Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Laura Kenny, Actor Vicky Knight, baby loss certificates
Sat 23 Mar 2024
Winner of five gold Olympic medals Dame Laura Kenny on her decision to retire.
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Who wants to be a female entrepreneur?
Fri 22 Mar 2024
What needs to happen so more women can turn great ideas into successful businesses?
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Waspi women, Dr Jen Gunter, The Liverbirds, Child poverty
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Women hit by state pension age rise are owed compensation, according to the ombudsman.
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Baby loss certificates, 'Women's intuition', Carolynne Hunter & energy bills
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Emma Barnett talks about her experience of receiving a baby loss certificate.
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Actor Vicky Knight, Conscription, Author Lesley Pearse
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Vicky on her new film Silver Haze, based on her experience of surviving an arson attack.
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Olympian cyclist Dame Laura Kenny, Actor Imogen Poots, Pornography series
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Winner of five gold Olympic medals Dame Laura Kenny on her decision to retire
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, Maximalism
Sat 16 Mar 2024
Cara Dillon on her new book and album, Coming Home.
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Men & porn, Women's Diaries, South Korea birth rate
Fri 15 Mar 2024
We continue our Woman's Hour series looking at porn. Today we hear from three men.
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Folk singer Cara Dillon, Diane Abbott and racist abuse, Haiti
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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IVF clinic license suspended, Porn series, 'Queens' wildlife programme
Wed 13 Mar 2024
A fertility clinic in London has recently had its licence suspended, we hear the latest.
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Body shaming in dance, Author Charlotte Wood, Mothers鈥� Manifesto
Tue 12 Mar 2024
The woman who has made a legal claim against a dance school for body shaming.
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The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, Jennie Lee MP, England Rugby player Meg Jones
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Four mums have spoken out about being at centre of a conspiracy that went viral.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour 鈥� Music artist Raye, COPA 71 and Imelda May on the Yeats sisters
Sat 9 Mar 2024
The south London singer-songwriter discusses breaking records at the Brits.
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Women's Football in '71, Mollie King, Female psychopaths
Fri 8 Mar 2024
Who were the trailblazing footballers in an unofficial Women's World Cup in Brazil in '71?
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Nikki Haley, Pornography series, Author Liz Jensen
Thu 7 Mar 2024
Why has Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican race for president now?
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Raye, Women swimming the Channel, Anita Hill, Adaptive fashion
Wed 6 Mar 2024
The singer who won six Brit awards at the weekend talks about what it means to her.
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Historic abortion law change in France and Pornography series
Tue 5 Mar 2024
French constitutional expert Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez on French abortion law change.
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Sarah Everard's murder 3 years on, Jess Phillips MP and Baroness Ruth Davidson, singer CMAT
Mon 4 Mar 2024
We speak to the Detective Inspector who interviewed Wayne Couzens.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Actor Samantha Morton, Alabama IVF, Andi and Charlotte Osho
Sat 2 Mar 2024
British actor Samantha Morton on receiving Bafta's highest accolade.
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Female history in 101 objects, Big hair, Toilet training and schools, Primodos
Fri 1 Mar 2024
A hatpin and radium-laced chocolate - just two of 101 objects celebrating women in history
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Alabama IVF, Porn series, Tattoos
Thu 29 Feb 2024
After an Alabama court casts doubt on the future of IVF, one woman shares her story.
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Yvette Cooper on Raneem's Law, Porn review, Andi and Charlotte Osho, Lucia Keskin
Wed 28 Feb 2024
The shadow home secretary wants to change the way domestic abuse 999 calls are handled.
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Nadine Shah, Vivian Oparah, Baby loss certificates, Amber Heard trolling
Tue 27 Feb 2024
The Mercury prize-nominated singer-songwriter Nadine Shah talks about her new album.
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Actor Samantha Morton, Mary Beard, Leap year proposals
Mon 26 Feb 2024
British actor Samantha Morton on receiving Bafta's highest accolade.
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Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Tom Parker's widow on handling grief and her decision to take off her wedding ring.
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Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Tom Parker's widow on dealing with grief and deciding to take off her wedding rings.
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Mistresses, Ultrasound 'bra', Diane Foley, Black girls in education
Thu 22 Feb 2024
How society's view of the 'other woman' and mistresses has changed in recent decades.
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Ukraine children, Director of Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock, The implications of a new AI study on the brain
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Eleven Ukrainian children deported to Russia will soon be reunited with their families.
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Tracey Crouch MP, Marina Litvinenko, Author Kiley Reid
Tue 20 Feb 2024
The Conservative MP and former minister on why she is standing down at the next election.
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Aisling Bea, Profile of Yulia Navalnaya, Carmen Smith, Wellness v stoicism
Mon 19 Feb 2024
The comedy and acting star Aisling Bea discusses her latest show, Alice and Jack.
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