Podcast Episodes

Weekend Woman's Hour: Foster caring, Liz Carr on assisted dying, Sabrina Ali on Dugzi Dayz, Rachel Chinouriri

The number of children in care is continuing to rise each year, and thousands of new foster carers are needed. The comedian and writer Kiri Pritchard…

2 years ago

Whooping cough, Shirley Conran, Lying, Afghanistan tourism

Five babies have died from whooping cough this year as cases continue to rise in England. Medical doctor Dr Saleyha Ahsan, who currently has whooping…

2 years ago

Liz Carr on assisted dying, Money in relationships, Singer Rachel Chinouriri

The debate on assisted dying is often framed around the issues of choice for the terminally ill, but what about the rights of the disabled ? Actor an…

2 years ago

Safer sport for women, novelist Nadine Matheson, Sabrina Ali on Dugzi Dayz

Now that women’s sport is advancing, we need clear safeguarding rules for women and girls about what is and isn’t okay when it comes to talking about…

2 years ago

Losing your possessions, Defining honour abuse, Foster caring

What’s like to start again with nothing? On New Year's Eve of 2018, journalist Helen Chandler-Wilde lost everything she owned in a storage unit fire …

2 years ago

How to age well: A Woman's Hour special

We are all ageing, if we're lucky, so in this Woman's Hour special programme, we're exploring how women can age well.

Anita Rani is joined by a pane…

2 years ago

Weekend Woman's Hour: Co-parenting, Plastic pollution, ACL injuries, Perinatal suicide

What is it really like to be a co-parent? Hayley Allen’s son spends the weekdays with his dad and she takes care of him at the weekends. Carly Harris…

2 years ago

Listener phone in: Boys - what's it's like to be one in 2024?

On today's Woman's Hour phone-in we ask what it's like to be a boy in 2024 and how society is shaping our future men.

On Monday we spoke to Catherine…

2 years ago

Woman's Hour special: How is porn shaping our sex lives and relationships?

Over the past few weeks, Woman’s Hour has been having a frank conversation about pornography. Four women spoke about how porn has shaped their relati…

2 years ago

Lawyer Harriet Wistrich, Chef Asma Khan, ACL injuries and women

Lawyer Harriet Wistrich is the founder and director of Centre for Women's Justice. She joins Anita Rani to talk about her new book, Sister in Law, wh…

2 years ago