Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Ruth Wilson, periods and concussion, Ashley Storrie on BBC comedy Dinosaur, sewing for mental health

Ruth Wilson explains why she’s running this year’s London marathon for an Alzheimer’s charity, following in the footsteps of her Father who ran the first London marathon in 1981. Ashley Storrie is the star and co-creator of a brand new BBC comedy series called Dinosaur. It centres around Nina, whose…

18 Apr 5AM 59 min

Cricketer Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hypochondria, Police drama Blue Lights, Soul Sisters Pakistan

Nat Sciver-Brunt is the first English woman to be honored as Wisden's leading cricketer in the world. She joins Jesscia Creighton to discuss the accolade and her career in the sport. A self-described hypochrondriac, the author Caroline Crampton's new book A Body of Glass is a personal memoir and history…

17 Apr 6AM 58 min

Hollywood film producer Deborah Snyder, Young women and voting, Machinal star Rosie Sheehy

Deborah Snyder has produced some of the biggest blockbusters and action franchises in the last decade including Wonder Woman, 300 and Watchmen. Her newest work, Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver arrives on Netflix this week. It's the second instalment of the Rebel Moon series, a space opera set…

16 Apr 6AM 57 min

Jing Lusi, Fatal stabbings in Sydney, Australia, Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

Australian police investigating the fatal stabbing of six people at the crowded shopping centre in Bondi Junction, Sydney say they're looking into whether the attacker deliberately targeted women. Joel Cauchi killed five women - and a male security guard who tried to intervene - before he was shot dead by…

15 Apr 6AM 57 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Juliet open letter, Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi, Female Psychopath

This week, it was announced that 883 actors, writers, comedians and creatives had signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, the star in a new production of Romeo & Juliet, due to run in London's West End next month. The open letter came after a statement was published…

13 Apr 11AM 53 min

Marian Keyes, Juliet open letter, Swiss climate victory

Irish author Marian Keyes writes funny, clever novels about life including: Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody out There, Grown Ups, Angels. She covers issues such as addiction, break-ups, baby loss, anxiety, depression and love, with women at the heart. We all make mistakes, but when do we stop making the same one…

12 Apr 6AM 56 min

Gloria Steinem at 90, Rebecca Ferguson, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

The pioneering feminist, journalist and activist Gloria Steinem made a name for herself in the 1960s and 70s through her journalism, which included going undercover at the New York Playboy Club to expose exploitative working conditions. She co-founded the Women's Action Alliance and in 1972 she co-founded Ms Magazine, putting…

11 Apr 7AM 54 min

Saudi Arabia, What we can learn from toddlers, Belly button piercings

The WTA Finals this year will be held in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. The decision has drawn criticism from female tennis legends such as Martina Navratilova, because of the state of women’s rights in the country, but others including Billie Jean King support the move. What is life like for women…

8 Apr 6AM 58 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Pregnancy discrimination, Girls State and Carly Pearce

An employment tribunal has ruled that describing an expectant mother as 'emotional' at work was discrimination. Described as a David and Goliath case, Nicola Hinds, who had been an account manager at Mitie, a FTSE 250 company, represented herself. The judge upheld her claims of pregnancy discrimination and constructive dismissal…

6 Apr 11AM 53 min

Rwanda genocide, Bowie's hairdresser, womanhood during Ramadan

Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide on Sunday, April 7th, BBC journalist Victoria Uwonkunda returns to the counry for the first time after fleeing the genocide as a child in 1994, to find out how the country, and its people, are healing.Lots of our favourite pop -…

5 Apr 5AM 57 min

Pregnancy discrimination, Femcels, Social workers on screen

An employment tribunal has ruled that describing an expectant mother as 'emotional' at work was discrimination. Described as a David and Goliath case, Nicola Hinds, who had been an account manager at Mitie, a FTSE 250 company, represented herself. The judge upheld her claims of pregnancy discrimination and constructive dismissal…

4 Apr 6AM 57 min

Author Holly Gramazio, Girls State, First female prime minister of the DRC

Judith Suminwa Tuluka has been appointed the first ever female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A former planning minister, she’s relatively unknown – so what does this mean for the DRC, and the women who live there? Emma finds out more about the new prime minister…

3 Apr 6AM 58 min

02/04/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

2 Apr 5AM 1 hour

Women in Country Music

From Beyoncé's new country album to Shania headlining Glastonbury, country music is reaching new heights of popularity. Who are the women leading the charge, who are the icons who inspired them, and how many barriers are still left to be broken?We speak to one of its biggest female stars, Carly…

1 Apr 5AM 54 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Katie Price, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, Biba exhibition

Model turned TV personality Katie Price joins Clare McDonnell to talk about her views on young women getting cosmetic surgery, after having several procedures herself.It’s 60 years since the first Biba shop opened and the Fashion and Textile Museum in London have just launched a new exhibition: The Biba Story…

30 Mar 12PM 52 min

Katie Price, A decade of same-sex marriage, From policing to crime-writing

Model turned TV personality Katie Price joins Clare McDonnell to talk about her views on young women getting cosmetic surgery, after having several procedures herself.Today marks ten years since the first marriages of lesbian couples in England & Wales. We speak to women impacted by this change in law, and…

29 Mar 9AM 59 min

28/03/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

28 Mar 7AM 57 min

Stoning of Women in Afghanistan, Jazz with Zara McFarlane, AI job losses & women

The leader of the Taliban has declared on state television that women who commit adultery will be stoned to death. Nuala McGovern speaks to the former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Fawzia Koofi. We look at the legacy of children's TV executive Kay Benbow, hailed as “Queen of the…

27 Mar 8AM 54 min

Killed Women campaign, Anti-ageing products and young girls, Breaking the Cycle

Brooke Kinsella, the sister of Ben Kinsella who was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack, has added her voice to the campaign by the group Killed Women to get the minimum sentence for domestic homicide raised, so it’s the same as if the victim was killed on the street…

26 Mar 7AM 59 min

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, Breaking the cycle, Musih Tedji Xaviere

Described as a grim portrayal of human nature, Mothers’ Instinct is a film about the darker side of maternal love. Academy Award-winning actresses Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway play best friends raising sons of the same age in the same neighbourhood. The psychological thriller follows their apparently picture-perfect life in…

25 Mar 7AM 57 min