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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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Diana Parkes, Ukraine, Unmodified bodies, Joanna Scanlan, Margaret Atwood
Sat 26 Feb 2022
An exclusive interview with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and future Queen Consort.
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Ukraine, Matchgirls' strike of 1888, Equal pay deal for US women’s national football team, and Briony Greenhill
Fri 25 Feb 2022
Ukraine, the matchgirls' strike, equal pay deal for US Women’s soccer, & Briony Greenhill.
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Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, Diana Parkes, David Trickey, Baroness Floella Benjamin
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall talks exclusively to Woman’s Hour.
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Margaret Atwood, Harriet Harman MP, Joanna Scanlan, Sportswomen's urinary incontinence
Wed 23 Feb 2022
The Canadian bestselling author on feminism, grief and being in your 80s.
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Competitive cheerleading, Criminal records, Professor Clare Chambers
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Political philosopher Clare Chambers explores why we feel the need to change our bodies.
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Disabled children and exercise, Women escaping domestic abuse, and 'rent farming', Whistler's Woman in White
Mon 21 Feb 2022
First ever guidelines on physical activity published for disabled children & young people.
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Mina Smallman, Workplace Fertility Officers, Covid Jabs for kids, Suffragist Lydia Becker
Sat 19 Feb 2022
Mina Smallman, mum of murdered sisters Bibaa and Nicole on Cressida Dick’s resignation.
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Reimagining ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Author Charmaine Wilkerson. Forensic Scientist Professor Angela Gallop
Fri 18 Feb 2022
Reimagining ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Charmaine Wilkerson. Professor Angela Gallop. Baby names.
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Women protest in India over hijab bans, Comedian, Isabelle Farah, Parents attacked by their children,
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Women protestors in India condemn proposal to ban hijabs in classrooms in Karnataka.
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Virginia Giuffre, Child Protection, Lydia Becker
Wed 16 Feb 2022
The settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew: what does it mean for her?
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Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith
Mon 14 Feb 2022
The language of love and poetry with Imtiaz Dharker.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Marian Keyes, Donna McLean, Mansion Hunters
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Author Marian Keyes on revisiting a much-loved character in her new book Again, Rachel.
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Cressida Dick, Tukwini Mandela, Sheila Ferguson
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Commissioner Cressida Dick's resignation and what it means
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Licoricia, Kate Nash, Devolution and Samantha Jones
Thu 10 Feb 2022
The singer Kate Nash and the impact devolution has had on female political representation.
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Marian Keyes, Women making crypto art, Self-harm in women's prisons
Wed 9 Feb 2022
The bestselling novelist on revisiting a much-loved character in new book Again, Rachel
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Group screaming, Kim Leadbeater, Breast cancer treatment, Separated fostered siblings, Lazy Susan
Tue 8 Feb 2022
Have you ever felt like you wanted to scream from the top of your lungs?
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Knitted Sandringham, Donna McLean, Language of reproduction
Mon 7 Feb 2022
Meet the creator of an extraordinary 'knitted Sandringham' - 92 year old Margaret Seaman.
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World record Atlantic rowers, Police culture, Women and investing
Sat 5 Feb 2022
The fastest women to row across the Atlantic. Photo credit Atlantic Campaigns.
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British Vogue, Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 & Mummy Bloggers
Fri 4 Feb 2022
British Vogue’s iconic cover, the GB women at the Olympics and 'Insta mums'.
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Stacey Dooley, Police culture, Novice rowers become champions, Afghan women update, Anne Boleyn
Thu 3 Feb 2022
Stacey Dooley investigates the UK's mental health crisis in her new book
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Gloria Allred, Monica Ali, Val McDermid
Wed 2 Feb 2022
American lawyer Gloria Allred, who is still representing 20 accusers of Jeffrey Epstein.
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Carrie Johnson, Supreme Court nominee, Women & work in the 17th century, Rising popularity of thongs, MMR
Tue 1 Feb 2022
Carrie Johnson - the first prime ministerial spouse who has had a career in politics.
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Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson, Performative activism, Over-exercising
Mon 31 Jan 2022
To mark the 50th anniversary of her death, Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Dr Koshka Duff, Tareena Shakil, 'Corona Lisa', Midwife Shortage, Six The Musical
Sat 29 Jan 2022
Dr Koshka Duff’s first broadcast interview since winning compensation from the Met police
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Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal & Libby Heaney, Death Doulas
Fri 28 Jan 2022
Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be found guilty of joining IS, tell her story.
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Opera arias reinvented, Holocaust survivor Rachel Levy
Thu 27 Jan 2022
The all female string quartet who are reimagining the songs of tragic operatic heroines.
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The Corona Lisa, Dr Koshka Duff, Magistrates and Revolutionary women
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Emma speaks to Dr Koshka Duff about her treatment by the Metropolitan Police.
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Six the Musical, Author Hannah Jewell on 'snowflakes', Women in Ukraine
Tue 25 Jan 2022
The success of the modern musical retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII.
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Female Offender Strategy, Midwife shortage, Zara Rutherford, Annalena Baerbock
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Is the criminal justice system responsive enough to the specific needs of women offenders?
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