Listener Week: Afghanistan, Women and trades, Being Average, Clearing out the attic, Titles
Alice Bromage served in Afghanistan as a Major and left in 2016. She tells us what's she is hearing from the troops serving on the ground in Afghanistan. A recent survey revealed that tradespeople are...
28 Aug 202157min
Sislin Fay Allen, The situation for women in Afghanistan, Miss, Ms, Mx or Mrs?, Women & Pensions, Women & Munitions
Two explosions hit Kabul airport yesterday, killing some 90 people and at least 150 people were also wounded in the attack. The UK government has just announced the final stages of the evacuation... w...
27 Aug 202157min
Parental Alienation, Afghan Judges, Being Average, Women Vets, Lady Evelyn Cobbold
Parental Alienation is the unjustified rejection of a parent by a child, encouraged by the other parent. We hear from one woman who hasn't seen or spoken to her daughter in six years. Dr Amy Baker, Pa...
26 Aug 202157min
Listener Week: Sahraa Karimi escape from Kabul, Extinction Rebellion, Doughnut Economics, Early SEN diagnosis, Circo Rum Ba Ba
Circo Rum Ba Ba describe themselves as an exuberant troupe of all women performers who bring extraordinary spectacle and performance into unconventional settings where it is least expected. Founder an...
25 Aug 202157min
Attic memories; Afghanistan; Food and climate; ME and Covid; Neanderthals
What should we do with all our attic memorabilia? Vicki from South Wales talks about the joy of clearing our her attic with her daughters and Maryam from Rotherham talks about her mother's suitcase br...
24 Aug 202157min
Listener Week: Women and trades, Afghanistan, Stealthing, Dumping a friend
A recent survey revealed that tradespeople are £35,000 better off than university graduates. But only 14.5% of the construction workforce as a whole is female, and that drops to just 2% when it comes ...
23 Aug 202157min
Lesley Manville, Afghanistan, Menopause and dental health, Conceived by rape, Ruby Wax, Pens
The actor Lesley Manville on her mission to change the way the world sees older women - not least in her latest TV performance in Channel 4's I am series. Lesley plays Maria, who at 60 and after 30-o...
21 Aug 202157min
Divorce, Ruby Wax, the FIRE movement, Strings duo Balladeste
How common is it to experience ‘hate’ towards someone you once loved? We tend to think of 'hate' as one of the strongest emotions we can have, so what happens if you find yourself 'hating' your former...
20 Aug 202157min
