Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Deep Fakes, Female membership on Boards, Exploring Antartica
Today
Channel 4's Cathy Newman responds to the new law on deep fakes.
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Child Sexual Exploitation, Endometriosis reporting tool, Lucy Lawless on Margaret Moth, Evin Prison Iran.
Yesterday
Lucy Lawless, best known as Xena: Warrior Princess, on camerawoman Margaret Moth.
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Women in the Church of England, Mel Giedroyc, Granny Advice
Monday
What role are women playing in the reform of safeguarding in the Church of England?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: National Care Service, Miranda Hart on walking, Parenting adult children, Beth Moran on fostering
Saturday
Miranda Hart on the benefits of walking and the outdoors.
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Women's Rugby World Cup, Amy Gledhill, National Care Service, Russian ballet
Friday
Potentially a breakthrough tournament to inspire a new generation of women's rugby fans.
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Rape Crisis at 50, Extroverted kids/introverted parents, Atlantic Ocean rowers
Last Thursday
We look back at 50 years of Rape Crisis with Dr Kate Cook and Lee Eggleston.
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Walking: A Woman's Hour Special
New Year's Day 2025
Nuala McGovern dons her walking boots and steps out for her first walk of 2025.
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Beth Moran on fostering, Theo Bleak, Dating someone a similar age to your children
Last Tuesday
Author Beth Moran on her decision to foster and how it inspires her work.
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Joan Smith, Parenting adult children, Dolly Parton musical
Mon 30 Dec 2024
The challenges and pitfalls of being a parent to adult children.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Michelle Yeoh, SEND system, Friends 30th Anniversary, Living in a van
Sat 28 Dec 2024
A look back at Woman鈥檚 Hour in 2024.
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Shazia Mirza, Haiti, Dutch surnames, Imposter Syndrome, Celia Pym on socks.
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Shazia Mirza on Comedy Queens and growing up in a strict religious family in Birmingham.
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The women behind our best-loved puzzles and games - A Woman's Hour special
Boxing Day 2024
Anita Rani explores the women behind Jenga to World of Warcraft via Agatha Christie.
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Comfort: A Woman's Hour Christmas Day special
Christmas Day 2024
Christmas Day edition on 'Comfort'. Co-presented by Nuala McGovern and Anita Rani.
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Minette Walters, Menopause supplement adverts, Blake Lively
Christmas Eve 2024
The bestselling author on her new historical novel The Players
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Amy Dowden, Syrian Women's Affairs Office, Nancy in Oliver!
Mon 23 Dec 2024
The Strictly dancer on her cancer recovery and upcoming new tour
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Anne-Marie Duff, Gisele Pelicot, Black female journalists, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ballet Shoes
Sat 21 Dec 2024
Anne-Marie Duff on her latest stage role as Regina Hubbard in The Little Foxes.
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Daisy Edgar-Jones, Gis猫le Pelicot, Trampolinist Bryony Page
Fri 20 Dec 2024
The star of Normal People is now taking on the lead role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial verdicts, Venture capitalist, Ballet Shoes
Thu 19 Dec 2024
Dominique Pelicot, ex husband of Gisele, found guilty of all charges.
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WASPI women, Puberty blockers, Black female journalists
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Reaction to the government decision not to pay compensation to WASPI women.
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Sophie Duker, Sudan sexual violence crisis, The Road Trip
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Comedian Sophie Duker on the lies we choose to tell ourselves.
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Anne-Marie Duff, Home education, Willpower Detectives, Iran update
Mon 16 Dec 2024
Anne-Marie Duff discusses her latest stage role as Regina Hubbard in The Little Foxes.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Childcare, Kerry Washington, 80s egg donors, Women triathletes, Inclusive wigs after chemo, Bette & Joan
Sat 14 Dec 2024
Is the unprecedented expansion of state-funded childcare places going far enough?
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Kerry Washington, Ovary removal following PMDD, Women returning to Syria
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Actor, director, producer and activist Kerry Washington joins Anita Rani.
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Sara Sharif, Netball, Disability stigma, 80s egg donors
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Why 15 opportunities to save Sara were missed.
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Women triathletes, Imani Erriu and romantasy, Prostitute's caution
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Why are women triathletes experiencing harassment at events?
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Childcare, Returning to Syria, Inclusive wigs after chemo
Tue 10 Dec 2024
Is the unprecedented expansion of state-funded childcare places going far enough?
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Syria, Raising a family in the UK, Lisa O鈥橬eill
Mon 9 Dec 2024
What does the fall of the Assad regime mean for women in Syria?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Sutara Gayle, Uterine fibroids, Surviving grief, Josie Lloyd
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire discuss being female in the film industry.
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PCOS misinformation, Sutara Gayle, Raving
Fri 6 Dec 2024
麻豆社 investigation in to incorrect advice online about polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Afghan midwives, DJ Annie Mac, Artist Chila Burman, Surviving grief
Thu 5 Dec 2024
Reports that women in Afghanistan are to be banned from midwife and nursing courses.
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