Podcast Episodes

Forever Friends?

What happens when a friendship breaks down? How can you repair it? Should you even try?

In this special Sunday podcast, Nuala McGovern brings together…

3 years ago

Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai, Grassroots sport, Talking about not having children

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Since she was shot by a member of the Taliban at ju…

3 years ago

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 represe…

3 years 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 a…

3 years 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 …

3 years 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 chang…

3 years 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 schoo…

3 years 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 momen…

3 years 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 poiso…

3 years 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'…

3 years, 1 month ago