Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDouble jeopardy fight, Fertility rates, SRY tests, Wool sourcing
New ONS stats show that fertility rates are the lowest in England and Wales since 1938 when they were first recorded. Dr Bernice Kuona is researcher…
1 year, 1 month ago
Child abuse & VAWG, Novelist Miriam Robinson, Taylor Swift's engagement, Private midwives
Ten child protection organisations have written an urgent letter to the home secretary expressing concern over the omission of child sexual abuse fro…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gender pay gap, 'Spicy' fiction, Is rugby safe? Labubu dolls
A new report, published yesterday, says Britain’s gender pay gap has been understated for two decades, casting doubt on the accuracy of official figu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Stalking & heart disease, Cellist Laura van der Heijden, Periods
Sussex-born cellist Laura van der Heijden won the BBC Young Musician of the Year at the age of 15 in 2012. She's now been named as the Royal Philharm…
1 year, 2 months ago
Woman's Hour Special: Women's Rugby World Cup
Join Anita Rani as she broadcasts live from Blaydon Rugby Club in Gateshead ahead of the first game of the Women's Rugby World Cup. Tonight England k…
1 year, 2 months ago
21/08/2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
1 year, 2 months ago
Sister Bliss, Maternity reports, River women, Karis Kelly
Sister Bliss started out DJing on London’s gay club scene, before co-founding Faithless in 1995 and became one of the few women of her generation to …
1 year, 2 months ago
Karen Gillan, Children's exposure to porn, Lexi Chambers
If you knew the world was about to end, what would you do? That’s the dilemma Karen Gillan’s character faces in new film, The Life of Chuck, in which…
1 year, 2 months ago
Mounjaro price rise, The Real Housewives of London, Nail bars
As Mounjaro increases its prices, there are fears that more women will turn to black market drugs. Nuala McGovern talks to pharmacist Sehar Shahid ab…
1 year, 2 months ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Afghanistan, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Pregnancy sickness, Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton
Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women, the gender equality agency, is warning that the situation for…
1 year, 2 months ago