes, National Baby Female choreographers
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Ruby Wax on being on a deserted island and the change in NHS maternity services since 1948
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Kingship, Fibromyalgia, Trump, Ireland abortion
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Anita Rani considers the issue of gender and sovereignty.
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Women in Sudan, Jo Hansford, Paula Barker MP, Author Fran Hill
Wed 26 Apr 2023
How are women being impacted by the conflict in Sudan?
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Stella Assange, Sexual assaults in hospitals, Comedian Zoe Lyons on her midlife crisis
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Nurses are set to be given body-worn cameras in a crackdown on hospital sexual assaults.
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Russian feminism, Adele Roberts, Under Pressure - Kate and Annie, ACL injuries in women's sport
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Could feminism be reclassified as an 'extremist' ideology in Russia?
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Lynn Nottage, Maggie Murphy, CBI Investigations, Race across the world, Emergency alerts, Therapy speak
Sat 22 Apr 2023
The latest on claims about the CBI and award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.
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Rachel Weisz, Lewes FC, Adele Roberts Marathon Challenge
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Oscar winner Rachel Weisz joins Anita Rani to talk about her new series Dead Ringers.
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Cost of living, Lynn Nottage, Gel manicures, 'Rosewater' by Liv Little
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Lynn Nottage, the only woman to have won the Pulitzer prize for drama twice.
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Disparities in maternal deaths, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, Ellie Downie, Emergency Alert System, Small Pipes
Tue 18 Apr 2023
No. 4 on the Woman’s Hour Power list, Ellie Downie, the former European Champion gymnast.
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Lolita Chakrabarti, Ian Paterson investigations, Therapy speak, Child sexual abuse in Uganda, Girl’s World
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Award-winning playwright and actor Lolita Chakrabarti and more Ian Paterson investigations
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Hadley Freeman, Baroness Warsi, Derry Girls' actors Siobhan McSweeney and Louisa Harland on the London stage, AI, Emma Booth
Sat 15 Apr 2023
Hadley Freeman on her memoir Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia.
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Remembering Mary Quant, Hen parties, Architect Sumayya Vally, WH Power list change-maker Emma Booth
Fri 14 Apr 2023
The rise of the 'healthy hen do'.
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