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Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman"s Hour brings you the big celebrity names and leading women in the news, with subjects ranging widely from politics to health, law, education, arts, parenting, relationships, work, fiction, food and fashion. Presented by Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey. Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour

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Amanda Abbington, Crime Fiction, Asbestos in Make-up...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/08/02

Amanda Abbington joins Anita Rani to talk about her new role in Tawni O’Dell’s play When It Happens To You. Amanda plays Tara, a mother who is desperately trying to hold her family together after her daughter is brutally attacked. She discusses playing a mother whose own trauma is triggered by her daughter’s experiences and how a culture of shame can lead to women’s silence.In the latest in our series on ‘genre fiction’, we turn to the UK’s most popular

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54:04

Mercury Prize Nominees, Paris Olympic Athletes, Adoption

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/26

The Paris 2024 Olympics start this evening with the opening ceremony. It's the first time an equal number of men and women will compete in a summer Games. To discuss the sportswomen you should keep an eye out for, Anita Rani is joined by Jeanette Kwakye, a former Olympian herself and now BBC pundit, and also BBC Sport reporter Laura Scott. Adoption England have described an ‘unprecedented’ decline in adoption rates. For the first time in recent years, there are now more children in need

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58:13

Kamala Harris and female votes, Rebecca Achieng...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/25

Kamala Harris has spoken about making childcare and eldercare more affordable, securing universal paid maternity leave and signing into law a bill that would restore and protect the right to abortion. So could these policies win her female votes, and how does this fit in with her strategy to try and beat Trump in the US presidential election? Anita Rani speaks to Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, director of Chatham House's US and Americas programme.Zara Sehar recently won the audience vote at the Roundhouse

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56:31

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Nelly Furtado, Woman in...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/20

The Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and won awards including a Grammy. Her upbeat, genre-defying pop music dominated the charts in the 2000s, from her break out hit I’m Like A Bird to her 2006 album Loose and its stand out hit Maneater. After finding that her music had been rediscovered by a whole new generation of fans on social media, she’s back with 7, her first album since 2017.In February 2021, a coup returned

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18/07/2024

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/18

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

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59:36

Harriet Harman, Southall Black Sisters, Author Cathy...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/13

A record-breaking number of women MPs have been elected following Labour's win at the general election. It's also the first time in parliamentary history that the proportion of women elected is more than 40%. Harriet Harman, the now ex-Labour MP and former Mother of the House, gives her reaction.Three women who say they were the victims of a racial attack have had the charges of assault made against them by their assailant discontinued by the CPS. Selma Taha, the executive director for advocacy

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43:48

Weekend Woman's Hour: Jonathan Meijer interviewed on...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/06

A new series was released this week on Netflix. It is called Man with 1,000 Kids, and Netflix is billing it as the true story of Jonathan Meijer, a man accused of travelling the world, deceiving women into having his babies - via sperm donation - on a mass scale. Nuala McGovern talks to Jonathan Meijer, the sperm donor, to mums Natalie and Suzanne, who had a baby conceived with Jonathan’s donor sperm, to Natalie Hill, the executive producer who pitched the original idea for these films to

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59:21

Jonathan Meijer interviewed on fathering over 550...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/03

Why has Jonathan Meijer fathered over 550 babies through sperm donation?

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57:24

Professor Dame Carol Robinson, Leader Interview: The...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/02

British scientist Dame Carol Robinson, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a trailblazer in the field of mass spectrometry, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during this year’s European Inventor Award 2024 ceremony. She will be first ever British winner. She is receiving the award not just for her outstanding work but also for championing women in STEM. She joins Nuala McGovern to explain why she’s passionate about women in science. Woman’s Hour has

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58:23

Leader interviews: Reform UK's Ann Widdecombe for...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/07/01

Gabby Logan joins Krupa Padhy to talk about her new book The Midpoint Plan. She’s challenging the stereotype of middle age. With fewer insecurities, children leaving home and perhaps a bit more money in the bank, she believes we should see it as the best point in our lives. Plus, if we look after ourselves in midlife, we’ll be happier in old age.Woman’s Hour has invited the leaders of all the main political parties for an interview in the run-up to the General Election. Today, in

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52:46

Live from Glastonbury: Cyndi Lauper, Corinne Bailey...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/28

'Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights' has become a popular placard at women's rights events around the world. The singer behind the anthem that inspired it is none other than Cyndi Lauper. She joins Anita Rani to reflect on her 40-year career, becoming a feminist figure and performing on the iconic Pyramid Stage. Corinne Bailey Rae's latest album is a complete departure from her previous work. Black Rainbows is inspired by a trip to Stony Island Arts Bank, a Chicago-based archive of black art

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57:26

Leader Interview: John Swinney, Adult Orphans,...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/27

In the next of the Woman’s Hour interviews with the leaders of the main political parties in the run-up to the General Election, Clare speaks to John Swinney, Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party. What does it mean to be an adult orphan? Does the term still apply if you lose both parents when you’re no longer a child? Playwright Naomi Westerman was writing about death rituals when she lost her whole family, turning the academic into the deeply

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58:36

Sofie Gråbøl, Christine Jardine, Women and Equalities...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/26

Woman’s Hour has invited the leaders of all the main political parties for an interview in the run-up to the General Election. Today, in place of the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, Nuala McGovern is joined by Christine Jardine, the party’s Women and Equalities spokesperson.Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl is best known to British viewers for her role as Sarah Lund in Scandi Noir crime drama The Killing. Now she’s returning to our cinema screens in a new film, Rose

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58:49

Women voting in Northern Ireland, playwright and...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/25

With just over a week to go until the UK heads to the polls for the general election, what’s the situation for women voters in Northern Ireland? BBC Northern Ireland political correspondent Jayne McCormack joins Nuala McGovern to discuss what political candidates there are offering women.The term ‘matrescence’ has been around since the 70s, but it’s only recently becoming more commonly known as a concept. It describes the process of becoming a new mother, and the emotional

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59:11

Taylor Swift’s UK tour, Disability representation in...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/24

Labour is setting out plans to simplify the process for someone to legally change their gender, if the party wins the election. The requirement for them to provide documentary proof that they've lived as their preferred gender would be scrapped. A two-year 'cooling off period' would be introduced instead. Geri Scott senior political correspondent has been reporting on the story for The Times and joins Nuala McGovern. This weekend marked the final dates of Taylor Swift’s her Eras tour in the UK

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56:30

Weekend Woman's Hour: Rachel Stevens, Woman's Hour...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/22

Rachel Stevens was one of the founding members of S Club 7, the pop band that took the world by storm in the early 2000s. She joins Anita to talk about her memoir Finding my Voice: A story of strength, belief and S Club, which covers her time in the hit-making band, her solo career and what it's been like being in the public eye.In a special extended 90 minute programme, Nuala McGovern hosted the Woman's Hour Election Debate. Senior women from the main political parties of Great Britain outlined

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43:20

Weekend Woman's Hour: Paloma Faith, right wing women...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/22

Paloma Faith is an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor. She has released six albums, including her most recent The Glorification of Sadness, received a BRIT Award, been a judge on The Voice UK as well as an actor in films such as St Trinian’s and TV’s series Pennyworth. She is also the mother of two daughters. She joins Clare to discuss her book – MILF - in which she delves into the issues that face women today from puberty and sexual awakenings, to battling through the

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57:31

Rachel Stevens of S Club, The motherhood penalty,...

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/20

Rachel Stevens was one of the founding members of S Club 7, the pop band that took the world by storm in the early 2000s. She joins Anita to talk about her memoir Finding my voice: A story of strength, belief and S Club, which covers her time in the hit-making band, her solo career and what it's been like being in the public eye.Anita is joined by Ella Janneh who has won a civil case against her former therapist, over claims he raped her during a therapy session at his clinic in London. She has been

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59:30

Laura Dockrill, female surgical teams, Chinese #MeToo

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/19

A survey published today by Women in Football shows that 88% of women working in the industry believe they have to work harder than men to achieve the same recognition and benefits - the research also found that 74% of men agree with them. It also found that 89% of women working in the game have experienced discrimination in the workplace. Nuala speaks to Yvonne Harrison, Chief Executive Officer Women in Football.Can you ever really be just best friends with the love of your life? Laura Dockrill

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Woman's Hour Election Debate

Woman"s Hour: Daily Podcasts ·

2024/06/18

In a special extended 90 minute programme, Nuala McGovern hosts the Woman's Hour Election Debate. Senior women from the main political parties of Great Britain outline their priorities for women and answer your questions. Taking part are: Scottish National Party spokesperson for Consular Affairs and International Engagement Hannah Bardell; Reform UK candidate Maria Bowtell; Green Party spokesperson for Housing and Communities Ellie Chowns; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper;

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