BBC Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman's Hour brings you the big celebrity names and leading women in the news, with subjects ranging widely from politics to health, law, education, arts, parenting, relationships, work, fiction, food and fashion. Presented by Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey. Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour
Daily English United Kingdom News · Society & Culture
27 Episodes
1 – 20

06/12/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
6 Dec 5AM 53 min

Afghan midwives, DJ Annie Mac, Artist Chila Burman, Surviving grief

There have been reports that Afghan women are being banned from midwife and nursing courses in the latest blow to their rights. Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes, and five separate institutions across Afghanistan have also…
5 Dec 6AM 57 min

Pumeza Matshikiza, Josie Lloyd, CensHERship

South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza has performed at many of the leading opera houses across Europe and the United States and released her debut album Voice of Hope, combining well-known arias with traditional and popular African songs. She has won critical acclaim in the title role of Aida at the…
4 Dec 6AM 55 min

Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Raye, Stalking

Powerhouse actors Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire are starring alongside Ben Wishaw in new Netflix spy drama Black Doves. It follows the story of a female spy seeking revenge for the murder of her lover – whilst outwardly being married to a high-ranking politician. Keira and Sarah speak to Nuala…
3 Dec 6AM 57 min

Bonus episode: Raye in conversation with BBC 100 Women

In this episode, Woman's Hour's Nuala McGovern introduces a bonus podcast in collaboration with BBC 100 Women. It’s an interview with the award-winning singer-songwriter Raye, who has been named as one of the people on this year's BBC 100 Women list, which celebrates 100 inspiring and influential women from around…
3 Dec 12AM 26 min

Gregg Wallace, Uterine fibroids, Director Kiran Rao

The TV presenter Gregg Wallace has denied behaviour of a sexually harassing nature, after 13 people came forward last week with allegations of inappropriate comments. In a video posted on Instagram, he said the accusations had been made by 'a handful of middle-class women of a certain age'. Nuala McGovern…
2 Dec 8AM 57 min

Author Maggie O'Farrell, Allegations against Gregg Wallace, Marina Costa-Jackson

When the Stammer Came to Stay is award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell’s third book for children. Based on her own experience of living with a stammer, it's a story that celebrates differences and explores the resilience of children as they learn to navigate new and seemingly frightful challenges. She talks to…
29 Nov 8AM 54 min

Joan Armatrading, Baroness Lola Young, Melanie Reid

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading joins Nuala McGovern to discuss her 23rd studio album, How Did This Happen and What Does it Now Mean?Losing a baby in the early stages of pregnancy can be an extremely painful experience. Having to think about what you're going to tell your employer about why…
27 Nov 6AM 55 min

Civil rape case against Conor McGregor, Binge drinking, Chappell Roan

The woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her has won her civil case against him. He has been ordered to pay nearly a quater of a million euros in damages. Mr McGregor says he will appeal. Nuala McGovern speaks to Orla O'Donnell who is…
25 Nov 6AM 56 min

Adoption, Female Gladiators, Novelist Pyae Moe Thet War

Adopted children may be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a new report published earlier this month. At the moment family courts set out the level of contact the child will have with their birth parents, usually letters…
22 Nov 5AM 57 min

21/11/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
21 Nov 6AM 57 min

Lucy Manning, Zainab Johnson, Robyn Malcolm

In Lucy Manning’s words, it started with a phone call... A call from a withheld number late at night in October 2022 where the unknown male caller appeared to be masturbating as he made lewd comments about her. And so began what she describes as a two year ordeal to…
19 Nov 5AM 57 min
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