Podcast Episodes

Eurovision entry Mae Muller, Director Raine Allen-Miller, Online bullying

Singer-songwriter Mae Muller has been announced as this year’s British entry for Eurovision, she joins Krupa to discuss how excited she is to represent the UK.

Watch out Notting Hill, there is a new r…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Emily Watson, Earthquake, The Lesbian Project, Big Mama Thornton, Cost of childcare

Emily Watson is starring in a new film ‘God’s Creatures,’ set in a remote Irish fishing village. She plays a mother torn between protecting her son and her own sense of right and wrong. When she prov…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly MP, Poet Kim Moore, Chief Fire Officer Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

On International Women’s Day we talk to the foreign secretary, James Cleverly MP, as he travels to Sierra Leone to launch the UK’s new international women and girls strategy.

Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton i…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Writer Heidi Thomas, Angela Saini on the origins of patriarchy, Codeword Mascara

On last night’s Panorama, Twitter insiders told the BBC that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolls, following lay-offs and changes under the owner Elon Musk. Lisa Jennings Young …

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Malala Yousafzai, Festival headliners, Discussing whether or not you want children with a partner, Comedian Jayde Adams

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Malala was just 15 when, on the way home from school, a member of the Taliban boarded her bus, asked …

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Finding My Voice

Five women. Five inspirational stories.

Earlier this year, Woman’s Hour spoke to women from all different backgrounds and professions about the moment they found their voice. When was the moment they…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Weekend Woman's Hour: Iranian schoolgirls, the womb, Cynthia Erivo, No More Page 3, UK marriage law changes

Schoolgirls in Iran have been admitted to hospital this week after reportedly being poisoned by gas whilst at school. Many Iranians suspect the poisonings are a deliberate attempt to force girls’ sch…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Actor Bukky Bakray, Iranian schoolgirls and poisoning, Singer Karen Carpenter reframed, TikTok school protests

Actor, Bukky Bakray, who at 19, became the youngest BAFTA Rising Star Award recipient as well as one of the youngest 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' nominees for her critically acclaimed performance…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Diana Parkes, Breast health and sport, Great Stork Derby, No More Page 3

Diana Parkes, the mother of a woman killed by her pilot husband more than a decade ago has called on the Justice Secretary to intervene over his possible release from prison in November.  Anita talks…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Cynthia Erivo, Eating disorder system failures, Writer Christina Patterson, Cancer gene testing

People with eating disorders are being repeatedly failed by the system and radical changes need to be made to prevent further tragedies. That’s according to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombud…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago