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Two women from different parts of the world, united by a common passion, experience or expertise, share the stories of their lives.

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    Ghostwriters for hire

    Mon 19 Jul 2021

    Michelle Burford and Ellen Banda-Aaku on celebrity memoirs and collaborative writing

  • Women planting trees

    Mon 12 Jul 2021

    Two women restoring forests in Brazil and Nepal growing native trees from local seeds

  • Why women walk

    Mon 5 Jul 2021

    Cheryl Strayed and Kerri Andrews on the benefits of striding out in the great outdoors

  • Viral dance videos launched my career

    Mon 28 Jun 2021

    Sienna Lalau and Sherrie Silver: social media routines led to working for Rihanna and BTS

  • Living through menopause

    Mon 21 Jun 2021

    Dr Nighat Arif and writer Barbara Hannah Grufferman think the menopause needs rebranding

  • The Conversation with Helen Clark and Michelle Bachelet

    Sat 19 Jun 2021

    Kim Chakanetsa is joined by two international leaders who have championed women鈥檚 rights.

  • My life-changing autism diagnosis

    Mon 14 Jun 2021

    Sara Gibbs and Mor茅nike Giwa Onaiwu talk about the impact of finding out they're autistic

  • Skating my way through life

    Mon 7 Jun 2021

    Why women around the world are picking up a board to try kickflips and slides.

  • Sold into sex work

    Mon 31 May 2021

    Trafficked women from Indonesia and Hungary on how they support modern-day slaves

  • Sweet honey and queen bees

    Mon 24 May 2021

    A scientist from Martinique and an entrepreneur from South Africa on why they keep bees

  • Women of the Arab Spring

    Mon 17 May 2021

    A decade after the uprisings, what has been gained and what has been lost?

  • Women fighting wildfires

    Mon 10 May 2021

    A Russian volunteer and an elite US firefighter on the challenge of tackling remote fires

  • Nurses on the frontline: A year on

    Mon 3 May 2021

    After a year of the pandemic, how are young nurses coping?

  • Funerals and grief in a pandemic

    Mon 26 Apr 2021

    What happens to grief when our usual rituals around death and mourning are disrupted?

  • How to live alone

    Mon 19 Apr 2021

    Sreemoyee Piu Kundu and Hannah Carmichael on the benefits and challenges of solo living

  • Women who love insects

    Mon 12 Apr 2021

    Insect enthusiasts Jessica Ware and Carolina Barillas-Mury on why bugs matter.

  • Women in law

    Mon 5 Apr 2021

    Alexandra Wilson and Omnia Gadalla on why people practicing law need to be diverse

  • How to focus

    Mon 29 Mar 2021

    Conductor Kalena Bovell and pro skier Lorraine Huber on how to 鈥榞et in the zone鈥�

  • Women running restaurants

    Mon 22 Mar 2021

    Ana Ro拧 and Amninder Sandhu on adapting their businesses to the constraints of Covid-19

  • Afrofuturism: Black women changing the sci-fi scene

    Mon 15 Mar 2021

    Authors N.K. Jemisin and Chinelo Onwualu on their efforts to diversify the genre

  • Women making art from clay

    Mon 8 Mar 2021

    Ceramicists Hitomi Hosono and Zemer Peled on the therapeutic quality of working with clay

  • Women digging for answers from the ancient past

    Mon 1 Mar 2021

    How gender biases have warped our understanding of history

  • The women who protect nature

    Mon 22 Feb 2021

    Kris Tompkins and Dolors Armenteras on their fight to preserve South America鈥檚 ecosystems.

  • Women writing true crime

    Mon 15 Feb 2021

    Why are we so interested in women as victims and killers?

  • Intimacy on screen

    Mon 8 Feb 2021

    Two women challenging the way actors and directors approach intimate scenes on camera

  • Selling Sunset: How I find homes for the rich and famous

    Mon 1 Feb 2021

    Infinity pools and marble bathrooms 鈥� what does it take to sell homes to the super-rich?

  • Choosing to be childfree

    Mon 25 Jan 2021

    Two women discuss why opting not to have children is still seen as a radical decision.

  • Record-breaking runners

    Mon 18 Jan 2021

    Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on gold medals, pregnancy and discrimination

  • The secrets of sewers

    Mon 11 Jan 2021

    Two women passionate about wastewater management on how sewers can save our lives

  • How to be happy

    Mon 4 Jan 2021

    Tips from Denmark and South Korea on how to improve our feelings of happiness

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