Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWoman's Hour Election Debate
In a special extended 90 minute programme, Nuala McGovern hosts the Woman's Hour Election Debate. Senior women from the main political parties of Gr…
1 year, 11 months ago
‘Sextortion diary’, dealing with a terminal diagnosis, Judy Garland impersonator
Last week, listener Charlotte got in touch with the programme to share her story. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer in April and was told she mi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elite rower Helen Glover, Leader Interview: Carla Denyer, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Ozempic
Earlier this month, the British Olympic Association announced the 42 athletes selected to represent Team GB in rowing at 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.…
1 year, 11 months ago
Graves of stillborn babies, Chaka Khan, Climate seniors, Right wing women leaders in the EU
Up until the 1980s, stillborn babies were swiftly taken from their mothers who weren’t always told what had happened to them. Now one of those mothe…
1 year, 11 months ago
Paloma Faith, Leader interview: Rhun Ap Iorwerth, Parents with learning difficulties
Paloma Faith is an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor. She has released six albums, including her most recent The Glorification of Sadness, …
1 year, 11 months ago
Naomi Klein, Thornaby FC, folk singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, author Lucy Foley
Thornaby Football Club’s committee is facing criticism after they announced that the Teeside-based club would be dropping all of its women’s section.…
1 year, 11 months ago
Isabella Tree, Emma Caldwell case, Baroness Delyth Morgan
Nearly 300 rapes and sexual assaults reported by sex workers during the Emma Caldwell murder investigation were not dealt with by police at the time,…
1 year, 11 months ago
Plus 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago