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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Jodi Picoult, Chef Ruth Rogers, Body Dysmorphic Disorder and plastic surgery
Yesterday
Bestselling American author Jodi Picoult joins us to discuss her 30th novel, Hollow Bones.
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Laura Kuenssberg, Living standards, Motherless mothers
Monday
BBC Presenter Laura Kuenssberg on her new book, Pay Attention.
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Judge in Larry Nasser case, Yoga and Olympics, and Philippa Gregory’s The Royal Witch
Saturday
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on what still needs to change in gymnastics.
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Bonnie Garmus, Designing urban space for women, Female vampires
Friday
The bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry on her new novel, Peck & Peck.
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Judge in Larry Nasser case, Budget reaction, Female beatboxer
Last Thursday
Ten years after the Larry Nassar abuse scandal, is gymnastics safer for women and girls?
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Salary history, Yoga and Olympics, Executions in Iran, Designer Kate Faulkner, Lara Croft legacy
Last Wednesday
Proposals to ban employers from asking about salary history during recruitment.
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Melania Trump's diplomacy, Philippa Gregory’s The Royal Witch, Back to Black at 20, Iron deficiency
Last Tuesday
What influence can a first lady have on world affairs?
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Delia Smith, NEETS, Harpist Rachel Newton
Mon 26 Oct 2026
Delia Smith discusses her new book Us: Nine Ingredients to Change Our World.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Katherine Ryan, EHRC Chair, Shingles vaccine and dementia
Sat 24 Oct 2026
Comedian Katherine Ryan on the pluses and minuses of being a first-born daughter.
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Katherine Ryan, Public Speaking, Anna Byrne
Fri 23 Oct 2026
The comedian talks about being an outspoken firstborn daughter.
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E L James's new novel, Maternity workplace protections, Catherine Bohart
Thu 22 Oct 2026
The Fifty Shades of Grey author talks about her new novel, Land of Ghosts.
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Antisemitism in schools, Lolly Adefope, Shingles and dementia, Femtick
Wed 21 Oct 2026
A look of at the government review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England.
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SEND petition, Helen Fielding, Women's Rugby, Child photographers, Teen Summit
Tue 20 Oct 2026
Parents of children with SEND call for exemption from school absence fines.
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Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Chair EHRC, Dame Harriet Walter, Grey divorce, PMDD
Mon 19 Oct 2026
Dame Harriet Walter as Brutus in an all-female Julius Caesar touring secondary schools.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Navi Pillay, Women in tech, Caroline Hirons
Sat 17 Oct 2026
The first BBC interview with the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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RIBA Stirling Prize winner, NHS guidance on single-sex spaces, Caroline Hirons
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Mary Duggan, designer of the Lion Green Road estate, on her architecture prize win.
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Grok deepfake images, Educating Afghan girls, Runner Esmée Gummer
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Women take their own legal action after a lack of enforcement over 2025 Grok image abuse.
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Women in Tech, Climate change and gender, Bed bugs, Endometriosis and work.
Wed 14 Oct 2026
In the programme's 80th year: Women in tech - what is it like working in the sector now?
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Auto-immune conditions, Author Laleh Khadivi, Women in football
Tue 13 Oct 2026
Women are more likely to be told autoimmune conditions 'psychological’, says a new study.
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Navi Pillay Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Medical misinformation, Nigella eating
Mon 12 Oct 2026
In her first interview to be broadcast, Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Consent, 80 years of Woman's Hour, The Lost Children of Tuam
Sat 10 Oct 2026
Consent - why do so many women feel unable to say no in a sexual encounter?
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Mental health in women and girls, AI assistants, Extreme heat and pregnancy, Traitors fashion
Fri 9 Oct 2026
The author of a review of mental health provision on how women and girls are affected.
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Consent, Top Fuel drag racing, Grey hair
Thu 8 Oct 2026
Consent - why do so many women feel unable to say no in a sexual encounter?
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Woman's Hour celebrates 80 years from the Glasgow Women's Library
Wed 7 Oct 2026
Nuala McGovern is joined by guests and launches the theme of our 80th birthday year.
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French student protests; Elizabeth Day and Sarah Solemani on TV drama The Party; could some adoptions be avoided?
Tue 6 Oct 2026
French student protests, Elizabeth Day and could some adoptions be avoided?
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The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence, Kemistry
Mon 5 Oct 2026
A new film about the Tuam babies scandal in Ireland and how it was uncovered.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: School uniforms in porn, The Farmer's Wife, 'Empty nesters'
Sat 3 Oct 2026
The school children calling for a government ban on school uniforms in porn.
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Protests in Delhi, Retatrutide, The Farmer's Wife, Baby Loss
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Farmer and author Helen Rebanks on a new play inspired by her memoir, The Farmer’s Wife.
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Cornell University rape investigation, Tributes to Esther Rantzen, Sunbeds
Thu 1 Oct 2026
We find out more about a rape investigation at a US university that's sparked rage online.
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The Women's Art Collection at 40; school uniforms in porn; the history of widowhood
Wed 30 Sep 2026
The campaign to ban school uniforms in porn and 40 years of The Women's Art Collection.
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