Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Earthshot Prize winner, High blood pressure in childhood, Wild Cherry drama
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Friendship is an NGO in Bangladesh which started out operating floating hospitals.
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Fatherhood, Laura Mulvey, Women's football stadiums
Wed 12 Nov 2025
What makes a good dad? We discuss.
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Illegal weight-loss drugs, Actor Jackie Clune, Birth scrolls
Tue 11 Nov 2025
We discuss the rise in illegal weight-loss drugs made by criminal gangs.
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Christine Flack, New Ofsted school grading, Emma Barnett
Mon 10 Nov 2025
Christine Flack on the death of her daughter, the presenter Caroline Flack.
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Margaret Atwood memoir, Cat Burns, Choking Porn Law, Dame Elaine Paige
Sat 8 Nov 2025
Feminist and literary icon Margaret Atwood looks back across her career.
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Elaine Paige, Nova Reid on Jocelyn Barrow, Pauline Collins
Fri 7 Nov 2025
West End star Dame Elaine Paige looks back over her stellar musical theatre career.
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Cat Burns, Pakistan's period tax, Mary Earps
Thu 6 Nov 2025
The Traitor and Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter tells all.
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Margaret Atwood memoir, Racism in public services, Is having a boyfriend embarassing?
Wed 5 Nov 2025
Feminist and literary icon Margaret Atwood looks back across her career.
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Teenage boys and AI, Lynsey Addario, Choking porn law
Tue 4 Nov 2025
How and why are teenage boys using AI for therapy and romance?
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Fertility treatment, Bella Culley, Traitors' fashion
Mon 3 Nov 2025
Should people have the legal right to paid time off work for fertility treatment?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai, Faulty breast implants, Petula Clark
Sat 1 Nov 2025
The Nobel Peace Prize winner on life at university and coming to terms with her past.
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Malala Yousafzai, Briana Corrigan, Exclamation marks
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Known for surviving a brutal Taliban attack, Malala is taking charge of her own destiny.
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France rape law change, Women and alcohol dependency, Amina Khayyam
Thu 30 Oct 2025
France moves to include consent in the rape laws following the Gisèle Pelicot trial
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Clare's law, PIP breast implant scandal, Queen Victoria's mental health
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Delays in a scheme to tell people if their partners have a history of being abusive.
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Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case, Comedian Laura Smyth, Autism de-diagnosis
Tue 28 Oct 2025
The French first lady's legal action to tackle alleged online harassment.
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Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back
Mon 27 Oct 2025
Find out why Petula Clark's autobiography is called Is That You, Petula?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Landmark policy change in the Family Court, Essex Witches, Women rowing across the Pacific
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Claire Throssel on her campaign to change policies in the family court.
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First mum in space, Tiggy Walker, Recruiting women to Formula 1
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Former Nasa astronaut Anna Fisher talks about becoming the world’s first mother in space.
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Wes Streeting, Virginia Giuffre memoir, Pacific Ocean rowers
Thu 23 Oct 2025
The health secretary on menopause and the new Women's Health Strategy.
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The Nocebo effect, Women sports photographers, Parental involvement in family courts
Wed 22 Oct 2025
The placebo effect is well known, but what do you know about the Nocebo effect?
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Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Why did two sexual abuse survivors resign from the national inquiry into grooming gangs?
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Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches
Mon 20 Oct 2025
A new inquiry into failings in maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Tilda Swinton, Dads at work, Karen Carney, Living with Tourette Syndrome, Bobbi Brown
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Tilda Swinton on a new exhibition celebrating her work.
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Tilda Swinton, Homelessness, Gwenda's Garage Musical, Romance Scams
Fri 17 Oct 2025
The celebrated performer on the exhibition that celebrates her work.
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Global surrogacy, Karen Carney, Low-income & SEND, Talc trial
Thu 16 Oct 2025
The ethics of surrogacy and its impact pegged to a new report by the UN.
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Liz Kendall MP, Women & Tourette Syndrome, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Singing to help postnatal depression
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Liz Kendall, Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology on women in tech
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Bobbi Brown, Domestic abuse & family courts, Black maternal health film
Tue 14 Oct 2025
The American make-up entrepreneur on her life and work.
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Dads and working flexibly, Baroness Margaret Thatcher centenary, Diane Keaton legacy
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Is it more difficult for fathers to find flexibility in the workplace?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band
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Pelicot trial, Lucy Guo, Bebe Jackson, Travel writing
Fri 10 Oct 2025
The latest in the Gisèle Pelicot case after a man appealed his conviction for rape.
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