Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Aimee Lou Wood, Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme on African Queens, Nell Mescal
Sat 18 Feb 2023
Aimee Lou Wood talks about her roles in Cabaret and Netflix’s Sex Education.
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Sukhdev Reel on her son Ricky, Aimee Lou Wood, Anita Bhagwandas, Sober dating
Fri 17 Feb 2023
A mother who has spent 25 years trying to find out what happened to her son.
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Nicola Sturgeon resignation; Sharon Rose plays Sylvia Pankhurst; The power of sport; Femicide in Europe
Thu 16 Feb 2023
After a decade as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she's stepping down.
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Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, African Queens, Sleepovers, Male Pill and Nikki Haley
Wed 15 Feb 2023
Nuala talks to Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme about her series telling stories of African queens.
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Nell Mescal, Professor Hazel Smith, Jean MacKenzie, Fern Brady, Claer Barratt, Stella Creasy MP, Lauren Moss
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Nell Mescal sings live from the Woman's Hour studio.
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Love-Bombed a new BBC Sounds Podcast. Can writing a memoir ruin your life? Who are you at work? Knife Crime
Mon 13 Feb 2023
Love-Bombed a new BBC Podcast. Can Writing a Memoir Ruin your life? Who are you at work ?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Danielle Deadwyler on Oscars snub, disabled parenting, audio porn, ex-Lioness Jill Scott & Salma Hayek
Sat 11 Feb 2023
Danielle Deadwyler on the film 'Till' & why only one black woman has ever won an Oscar.
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Jill Scott - European Champion; Disabled parents; Salma Hayek Pinault
Fri 10 Feb 2023
European Champion and Queen of the Jungle - Jill Scott.
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Audio porn, Earthquake impact on women, Author Ayòbámi Adébáyo, A listener on leaving the Church of England
Thu 9 Feb 2023
A new type of adult audio content that is said to be gaining popularity among women.
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Jessie Buckley, Jennie Agg, Nazir Afzal, Zoe Billingham, Martine Oborne, Anne Atkins
Wed 8 Feb 2023
Irish actor Jessie Buckley in Women Talking.
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David Carrick sentencing, Shamima Begum story, Danielle Deadwyler, Carmel McMahon
Tue 7 Feb 2023
What has Shamima Begum been doing since she left the UK in 2015?
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Janhavee Moole, Julia Golding, Holly Bourne, Sam Quek, Rachel Williams, Ella Whelan, Abbie Cheeseman
Mon 6 Feb 2023
Uplifting fiction for young adults? Why do so many books contain dark themes?
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Helena Bonham Carter on ‘Nolly’, Sophie Duker, Happy Valley & kinship care, Emily Atack’
Sat 4 Feb 2023
Helena Bonham Carter on playing the "Queen of the midlands", in Russell T Davies' 'Nolly'
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Happy Valley & kinship care; Conditions at Eastwood Park women's prison, Declining birthrates in China & Japan, Beyonce
Fri 3 Feb 2023
A new report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on conditions at Eastwood Park women’s prison.
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Alex Kingston plays Prospero at the RSC; Captain Preet Chandi; Alcohol, sexual assault & recall; Folic acid; All good friends?
Thu 2 Feb 2023
Prospero as a mother not an elderly Duke & father: actor Alex Kingston's current challenge
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Helena Bonham Carter, Power List judges Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Ebony Rainford-Brent, Update on Ian Paterson
Wed 1 Feb 2023
The actor on playing Nolly - star of Crossroads and Queen of the Midlands Noele Gordon.
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Emily Atack, Baroness Catherine Ashton, Sophie Duker
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Emily Atack on the abusive messages she receives from men and why she's calling for change
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Hilary Grime on her daugher Phoebe, Catherine Lee on Section 28, Tidying up v mess
Mon 30 Jan 2023
Hilary Grime's daughter Phoebe, a university student, took her own life in 2021.
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Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Zara Aleena's murder & probation service failings; the Woman's Hour Power List 2023
Sat 28 Jan 2023
Screenwriter Lesley Paterson reveals how her sporting career helped to fund her new film
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Holocaust Survivors, Mary Nighy, Dementia and Menopause
Fri 27 Jan 2023
Anita speaks to the daughters of two Jewish girls who fled Nazi persecution.
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Launch of the Woman's Hour Power List 2023, Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Chores post Covid
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Blue Plaque for the 'founding spirit' of the Notting Hill Carnival, Claudia Jones.
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Bridget Phillipson MP, Catherine Newman, Chanel Contos, Rachel Thompson, Karen Krizanovich, Baroness Altmann
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Childcare reform – what needs to change?
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The cost of being single, Zara Aleena's murder & probation service failings, menopause and the workplace
Tue 24 Jan 2023
A new study examining disproportionate number of female teachers developing mesothelioma
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The Brit Awards. Targeted adverts online. The ages of motherhood. Welsh Rugby.
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Women artists at the Brits. Targeted adverts online. When's the right time to have a baby?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Michelle Williams, Elizabeth McGovern, former New Zealand PM Helen Clark on Jacinda Ardern
Sat 21 Jan 2023
Hollywood actor Michelle Williams on her new role in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.
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Michelle Williams, Long Covid and 25 years of Goodness Gracious Me
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Michelle Williams talks about playing Mitzi, closely based on Steven Spielberg's mother.
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Joanna Wolfarth, Jacqui Oatley, Shaista Aziz, Dr Stacey Pope, Róisín Lanigan, Catherine Hallissey. Lara Greaves, Helen Clark
Thu 19 Jan 2023
A history of breastfeeding.
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Searching for Rosemary Kennedy, 40 years of Madonna, Wendy Warrington - nurse/midwife, Nicola Brookes, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Wed 18 Jan 2023
The little-known story of Rosemary Kennedy.
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Elizabeth McGovern, Pat Cullen, David Carrick, The Wife of Bath
Tue 17 Jan 2023
The Downton Abbey actor on her new stage role as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Actor Patricia Hodge, Online Safety Bill, Returning to work
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Actor Patricia Hodge joins Krupa Padhy.
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