Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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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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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Childcare, Kerry Washington, 80s egg donors, Women triathletes, Inclusive wigs after chemo, Bette & Joan
Sat 14 Dec 2024
Is the unprecedented expansion of state-funded childcare places going far enough?
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Kerry Washington, Ovary removal following PMDD, Women returning to Syria
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Actor, director, producer and activist Kerry Washington joins Anita Rani.
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Sara Sharif, Netball, Disability stigma, 80s egg donors
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Why 15 opportunities to save Sara were missed.
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Women triathletes, Imani Erriu and romantasy, Prostitute's caution
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Why are women triathletes experiencing harassment at events?
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Childcare, Returning to Syria, Inclusive wigs after chemo
Tue 10 Dec 2024
Is the unprecedented expansion of state-funded childcare places going far enough?
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Syria, Raising a family in the UK, Lisa O鈥橬eill
Mon 9 Dec 2024
What does the fall of the Assad regime mean for women in Syria?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Sutara Gayle, Uterine fibroids, Surviving grief, Josie Lloyd
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire discuss being female in the film industry.
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PCOS misinformation, Sutara Gayle, Raving
Fri 6 Dec 2024
大象传媒 investigation in to incorrect advice online about polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Afghan midwives, DJ Annie Mac, Artist Chila Burman, Surviving grief
Thu 5 Dec 2024
Reports that women in Afghanistan are to be banned from midwife and nursing courses.
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Pumeza Matshikiza, Josie Lloyd, CensHERship
Wed 4 Dec 2024
South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza performs live in the studio.
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Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Raye, Stalking
Tue 3 Dec 2024
Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire discuss being female in the film industry.
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Bonus episode: Raye in conversation with 大象传媒 100 Women
Tue 3 Dec 2024
Nuala McGovern introduces a special 大象传媒 100 Women interview with singer-songwriter Raye.
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Gregg Wallace, Uterine fibroids, Director Kiran Rao
Mon 2 Dec 2024
Reaction to Gregg Wallace's comments about allegations made against him.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Miscarriage, Maggie O'Farrell on stammering, Women and alcohol-related liver disease
Sat 30 Nov 2024
The call for evidence for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave.
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Author Maggie O'Farrell, Allegations against Gregg Wallace, Marina Costa-Jackson
Fri 29 Nov 2024
Maggie O'Farrell on her new children's book and experience of living with a stammer.
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Children with special educational needs and disabilities at academy schools, Kim Cypher, Choreographer Lucy Hind
Thu 28 Nov 2024
What is the experience for children with SEND at academy schools?
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Joan Armatrading, Baroness Lola Young, Melanie Reid
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading discusses her 23rd studio album.
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Supreme Court hears case on definition of a woman, Barbara Taylor Bradford's life
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Judges are considering how women are defined in law in a landmark case.
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Civil rape case against Conor McGregor, Binge drinking, Chappell Roan
Mon 25 Nov 2024
A woman who accused Conor McGregor of raping her has won her claim against him.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Michelle Yoeh, Primary school suspensions, Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Sat 23 Nov 2024
Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh on her latest role in the new film Wicked.
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Adoption, Female Gladiators, Novelist Pyae Moe Thet War
Fri 22 Nov 2024
What does a new report say about contact between adopted children and their birth parents?
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson, IVF pioneer, Age of consent in Iraq, Primary School suspensions
Thu 21 Nov 2024
The Olympic medal winner and double World heptathlon champion speaks to Anita Rani.
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Gillian Anderson, Nurse Bethany Hutchison, Gis猫le Pelicot, Film-maker Elizabeth Sankey
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Actor Gillian Anderson on her book Want - a collection of women's sexual fantasies.
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Lucy Manning, Women farmers, Zainab Johnson, Robyn Malcolm
Tue 19 Nov 2024
The long winding road to securing a conviction for a sex crime
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Michelle Yeoh, Breastfeeding and depression, Sandi Toksvig and Catherine Mayer
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh joins Nuala to discuss her career.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Forgotten Children, Devil Wears Prada, Giovanna Fletcher, Preterm birth, Headteacher Evelyn Forde
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Forgotten Children, explores the impact on families when parents are sent to prison.
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Forgotten Children, Women in the Green Industry, La Clique
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Forgotten Children: what does the govt intend to do about those with parents in prison?
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Preterm birth, Devil Wears Prada, Forgotten Children
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Call to reduce the incidence and adverse consequences of babies being born prematurely.
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Bishop Rachel Treweek on Justin Welby, Forgotten Children, COP29 and maternal outcomes
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Women in the Church of England react to the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury.
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