Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekend 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…
1 year 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…
1 year ago
Global surrogacy, Karen Carney, Low-income & SEND, Talc trial
A major UK group litigation has been launched against Johnson & Johnson, involving approximately 3,000 claimants who allege they developed cancers du…
1 year ago
Liz Kendall MP, Women & Tourette Syndrome, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Singing to help postnatal depression
Only about 20% of UK tech workers are women. That's from a study by WeAreTechWomen & management consultants Oliver Wyman, which also found between 40…
1 year ago
Bobbi Brown, Domestic abuse & family courts, Black maternal health film
Bobbi Brown is a make-up artist turned entrepreneur who created her now famous eponymous line in 1990. Her fresh-faced approach went against 80s and …
1 year ago
Dads and working flexibly, Baroness Margaret Thatcher centenary, Diane Keaton legacy
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…
1 year ago
Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial
100m sprinter Bebe Jackson, 19, won a bronze medal on her debut at the IPC World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi, India, last week. Bebe was bo…
1 year ago
Pelicot trial, Lucy Guo, Bebe Jackson, Travel writing
A court in southern France has increased the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot. Gisèle was drugged by…
1 year ago
Tanita Tikaram, Sally Wainwright, Nature and kids with SEND
NB: The music in this broadcast has been removed from this podcast for rights reasons.
In Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama Riot Women, a group of wome…
1 year ago
Kemi Badenoch's leadership, Manon Garcia on Gisele Pelicot, Joy Gregory
As Kemi Badenoch prepares to address Conservative Party conference for the second time this week, Nuala McGovern reflects on her first year as leader…
1 year ago