Podcast Episodes

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 Law, people can ask police if their partner has a…

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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 man, something Macron says is completely untrue. H…

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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, became a European musical icon, before conquering Am…

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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 of women accused of witchcraft in the 16th and 17t…

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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 housework or childcare, 25,000 women took to the street…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks 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 Wallace, the writer and journalist who worked wit…

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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 negative expectations of a treatment, medicine or pr…

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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 down from the victims' liaison panel which was overs…

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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 year, a BBC investigation revealed that the deaths…

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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 requesting flexibility and 44% say employers treat mo…

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