Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
1956 episodes transcribedPsychotherapist Esther Perel wrote her first book Mating in Captivity ten years ago. Her second book The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity has j...
Lauren and guests reflect on how we can find the right balance between work and rest. Often presented as opposites, our attitudes to work and rest are...
Lauren Laverne talks to technology evangelist Dr Sue Black, Professor of New Technologies at Goldsmiths University Sarah Kember, and games scriptwrite...
What's the secret to healthy levels of self-esteem? And can we ever have too much?
Women have always dreamed of escaping their ordinary lives - but it's only in recent history that travel has become a legitimate opportunity to do so...
"What do you mean I'm going to sag? Sag WHERE?" These days the world seems full of well-intentioned cat-poster sentiment designed to cheer us up over...
Emma Barnett and guests Sali Hughes, Philippa Perry and Daisy Buchanan discuss break-ups.
Lauren Laverne interviews Viv Albertine at the Free Thinking festival for the first edition of BBC Radio 4's Late Night Woman's Hour to be recorded in...
"The hackles on the back of my neck stand up and the orange warning signs come on."You know the feeling. It's the emotional equivalent of seeing somet...
We discuss the future of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts in the UK. They try and find solutions for parents who have addictions and are at risk of losi...
Lauren Laverne discusses the delights and perils of parties with seasoned partygoers Fran Cutler, Brigid Keenan, Bryony Gordon and Zing Tsjeng. Fran C...
Lauren Laverne and guests discuss home. What does home mean to you? Is domesticity a joy or a drudgery? And why has the Scandinavian art of Hygge beco...
Where does private space for women end and public space begin? Where does a woman's right to wear, or walk, or say, what and where she wants become di...
Following the massive success of female athletes on Team GB in the Rio Olympics, Lauren Laverne discusses women in sport with: Maggie Alphonsi, World...
Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women and masturbation - is it still a taboo? Her guests this month are:Emily Yates, accessibility consultant and se...
From the shock value of punk to Muslim modesty codes, via clothes as art and how police officers personalize their uniforms, Lauren Laverne and guests...
