Best Women's Corner Roundup Podcasts (2024)

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Kamala Harris and female votes, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Poet Zara Sehar 56:24

1h ago56:24

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Kamala Harris has spoken about making childcare and eldercare more affordable, securing universal paid maternity leave and signing into law a bill that would restore and protect the right to abortion. So could these policies win her female votes, and how does this fit in with her strategy to try and beat Trump in the US presidential election? Anita…

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Kamala Harris and 'brat summer', Holocaust documentary, Comedian Sashi Perera 57:03

21h ago57:03

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Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has been inspired by Charli XCX and her recent album release, brat. The link between the two is all over social media – but what does it all mean? Nuala McGovern is joined by former Editor-in-Chief of Vice and co-host of the Good Bad Billionaire podcast on BBC World Service to explain the trend, and columnist fo…

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Megan Davis, Cambridge Vice-Chancellor, Kate Lister on banning partners from social events 57:44

2d ago57:44

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What makes women become whistleblowers? And what happens after they’ve brought wrongdoing to light? Nuala McGovern talks to lawyer-turned-author Megan Davis about her experience blowing the whistle on financial crime, how it inspired writing her new thriller Bay of Thieves, and how a whistle-blower can make the perfect character for crime fiction. …

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Biden drops out and backs Harris, Maternal health in Gaza, Female coaches, Sculptor Dominique White 57:14

3h ago57:14

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President Biden has bowed to pressure and made the decision to drop out of the US presidential race. He’s endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the potential Democrat Party nominee to run against Donald Trump – but is America ready for another female presidential nominee? Nuala McGovern is joined by Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research at the non…

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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Nelly Furtado, Woman in Myanmar, Woman’s Hour from Lord’s, Taking children out of school 55:15

1h ago55:15

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The Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and won awards including a Grammy. Her upbeat, genre-defying pop music dominated the charts in the 2000s, from her break out hit I’m Like A Bird to her 2006 album Loose and its stand out hit Maneater. After finding that her music had been redisco…

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Vula Malinga, Paedophile Hunters, Survivors of the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus 54:07

2h ago54:07

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Vula Malinga started out as one of the lead singers for the London Community Gospel Choir, before becoming a lead vocalist with Basement Jaxx and she has also collaborated with the likes of Adele, Dizzee Rascal and Beverley Knight. Tomorrow night Vula will don her flares and sequins as one of the soloists at the BBC Prom – Everybody Dance! The Soun…

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HE CELEBRATES YOUR NEED TO KICK A MAN'S ASS? ft. Drew Afualo 1:30:29

7d ago1:30:29

1:30:29

Happy Friday, Fckers! Today’s episode was recorded live at Netflix Is A Joke Fest in Los Angeles. Your favorite childless mothers, CORINNE FISHER and KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON, enter the stage at The Regent Theater to discuss meanies at the airport, the type of woman men are most afraid of, going to GhostStop.com for a certain someone’s birthday present …

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Kitty Ruskin: A year of casual sex 42:17

13m ago42:17

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At the beginning of 2019, writer and journalist Kitty Ruskin was young, free, and single and eager to give her sex life a bit of a shake-up. Having previously shunned the idea of one-night stands and kissing complete strangers, Ruskin decided to embrace her sexuality and embark upon a year of no-strings, casual sex. Partly inspired by Sex and the C…

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Nelly Furtado, Toughest towns for girls, Julian Assange accuser 55:37

18h ago55:37

55:37

The Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and won awards including a Grammy. Her upbeat, genre-defying pop music dominated the charts in the 2000s, from her break out hit I’m Like A Bird to her 2006 album Loose and its stand out hit Maneater. After finding that her music had been redisco…

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Woman's Hour live from Lord's Cricket Ground 56:34

19m ago56:34

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Today, Woman's Hour comes live from Lord's Cricket Ground as England face New Zealand for the culmination of a five-match T20 International series. To talk us through the upcoming game we are joined by Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE. Ebony is a World Cup-winning cricketer, now turned presenter and pundit. We begin by looking at the grassroots game which …

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Jenna Russell & Hello, Dolly!, Historical fiction, Women in Myanmar, Air Pollution 57:21

29m ago57:21

57:21

One of the most iconic musicals of all time, Hello, Dolly!, has returned to the London Palladium, with Jerry Herman’s unforgettable score including Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Before the Parade Passes By, It Only Takes a Moment and Hello, Dolly! It’s a huge, no-expense-spared production, with a cast of 40, and the legendary Imelda Staunton as the w…

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Wendy Joseph KC, Storm chasers, Remembering sex therapist Dr Ruth, Insta’s Fake Guru 57:32

3d ago57:32

57:32

Former Old Bailey judge, Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC, lifts the lid on our legal system. Having worked in criminal courts for almost half a century, she is still asking: what is justice? She tells Nuala McGovern some of the ways women and children struggle through the legal system - and why she wanted to highlight these issues in her latest book, Ro…

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Harriet Harman, Southall Black Sisters, Author Cathy Rentzenbrink, Medium friends 57:35

1h ago57:35

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A record-breaking number of women MPs have been elected following Labour's win at the general election. It's also the first time in parliamentary history that the proportion of women elected is more than 40%. Harriet Harman, the now ex-Labour MP and former Mother of the House, gives her reaction. Three women who say they were the victims of a racia…

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Southall Black Sisters, Audrey Powne, Dr Michael Mosley's exercise snacking 52:06

5d ago52:06

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Three women who were the victims of a racial attack have had the charges of assault made against them by their assailant discontinued by the CPS. Selma Taha, the executive director for advocacy group Southall Black Sisters, and Danae Thomas, two of the women, join Anita Rani to talk about what impact the charges being dropped has had, and how they’…

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YOU WISH WOMEN HAD TWO BUTTS? ft. Nate Macintosh 1:25:05

14d ago1:25:05

1:25:05

Happy Friday, Fckers! On today’s episode, your go-to comedic sexual intellectuals, CORINNE FISHER and KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON, read an email from a female listener wondering if (some of) the men in her boxing gym low-key take delight in having permission to hit a woman. Cute! The duo then welcomes fellow comedian NATHAN MACINTOSH to the studio to discu…

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Laura Dockrill: Love, longing & postpartum psychosis 45:48

7d ago45:48

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Laura Dockrill was just 14 years old when she first set eyes on her husband, Maccabees guitarist Hugo White. The pair quickly began an intense relationship, exchanging carefully curated mixtapes and letters doused in Body Shop perfume. Despite a longing on both sides, the teenagers never let their friendship spill over into romance. It is this tale…

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The future of the two-child benefit cap, Women of Windrush opera, what is next for Kamala Harris? 53:02

2d ago53:02

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The Department for Work and Pensions has just published statistics on the number of people affected by the so-called two-child benefit cap, which restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households. Some campaigners have called the cap the biggest driver of the rise in child poverty in the UK and are demandi…

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Nusrit Mehtab, Author Cathy Rentzenbrink, Olympian Hannah Mills 57:26

3d ago57:26

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Irish soldier Cathal Crotty was given a three-year suspended sentence after beating Natasha O'Brien unconscious in May 2022. Now, in the latest development, he is due to be formally discharged from the Defence Forces. Nuala hears Natasha's reaction and speaks to Diane Byrne, a spokeswoman for the Women of Honour group, to hear what impact this coul…

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Review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Black market weight loss drugs, Composer Undine Smith Moore 55:40

8d ago55:40

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Former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal speaks to Nuala McGovern about his independent culture review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which is the independent regulator for nurses and midwifes in the UK. The report is highly critical, finding that a "dysfunctional culture" at the council has "threatened public safety and puts nurses at risk." Sir…

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Harriet Harman and election reaction, Sports Day, France Me Too 57:18

5d ago57:18

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There are a record number of women MPs in the new parliament. Nuala McGovern is joined by former Mother of the House and now chair of the charity the Fawcett Society, Harriet Harman, who wants to set up a Women’s Caucus made up of female MPs. We also have political reaction from journalists Rachel Cunliffe and Caroline Wheeler. Is sports day someth…

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Weekend Woman's Hour: Jonathan Meijer interviewed on fathering over 550 babies by sperm donation, Gabby Logan, Lisa Jewell 43:40

7d ago43:40

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A new series was released this week on Netflix. It is called Man with 1,000 Kids, and Netflix is billing it as the true story of Jonathan Meijer, a man accused of travelling the world, deceiving women into having his babies - via sperm donation - on a mass scale. Nuala McGovern talks to Jonathan Meijer, the sperm donor, to mums Natalie and Suzanne,…

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A WOMAN THREATENED TO STAB YOUR D*CK? ft. Peter Gunz 1:50:05

20d ago1:50:05

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It’s Friday, Fckers! And your go-to childless queens of the comedy sex podcast space, CORINNE FISHER and KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON, are reaching into their digital mailbag to help a listener who can’t decipher if she’s experiencing the “ick” or if she isn’t capable of deep intimacy. The duo then welcomes Grammy award-winning rapper, star of Love and Hip …

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Fiona McPhillips: When We Were Silent 30:28

14d ago30:28

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In this episode, author and journalist Fiona McPhillips talks to Róisín Ingle about her new novel, When We Were Silent. It’s a thriller set in a Dublin convent school, where a culture of silence and abuse is rampant. The story was partly inspired by the 2020 podcast series about disgraced Irish swim coach George Gibney. In this wide-ranging convers…

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Lisa Jewell, Baby Babble, Bluebella rugby ad, Genre Fiction - Romance/Romantasy 57:27

9d ago57:27

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It’s 25 year since the New York Times’ best-selling author Lisa Jewell published her first novel, Ralph’s Party. Since then she’s written another twenty-one novels, and more recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and the award winning None of This is True. She joins Krupa Padhy to discuss…

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Jonathan Meijer interviewed on fathering over 550 babies by sperm donation; women impressionist artists 57:07

10d ago57:07

57:07

A new series has been released this morning (3 July) on Netflix. It is called Man with 1,000 Kids, and Netflix is billing it as the true story of Jonathan Meijer, a man accused of travelling the world, deceiving women into having his babies - via sperm donation - on a mass scale. Nuala talks to Jonathan Meijer, the sperm donor, to mums Natalie and …

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Professor Dame Carol Robinson, Leader Interview: The Conservative’s Maria Caulfield for Rishi Sunak, Michelle De Swarte 57:23

11d ago57:23

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British scientist Dame Carol Robinson, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a trailblazer in the field of mass spectrometry, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during this year’s European Inventor Award 2024 ceremony. She will be first ever British winner. She is receiving the award not just for her outstanding work but a…

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Leader interviews: Reform UK's Ann Widdecombe for Nigel Farage, Wimbledon 57:03

17d ago57:03

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Gabby Logan joins Krupa Padhy to talk about her new book The Midpoint Plan. She’s challenging the stereotype of middle age. With fewer insecurities, children leaving home and perhaps a bit more money in the bank, she believes we should see it as the best point in our lives. Plus, if we look after ourselves in midlife, we’ll be happier in old age. M…

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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Cyndi Lauper, Accusations of assault in tennis, Sofie Gråbøl, Helen Heckety, Demetrescence, Corinne Baile 48:48

14d ago48:48

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Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights' has become a popular placard at women's rights events around the world. The singer behind the anthem that inspired it is none other than Cyndi Lauper. She joins Anita Rani to reflect on her 40-year career, becoming a feminist figure and performing on the iconic Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. Wimbledon star…

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Live from Glastonbury: Cyndi Lauper, Corinne Bailey Rae & DJ Ritu 52:39

15d ago52:39

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'Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights' has become a popular placard at women's rights events around the world. The singer behind the anthem that inspired it is none other than Cyndi Lauper. She joins Anita Rani to reflect on her 40-year career, becoming a feminist figure and performing on the iconic Pyramid Stage. Corinne Bailey Rae's latest …

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WHO'S F*CKING THE HORSE? ft. Nicoletta Heidegger 1:43:00

28d ago1:43:00

1:43:00

Happy Friday, Fckers! On today’s episode, your favorite introspective comedy big sisters, CORINNE FISHER and KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON read an email from a listener whose best friend is being haunted by the ghost of her dead boyfriend. Well, technically ex-boyfriend. C&K then welcome psychotherapist and sexologist, NICOLETTA HEIDEGGER to the studio. Toge…

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Ready For It? It’s our Taylor Swiftathon 1:09:41

21d ago1:09:41

1:09:41

The Queen of Pop, Taylor Swift, is finally back in Dublin this weekend, bringing her Eras tour to more than 150 thousand fans at the Aviva Stadium over three nights. To celebrate the singer's return, we’ve gathered a panel of Swifties to talk about her music, stardom, and her dedicated fanbase. Writer, DJ, and disability activist Louise Bruton give…

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Adult orphans, Accusations of assault in tennis, Leader interview: John Swinney 57:18

26d ago57:18

57:18

In the next of the Woman’s Hour interviews with the leaders of the main political parties in the run-up to the General Election, Clare McDonnell speaks to John Swinney, Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party. What does it mean to be an adult orphan? Does the term still apply if you lose both parents when you’re no lo…

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Sofie Gråbøl, Christine Jardine, Women and Equalities spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, Grace Campbell on abortion 57:16

18d ago57:16

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Woman’s Hour has invited the leaders of all the main political parties for an interview in the run-up to the General Election. Today, in place of the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, Nuala McGovern is joined by Christine Jardine, the party’s Women and Equalities spokesperson. Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl is best known to British viewers for her…

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Women voting in Northern Ireland, playwright and actor Faith Omole, Sarah Ockwell Smith on ‘demetrescence’ 55:48

19d ago55:48

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With just over a week to go until the UK heads to the polls for the general election, what’s the situation for women voters in Northern Ireland? BBC Northern Ireland political correspondent Jayne McCormack joins Nuala McGovern to discuss what political candidates there are offering women. Days ahead of a UN summit on Afghanistan, which is set to ex…

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Weekend Woman's Hour: Rachel Stevens, Woman's Hour Election Debate, Jill Halfpenny, Interracial Marriage in the US 56:22

20d ago56:22

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Rachel Stevens was one of the founding members of S Club 7, the pop band that took the world by storm in the early 2000s. She joins Anita to talk about her memoir Finding my Voice: A story of strength, belief and S Club, which covers her time in the hit-making band, her solo career and what it's been like being in the public eye. In a special exten…

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Helen Heckety, Taylor Swift’s UK tour, Football and domestic abuse 56:55

20d ago56:55

56:55

Novelist Helen Heckety joins Nuala to talk about her debut work, Alter Ego. It’s about a young woman who decides to leave her old life behind and move to a new place where no one knows she is disabled. Helen, who has a physical disability that can sometimes be invisible, was compelled to write about a disabled character she had never seen represent…

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Weekend Woman's Hour: Paloma Faith, right wing women leaders in the EU, Emma Caldwell case, Chaka Khan 42:57

22d ago42:57

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Paloma Faith is an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor. She has released six albums, including her most recent The Glorification of Sadness, received a BRIT Award, been a judge on The Voice UK as well as an actor in films such as St Trinian’s and TV’s series Pennyworth. She is also the mother of two daughters. She joins Clare to discuss her …

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Stealthing conviction, Jill Halfpenny, Henry VIII's Queens 56:46

23d ago56:46

56:46

Stealthing is the crime of removing a condom during sex without consent and is a form of rape. Clare McDonnell discusses why this is an under-reported crime with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Local Policing, Helen Millichap, who leads the Met’s focus on violence against women and girls, and Gemma Lindfield, Barrister at Five…

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WHAT KINDA ROMANCE DO YOU GET FROM SWEETIE SAL? ft. Sal Vulcano 1:31:50

1M ago1:31:50

1:31:50

Happy Friday, Fckers! On today's episode, your favorite childless mothers, CORINNE FISHER and KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON, are talking about the baggy-clothed charm of Reneé Rapp, a curious case of male friends saying ILY and whether or not one listener should break up with her porn addicted boyfriend. The duo then welcomes beloved Impractical Joker and st…

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Rachel Stevens of S Club, The motherhood penalty, Interracial marriage in the United States, Sexual assault during therapy 57:31

24d ago57:31

57:31

Rachel Stevens was one of the founding members of S Club 7, the pop band that took the world by storm in the early 2000s. She joins Anita to talk about her memoir Finding my voice: A story of strength, belief and S Club, which covers her time in the hit-making band, her solo career and what it's been like being in the public eye. Anita is joined by…

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Why engineering needs more women 36:44

28d ago36:44

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Last year, just 23% of all engineering graduates in Ireland were women, while female engineers currently represent just 12% of the profession. Orlagh Costello, an engineer, coach, and speaker, is on a mission to change this and to encourage more women into this very male-dominated industry. Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day on June 23…

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Laura Dockrill, female surgical teams, Chinese #MeToo 57:37

25d ago57:37

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A survey published today by Women in Football shows that 88% of women working in the industry believe they have to work harder than men to achieve the same recognition and benefits - the research also found that 74% of men agree with them. It also found that 89% of women working in the game have experienced discrimination in the workplace. Nuala sp…

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Woman's Hour Election Debate 1:29:01

26d ago1:29:01

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In a special extended 90 minute programme, Nuala McGovern hosts the Woman's Hour Election Debate. Senior women from the main political parties of Great Britain outline their priorities for women and answer your questions. Taking part are: Scottish National Party spokesperson for Consular Affairs and International Engagement Hannah Bardell; Reform U…

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‘Sextortion diary’, dealing with a terminal diagnosis, Judy Garland impersonator 52:25

27d ago52:25

52:25

Last week, listener Charlotte got in touch with the programme to share her story. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer in April and was told she might only have months to live. She talks to Nuala about staying optimistic, juggling the admin of an illness with childcare, and the impact it’s having on her family. Adrienne Betteley, Strategic Adviso…

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Elite rower Helen Glover, Leader Interview: Carla Denyer, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Ozempic 52:52

1M ago52:52

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Earlier this month, the British Olympic Association announced the 42 athletes selected to represent Team GB in rowing at 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Among them is the two-time Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover competing at this level for the 4th time as part of the Women’s four. In 2015 Helen was ranked the top female rower in the world and went…

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WILL HE FATHER MY CATS, THOUGH? ft. Liz Miele 1:29:09

1M ago1:29:09

1:29:09

On today’s episode, your comedy mothers, CORINNE FISHER and KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON, open their inbox and read a harrowing email from a listener who experienced sexual assault at the hands of her then-boyfriend’s friend and mustered up the courage to face him in court. Plus, C, K and their producer, ERIC FRETTY, discuss how old they were the first time…

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The Neuroscience of Manifesting: Sabina Brennan 38:19

1M ago38:19

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According to psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan, we all have the power to manifest our dreams into reality. However, it has nothing to do with wishful or magical thinking. Manifesting, she says, requires a change in the way we think and behave: it’s about learning how to harness the power of the brain. In her new book,The Neuroscienc…

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Graves of stillborn babies, Chaka Khan, Climate seniors, Right wing women leaders in the EU 54:25

1M ago54:25

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Up until the 1980s, stillborn babies were swiftly taken from their mothers who weren’t always told what had happened to them. Now one of those mothers is calling for an apology after finding the grave of her stillborn son more than five decades after he was born. Gina Jacobs talks to Anita about how she found where her son Robert had been buried an…

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Paloma Faith, Leader interview: Rhun Ap Iorwerth, Parents with learning difficulties 57:05

1M ago57:05

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Paloma Faith is an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor. She has released six albums, including her most recent The Glorification of Sadness, received a BRIT Award, been a judge on The Voice UK as well as an actor in films such as St Trinian’s and TV’s series Pennyworth. She is also the mother of two daughters. She joins Clare to discuss her …

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Naomi Klein, Thornaby FC, folk singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, author Lucy Foley 53:14

1M ago53:14

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Thornaby Football Club’s committee is facing criticism after they announced that the Teeside-based club would be dropping all of its women’s section. First team manager Abbey Lyle tells Clare McDonnell what this means for the women and girls in the club, the support they’ve received since, and what it says about grassroots women’s sport. Clare also…

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