Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDiana 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 poss…
3 years, 1 month 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 accor…
3 years, 1 month ago
Teachers' strike, Midwife Leah Hazard on the womb, Sexual violence in Ukraine, Best performance by a jumper
As teachers strike again over pay this week we talk to the BBC's Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys. As awards season continues we want to know - who …
3 years, 1 month ago
Migrant boat deaths in Italy, Gambling addiction and crime, 60 swims at 60, Getting married at 16
At least 59 migrants, including 33 women and 12 children, have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southe…
3 years, 1 month ago
British Ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons, Kirsty Sedgman, Black women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy and Averil Mansfield
Dame Melinda Simmons, the British Ambassador to Ukraine, joins Hayley Hassall to mark one year on from the Russian invasion. She talks about the impa…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, Fully female clergy, Twin sisters on pregnancy & miscarriage; Quilting
It is a year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The war has severely impacted social cohesion, community security and the resilience of local comm…
3 years, 1 month ago
The UK’s first woman vascular surgeon, South African choreographer Dada Masilo, Benefits of older siblings.
Averil Mansfield was the UK’s first woman vascular surgeon and first female professor of surgery. She qualified as a surgeon in the early 1970s, at a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Black women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy, Shamima Begum ruling, Yazidi women, A Victorian dress diary
New research from Cancer Research UK and NHS Digital has revealed that Black women from Caribbean and African backgrounds are more likely to be diagn…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nicola Bulley, tearing during childbirth, black women swim, tweakments gone mad?
We discuss the statement released by Nicola Bulley's family following the sad news that that the body found in river Wyre had been formally identifie…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dr Kirsty Sedgman, Esther Webber, Jenny Symmons, Elaine Dunkley, Nadine Benjamin
Who gets to decide about social norms, about what's reasonable and unreasonable behaviour? Is it OK to breastfeed in public, to let your children pla…
3 years, 1 month ago