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Crime, Robotics, Narcissism, Flamenco

How the police can regain women鈥檚 trust, roboticist Marita Cheng on AI, the popularity of flamenco, and Ena Miller reports on using gentle parenting to combat narcissistic mothers.

Almost half of women in England and Wales don鈥檛 trust the police enough to report a crime. That鈥檚 according to a recent report from the Tony Blair Institute. How can the police regain women鈥檚 trust? What needs to be done to fix the issue of public trust in the police overall? Anita speaks to the author of the report, Harvey Redgrave and the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, Katy Bourne.

As part of the Woman's Hour series about narcissistic mothers, we hear from a mother who is determined to change the patterns set up in her childhood; she wants to parent differently to her own mum, who she considers to be a narcissist.聽Reporter Ena Miller goes to meet Louise and Ed (their names have been changed), who are trying 'gentle parenting,' an approach that focuses on empathy, respect and boundaries, all of which were lacking in Louise's childhood.聽

Marita Cheng is a roboticist from Australia, who advocates to get more girls into technology. She has written a children's book memoir, where all the images were created using generative artificial intelligence. Marita joins Anita to explain why and how she did it.

As the annual Flamenco Festival at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London draws to a close, we look at the enduring popularity of the dance and the wider growth in popularity of Latin music across the globe. Anita Rani talks to Bel茅n Castres White, the technical director of the Flamenco Festival and also to Amaranta Wright who runs the Latino Life in the Park Festival, the largest of its kind in the UK.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Rebecca Myatt
Studio manager: Giles Aspen

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Episode 1 CharlotteEpisode 2 LouiseEpisode 3 Charlotte & LouiseEpisode 4 ScarlettEpisode 5 Bethany Part 1Episode 6 Bethany Part 2Episode 7 Louise & Ed

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  • Thu 13 Jul 2023 10:00

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