Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
2087 episodes transcribedHelen Mirren talks about equal pay and her new film, The Good Liar, in which she co-stars with Sir Ian McKellen. In a new series, listeners talk about...
Lisa Simone, songwriter, singer and daughter of Nina tells us all about her new album. Maddy Prior the folk singer and member of Steeleye Span talks...
How can young women get in and get on in the music industry? In a special programme, broadcast from BBC Music Introducing Live at Tobacco Dock in Lond...
On Halloween we ask where are the women in the horror film industry? How much do women create and view horror differently and who are the women film-...
Here's Maddy Prior, photographed when All Round My Hat was in the charts in the '70s. She's been performing now for over 50 years and she's done more...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far failed to get Parliament’s backing for his Withdrawal Agreement Bill and he won’t meet the October 31st deadli...
The NHS have reported that 1 in 10 people seeking sex and relationship therapy are teenagers – up from 1 in 30 two years ago. So what’s changed? We lo...
In 2006, 16 year old Cyntoia Brown-Long was sentenced as an adult to life in prison for killing a man while she was a teenage sex trafficking victim....
In 2006 16 year old Cyntoia Brown was sentenced as an adult to life in prison for killing a man while she was a teenage sex trafficking victim. Grante...
Sofie Hagan is a young Danish comedian and author of Happy Fat. We spoke to her on the programme earlier in the year. She’s now touring the UK and has...
As more and more children and young people become engaged in environmental issues, how can parents support them and talk to them about climate change...
Clean Break is a theatre company that works with women in prison or have been in prison. Clean Break is now 40 years old. and as part of their birthda...
In a new series, we hear from three women whose partners are veterans with PTSD. They describe what it's like living alongside the condition, often fo...
We explore what women think about Brexit and how it might affect the way they vote in another possible referendum and in an expected general election....
We hear the stories of the women of Pre-Raphaelite art whose contribution has been overlooked with Dr Jan Marsh curator at the National Portrait Galle...
How we can age healthily? Today we look at the impact of our diet. How important is it to eat the right thing to live a longer healthier life? If th...
Jung Chang is the best-selling author of 'Wild Swans'. She talks about her new book 'Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister' and how the three Soong s...
How much are we squeezing play out of our children’s days, our institutions and spaces? Michael Rosen, author of ‘Book of Play’ joins Jenni to talk a...
In a new three-part series on longevity, we look at how we can shape our health and vitality in old age. Today we focus on the role of our social live...
The Queen’s speech yesterday contained mention of 26 new or returning Bills and more than a dozen areas where the government plans action. We look at...
