Emily Campbell, Hospital Wards, Introverts & Extroverts
All eyes were on Laurel Hubbard at yesterday's women's Olympic weightlifting. That's because she's the first transgender athlete to compete in the Games, but it was Team GB's Emily Campbell who made h...
3 Aug 202157min
Saxophonist Nubya Garcia, Rainbow babies, Insomnia, Vaccine passports
Over the weekend Carrie Johnson announced she was expecting another baby describing it as a "rainbow" baby because she'd experienced a miscarriage earlier this year. Ruth Bender Atik from The Misca...
2 Aug 202157min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and Artificial Intelligence, Paralympian Stef Reid & Comedian London Hughes
The writer Jeanette Winterson tells us why women need to be at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence revolution and about her new essay collection which covers 200 years of women and science.The Br...
31 Jul 202155min
London Hughes; Motherhood when you have an inherited condition; Helen Thorn; Stalking; Sunisa Lee
Since moving to the US last year, the British stand-up comic, actor, writer and presenter London Hughes is making it big. Her stand up special To Catch A D*ck - originally performed at the Edinburgh ...
30 Jul 202157min
Jeanette Winterson, Colourism, Paralympian Stef Reid
Jeanette Winterson talks about her new essay collection which covers 200 years of women and science, from Mary Shelley to AI. She asks what love, caring, sex and attachment will look like when humans...
29 Jul 202156min
Singer-Songwriter Josie Proto, Child protection changes, Women and COP26, UTIs
An estimated 50% of women in the UK will have a urinary tract infection at some point in their lives and between 20-30% are likely to have a recurrence. For some, these recurrent infections can lead t...
28 Jul 202155min
27/07/2021
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
27 Jul 202157min
Support for black and minoritised women facing domestic violence; South Asian women in sport; Midwives under pressure
The government’s new violence against women and girls strategy was published last Wednesday. Many organisations welcomed the commitments it made but many had criticisms for areas not addressed, not le...
26 Jul 202156min
