Accessibility links

Skip to content
Accessibility Help

Home
News
Sport
Weather
iPlayer
Sounds
Bitesize
CBeebies
CBBC
Food

Home
News
Sport
Business
Innovation
Culture
Travel
Earth
Video
Live

Home
News
Sport
Weather
iPlayer
Sounds
Bitesize
CBeebies
CBBC
Food

Home
News
Sport
Business
Innovation
Culture
Travel
Earth
Video
Live

.sc-c-sounds-nav { position: relative; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__menu-button { display: none; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__items { max-height: 500px; visibility: visible; position: static; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__overlay { display: none; } @media screen and (max-width: 659px) { .sc-c-sounds-nav__wrapper { padding-bottom: 0px; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__wordmark-link { padding-bottom: 18px; } }

Sounds home page

Home
Music
Podcasts
My Sounds

The Conversation - Nurses on the frontline: A year on - BBC Sounds

The Conversation - Nurses on the frontline: A year on - BBC Sounds

The Conversation

Nurses on the frontline: A year onNurses on the frontline: A year on

Released On: 03 May 2021

Available for over a year

After a year of the pandemic, how are young nurses coping?

Programme Website

Coming Up Next

now playing
The Conversation
Nurses on the frontline: A year on
After a year of the pandemic, how are young nurses coping?
26 mins
The Conversation
Women fighting wildfires
A Russian volunteer and an elite US firefighter on the challenge of tackling remote fires
26 mins
The Conversation
Women of the Arab Spring
A decade after the uprisings, what has been gained and what has been lost?
26 mins
The Conversation
Sweet honey and queen bees
A scientist from Martinique and an entrepreneur from South Africa on why they keep bees
26 mins
The Conversation
Sold into sex work
Trafficked women from Indonesia and Hungary on how they support modern-day slaves
26 mins
The Conversation
Skating my way through life
Why women around the world are picking up a board to try kickflips and slides.
26 mins
The Conversation
My life-changing autism diagnosis
Sara Gibbs and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu talk about the impact of finding out they're autistic
26 mins
The Conversation
The Conversation with Helen Clark and Michelle Bachelet
Kim Chakanetsa is joined by two international leaders who have championed women’s rights.
49 mins
The Conversation
Living through menopause
Dr Nighat Arif and writer Barbara Hannah Grufferman think the menopause needs rebranding
26 mins
The Conversation
Viral dance videos launched my career
Sienna Lalau and Sherrie Silver: social media routines led to working for Rihanna and BTS
26 mins
The Conversation
Why women walk
Cheryl Strayed and Kerri Andrews on the benefits of striding out in the great outdoors
26 mins
The Conversation
Women planting trees
Two women restoring forests in Brazil and Nepal growing native trees from local seeds
26 mins
The Conversation
Ghostwriters for hire
Michelle Burford and Ellen Banda-Aaku on celebrity memoirs and collaborative writing
26 mins
The Conversation
World leaders: Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark
Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark on their personal journeys and their career in politics
26 mins
The Conversation
Travels with my ukulele
For Taimane and Zee Avi, playing the ukulele was love at first strum
26 mins
The Conversation
My baby triggered a terrifying breakdown
Catherine Cho and Lobeh Osagie-Asiah on how they got through postpartum psychosis
26 mins
The Conversation
Beauty and the skin
Two pioneering dermatologists on colourism and skin lighting in India and Ghana
26 mins
The Conversation
A love for my language
Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women who are keeping their indigenous languages alive
26 mins
The Conversation
Natural-born contortionists
Two contortionists discuss their body-twisting, back-bending, mind-blowing work.
26 mins
The Conversation
Drag kings: The women performing as men
Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women who perform as men and poke fun at the patriarchy
26 mins
The Conversation
What can we learn from nomadic life?
Shugri Said Salh and Carol Meeks on the resilience, bravery and peace of nomadic life
26 mins
The Conversation
Musical theatre stars
Jemma Rix and Christine Allado discuss singing for theme parks and Covid-19 disruption
26 mins
The Conversation
Message in a mural
Mona Caron and Fatuma Hassan on creating large-scale public art to bring about change
26 mins
The Conversation
Taking a leap into single motherhood
Two women who chose single parenthood on the joy they find in their unconventional family
26 mins
The Conversation
Sisters of skydiving
Kim Chakanetsa talks to two pioneering women about their love for skydiving
26 mins
The Conversation
From start-up to success: Women rolling the dice in business
Two women from Zambia and Vietnam on the risks they took to become top entrepreneurs
26 mins
The Conversation
Women leading change in NGOs
Amanda Khozi Mukwashi and Summer Nasser on what it takes to run an international NGO
26 mins
The Conversation
Understanding the impact of climate change on women
Why climate change hurts vulnerable women most and what can be done to support them
26 mins
The Conversation
Women protecting wildlife from poachers
Park rangers from Zambia and South Africa on protecting animals and empowering women
26 mins
The Conversation
Maids to the rich and famous
Stephanie Land and Sara Vestin Rahmani on their lives working in rich people’s homes
26 mins
The Conversation
An assistance dog changed my life
Women from Brazil and the UK on how assistance dogs improved their mobility and wellbeing
26 mins

Cymraeg
Gaeilge
Gàidhlig

BBC Sounds Help
Contacts, Privacy and Information
Help with Signing In
Newsletter

Explore the BBC

Home
News
Sport
Weather
iPlayer
Sounds
Bitesize
CBeebies
CBBC
Food

Home
News
Sport
Business
Innovation
Culture
Travel
Earth
Video
Live

Terms of Use
About the BBC
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Cookies
Cookies
Accessibility Help
Parental Guidance
Contact the BBC
Make an editorial complaint
BBC emails for you
Advertise with us

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.