Podcast Episodes

Malala Yousafzai, Briana Corrigan, Exclamation marks

NB: The music in this broadcast has been removed from this podcast for rights reasons.

Thrust onto the public stage at 15 years old after the Taliban’…

7 months ago

France rape law change, Women and alcohol dependency, Amina Khayyam

The French parliament has just ratified an amendment to add consent to the legal definition of rape and sexual assault. The issue gained national att…

7 months ago

Clare's law, PIP breast implant scandal, Queen Victoria's mental health

The BBC has discovered widespread delays in a scheme designed to tell people whether their partners have a history of being abusive. Known as Clare's…

7 months ago

Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case, Comedian Laura Smyth, Autism de-diagnosis

Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, has accused ten people of posting malicious comments about her, claiming she was a born a …

7 months ago

Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back

Singer, actor and performer, Petula Clark’s career has spanned over eight decades. She sang to wartime troops in the 40s, was a 1950s child star, be…

7 months ago

Weekend Woman's Hour: Landmark policy change in the Family Court, Essex Witches, Women rowing across the Pacific

The Essex witch trials represent one of the darkest chapters in British history. A new Sky History series, Witches of Essex, revisits the real lives …

7 months ago

First mum in space, Tiggy Walker, Recruiting women to Formula 1

50 years ago today - in 1975 - 90% of women in Iceland took part in a nationwide protest over inequality. Instead of going to the office, doing house…

7 months, 1 week ago

Wes Streeting, Virginia Giuffre memoir, Pacific Ocean rowers

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting joins Anita Rani to announce new government policy on women’s health.

Anita speaks to Amy…

7 months, 1 week ago

The Nocebo effect, Women sports photographers, Parental involvement in family courts

We’ve heard about the placebo effect, when belief in a treatment makes us feel better, but what do you know about the nocebo effect? It’s when our ne…

7 months, 1 week ago

Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause

Two sexual abuse survivors have resigned from their roles on the national inquiry into grooming gangs. Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds both stood do…

7 months, 1 week ago