Putting your life on the page with Ann Patchett, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Julia Samuel and Arifa Akbar

Memoirs, morning pages: why do so many of us want to put our lives on the page?

• 57 mins

Poorna Bell, Scars, Adele Parks

Making a change for the better in 2022: we speak to Poorna Bell about getting stronger.

• 56 mins

Scottish Government consultation on gender recognition laws, Hazel Hunt, Pragna Patel, Rosie de Courcy & Megan Nolan

Scottish government consultation on gender recognition laws.

• 57 mins

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Dr Lin Berwick, Women in the 1921 Census

The Derry Girls actor Jamie-Lee O'Donnell on her new show about prison officers.

• 56 mins

Preet Chandi/'Polar Preet'; 'Collector culture'; Playwright, Nell Leyshon; Drones & night street safety; Novelist, Nikki May;

Preet Chandi: believed to be 1st woman of colour to complete a solo crossing on Antarctica

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Putting your life on the page, Dr Lin Berwick, Poorna Bell

Psychotherapist Julia Samuel on the therapeutic benefits of writing our life stories.

• 48 mins

Helena Merriman, Bus driver Tracey Scholes, Pardons for women tried as witches

The presenter of Room 5 and Tunnel 29 on her own life-changing medical diagnosis.

• 57 mins

Rhian Graham, Who is Sue Gray?, Hopeline19

Emma speaks to Rhian Graham, one of the Colston Four.

• 57 mins

Safety of Women; Sarak Sak; Adjoa Andoh and Julie Cooper; Women on Coins; Adolescent Skin

Actor Adjoa Andoh and composer Julie Cooper talk about their new collaboration Continuum.

• 56 mins

Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst

Emma Gannon on her new book new book, (Dis)connected.

• 56 mins

Midwives refusing the vaccine, Spiking inquiry, 50 years of diet & fitness with Rosemary Conley, Slam poetry

Midwives refusing the vaccine.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Anti vaccine mandate, Witchcraft, Helen Pankhurst

Helen Pankhurst, on the legacy of the Suffragettes and protest.

• 43 mins

Winter Olympics; Ashling Murphy; Gender roles and parenting; Investing in female-founded companies

Skeleton racer-Laura Deas, one of Team GB's athletes competing in the Winter Olympics 2022

• 56 mins

Netball, Ashling Murphy, Adult Literacy, Universities & NDAs

Higher Education Minister MIchelle Donelan discusses universities and the ending of NDAs

• 55 mins

Georgina Ballantine - record-breaking fisherwoman, Dame Rachel de Souza, Dianne McKay, Rising cost of living, Rachel Krantz

Influential and fearless women from Perth in Scotland over several centuries.

• 57 mins

The future of IVF. Self-love. Reclaim These Streets judicial review. ENB's Tamara Rojo.

The future of IVF. Tracey Emin on removing her art from No.10. Anna Soubry on defecting.

• 57 mins

Mary Ward, Georgina Lucas & Ladette Culture

Mary Ward the 17th century feminist, Georgina Lucas & Ladette Culture

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracey Emin, Ashling Murphy, Adult Literacy

Tracey Emin on why she wants her artwork removed from display in Number 10 Downing Street.

• 56 mins

Female Offender Strategy, Midwife shortage, Zara Rutherford, Annalena Baerbock

Is the criminal justice system responsive enough to the specific needs of women offenders?

• 57 mins

Six the Musical, Author Hannah Jewell on 'snowflakes', Women in Ukraine

The success of the modern musical retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII.

• 56 mins

The Corona Lisa, Dr Koshka Duff, Magistrates and Revolutionary women

Emma speaks to Dr Koshka Duff about her treatment by the Metropolitan Police.

• 57 mins

Opera arias reinvented, Holocaust survivor Rachel Levy

The all female string quartet who are reimagining the songs of tragic operatic heroines.

• 56 mins

Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal & Libby Heaney, Death Doulas

Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be found guilty of joining IS, tell her story.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dr Koshka Duff, Tareena Shakil, 'Corona Lisa', Midwife Shortage, Six The Musical

Dr Koshka Duff’s first broadcast interview since winning compensation from the Met police

• 57 mins

Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson, Performative activism, Over-exercising

To mark the 50th anniversary of her death, Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson.

• 54 mins

Carrie Johnson, Supreme Court nominee, Women & work in the 17th century, Rising popularity of thongs, MMR

Carrie Johnson - the first prime ministerial spouse who has had a career in politics.

• 57 mins

Gloria Allred, Monica Ali, Val McDermid

American lawyer Gloria Allred, who is still representing 20 accusers of Jeffrey Epstein.

• 56 mins

Stacey Dooley, Police culture, Novice rowers become champions, Afghan women update, Anne Boleyn

Stacey Dooley investigates the UK's mental health crisis in her new book

• 57 mins

British Vogue, Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 & Mummy Bloggers

British Vogue’s iconic cover, the GB women at the Olympics and 'Insta mums'.

• 56 mins

World record Atlantic rowers, Police culture, Women and investing

The fastest women to row across the Atlantic. Photo credit Atlantic Campaigns.

• 29 mins