Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekend Woman’s Hour: Baroness Margaret Hodge, Dame Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter, Statues of women
Baroness Margaret Hodge joined Nuala McGovern to talk about why she thinks routine mammograms should be extended to women over 70. The former Labour …
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Lionesses' Euros win, Nicola Benedetti
The Lionesses have made history by becoming the first England football squad to win a major trophy on foreign soil, they successfully defended their …
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Woman's Hour special: Women and gaming
In July Woman's Hour took a deep dive into the world of women and gaming. It’s an industry worth more than music, TV and film combined, with women ma…
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Kathryn Harkup on Agatha Christie, Ofcom, Sexual violence in Haiti, Mistress Dispeller
From today, websites operating in the UK with pornographic content must ‘robustly’ age-check users. Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must prote…
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Gaza, Dame Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter, Yasmin Khan, Cyberflashing
More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza and pressing for governments to take act…
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Scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Statues of women, Foreign aid cuts, Non-hormonal menopause pill
The government has revealed details of its plans to cut foreign aid, with support for women's health and children's education in Africa facing the bi…
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Baroness Margaret Hodge, Racism in women's football, Author Georgina Moore
Baroness Margaret Hodge tells Nuala McGovern why she thinks routine mammograms should be extended to women over 70. The former Labour MP was diagnose…
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Water industry review, Actor Harriet Webb, Author Molly Jong-Fast
The state of the UK’s water sector is barely out of the headlines at the moment and today a major review into the water industry in England and Wales…
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Helena Bonham Carter, Three-person DNA babies, Claire Waxman, Black Girl Gamers, Louise Candlish
For over 40 years, Helena Bonham Carter has delighted us with roles including Lucy Honeychurch in Room with a View, Princess Margaret in The Crown an…
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Three-person DNA babies, Emer Kenny, Dangers of sexual strangulation
Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions. The method, pionee…
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