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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Anne Longfield, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Sudha Bhuchar, Claire Mason, Romy Gill
Fri 4 Nov 2022
Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, the women behind Netflix hit Bridgerton.
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Dame Sharon White - Chair of John Lewis, Beth Mead, Caroline and Rose Quentin
Thu 3 Nov 2022
Dame Sharon White, the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership speaks to Emma.
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Cat Power, US Midterms, Hope Boxes, writer Yasmin El-Rifae
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Cat Power on music, motherhood and honouring rock and roll icon Bob Dylan.
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What's a feminist city look like? Female doctors and the menopause. Jan Etherington on bickering.
Tue 1 Nov 2022
What does a feminist city look like? Jan Etherington on bickering.
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Donna Patterson, Running in the dark, Tammy Faye Musical
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Donna Patterson speaks about winning an employment tribunal against supermarket Morrisons.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: climate activist Vanessa Nakate, rogue landlords, deepfake porn, Goth fashion, the state of child care
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Vanessa Nakate on what she wants to hear from world leaders ahead of the COP27 summit
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Childcare in the UK: does it need an overhaul?
Fri 28 Oct 2022
How can an accessible, affordable, high quality childcare system be developed in the UK?
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Rogue refuges update, Una Marson, Agony aunts, Iran
Thu 27 Oct 2022
How can rogue landlords who exploit survivors of domestic abuse be stopped?
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Hygiene Poverty, Hanna Flint, Lumberjills
Wed 26 Oct 2022
As the cost of living crisis continues we discuss hygiene poverty.
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New PM priorities, Libby Squire's mum, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, Gothic fashion
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Lisa Squire on the murder of her 21-year-old daughter Libby.
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Artist and conservationist Sophie Green, Deepfake porn, British gymnastics
Mon 24 Oct 2022
How deepfake technology creates hardcore pornography of women without their consent.
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Actor Geena Davis. Harry Dunn's Mother. Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon.
Sat 22 Oct 2022
Two-time Academy award-winning actor Geena Davis talks about her career and new memoir.
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Charlotte Charles, Ella Robertson McKay, Rainbow Murray, Cerys Hafana, Sejal Majithia and Sejal Sachdev , Girls World series
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Charlotte Charles on her three-year fight for justice for her 19-year-old son Harry Dunn.
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Jayde Adams, Liz Truss' future, Phobias
Thu 20 Oct 2022
The comedian Jayde Adams joins Krupa to discuss being on Strictly Come Dancing.
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Sterilisation in the United States, Carmen Callil, Kate Beaton, #StayAtHomeGFs, Helen Gittos & East Kent Maternity Report
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Some US women reconsidering whether or not they want children after Roe v Wade overturned.
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Actor Geena Davis. Sibling age gaps. Modern slavery and working rights.
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Geena Davis on her memoir Dying of Politeness.
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Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon, Behind the Rage with Deeyah Khan, Met Police report, Motorcycling
Mon 17 Oct 2022
The acclaimed choreographer on her new production inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
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Nicole Hockley, Juliet Stevenson, Women protesting in Iran, Sue Townsend's legacy
Sat 15 Oct 2022
Nicole Hockley, who lost her son Dylan in the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012.
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The Staves live, Nicole Hockley, Manisha Tailor, Women and body art
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Indie folk trio The Staves play live in the Woman's Hour studio.
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Actor Juliet Stevenson. 40 years after Adrian Mole the legacy of Sue Townsend. Paralympian now dancer Ellie Simmonds
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Actor Juliet Stevenson. The legacy of Sue Townsend. Ellie Simmonds on Strictly.
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Erin Doherty in The Crucible, Strip clubs, Brazilian butt lifts, Angela Lansbury
Wed 12 Oct 2022
The actor best known for playing Princess Anne in The Crown talks about her new stage role
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Helen O'Hara, International Day of the Girl, photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind on Ukraine
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Violinist Helen O'Hara from Dexy's Midnight Runners.
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Countdown to COP27, Amy Loughren, Poet Cecilia Knapp
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Cimate activists Farwiza Farhan and Patience Nabukalu join Jessica ahead of COP27.
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Merope Mills on her daughter Martha, Actor Sheila Atim on Woman King, Women in the armed forces, Truss impersonators
Sat 8 Oct 2022
Merope Mills on the preventable death of her 13-year-old daughter.
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Sheila Atim, Péju Alatise, Amanda Wakeley, Emma Norton
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Warrior women on Woman’s Hour with Anita Rani.
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Merope Mills on her daughter Martha, Rugby World Cup preview, Truss impersonators, Iran update
Thu 6 Oct 2022
The journalist Merope Mills voices her anger at her daughter Martha's preventable death.
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Nicola Rollock, Sexsomnia, Liz Truss, Anonymity prior to charge, Nadine Shah
Wed 5 Oct 2022
Expert on racial justice Professor Nicola Rollock and Nadine Shah on her new career.
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Alex Scott, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Molly Russell inquest
Tue 4 Oct 2022
The former footballer and broadcaster Alex Scott on her new memoir.
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Gentle parenting, Truss and leadership, Indicator offences
Mon 3 Oct 2022
Does the gentle parenting style that's currently viral on TikTok really work?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Hilary Mantel’s writings on endometriosis, women in politics, nursing, family whatsapp, the orgasm gap
Sat 1 Oct 2022
The late Hilary Mantel's writing on chronic pain and illness that inspires so many.
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