Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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My Best Day - Suzanne Goldberg on the power of laughter
The Lib Dem conference, The story of a listener’s best day, Campaigner Vicky Phelan
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For Sama, Brexit, Women and Science Fiction
Waad al-Kateab on surviving life in Aleppo, plus Brexit and science fiction by women.
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My Best Day - Diane Barker, Victims' commissioner Claire Waxman, Playwright Tanika Gupta
Diane Barker on her Best Day in eastern Tibet, and victims' commissioner Claire Waxman.
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Susan Sontag, Feminist economics, Waad-al-Kateab
Susan Sontag's life and work, intersectionality in feminist economics, Waad Al Kateab.
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My Best Day, Marina Litvinenko, Cancer testing
Marina Litvinenko on the play about her husband's death. Population-wide cancer testing.
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Sci-Fi, Sex Discrimination, My Best Day
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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Phone-in: The Psychological Impact of Brexit
What impact is the continuing conflict over Brexit having on you?
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Jackie Kay, Equal pay, Fussy eating, Period sex
Weekend Woman's Hour: Jackie Kay, women in Parliament, fussy eating and period sex taboo.
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The consumer power of women, The week in politics, Author Sue Cheung
How much power and responsibility do women consumers really have?
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National Poet for Scotland Jackie Kay, Author Tracy Chevalier, Growing up with a child with cancer
National Poet for Scotland Jackie Kay on a new production of her 1980s play Chiaruscuro.
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Extreme fussy eating, Pay, Off the Rails
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; Carrie Gracie's book Equal; youth work.
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Being the 'other' mother, CMV
Jen Brister on being the non-biological lesbian mum. Parliamentary women to watch and CMV.
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Period sex, Women and insomnia, Street harassment
Why is having sex when you've got your period such a taboo subject?
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Cara Delevingne, Women in construction, Lisa Jewell
Weekend Woman's Hour: Cara Delevingne, Harvey Weinstein documentary, women in construction
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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson, Actor and model Cara Delevingne
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson talks about her new film A Million Little Pieces.
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Is work working? Harvey Weinstein, Fedina Zhou
Is the jobs market working for women? Plus new film about Harvey Weinstein.
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The Menstrual cycle: what's normal?
Menstrual cycle length, Lisa Jewell and cook the perfect Caribbean jackfruit fritters.
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Jada Pinkett Smith, Summer Hats, Female Democratic Front-Runners 2020 US Elections
Jada Pinkett Smith on her three-generation chat show, Red Table Talk
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Women in Construction
What is it like to work in construction? And how can the industry attract more women?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Listener Week
Happy single women, book clubs and attention deficit disorder in girls.
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Listener Week: Day Five
Mothers and sons, renting at 50, and bereavement and appetite loss.
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Listener Week: Day Four
Listener Week; Falling out with your BFF. Oldest UK Book Club? Young entrepreneurs.
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Listener Week: Day Three
Life after the death of a partner, Women and Ironman events, PTAs.
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Listener Week: Day Two
The wellness industry and its effects on women. Plus young women and unwanted attention.
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Listener Week: Day One
Drinking, Divorcing at 70, Bringing up sons
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17/08/2019
Edna Adan Ismail discusses FGM, composer Errollyn Wallen, and talking to kids about racism
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Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls and Rohingya women refugees
A new dramatization of The Country Girls, and hip-hop dance group Zoo Nation.
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Award-winning author and former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman, Prof Lisa Avalos, Dorothy L Sayers Society and Errollyn Wallen.
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Edna Adan Ismail, Smear Tests Over 50
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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Talking to your kids about race, HRT shortages, and the demise of the bonkbuster novel
Talking to your kids about race, HRT shortages, and the demise of the bonkbuster novel.