Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSocial media ban for under 16s, Class privilege at Cambridge, Women's sports coaches
Should the UK follow Australia in bringing in a social media ban for under 16s? The government has announced a consultation on the issue and peers de…
4 months, 1 week ago
Trump one year on, Family estrangement, Testing on pregnant women, Caroline Mitchell
We are a year into US President Trump's second term. He says he will tell European leaders "we have to have" Greenland at this week's forum in Davos…
4 months, 1 week ago
Andra Day, Breast Cancer, Autistic Barbie
New research will bring hope to the thousands of women in the UK living with secondary breast cancer. A simple blood test will be able to tell how we…
4 months, 1 week ago
Weekend Woman's Hour: Kids and screen time, Nikki Lilly, The Traitors, Subpar relationships, Mia McKenna-Bruce
Parents of under-fives in England are to be offered official advice on how long their children should spend watching TV or looking at computer screen…
4 months, 1 week ago
Nikki Lilly, Debt, Grief over a pet, Hayley Squires
The number of abortions recorded in England and Wales has reached a record high, according to the latest government figures from the Department of He…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Smart phones and tracking children, The Traitors, Regulating Botox
To track or not to track? Now that technology on our phones makes it so easy, many parents are tracking their children’s whereabouts. If children d…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Women protesting in Iran, Drugs and teens, Subpar relationships, Midwives and burnout
Reports say that the number of people killed in Iran after 18 days of protests is over 2000. We hear about the women on death row who are facing exec…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mia McKenna-Bruce, Teens and misinformation, Older women and publishing
Miss Marple and Poirot have been household names for decades but now one of Agatha Christie’s lesser-known sleuths – Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent - is …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Young kids and screen time, Adoption Act centenary, The Ayoub Sisters
Parents of under-fives in England are to be offered official advice on how long their children should spend watching TV or looking at computer screen…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekend Woman's Hour: Going It Alone, Chloé Zhou, Breast screening
In our new series Going it Alone we hear from women about their experiences of having a child without a partner. These are women who are having donor…
4 months, 2 weeks ago