Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4

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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August 20 · 54 min
Amelia Dimoldenberg, Vaping, Bigamy, Angel Blue
Amelia Dimoldenberg, creator of Chicken Shop Date, on her career and creative academy.
August 19 · 57 min
France's mass drugging case, Olympian Jade Jones, Air pollution research
Why has a French civil servant charged with drugging hundreds of women not faced trial?
August 18 · 57 min
Sex offenders and ID change, IVF Investigation, A History of Bandanas
We ask why it's so easy for sex offenders to change their names.
August 17 · 56 min
Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter
Amy Hunt on winning four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
August 15 · 56 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Tourette Syndrome
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of women in Afghanistan.
August 14 · 57 min
Girls in Afghanistan, Female entrepreneurs and life editing, Women’s cricket
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of girls in Afghanistan.
August 13 · 57 min
Simon Levy verdict; the partition of India in fiction; mudlarking
Lessons for the justice system from the Simon Levy case.
August 12 · 57 min
Eclipse, China's fake brides, Female climbers, Dr Amanda Cole & Tourette syndrome
A leading astrophysicist and fan on watching the eclipse.
August 11 · 55 min
Composer Gabriela Ortiz, North Devon Maternity suspension, Children reading
Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz on the UK premiere of Revolución diamantina at the Proms.
August 10 · 57 min
Tamzin Outhwaite, 'Luteal Uglies', Kelly Latimer in space, Surrogacy laws in Europe
Tamzin Outhwaite discusses playing one of theatre's most memorable characters.
August 8 · 56 min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Listener week - Elderly caring, women in boat building, dialects, functional skills in schools
As we look back at Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself.
August 7 · 57 min
Listener Week: Aftermath of domestic abuse, women's dialects, losing parents in your 30s, knickers
As Listener Week continues, we hear how a community handled domestic abuse allegations.
August 6 · 57 min
Listener Week: Functional Skills in Schools, How to Make a Podcast, Blushing, Being single
As we continue Listener Week - the pressure to be coupled up when you're young.
August 5 · 57 min
Listener Week: Lipoedema, Third Culture Kids, Sprinting, and the noises men make
As Listener Week continues, we ask why more treatments aren’t available for lipoedema.
August 4 · 58 min
Listener Week: Elderly care, Women boat builders, Midlife Jobs, Influencer Viv the Carer
As we continue Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself
August 3 · 56 min
Listener Week: Marriage & friends, Library cuts, NICU babies, Intergenerational friendships
As Listener Week kicks off, how honest are you with your friends about your marriage?
August 2 · 28 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Midwives, prenups, Egyptian warrior princesses
Reviews of maternity and neonatal services in England and the impact on morale of midwives
July 31 · 57 min
Autism & cervical screening, FIFA, The Kiss, The play Cleansed, Chess
A new study investigating why autistic women are less likely to attend cervical screening.
July 30 · 57 min
Rethinking pubs and clubs as community venues, Actor Vicky Krieps, Egyptian warrior princesses
Business rates cuts and their impact on the community.
July 29 · 57 min
Jared Leto accused, prenups, author Scarlett Thomas
The BBC has uncovered allegations of sexual assault against the Hollywood star Jared Leto.

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