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Girl Bands, Period Tracking Apps, Couples Therapy

Mel C from the Spice Girls discusses the end of Little Mix.

After Little Mix said goodbye to their fans with their final show on Saturday before going on hiatus, it seems that for the first time in decades, Britain is without a major girl band. Emma is joined by Melanie Chisholm from the Spice Girls and music journalist, Jacqueline Springer.

We discuss recent work from home data with Dr Jane Parry, Associate Professor of work and employment at Southampton Business school and Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff.

In the wake of the tragic killings of toddlers Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo Hughes, a government report is expected to be published shortly looking into what went wrong. Social workers had failed to act on warnings from relatives, which meant the children were not removed from their abusive homes. But a 大象传媒 One Panorama explores a different perspective - what about when children鈥檚 services intervene too far, too fast 鈥 and when they act unethically, even unlawfully towards children and their parents, causing lifelong trauma in the process? One local authority in Herefordshire has been severely and repeatedly criticised by a high court judge for breaching children鈥檚 human rights through what the judge called 鈥渁ppalling鈥 social work practice. Woman鈥檚 Hour talks to Panorama Reporter Louise Tickle about her investigation.

Women in the US have been raising concerns about period and pregnancy tracking apps on phones. 大象传媒 Technology reporter Shiona McCallum and Jillian York from the American digital rights group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, join Emma to discuss.

Relationships for many of us are just downright fascinating. Susanna Abse is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and joins Emma to discuss her new book.

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Emma Pearce

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  • Mon 16 May 2022 10:00

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