Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Grease stars Olivia Moore & Jocasta Almgill, Female Bouncers & the Power of Silence
Sat 4 Jun 2022
The new production of Grease, what it’s like to be a Female Bouncer & Tahmima Aman.
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'Our Greatest Queens' with Anita Rani and Lady Antonia Fraser, Alison Weir, Kate Williams, Tracy Borman and Jung Chang
Fri 3 Jun 2022
Our Greatest Queens, from Eleanor of Acquitaine to Liliʻuokalani, the last Queen of Hawaii
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Kate Garner, Carly Perry, Kelly Lindsey, Kate Mosse, Bonnie Tyler, Dame Susan Ion, Charlotte Proudman
Thu 2 Jun 2022
Kate Garner with a musical tribute to Queen Elizbaeth II on her jubilee.
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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, Homes 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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