Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAbandoned 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years ago
Ruth Jones, Women and renting, Couples who disagree about having children
Ruth Jones is live in the Woman’s Hour studio to talk about playing the Mother Superior in a West End production of Sister Act. She discusses getting…
2 years ago
Muses
From the Pre-Raphaelites to Picasso, Vermeer to Freud, some of the most famous Western artwork involves an artist’s muse. So who are the muses who ha…
2 years ago
India's women voters, Dame Harriet Walter on Clara Schumann, Climate medal winner
As India goes to the polls in the penultimate round of voting in their general election, Anita speaks to the BBC’s Divya Arya in Delhi. They discuss …
2 years ago