Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Anorexia legal case, Feminist yodelling
Yesterday
The Secretary of State on new early years places and SEND provision.
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Caitr铆ona Balfe, Child maintenance, Medieval medicine, Kids and happiness
Tuesday
Irish actor Caitr铆ona Balfe joins us to discuss her new film, The Amateur.
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Women and Eid, School Refusal Report, Author Marni Appleton
Monday
As Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, we hear about the role women have on this day.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Stacey Dooley, Authors Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Adolescence, Gossip, AI, Boxing & domestic violence
Saturday
Stacey Dooley on her new documentary Growing up Gypsy.
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Stacey Dooley, Lily Gladstone, Ask for Angela, Motherhood
Last Friday
Why is being a young English Romany Gypsy woman growing up in the UK a balancing act?
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Woman's Hour special: AI and women's health
Last Thursday
Exploring the risks and rewards of using AI to improve women's health.
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Disability and domestic abuse, Maternity care failings, Authors Labour MP Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Gossiping
Last Wednesday
Clare speaks to two of the women long-listed for the Women's Prize.
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Domestic violence, Women & the gig economy, Boxing, UN leadership
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Phyllis Daly on her daughter Jessica Laverack, who died after experiencing domestic abuse.
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Protests in Turkey, Adolescence, Women in Revolt! exhibition
Mon 24 Mar 2025
We hear more about the protests in Turkey and the women involved in them.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Sugababes, Lockdown babies, June Sarpong, History of abortion, Women in construction
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Pop legends the Sugababes on their 'new chapter'.
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Newborns & communication, Kirsty Coventry, Women in Construction
Fri 21 Mar 2025
How do babies communicate with us before they can speak?
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Disability and maternity care, Ads in mobile games, Nursery costs, Playwright Julia Grogan
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Disabled women in the UK face barriers in maternity care. Marie Tidball MP tells her story
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June Sarpong, Disability benefit changes, Women war artists
Wed 19 Mar 2025
The presenter and diversity advocate on researching Jamaican broadcaster Una Marson.
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Sugababes, Kate Summerscale & Kamila Shamsie, The History of Abortion
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Pop legends the Sugababes on their 'new chapter'.
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Lockdown babies, Breast cancer study, Femgore, Chess Masters
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Five years on from Covid lockdown, what's been the impact on babies born during that time?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Sara Davies, Neath RFC tweet, Ramadan health, Frankie Bridge
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Sara Davies, best known as an investor on Dragon's Den, on success in business and life.
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Country singer Lainey Wilson, Sodium Valporate, Women and war in fiction
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Grammy award-winning country singer Lainey Wilson explains why country is cool again.
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Endometriosis pill, Bollywood star Radhika Apte, Ramadan health
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Endometriosis pill, Bollywood actor Radhika Apte, Ramadan health.
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Employment Rights Bill, SEND, Neath RFC tweet, Spitfire Girls
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Katie, 17, on her experience of SEND and what she'd like to see from the government.
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Businesswoman Sara Davies, Holiday without kids, Restless Leg Syndrome
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Sara Davies, best known as an investor on Dragon's Den, joins Nuala.
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Toxic Town, Women in counter terrorism policing, Climbing Everest
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Why did some families in Corby win a financial settlement in 2010?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Twiggy, Misogyny and boys, Lucy Edwards, Segregation, Mhairi Black, Nieve Ella
Sat 8 Mar 2025
Twiggy: the defining figure and fashion icon of the swinging Sixties.
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Mhairi Black, Women's boxing, Helen Castor and Rosanna Pike on writing history
Fri 7 Mar 2025
Former MP Mhairi Black on her new career as a stand-up comedian.
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Millie Bobby Brown's video, Tuppence Middleton on OCD, 30 years of Lush
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Stranger Things star hits out at 'bullying' about her appearance in press.
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New womb cancer swab test, the legacy of the last woman hanged, music from Nieve Ella
Wed 5 Mar 2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Obesity and children, How carers are coping, Lucy Edwards' new book
Tue 4 Mar 2025
As new figures predict a rise in obesity, how can families approach this tricky topic?
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Twiggy, Trauma cards, Lesbian Lines
Mon 3 Mar 2025
Twiggy: the defining figure and fashion icon of the swinging Sixties.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie, Esther Ghey, Nnedi Okorafor, Same Dress Different Bodies, Fostering, Rory
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are currently starring in Backstroke, a new play in London.
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Simone Ashley, The Tate brothers, Fostering siblings, Driving instructors
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Bridgerton and Sex Education star Simone Ashley discusses her new romcom.
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Pornography review, Padel, Esther Ghey, Rory
Thu 27 Feb 2025
How to create a safer world and the challenge of regulating online pornography.
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