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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Listener Week: a basic guide to economics, quizzes, ageing without children
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Stories suggested by listeners.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Pockets and women’s clothing, Russia’s Mother Heroine Award
Sat 20 Aug 2022
We look at life for women in Afghanistan one year on from the Taliban taking control.
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Sharon Horgan, Sport and periods, Fangirls
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Sharon Horgan and Eve Hewson on Bad Sisters.
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Britain's secret war babies, Naomi Stadlen, Health impacts of anal sex
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Mary, a 'secret war baby', tracks down her Black heritage in a Channel 4 documentary.
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Alison Rodgers, Dan Scorer, Ros Coward, Anita Anand, Sarah Class, Tracey Cox, Dr Tristram Wyatt
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Vabbing - the viral social media trend that proponents say could help you attract a mate.
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Musician Self Esteem, Baroness Minouche Shafik and Female Astronomers
Tue 16 Aug 2022
The musician Self Esteem on her Mercury Prize nomination.
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Women in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban took control, Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Afghanistan one year after Taliban control, and Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Leah Williamson, Women and Partition, Afghan women's radio
Sat 13 Aug 2022
England captain Leah Williamson reflects on the Lionesses' Euro 22 victory.
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The Partition of India in 1947 and its impact on Women
Fri 12 Aug 2022
How the Partition of India in 1947 affected women’s lives.
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England Captain Leah Williamson
Thu 11 Aug 2022
England captain Leah Williamson joins Jessica Creighton.
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Tennis icon Serena Williams, Recruiting women to the armed forces, Afghan women radio, Stem cell donors, Women and bodybuilding
Wed 10 Aug 2022
Is Serena Williams leaving tennis?
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Brit and Mercury Prize-winning singer Heather Small, Chronic illness, Abortion
Tue 9 Aug 2022
Brit and Mercury Prize-winning singer Heather Small discusses her first album in 16 years.
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Child strip searches, Dr Sam Roberts of NICE
Mon 8 Aug 2022
A new report on children being strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police.
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England's netballers - the Roses, School exclusions, South Asian women in WWII, Rape survivors and therapy, Women artists
Fri 5 Aug 2022
With such excitement around the Lionesses, will football start to outshine netball?
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Manipulating body images in ads. National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa . Abortion stories. Nancy Pelosi Taipei visit.
Thu 4 Aug 2022
Manipulating body images in ads. National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa. Abortion stories.
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Euros 22 legacy, Kansas and abortion rights, Dance music and women, Sam Smith, Juliette Pochin
Wed 3 Aug 2022
How easy is it to access all-girl teams around England?
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Commonwealth Games, Body image and mental health report, Lizzo and Beyonce lyrics, Personality disorders
Tue 2 Aug 2022
More medals to be awarded to women at Commonwealth Games.
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Actor Samantha Womack, The Lionesses win, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Dear Daughter podcast, Jane Roe's daughter, The Home Edit
Sat 30 Jul 2022
Samantha Womack on her role as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
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Fiona Govan, Louisa McGeehan, Tom Bennett, Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, Namulanta Kombo, Helen Wood.
Fri 29 Jul 2022
'All Bodies are Beach Bodies' campaign.
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Clea and Joanna from The Home Edit, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Menopause report
Thu 28 Jul 2022
The women from the Netflix series Get Organised with The Home Edit give their pro tips.
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Jane Roe's daughter, Lionesses semi-final, Voices of Power and Women's Health Apps
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Emma speaks to Jane Roe's daughter Melissa Mills, and we celebrate the Lionesses win.
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Samantha Womack as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Tue 26 Jul 2022
Samantha Womack as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
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The vegan stock car racing driver Leilani Münter, Lynne O'Donnell, Abortion stories
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Award winner Leilani Münter uses her stock race car to share environmental messages.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Vicky Pattison, Bananarama, Women's Health Strategy
Sat 23 Jul 2022
Vicky Pattison on her new documentary My Dad, Alcohol and Me.
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Bananarama, The Baby, Tour De Femmes
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward from Bananarama.
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Vicky Pattison, Women's Darts, Period Loss and Iranian Feminists Cyberattack.
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Vicky Pattison on her unhealthy relationship with alcohol and women's darts on TV.
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England's Lionesses Quarter Final against Spain; Women's Health Strategy; Women and the Web;
Wed 20 Jul 2022
England's Lionesses take on Spain in the quarter finals of #WEURO22
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Surviving in Scrubs, Male Contraception, Little Women Opera, Caps for England Women's Team
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Surviving in Scrubs is being described as the #MeToo of medicine. The founders join Krupa.
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R J Palacio, Dr Nneka Ikeogu, Rajini Vaidyanathan, Dr Radikha Vohra and Dr Jo Mountfield
Mon 18 Jul 2022
Bestselling author R J Palacio on her latest book.
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