Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Vanessa Feltz, SEND best practice: what is working?, Rivals
Sat 26 Oct 2024
Vanessa Feltz on her memoir Vanessa Bares All.
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Vanessa Feltz, Saudi Arabia, Medieval women
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Vanessa Feltz on her memoir Vanessa Bares All.
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Actor Emily Watson, Comedian Kate McKinnon, Gis猫le Pelicot
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Emily Watson talks about her new role as Mother Superior of a convent.
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SEND Best Practice: What is working?
Wed 23 Oct 2024
A listener phone-in about SEND provision in educational settings and what is going right.
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Rivals, J Smith Cameron, Lucy Letby case
Tue 22 Oct 2024
What does the adaptation of Jilly Cooper鈥檚 80s classic Rivals tell us about sex in 2024?
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Kelly Macdonald, Ovarian cancer vaccine breakthrough, Violence against women in Turkey
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Scottish actor Kelly Macdonald on her new comedy horror film.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Lesley Manville, Breast cancer drug, Blessing scams, The Kill List, Elkie Brooks
Sat 19 Oct 2024
The Olivier award-winning actor on her role in Oedipus and how the industry has changed.
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Elkie Brooks, 'Emotional vampires', Breast cancer drug
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Renowned British rock, jazz and blues singer Elkie Brooks.
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Midlife marriage and money, Sara Sharif, Blessing scams, Maddalena Vaglio Tanet
Thu 17 Oct 2024
What are the economic implications of getting married in midlife?
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Isabelle Huppert, NHS Whistleblower line, The Kill List, author Cecelia Ahern
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Oscar nominated French actress Isabelle Huppert on her latest role in The Crime is Mine.
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Lesley Manville, Brain injuries in childbirth, Strictly Come Dancing
Tue 15 Oct 2024
The Olivier award-winning actor on her role in Oedipus and how the industry has changed.
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Women's magazines, Dawn Sturgess, Female funeral directors
Mon 14 Oct 2024
What can women's magazines from the 70s, 80s and 90s tell us about life then and life now?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Dr Hilary Cass, Meera Syal & Tanika Gupta, SEND teacher training, Sophie Kinsella, Contraception
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Dr Hilary Cass鈥檚 reflections six months on from releasing her landmark report.
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Sharon D Clarke, SEND teacher training, Black nurses in history
Fri 11 Oct 2024
The Olivier award winning actor on playing a detective, a spurned wife and Lady Bracknell
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Hurricane response, Meera Syal & Tanika Gupta, Contraception, Neneh Cherry
Thu 10 Oct 2024
How do women respond differently to disasters?
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Dr Hilary Cass, Actor Alison Steadman, Operation Identify Me, Electro-folk singer Frankie Archer
Wed 9 Oct 2024
Dr Hilary Cass鈥檚 reflections six months on from releasing her landmark report.
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UK Covid inquiry, Sophie Kinsella, Rower Imogen Grant
Tue 8 Oct 2024
What impact did the pandemic have on pregnancy care?
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Cush Jumbo, Author Kate Mosse, Sue Gray quits, Women in business
Mon 7 Oct 2024
Cush Jumbo on playing one of Shakespeare's most iconic female roles.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: SEND transport, Hair thinning, Women and prison, The Tuam babies scandal: A Woman's Hour Special
Sat 5 Oct 2024
Following our special programme in September about SEND, we look at SEND transport.
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Lebanon latest, Fell running, Breast cancer poetry
Fri 4 Oct 2024
How the conflict in the Middle East is impacting women and children in Lebanon.
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SEND transport, Lucy Worsley, Children of the Cult, T20
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Following our special programme in September about SEND, we look at SEND transport
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Women and Prison, Acid Attacks, Women piano composers, Dr Beth Shapiro
Wed 2 Oct 2024
'For women, prison isn鈥檛 working.' The words of Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
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Menopause, Female Victorian detectives, Hair thinning
Tue 1 Oct 2024
Labour MP Carolyn Harris and Dr Paula Briggs join Nuala to discuss the menopause.
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The Tuam babies scandal: A Woman's Hour special
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Nuala McGovern visits Ireland as work begins to find and identify 796 missing children.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Demi Moore, Sexual assault allegations at Harrods, Pregnancy loss language
Sat 28 Sep 2024
Demi Moore discusses her latest film, The Substance.
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Afghanistan, Liane Moriarty, Parental leave, Jeans
Fri 27 Sep 2024
The Taliban to go before the International Court of Justice for gender discrimination.
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Media reporting on rape cases, Women in the Sudan conflict, What's the alternative to dating apps?
Thu 26 Sep 2024
What is best practice for journalists when it comes to reporting on rape cases?
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Demi Moore, Sexual assault allegations at Harrods, Women in war
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Demi Moore discusses her latest film, The Substance.
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Respite care in NI, Pregnancy loss language, Sex workers and banking
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Why has respite care for children with complex needs in Northern Ireland evaporated?
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Elizabeth Strout, Girls Will Be Girls, Women's safety, Labour women and donations
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout on her latest novel, Tell Me Everything.
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