Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Corridor care, The Mare, AI & IVF, Adwaith
Saturday
The UK鈥檚 first black female bishop on her autobiography, The Girl from Montego Bay.
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AI and IVF, Cousin marriage, Sugarcane documentary, What is 'masculine energy' and how does it affect the workplace?
Friday
What will be in the impact of AI on IVF?
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Ofcom's age check guidance, Adwaith, Kamala Harris's legacy, Corridor care
Thursday
New measures to prevent children from accessing online porn and harmful content.
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Author Holly Bourne, SEND, Alcohol pilot scheme at Women's Championship football clubs, Women & cycling
Wednesday
A report out today says services for children with SEND in England are 鈥榰nviable鈥�.
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Sticky floor jobs, Kiena Dawes, The Mare, Badass Gran
Last Tuesday
Why do women often get stuck at lower-level jobs and what can be done about it?
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Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Fast-fashion company Shein, Abortion in Texas
Last Monday
Britain鈥檚 first black woman bishop tells her story for the first time in a new memoir.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Rape gangs, Exploring Antarctica, Deep fakes, Oti Mabuse
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Girls groomed & raped by gangs are adamant the crime is still happening. We find out more.
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Oti Mabuse, Eldest daughters, Hygiene poverty
Fri 10 Jan 2025
The former Strictly professional dancer on motherhood, Dancing on Ice and writing a novel.
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Rape gangs, Playing Nice, Cancer friends, Erotica
Thu 9 Jan 2025
Girls groomed & raped by gangs are adamant the crime is still happening. We find out more.
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Deep fakes, Female membership on Boards, Exploring Antarctica
Wed 8 Jan 2025
Channel 4's Cathy Newman responds to the new law on deep fakes.
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Child sexual exploitation, Endometriosis reporting tool, Lucy Lawless on Margaret Moth
Tue 7 Jan 2025
Lucy Lawless, best known as Xena: Warrior Princess, on camerawoman Margaret Moth.
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Women in the Church of England, Mel Giedroyc, Granny Advice
Mon 6 Jan 2025
What role are women playing in the reform of safeguarding in the Church of England?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: National Care Service, Miranda Hart on walking, Parenting adult children, Beth Moran on fostering
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Miranda Hart on the benefits of walking and the outdoors.
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Women's Rugby World Cup, Amy Gledhill, National Care Service, Russian ballet
Fri 3 Jan 2025
Potentially a breakthrough tournament to inspire a new generation of women's rugby fans.
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Rape Crisis at 50, Extroverted kids/introverted parents, Atlantic Ocean rowers
Thu 2 Jan 2025
We look back at 50 years of Rape Crisis with Dr Kate Cook and Lee Eggleston.
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Walking: A Woman's Hour Special
New Year's Day 2025
Nuala McGovern dons her walking boots and steps out for her first walk of 2025.
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Beth Moran on fostering, Theo Bleak, Dating someone a similar age to your children
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Author Beth Moran on her decision to foster and how it inspires her work.
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Joan Smith, Parenting adult children, Dolly Parton musical
Mon 30 Dec 2024
The challenges and pitfalls of being a parent to adult children.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Michelle Yeoh, SEND system, Friends 30th Anniversary, Living in a van
Sat 28 Dec 2024
A look back at Woman鈥檚 Hour in 2024.
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Shazia Mirza, Haiti, Dutch surnames, Imposter Syndrome, Celia Pym on socks.
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Shazia Mirza on Comedy Queens and growing up in a strict religious family in Birmingham.
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The women behind our best-loved puzzles and games - A Woman's Hour special
Boxing Day 2024
Anita Rani explores the women behind Jenga to World of Warcraft via Agatha Christie.
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Comfort: A Woman's Hour Christmas Day special
Christmas Day 2024
Christmas Day edition on 'Comfort'. Co-presented by Nuala McGovern and Anita Rani.
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Minette Walters, Menopause supplement adverts, Blake Lively
Christmas Eve 2024
The bestselling author on her new historical novel The Players
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Amy Dowden, Syrian Women's Affairs Office, Nancy in Oliver!
Mon 23 Dec 2024
The Strictly dancer on her cancer recovery and upcoming new tour
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Anne-Marie Duff, Gisele Pelicot, Black female journalists, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ballet Shoes
Sat 21 Dec 2024
Anne-Marie Duff on her latest stage role as Regina Hubbard in The Little Foxes.
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Daisy Edgar-Jones, Gis猫le Pelicot, Trampolinist Bryony Page
Fri 20 Dec 2024
The star of Normal People is now taking on the lead role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial verdicts, Venture capitalist, Ballet Shoes
Thu 19 Dec 2024
Dominique Pelicot, ex husband of Gisele, found guilty of all charges.
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WASPI women, Puberty blockers, Black female journalists
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Reaction to the government decision not to pay compensation to WASPI women.
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Sophie Duker, Sudan sexual violence crisis, The Road Trip
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Comedian Sophie Duker on the lies we choose to tell ourselves.
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Anne-Marie Duff, Home education, Willpower Detectives, Iran update
Mon 16 Dec 2024
Anne-Marie Duff discusses her latest stage role as Regina Hubbard in The Little Foxes.
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