Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPlus ones, Swifties, Scotland rape rule, Long-lost siblings
Scotland's most senior law officer has asked nine of the country's judges to overturn an 87-year-old rule on evidence in cases involving rape and oth…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bat for Lashes, Women and D-Day, Author Saima Mir, Sextortion
The singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, joins Anita to talk about her new album, The Dream of Delphi. Named afte…
1 year, 10 months ago
Tina Fey, Ireland's first 'witch', does young farmer culture have a problem with women?
Tina Fey, a colossus of the comedy world for more than two decades, is also the creative force behind Mean Girls. The original movie in 2004, starrin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Abandoned babies, Adventurer Alice Morrison, Being a 'BoyMum'
A newborn baby found earlier this year in East London is the third child abandoned by the same parents. That’s the story being reported by the BBC’s …
1 year, 10 months ago
Mexico election, Queenie actor, Breast milk donor
Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico's first woman president after an historic election win. BBC Journalist Laura Garcia joins Nuala McGovern to disc…
1 year, 10 months ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Ruth Jones, Netball Super League, FGM ban at risk in Gambia, Muses, Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell
Ruth Jones joins Nuala McGovern to talk about playing the Mother Superior in a West End production of Sister Act. She discusses getting out of her co…
1 year, 10 months ago
Trump conviction, FGM ban at risk in Gambia, TV’s Queen of Books
Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his criminal trial in New York. It is the first time a former or s…
1 year, 10 months ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Show-women, Love bombing, Infected blood scandal
On 28 July last year the British cyclist Lizzy Banks received an email from UK Anti Doping to say she had return two Adverse Analytical Findings. The…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ozempic, Netball Super League, Olivier award-winner Cassidy Janson
As prescriptions for weight loss drugs in the UK increase, Woman’s Hour explores how safe online prescriptions for things like Ozempic and Wegovy are…
1 year, 10 months ago
Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell, Perfume’s Darkest Secrets, the return of Loaded magazine
Top perfume brands may have the “worst form of child labour” in their jasmine supply chains, a BBC Eye investigation reveals. Jasmine is considered …
1 year, 10 months ago