Podcast Episodes

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 …

10 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…

10 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 …

10 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…

10 months 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…

10 months 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…

10 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…

10 months, 1 week ago

Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches

The government has announced an independent inquiry into repeated failings in maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Earlier this …

10 months, 1 week ago

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tilda Swinton, Dads at work, Karen Carney, Living with Tourette Syndrome, Bobbi Brown

Half of working dads feel nervous asking for time off to care for their children, more than 20% have been asked ‘where’s your wife/partner?’ when req…

10 months, 1 week ago

Tilda Swinton, Homelessness, Gwenda's Garage Musical, Romance Scams

Tilda Swinton is one of the UK’s most singular and celebrated performers. Over four decades she has delivered unforgettable and varied screen perfor…

10 months, 1 week ago