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

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Zeinab Badawi, Singing and periods, How is the debate over abortion shaping the US election?

The broadcaster Zeinab Badawi joins Krupa Padhy to discuss her first book, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence. The book has taken her seven years to research, travelling across 30 countries. She explains how the female African leaders that shaped their countries have often…

24 Apr 6AM 56 min

Kitty Ruskin's year of casual sex, The Girls of Slender Means, ARFID

Ten Men, A Year of Casual Sex is a new book from the author Kitty Ruskin. It follows a year of her life when she attempts to embody Samantha from Sex and the City and enjoy all the advantages of being young, free and single. As she details 10 men…

23 Apr 6AM 57 min

22/04/2024

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

22 Apr 6AM 58 min

Woman's Hour special: Breaking The Cycle

Over the past few weeks, Woman’s Hour has been telling the stories of young people, staff and parents involved in SHiFT in Greater Manchester. SHiFT is a new approach to helping young people at risk of getting into serious trouble and it is all about relationships. Skilled professionals called ‘guides’…

21 Apr 3AM 58 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Ruth Wilson, Young women and voting, Jing Lusi

This week, Ruth Wilson explains why she’s running this year’s London Marathon for an Alzheimer’s research, following in the footsteps of her father who ran the first London Marathon in 1981.Tuesday was the deadline to register to vote in the local elections on May 2nd. The most recent data suggest…

20 Apr 11AM 56 min

19/04/2024

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

19 Apr 6AM 57 min

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

Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

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