Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Episodes to download
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Ruth Perry's sister, City Girl in Nature, Caring for a spouse, The politics of Christmas presents
Sat 9 Dec 2023
The sister of late head teacher Ruth Perry responds to the coroner's report.
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Ruth Perry's sister Julia Waters, America Ferrera, 'Stuffed'
Fri 8 Dec 2023
The sister of late headteacher Ruth Perry responds to coroner's report.
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Conductor Marin Alsop, actor Diana Quick and a campaign to protect domestic abuse victims
Thu 7 Dec 2023
A jazzy version of Handel's Messiah and a new adaptation of The Famous Five.
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Julianne Moore, Dame Mary Berry, Prevalence of forced sterilisation
Wed 6 Dec 2023
Academy award-winning actor Julianne Moore on her new role.
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Women's Football, Head of Ofcom, The politics of Christmas presents
Tue 5 Dec 2023
Baroness Sue Campbell, director of women's football @FA discusses changes in the game
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Stella Creasy MP, Living with one breast, City Girl in Nature
Mon 4 Dec 2023
Stella Creasy on getting a harassment conviction under a law she herself drafted.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Emily Blunt, Stammering, Long-distance friendships, Maria Callas' legacy
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Emily Blunt on her role in Oppenheimer, the actor’s strike and stammering.
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Director Adura Onashile, Grieving and Christmas Shopping, Maria Callas's Centenary
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Director Adura Onashile on the jewel colours and lush score of her debut film, Girl.
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Emily Blunt, Pathologist-novelist, Baby formula, Short marriages
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Emily Blunt speaks to Clare McDonnell about Oppenheimer and the actors' strike.
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British Gymnastics and safeguarding, Long-distance friendships, Myha’la, Hunters, Hockey kits
Wed 29 Nov 2023
New safeguarding rules to better protect the welfare of gymnasts - do they go far enough?
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Parenting a child with a stammer, EHRC Chair Baroness Falkner, Ukrainian chess player Kamila Hryshchenko
Tue 28 Nov 2023
A listener asks: How best to parent a child with a stammer?
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Dame Harriet Walter, Runner Eilish McColgan, Post-mastectomy bras
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Award-winning actor Dame Harriet Walter on playing horrible mothers.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Sharon Osbourne, Jodie Whittaker and Outgoing Chief Inspectorate of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman
Sat 25 Nov 2023
Sharon Osbourne says she'll reveal some of her life challenges in her new live show.
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Sharon Osbourne, Shani Dhanda, Nurses and their mental health
Fri 24 Nov 2023
In her new live show, Sharon Osbourne says she'll reveal challenges of her eventful life.
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Deepfake pornography, Professor Yvonne Doyle – lessons from the pandemic, Pianist Chloe Flower
Wed 22 Nov 2023
A student's search for answers after she finds deepfake pornography of herself online.
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Carry On women, Unexpected news at baby scans
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Were the Carry On films empowering for women?
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Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Angela Rippon talks to Emma Barnett after being voted off Strictly Come Dancing.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Kelly Holmes, justice secretary Alex Chalk, history of eyeliner
Sat 18 Nov 2023
Dame Kelly Holmes on why she decided to go public with her sexuality at the age of 52.
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Life and work of photographer Tish Murtha, Sitcom Such Brave Girls, Finding your dress shape
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Tish Murtha’s photos hang in Tate Britain, so why wasn’t she recognised in her lifetime?
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Dr Who actor Jemma Redgrave on the show's new 60th anniversary shows and the history of eyeliner
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Actor Jemma Redgrave returns as Kate Stewart in three anniversary Dr Who TV specials.
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Justice Secretary Alex Chalk on sentencing reforms
Wed 15 Nov 2023
Cabinet reshuffle, endometriosis, and Minnie the Minx.
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Dame Kelly Holmes, Cabinet reshuffle, Debenhams picketers
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Dame Kelly Holmes on her new book, which records her experience being gay in the military.
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Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary, Natalie Cassidy, Breast Cancer treatment
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Suella Braverman is sacked as home secretary, we speak to Lucy Fisher and Claire Pearsall.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Perinatal pelvic health, ‘Grey pound’ fashion, Jilly Cooper, Swearing, Hot flushes
Sat 11 Nov 2023
Is the fashion industry finally responding to the strength of the so-called grey pound?
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Swearing, Women in north east India, The 'grey pound' and fashion, A story of brutal crime, forgiveness and empathy
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Why do we swear and are women judged differently for swearing than men?
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Nour Swirki in Gaza, Baroness Falkender's secrets, Divorce, Alzheimer's, Hot flushes
Thu 9 Nov 2023
We continue hearing women's voices from Israel and Gaza.
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Jilly Cooper, Rachel Goldberg – mother of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Women & binge drinking, Perinatal pelvic health service.
Wed 8 Nov 2023
Jilly Cooper talks about football, why there is less sex in her new novel, and her diaries
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Caster Semenya, King's Speech, Jude Rogers on Kirsty MacColl
Tue 7 Nov 2023
Caster Semenya discusses her career as she releases her new book, A Race to Be Myself.
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MP rape allegations, Mothers' march, Melissa Caddick
Mon 6 Nov 2023
An un-named Conservative MP has been accused of rape several times.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Author Alex O'Brien on what playing poker can teach you, Maternity care & Sprinter Bianca Williams
Sat 4 Nov 2023
Science writer Alex O'Brien on what life lessons she's learned from playing poker.
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