Podcast Episodes
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
6 hours ago
Consent, Top Fuel drag racing, Grey hair
To mark our 80th anniversary, Woman's Hour commissioned a survey of 2,000 women across the UK to explore how women feel about using their voice in di…
1 day, 8 hours ago
Woman's Hour celebrates 80 years from the Glasgow Women's Library
Launching the theme of our 80th birthday year: "Use Your Voice", we celebrate live from the Glasgow Women's Library in Scotland, the sole accredited …
2 days, 8 hours ago
French student protests; Elizabeth Day and Sarah Solemani on TV drama The Party; could some adoptions be avoided?
Hundreds of schools in France have closed after clashes between police and student protestors. Chloe Quesnel is a high school teacher in Nice in Fra…
3 days, 8 hours ago
The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence
Monica Dolan is starring in a new film, called The Lost Children of Tuam, co-produced by Liam Neeson. In it, she plays the extraordinary amateur hist…
4 days, 8 hours ago
Weekend Woman's Hour: School uniforms in porn, The Farmer's Wife, 'Empty nesters'
A group of school children have set up a petition calling on the government to ban the use of school uniforms in porn. They say they want to abolish …
6 days, 3 hours ago
Protests in Delhi, Retatrutide, The Farmer's Wife, Baby Loss
Multiple protests have been taking place in Delhi over the past week. Hundreds of women have come together in India's capital to protest against a s…
1 week ago
Cornell University rape investigation, Tributes to Esther Rantzen, Sunbeds
New York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024. The woman, referre…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Women's Art Collection at 40; school uniforms in porn; the history of widowhood
The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced an end to the triple lock for the state pension from 2030, and it’s thought that women could be most af…
1 week, 2 days ago
'Empty nesters', Electronic tagging, Actor Lara Ricote
Many parents will have just experienced the departure of their children from the family home as they head for university, turning once-bustling house…
1 week, 3 days ago