Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife
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Nadine Dorries, Emeli Sandé, Darts
Yesterday
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé, Nadine Dorries on deepfakes and darts player Beau Greaves.
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Boxer Katie Taylor, Baroness Margaret Hodge, The impact of having an absent father.
Monday
Baroness Margaret Hodge on her memoir Battleaxe.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Natalie Imbruglia, Nursery safety, Car maintenance
Saturday
The Australian-British musician talks about the themes of her new album.
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Sussex Maternity Review, Hidden world of charity shops, Remembering Gloria Steinem
Friday
Bereaved mothers discuss their poor maternity care and the importance of Sussex review.
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Nursery safety, Women in Norman times, Motor mechanics, Women in Film
Last Thursday
Why have new rules for early years provision come in and how will they work in practice?
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Child mental health, Siobhan Daniels & RV travels, Testosterone,
Last Wednesday
The rise in children presenting at A&E units in England in a state of mental health crisis
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Natalie Imbruglia, Adele Parks, Forced adoption, Heart attacks
Last Tuesday
The Australian-British musician talks about her new album.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: HPV home-testing kits, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnappings, author Louise Doughty
Sat 29 Aug 2026
How will HPV self-testing kits work?
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HRT and dementia, Cookbook author Amy Sheppard, Cosplay
Fri 28 Aug 2026
Research shows HRT may reduce the risk of dementia.
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Parent Strike, Bella Mackie, non-recent child sexual abuse
Thu 27 Aug 2026
Call for government to improve parenting policies like flexible working & paternity leave
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Remembering Dolly Parton, Karen Carney, restriction zones for violent offenders, poet Georgie Jones
Wed 26 Aug 2026
Woman's Hour listeners remember singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80.
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HPV home-testing kits, Women-run hospitality map, Digital wardrobe apps
Tue 25 Aug 2026
How will HPV self-testing kits work?
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Author Louise Doughty, Scottish women offenders, Boxer Chantelle Cameron
Mon 24 Aug 2026
What did author Louise Doughty learn about her parents from an old black suitcase?
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GCSE resits, Hotel safety, Baby milk, Alisha Palmowski
Fri 21 Aug 2026
Maths and English resits leave many in cycle of failure.
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Amelia Dimoldenberg, Vaping, Bigamy, Angel Blue
Thu 20 Aug 2026
Amelia Dimoldenberg, creator of Chicken Shop Date, on her career and creative academy.
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France's mass drugging case, Olympian Jade Jones, Air pollution research
Wed 19 Aug 2026
Why has a French civil servant charged with drugging hundreds of women not faced trial?
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Sex offenders and ID change, IVF Investigation, A History of Bandanas
Tue 18 Aug 2026
We ask why it's so easy for sex offenders to change their names.
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Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter
Mon 17 Aug 2026
Amy Hunt on winning four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Tourette Syndrome
Sat 15 Aug 2026
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of women in Afghanistan.
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Girls in Afghanistan, Female entrepreneurs and life editing, Women’s cricket
Fri 14 Aug 2026
Five years after the Taliban took power, we look at the lives of girls in Afghanistan.
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Simon Levy verdict; the partition of India in fiction; mudlarking
Thu 13 Aug 2026
Lessons for the justice system from the Simon Levy case.
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Eclipse, China's fake brides, Female climbers, Dr Amanda Cole & Tourette syndrome
Wed 12 Aug 2026
A leading astrophysicist and fan on watching the eclipse.
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Composer Gabriela Ortiz, North Devon Maternity suspension, Children reading
Tue 11 Aug 2026
Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz on the UK premiere of Revolución diamantina at the Proms.
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Tamzin Outhwaite, 'Luteal Uglies', Kelly Latimer in space, Surrogacy laws in Europe
Mon 10 Aug 2026
Tamzin Outhwaite discusses playing one of theatre's most memorable characters.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Listener week - Elderly caring, women in boat building, dialects, functional skills in schools
Sat 8 Aug 2026
As we look back at Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself.
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Listener Week: Aftermath of domestic abuse, women's dialects, losing parents in your 30s, knickers
Fri 7 Aug 2026
As Listener Week continues, we hear how a community handled domestic abuse allegations.
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Listener Week: Functional Skills in Schools, How to Make a Podcast, Blushing, Being single
Thu 6 Aug 2026
As we continue Listener Week - the pressure to be coupled up when you're young.
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Listener Week: Lipoedema, Third Culture Kids, Sprinting, and the noises men make
Wed 5 Aug 2026
As Listener Week continues, we ask why more treatments aren’t available for lipoedema.
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Listener Week: Elderly care, Women boat builders, Midlife Jobs, Influencer Viv the Carer
Tue 4 Aug 2026
As we continue Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself
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