Women and unemployment; Daisy Johnson; BBC Elite Women's Sport Survey 2020
Presented by Jenni Murray.Every few days we hear of more jobs going. The Bank of England said at the end of last week that unemployment is likely to hit 2.5 million this year. That means the jobless t...
10 Aug 202043min
Zadie Smith, Baby banks, Pat Hume, Irish tampon ad, Victoria Cilliers, Kids against plastic
The multi award winning writer Zadie Smith on 'Intimations', a collection of personal essays about lockdown. Photo courtesy of Dominique Nabokov.The rise in families with children under 5 needing hel...
8 Aug 202057min
Standing Up For Your Mate, Victoria Cilliers, Black Businesswomen
Would you stand up for your mate if she was being discriminated against? Would you stick up for her, even if it caused you problems? Today we discuss how to be a good ally. Whether it’s racism, sexis...
7 Aug 202047min
Zadie Smith, Women and their Scars, Xuefei Yang and Maternity Care
Zadie Smith’s newest book, ‘Intimations’, was written during the early months of lockdown. It is a series of personal essays reflecting on the unprecedented situation of a worldwide pandemic, hoping t...
6 Aug 202043min
Baby banks, Mercury prize nominee Georgia, Pat Hume, Author Luan Goldie
The Duchess of Cambridge has spearheaded a campaign to persuade retailers to donate items to baby banks around the UK. New figures from the three big charities – Baby Basics, Little Village and AberNe...
5 Aug 202043min
How to help your child spot fake news online
Empowering schoolchildren to identify propaganda and distorted facts online
4 Aug 202012min
How to help your child spot fake news online
How can you help your children to identify fake news on the internet? With the explosion of different platforms it can be hard to keep tabs on what they are watching. Jane finds out from the editor of...
4 Aug 202048min
Kids Against Plastic, Irish Tampon Ad, Zara McFarlane
Listen to sisters Ella and Amy. They're behind Kids Against Plastic and talk to us about the world's reliance on plastic, especially single use plastic, and the way we just dump it. On Wednesday they'...
3 Aug 202049min
