Woman's Hour
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Strictly's Motsi Mabuse, New PM priorities, Author Holly Bourne on female friendship, Women and cost of living crisis
September 06, 2022 10:25 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBStrictly judge Motsi Mabuse on her autobiography, Finding my Own Rhythm - from a young dancer in apartheid era South Africa to renowned Latin dance champion and TV star. Liz Truss is the UK's new prime minister. What will be her priorities? Which women will she promote in her first reshuffle? What will her leadership style be? We hear from Katy Balls; the deputy editor of The Spectator, and Hannah Al Othma from The Sunday Times. Pregnant women are advised not to drink alcohol, but what abou...
Why do Conservatives elect female leaders?
September 05, 2022 10:16 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBAs the Conservative Party looks set to elect its third female leader and prime minister, it has left observers and women in other political parties wondering about the secret of their success. The Labour Party have yet to elect a female leader despite having introduced all women shortlists for the 1997 election which returned a record 101 female Labour MPs to the House of Commons, one of whom was Fiona Mactaggart the MP for Slough. She joins Emma Barnett alongside former cabinet minister an...
Baroness Hale, Gossip, Women and unions, Becoming a mother when yours is dying, 'Frock Up Friday', Fangirls
September 03, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBBaroness Brenda Hale on Roe v Wade and her reaction – as well as if she supports the barrister strikes. She also talks about the differences between the UK and US justice systems, and whether we need to re-evaluate how rape cases are tried in the UK . How much do you gossip? Two women who rely on gossiping to make a living talk about how much it runs the world, and its importance in politics. Women are in some of the lowest-paid jobs in the country – but they also make up the majority of t...
'Frock up Friday', Sexual harassment in Parliament, Young Conservative women, Fan Girls, Exercising outside
September 02, 2022 10:15 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBNew sexual misconduct allegations have been made about a cabinet minister and a top Number 10 aide who serve at the heart of Boris Johnson's government according to a Sky News investigation. They've published testimony from two women who give detailed, first-hand accounts of what they claim happened to them when one was assaulted and the other groped by political figures who are both now in senior roles. Liz Bates is the political correspondent at Sky News and presenter of the Open Secret Pod...
Baroness Hale on Roe v Wade, Women missing out on state pensions; Lara Feigel, Becoming a mother when yours is dying
September 01, 2022 10:14 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThe former President of the Supreme Court Baroness Brenda Hale joins Emma Barnett to give her reaction to the overturning of Roe vs Wade in the United States. She also talks about abortion law here in the UK, the upcoming barristers' strike and whether rape trials should get priority for court time. A new campaign is being launched today, exclusively on Woman’s Hour, aiming to help more women who are being underpaid their state pension. Mothers’ Missing Millions is specifically aimed at wom...
Friends Forever, Fangirls, Period justice and flood victims, Energy crisis and use of public facilities
August 31, 2022 10:42 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn a new series 'Friends Forever?' we are looking at key relationships in many women's lives, those with female friends. Specifically we're interested in when things go wrong - when and why friendships fall apart and how devastating that can be. And, whether they can be repaired. Annie and Lizzie were very close at school and after and then their lives diverged. They each told their story to Jo Morris. More than 33 million people have been impacted by the devastating floods in Pakistan, and...
Outliving Mum, Women and Unions
August 30, 2022 10:41 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBHow does it feel to reach the age your Mum was when she died? Jo Morris has talked to 3 women who feel a clock ticking. Their stories are all different but they have one thing in common – none of them have felt able to talk about this before. They didn’t want to worry their loved ones or vocalise difficult thoughts. As the cost of living crisis worsens for families across the country, workers have been voting for industrial action over below-inflation pay offers in what many are describing ...
Gossip: why we love it, why we do it, professional gossips, & its use in novels, films and television
August 29, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWhat comes to mind when you hear the word gossip? You’re probably imagining two women together whispering or laughing. Gossip has a bad reputation, but it can be a way of forming and maintaining, friendships. Comedian Rachel Parris and improv-artist Lauren Shearing who she works with on 'Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, talk about the role gossip plays in their relationship. Why do we gossip and why's it get such a bad rap when we enjoy it so much? We hear from Dr Kathryn Wa...
Ukraine sponsorship, Quizzes, Matrilineal communities, Anorexia and sectioning, Public hair loss, Trapezing
August 27, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBMany people are having positive life-affirming experiences of hosting Ukrainian refugees but we have also been contacted by some listeners who are having a trickier time and feel not much is being said publicly about when these situations go wrong. Listener Jane tells us about her experience of taking in a Ukrainian student. We also hear from Dr Krish Kandiah, founder of the charity Sanctuary Foundation. Roz Unwin shared her passion for quizzing. She took it up over lockdown, and now runs h...
DJ BB, DJ Ritu, Dame Esther Rantzen, Ros Whitehouse, Dr Caroline Boyd, Joy Porter, Dr Mariaelena Huambachano
August 26, 2022 11:08 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBOn our final day of Listener Week Jessica Creighton brings a host of stories to the table inspired by your requests. Listener Carol is DJ BB. She got in touch to tell us about taking up DJ’ing in her 50s and setting up an event called ‘She’s In Control’. Nearly 60 she tells us about the negative perception of older women in music and the club scene. DJ Ritu is the same age as Carol but has been in the club scene since her 20s. They both join Jess Creighton to dissect the music and club scen...
Rosie's Plaques, Anorexia and Sectioning, Hormones and Learning to Trapeze
August 25, 2022 11:49 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBAs Listener Week continues... Nicky e-mailed us about a group in Norwich called Rosie’s Plaques, who put up blue plaques for the brilliant and daring things women have done over the years. Maggie Wheeler from the group joins Emma Barnett to talk about why they do it. Alice emailed in as she wants to address the issue of negative connotations around hormones. She feels that more conversations should happen between mothers and their children about hormones and we should be embracing our hormo...
Listener Week: 106 marathons in 106 days, Universal Basic Income, Widowhood
August 24, 2022 10:35 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBEmma is joined by listener duo - and world record holders - Fay and Emma who ran 106 marathons in 106 consecutive days. Enduring a gruelling 2,777 miles of running, the pair hope to inspire people to be active while you can, focusing on what the body can do – not what it looks like! The killing of 9 year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool has shocked the city and the country. Listener Bobby wanted us to discuss women being killed in shootings. Jenny Kirkham, content editor for the Liverpoo...
Listener week: Patriarchal wedding practices. Ukraine sponsorship. Rural bullying. Pubic hair loss in menopause
August 23, 2022 11:51 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBListener Week: stories suggested by you. Many of you wanted us to talk about the patriarchal nature of some wedding traditions which seem to have stood the test of time like being walked down the aisle by your dad. Why are they still around and what do they symbolise? We look at their roots with Rachael Lennon, author of Wedded Wife: A Feminist History of Marriage; and journalist Sarah Graham, who planned a feminist wedding. We regularly cover the health issues women face as they approach ...
Listener Week: a basic guide to economics, quizzes, ageing without children
August 22, 2022 10:33 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBSarah wrote in suggesting we provide a basic guide to economics. Economics is so central to our lives but few of us, she thinks, are economically literate enough to engage properly with the constant references in the news. Sarah is joined by Rupal Patel, Senior Economist at the Bank of England and co-author of Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions. One of our listeners – Roz Unwin – wanted to share her passion for quizzing. She took it up over lockdown, and now ru...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Pockets and women’s clothing, Russia’s Mother Heroine Award
August 20, 2022 15:59 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBIt has been a year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The country is in economic crisis, there are droughts and the lives of women and girls have been impacted hugely. We hear from the first female deputy speaker for the Afghanistan Parliament Fawzia Koofi, the former Women’s Minister Hasina Safi and Samira Sayed Rahman, from the International Rescue Committee. They will discuss access to education for girls and what role the international community should play. We had Beatlemani...
Sharon Horgan, Sport and periods, Fangirls
August 19, 2022 15:57 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThe British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith had to stop running at the European Championships this week because of cramp. She said it was because of her period, and now she's calling for more research into periods and sporting performance. Hepatahlon Olympic Bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton comes onto the programme, as well as Dr Richard Burden who's co-lead on Female Health & Performance at the English Institute of Sport We talk to Sharon Horgan and Eve Hewson, about a new black comedy series the...
Alison Rodgers, Dan Scorer, Ros Coward, Anita Anand, Sarah Class, Tracey Cox, Dr Tristram Wyatt
August 18, 2022 12:34 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBIf you’re a social media user you may well be familiar with the concept of vabbing – vaginal dabbing – where you use vaginal fluid as a perfume behind the ears and neck. Proponents claim it acts as an aphrodisiac to would-be lovers by spreading pheromones. Emma Barnett talks to sex expert Tracey Cox and the evolutionary biologist Dr Tristram Hunt. Have you tried it? Does it work? And is it sanitary? Adam Downs is one of 15 people with learning disabilities who is in a high security hospital....
Britain's secret war babies, Naomi Stadlen, Health impacts of anal sex
August 18, 2022 10:18 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBMary Phillips was born to a white British mother and an African American GI father – who she never met. She was one of around two thousand mixed-race children born into white, rural communities after the second world war. She joins Emma Barnett to tell the story of how she found her four half siblings in America, decades later, and what she found out about her father. Who do Conversative-voting young women want to be their next Prime Minister? Woman's Hour can reveal new data from Ella Rober...
Musician Self Esteem, Baroness Minouche Shafik and Female Astronomers
August 16, 2022 10:58 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBSelf Esteem is creating pop with purpose, tackling the patriarchy, sexual abuse and toxic relationships to a fun danceable beat. She is nominated for this year's Mercury Prize for her second album Prioritise Pleasure and joins Emma in the studio. The cost of living crisis has been a central point of contention between the two candidates vying to be our next Prime Minister. Emma is joined by Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics. Previously deputy governor at t...
Women in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban took control, Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza
August 15, 2022 10:21 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIt has been a year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The country is in economic crisis, there are droughts and the lives of women and girls have been impacted hugely. Emma is joined by an expert panel including the first female deputy speaker for the Afghanistan Parliament Fawzia Koofi, the former Women’s Minister Hasina Safi and Samira Sayed Rahman, from the International Rescue Committee. They will discuss access to education for girls, what role the international community sho...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Leah Williamson, Women and Partition, Afghan women's radio
August 13, 2022 16:10 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBHaving led the England women’s team to Euro 2022 victory, the Lionesses' captain, Leah Williamson, reflects on the Euro 2022 victory and answers young listeners' questions. The Armed Forces are not reaching their targets in terms of recruiting women. The MOD is hoping to increase the proportion of women in the armed forces to 30% by 2030 but they have not met the target set for 2020. We discuss with Lauren Godier-McBard and Ria Jackson. It's the end of an era - the actor playing Peggy in Th...
The Partition of India in 1947 and its impact on Women
August 12, 2022 11:43 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBIt’s been described as one of the most seismic events of the 20th century, but how did the Partition of the former imperial domain of British India into two countries, India and Pakistan, affect women? The split led to violence, disruption and death with women facing kidnapping, rape and forced suicide. It was a time of huge destruction and disruption but it was also a time of courage, compassion and survival of the women who overcame trauma to somehow rebuild their lives. We hear from Shruti...
England Captain Leah Williamson
August 12, 2022 09:21 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBHaving led the England women’s team to Euro 2022 victory, Lionesses captain Leah Williamson joins Woman’s Hour for a very special programme. Leah joins Jessica Creighton to reflect on winning England’s first major trophy since 1966 and to discuss the future of women’s football both at the elite level and in schools. She also talks about her passions outside of football, including being a DJ. Jessica and Leah speak to Radio 1’s Adele Roberts and Dr Kelly Jakubowski, from Durham University who ...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Recognition for first England women's football team, Harriet Harman MP & the poet Lady Unchained
August 10, 2022 10:29 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBIn a report published on Friday, the Joint Committee on Human Rights says the Government bears ultimate responsibility for the pain and suffering caused by public institutions and state employees that railroaded mothers in the 1950s, 60s and 70s into unwanted adoptions in England and Wales. Anita Rani speaks to Harriet Harman MP, who is Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Veronica Smith, founder member of the Movement for an Adoption Apology. TikTok has become one of the most p...
Tennis icon Serena Williams, Recruiting women to the armed forces, Afghan women radio, Stem cell donors, Women and bodybuilding
August 10, 2022 10:16 - 57 minutes - 53 MBIt looks like Serena Williams is leaving tennis. She's won 23 grand slam titles and four Olympic golds but has suggested it's time to move on. She's made the announcement in Vogue, where she's said retirement - "causes a great deal of pain. I hate it." So she hasn't explicitly said she's giving up but she's given a large hint, saying she wants to focus on her family. Jessica Creighton speaks to former tennis player, Jo Durie and sports journalist Natasha Henry about the tennis icon. The Arm...
Brit and Mercury Prize-winning singer Heather Small, Chronic illness, Abortion
August 09, 2022 10:32 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBThe British-born actor and singer Olivia Newton-John has died at the age of 73. Best remembered for playing the iconic role of Sandy in the musical film Grease. We pay tribute with Stockard Channing who played Rizzo in Grease, and the film critic Karen Krizanovich and Olivia Moore who is currently playing her in the stage version in London's west end. Brit & Mercury prize winner Heather Small on ‘Colour My Life’, her first album in sixteen years. For the album, she teamed up with the London...
Child strip searches, Dr Sam Roberts of NICE
August 08, 2022 10:25 - 57 minutes - 53 MBIn 2020, a black 15-year-old schoolgirl, known as Child Q, was strip-searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis. A safeguarding report on the incident concluded it was unjustified and racism was "likely" to have been a factor. New data published by the Children’s Commissioner has found what she calls a “concerning” number of children have been strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police without an appropriate adult present. BBC reporter Celestina O...
England's netballers - the Roses, School exclusions, South Asian women in WWII, Rape survivors and therapy, Women artists
August 05, 2022 13:58 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThis time last week we were looking forward to the big match: The Lionesses at the European Championship Final at Wembley. We hoped, but we just couldn't predict what would happen, but what a great moment when they won against Germany! But don't let the success of women's football overshadow the sport that's been with us all along: netball. At the Commonwealth Games, the English team - known as the Roses - are in the semi-final tomorrow, up against Australia. If they win, they'll be in the fi...
Manipulating body images in ads. National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa . Abortion stories. Nancy Pelosi Taipei visit.
August 04, 2022 10:15 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBLast week we talked about the Spanish equality ministry’s summer campaign promoting body positivity on the beach featuring diverse women of different shapes and sizes. But the campaign has received a lot of criticism since as it used multiple women’s images without their permission. We hear from one, Juliet Fitzpatrick who had a double mastectomy, who believes her face was manipulated and put onto the body of another woman - who had only one of her breasts removed. US House Speaker Nancy Pel...
04/08/2022
August 04, 2022 10:15 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBBody images being used in ads. Presenter Jessica Creighton Producer Beverley Purcell PHOTO CREDIT; Sue Lacey
Euros 22 legacy, Kansas and abortion rights, Dance music and women, Sam Smith, Juliette Pochin
August 03, 2022 14:59 - 54 minutes - 50 MBKansas is the first state in the US to decide in a referendum to protect abortion rights in a major victory for pro-choice groups. What impact could this have across the rest of America after the overturning of Roe vs Wade? Professor Fiona De Londras, Chair of Global Legal Studies at Birmingham Law School updates us. The Lionesses win is still being celebrated, with thousands gathering in Trafalgar Square on Monday to celebrate. The women’s game, however, has a history of being dramatically ...
Commonwealth Games, Personality Disorders
August 02, 2022 10:09 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBThe Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is underway and for the first time in a major multi-sport event, more medals will be awarded to women than men, with the medal programme confirming a total of 136 events for women compared to 134 for men. Jessica speaks to the the BBC Sports presenter, Clare Balding as well as the first ever female Chef de Mission for Team Scotland, who for the first time have more women competing in their team than men. The impact of body image on mental and physical he...
Commonwealth Games, Body image and mental health report, Lizzo and Beyonce lyrics, Personality disorders
August 02, 2022 10:09 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBThe Commonwealth Games in Birmingham are underway and for the first time in a major multi-sport event, more medals will be awarded to women than men, with the medal programme confirming a total of 136 events for women compared to 134 for men. Jessica speaks to BBC Sports presenter Clare Balding as well as the first ever female Chef de Mission for Team Scotland, who for the first time have more women competing in their team than men. Six weeks after pop star Lizzo changed the lyrics of her so...
Women's Euro 2022
August 01, 2022 10:39 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn today's Woman's Hour we dedicate the programme to Women's Football after the Lionesses won the Euro 2022 Championship last night. Rebecca Myers is a journalist for The Times and a prominent voice in Women's Sport, she joined Andrea to give a match report and described some of her favourite moments. What will the legacy of last night’s Women’s Euro 2022 be? The former lioness and second highest goal scorer for England Kelly Smith joins Andrea Catherwood alongside Dame Heather Rabbatts, ...
Actor Samantha Womack, The Lionesses win, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Dear Daughter podcast, Jane Roe's daughter, The Home Edit
July 30, 2022 16:10 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBThe actor Samantha Womack on her new role as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. As the Lionesses reach the final of the Euros on Sunday let's not forget that the FA, the Football Assocation, banned the women's game for fifty years. Jacqui Oatley, the first female Match of the Day commentator, reflects on the women's game. Women with learning disabilities die on average 26 years younger than the general population. In her first interview since taking up the role of chai...
Fiona Govan, Louisa McGeehan, Tom Bennett, Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, Namulanta Kombo, Helen Wood.
July 29, 2022 10:14 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBWe talk to journalist Fiona Govan based in Madrid who writes for Olive Press about the controversy surrounding a new ad campaign in Spain proclaiming “All Bodies are Beach Bodies”. Posters including women of all shapes and sizes, including women with mastectomies with a slogan “Summer Belongs to Us too.” Helpful messaging? Or “absurd” as some opposition politicians claim which is creating “a problem where it doesn’t exist”. Should children who misbehave be excluded permanently from school? R...
Clea and Joanna from The Home Edit, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Menopause report
July 28, 2022 11:16 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBFriends and business partners Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin have become stars of pandemic feel-good TV, with their Netflix show Get Organised with The Home Edit. They go into someone’s home – be it a Hollywood celebrity or a stressed family of five - and transform a cluttered space into something beautiful and functional. The emphasis is firmly on giving busy women back some time and headspace through better organisation of their homes. Clea and Joanna join Emma to give some pro tips and e...
Clea and Joanna from The Home Edit, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn
July 28, 2022 11:16 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBFriends and business partners Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin have become stars of pandemic feel-good TV, with their Netflix show Get Organised with The Home Edit. They go into someone’s home – be it a Hollywood celebrity or a stressed family of five - and transform a cluttered space into something beautiful and functional. The emphasis is firmly on giving busy women back some time and headspace through better organisation of their homes. Clea and Joanna join Emma to give some pro tips and e...
Jane Roe's daughter, Lionesses semi-final, Voices of Power and Women's Health Apps
July 27, 2022 10:37 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBIt’s been just over a month since Roe vs Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in the United States. On this programme we’ve covered the aftermath of this ruling many times, but what about the woman at the centre of it all? Jane Roe, or a name you might be less familiar with, Norma McCorvey, the real person behind the Roe vs Wade court case of 1972. Her eldest daughter, Melissa Mills, joins Emma Barnett to discuss what her Mum would have made of the court case she was so central to, being ...
Samantha Womack as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
July 26, 2022 10:52 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBAfter an eight month UK tour the children’s classic, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe comes to London's West End with Samantha Womack - best known for playing Ronnie in Eastenders - taking on the role of the White Witch. Following last night's first TV debate Emma's joined by two women who will have a vote but have yet to decide whether to back the former chancellor Rishi Sunak or the foreign secretary Liz Truss. Sally Ann Marks is the chairman of the Maidstone and Weald Conservative...
The vegan stock car racing driver Leilani Münter, Lynne O'Donnell, Abortion stories
July 25, 2022 10:13 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBThe BBC’s first Green Sport Awards has announced the winner of its Evergreen Award. Leilani Münter is an American former professional stock car racing driver whose environmental activism has been central to her career. Leilani used her race car as “a 200mph billboard” to get environmental messages in front of the 75 million race fans in the USA. Leilani joins Emma. A new reoprt by MPs says the NHS in england is facing its worst staffing crisis in history. Women make up 77% of NHS staff. Dam...
Weekend Woman's Hour: Vicky Pattison, Bananarama, Women's Health Strategy
July 23, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBTV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her father’s struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life. She explains how this has, in part, contributed towards her own unhealthy relationship with drinking. England's first ever Women's Football team will finally be recognise...
22/07/2022
July 22, 2022 10:48 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBWomen's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Bananarama, The Baby, Tour De Femmes
July 22, 2022 10:48 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBSara Dallin and Keren Woodward from Bananarama come into the Woman's Hour studio to talk about how it all started, their friendship and their new album, Masquerade. The Baby is a new TV drama about a woman who suddenly gets a baby. It literally lands in her arms without warning. What's she going to do when she never wanted a baby in the first place? We have Michelle de Swarte who plays 38-year-old Natasha who finds herself with the baby, and Executive Producer Naomi De Pear. This Sunday we'...
Vicki Pattison, Women's Darts, Period Loss, Iranian Feminists Cyberattack
July 21, 2022 10:39 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBTV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her father’s struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life. She explains to Nuala McGovern how this has, in part, contributed towards her own unhealthy relationship with drinking. We look ahead to this weekend’s historic event in ...
Vicky Pattison, Women's Darts, Period Loss, Iranian Feminists Cyberattack
July 21, 2022 10:39 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBTV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her father’s struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life. She explains to Nuala McGovern how this has, in part, contributed towards her own unhealthy relationship with drinking. We look ahead to this weekend’s historic event in ...
Vicky Pattison, Women's Darts, Period Loss and Iranian Feminists Cyberattack.
July 21, 2022 10:39 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBTV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her father’s struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life. She explains to Nuala McGovern how this has, in part, contributed towards her own unhealthy relationship with drinking. We look ahead to this weekend’s historic event in ...
England's Lionesses Quarter Final against Spain; Women's Health Strategy; Women and the Web;
July 20, 2022 10:18 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBToday the government launches its much awaited Women’s Health Strategy for England. For generations women have lived with a healthcare system that is designed by men, for men. Despite making up 50 percent of the population and living longer than men, women have been under-represented in research, with little known about some female-specific issues, spending a greater proportion of their lives in ill health and disability, with growing geographic inequalities in women’s life expectancy. Having...
Surviving in Scrubs, Male Contraception, Little Women Opera, Caps for England Women's Team
July 19, 2022 11:02 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBIt’s being called medicine’s Me Too moment. Two female doctors have launched an online campaign gathering testimony about sexual harassment and a culture of sexism in the world of health care. Dr Becky Cox and Dr Chelcie Jewitt join Krupa to explain why they launched Surviving in Scrubs. Last week we looked at radical solutions to the ageing population and slowing birth rate, including a tax on the childfree. One country which has taken a unique approach is Hungary which introduced tax bre...