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Merida, the central character in the 2012 computer-animated film , has been a hit with many young children. And she has just been re-launched as the eleventh of the Disney Princesses. But her Oscar winning creator, Brenda Chapman, has criticised the move as 'a blatantly sexist marketing move based on money'. So what is going on? Jenni talks to Emma Moore, co-founder of .

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Alison Nimmo is the chief executive of the , the Queen鈥檚 property portfolio, and her career in property won her a place on the Woman鈥檚 Hour Power List.听The Crown Estate manages more than 拢8 billion of land and property from Regent Street and St James鈥檚 in London听to Windsor Great Park, taking in acres of farmland and seabed around Britain鈥檚 shores. Alison took up the post in January last year, before that she was influential in restoring Manchester city centre after the bombing in 1996 and she also played a key role in organising the London Olympics.听Jenni speaks to Alison about her work and her future plans for the Crown Estate.

Sharleen Spiteri is the lead singer听with the Scottish band听 who have sold 30 million albums worldwide since they began their career in 1986. Texas are releasing a new album on 20 May - their first in 8 years - called The Conversation. It will mark their 25-year anniversary. Sharleen will join Jenni Murray in the studio and will perform an acoustic version of the band鈥檚 new single, also called The Conversation.

When you think of an undertaker, what image springs to mind?听A sombre man dressed from top to toe in black?听Perhaps that stereotype is about to change.听Women are increasingly taking on roles within the funeral industry and are reclaiming jobs viewed in recent times as male. And with female input, the types of funerals are changing too.听Jenni is joined by , an undertaker, , a funeral celebrant, and Tara Bailey, a former undertaker who's done a PhD at the at the University of Bath.

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Peggy Shaw听is a writer, producer and teacher of writing and performance from New York. With her partner Lois Weaver, she co-founded and the WOW Caf茅 Theatre听in New York which has lead the way in innovative lesbian performances since the 1970s.听She will join Jenni to talk about her most recent solo performance Ruff, a comedy of survival about life after a stroke.

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Peggy has written songs for the 听new production Zero听which opens at Brighton Festival on 21 May.