Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Doctor Who's Varada Sethu, The first UK womb transplant, Grief and music, Cardiac surgeon Dr Indu Deglurka
Yesterday
Doctor Who鈥檚 new companion time travels to the Woman鈥檚 Hour studio.
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Breast cancer drug approved, Women and contraception, Grief and music
Friday
鈥楪amechanging鈥� breast cancer pill to be offered on NHS in England and Wales.
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Doctor Who's Varada Sethu, 'Child influencers', Aid worker Sally Becker
Thursday
Doctor Who's new companion time travels to the Woman's Hour studio.
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Kate Nash, Sarah Brown, Cardiac surgeon Dr Indu Deglurkar
Wednesday
Singer/songwriter Kate Nash who's currently on tour with her album, 9 Sad Symphonies.
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The first UK womb transplant, Hair Braiding Chemicals, Jess Kidd
Tuesday
What will be in the impact of the first womb transplant in the UK?
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Education Sec Bridget Phillipson, Author Marni Appleton, Women and prison
Last Saturday
The Secretary of State on new early years places and SEND provision.
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What is it like to be a woman in prison?
Fri 4 Apr 2025
Woman's Hour takes an in-depth look at the experience of women in prison.
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Zhenhao Zou case, Sally Phillips, Neonatal Leave
Thu 3 Apr 2025
Twenty three more women have now made rape allegations against the Chinese PhD student
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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Anorexia legal case, Feminist yodelling
Wed 2 Apr 2025
The Secretary of State on new early years places and SEND provision.
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Caitr铆ona Balfe, Child maintenance, Medieval medicine, Kids and happiness
Tue 1 Apr 2025
Irish actor Caitr铆ona Balfe joins us to discuss her new film, The Amateur.
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Women and Eid, School Refusal Report, Author Marni Appleton
Mon 31 Mar 2025
As Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, we hear about the role women have on this day.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Stacey Dooley, Authors Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Adolescence, Gossip, AI, Boxing & domestic violence
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Stacey Dooley on her new documentary Growing up Gypsy.
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Stacey Dooley, Lily Gladstone, Ask for Angela, Motherhood
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Why is being a young English Romany Gypsy woman growing up in the UK a balancing act?
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Woman's Hour special: AI and women's health
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Exploring the risks and rewards of using AI to improve women's health.
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Disability and domestic abuse, Maternity care failings, Authors Labour MP Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Gossiping
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Clare speaks to two of the women long-listed for the Women's Prize.
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Domestic violence, Women & the gig economy, Boxing, UN leadership
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Phyllis Daly on her daughter Jessica Laverack, who died after experiencing domestic abuse.
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Protests in Turkey, Adolescence, Women in Revolt! exhibition
Mon 24 Mar 2025
We hear more about the protests in Turkey and the women involved in them.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Sugababes, Lockdown babies, June Sarpong, History of abortion, Women in construction
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Pop legends the Sugababes on their 'new chapter'.
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Newborns & communication, Kirsty Coventry, Women in Construction
Fri 21 Mar 2025
How do babies communicate with us before they can speak?
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Disability and maternity care, Ads in mobile games, Nursery costs, Playwright Julia Grogan
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Disabled women in the UK face barriers in maternity care. Marie Tidball MP tells her story
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June Sarpong, Disability benefit changes, Women war artists
Wed 19 Mar 2025
The presenter and diversity advocate on researching Jamaican broadcaster Una Marson.
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Sugababes, Kate Summerscale & Kamila Shamsie, The History of Abortion
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Pop legends the Sugababes on their 'new chapter'.
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Lockdown babies, Breast cancer study, Femgore, Chess Masters
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Five years on from Covid lockdown, what's been the impact on babies born during that time?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Sara Davies, Neath RFC tweet, Ramadan health, Frankie Bridge
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Sara Davies, best known as an investor on Dragon's Den, on success in business and life.
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Country singer Lainey Wilson, Sodium Valporate, Women and war in fiction
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Grammy award-winning country singer Lainey Wilson explains why country is cool again.
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Endometriosis pill, Bollywood star Radhika Apte, Ramadan health
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Endometriosis pill, Bollywood actor Radhika Apte, Ramadan health.
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Employment Rights Bill, SEND, Neath RFC tweet, Spitfire Girls
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Katie, 17, on her experience of SEND and what she'd like to see from the government.
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Businesswoman Sara Davies, Holiday without kids, Restless Leg Syndrome
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Sara Davies, best known as an investor on Dragon's Den, joins Nuala.
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Toxic Town, Women in counter terrorism policing, Climbing Everest
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Why did some families in Corby win a financial settlement in 2010?
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