Dr Rosemary Coogan, Contraceptive Pill, Failing the 11+
Dr Rosemary Coogan has been selected as a career astronaut by the European Space Agency (ESA), becoming the first British woman to join their astronaut corps. She joins Emma in her first in-depth BBC ...
30 Nov 202257min
Part-time work, sexual violence in conflict, graphic novel No Surrender
Today is day two of an international conference held here in the UK to prevent sexual violence in conflict and Emma Barnett will be talking to Lord Ahmad, who’s the Prime Minister’s special Envoy on t...
29 Nov 202257min
Ricki Lake talks about latest project. Sexual abuse in the navy. China protests. Camilla's Squad.
Ricki Lake is widely known for her American talk show in the '90s and early 2000s. She's an actor and a producer as well as an independent filmmaker. Emma talks to her about her role as Executive P...
28 Nov 202257min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: stalking, long-term relationships and why they fail, women boxers, the clitoris, Andrea Riseborough
To mark ten years since stalking became a specific crime in England and Wales, we speak to crime reporter and presenter Isla Traquair. In her day job Isla is used to confronting murderers and travelli...
26 Nov 202256min
Women Boxers, Naming Sexual Predators, Fathers & Daughters, Sexual Health over 65
The comedian Katherine Ryan has been in the news this week after she spoke out on a recent documentary with Louis Theroux about confronting an alleged sexual predator while making a tv show. She says ...
25 Nov 202256min
Lady Glenconner, Ukraine, Clever girls, The Clitoris
Lady Glenconner, Anne Tennant, the eldest child of the fifth Earl of Leicester, was lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret for three decades. She says her mother brought her up to cope with a fundamenta...
24 Nov 202259min
Long-term relationships and why they fail, football and politics, Brain of Britain, Susan Seidelman
Some may say that football and politics don't go together but anyone watching yesterday's matches might think otherwise. The Iranian team declined to sing their anthem & Wales fans showed their suppor...
24 Nov 202258min
Andrea Riseborough, Egg Freezing, Women in Qatar
The actor Andrea Riseborough has taken on roles ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Stalin’s daughter. But now she’s playing someone quite different: Mrs Wormwood in the new Matilda the Musical film, wh...
23 Nov 202256min
