Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Rumer, Kerry Godliman, Afghan women's cricket
Yesterday
MOBO Award winner singer/songwriter Rumer discusses her new album In Session.
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Polar Preet, 'Swell' poetry, Ballet body-shaming
Thursday
Preet Chandi's attempt to cross 500 miles of sea ice to reach North Pole within 70 days.
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Women鈥檚 refuges and disability, Aisling Walsh, Roxanne de Bastion
Wednesday
Why women with disabilities are impacted more by domestic abuse
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Vicki Pattison's deepfake doc, Kim Wilde, Misogyny, Football academies
Tuesday
Reality star Vicky Pattison on creating her own deepfake sex tape for a new documentary.
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Mary Robinson, Holocaust Memorial Day, Catherine Airey
Monday
Ireland's first female president talks about her life and work.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Felicity Jones, Ukraine's Zla Mavka, Author Kate Fagan, Adult sons at home, WSL record signing
Last Saturday
The Oscar-nominated actor Felicity Jones on her latest role in The Brutalist.
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Zla Makva, 'Bicycle face', Lebanon, The Traitors
Last Friday
All-female non-violent Ukrainian resistance group fighting against Russian occupation.
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste, WSL record signing, India rape case
Thu 23 Jan 2025
The actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste on her latest role in Mike Leigh's Hard Truths.
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Felicity Jones, Eating disorders, Adult sons at home
Wed 22 Jan 2025
The BAFTA-nominated actor on her new role in The Brutalist.
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Trudie Styler, Broadcasting to Afghan women, Author Kate Fagan
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Actress and film-maker Trudie Styler on her new documentary about Naples.
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Israel-Gaza ceasefire, Donald Trump's inauguration, Runner Elise Downing
Mon 20 Jan 2025
As Donald Trump is inaugurated, what will a second Trump presidency mean for women?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Corridor care, AI & IVF
Sat 18 Jan 2025
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, 'Masculine energy'
Fri 17 Jan 2025
What will be in the impact of AI on IVF?
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Ofcom's age check guidance, Adwaith, Kamala Harris's legacy
Thu 16 Jan 2025
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
Wed 15 Jan 2025
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
Tue 14 Jan 2025
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
Mon 13 Jan 2025
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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