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Two women from different parts of the world, united by a common passion, experience or expertise, share the stories of their lives.


Episode Date
Women tackling substance abuse
Mar 25, 2024
Planet of the puppeteers
Mar 18, 2024
Women inventors
Mar 11, 2024
Finding love after divorce
Mar 04, 2024
Women at the Oscars
Feb 26, 2024
Women documenting climate change in pictures
Feb 19, 2024
Saw, chisel and hammer: Women in carpentry
Feb 12, 2024
Cookbook queens
Feb 05, 2024
Women in wildlife filmmaking
Jan 29, 2024
Women on the frontline in the fight against malaria
Jan 22, 2024
Losing a loved one to suicide
Jan 15, 2024
How to raise a teenage boy
Jan 08, 2024
Women fighting for justice on death row
Jan 01, 2024
Women in love with cheese
Dec 25, 2023
Women in cybersecurity
Dec 18, 2023
How going to school can change a girl’s life
Dec 11, 2023
Paramedics saving lives
Dec 04, 2023
100 Women: Changing how we think about our planet
Nov 27, 2023
Female drummers breaking barriers
Nov 20, 2023
The rise of women in eSports
Nov 13, 2023
Can a bicycle change a woman's life?
Nov 06, 2023
Women breathing new life into taxidermy
Oct 30, 2023
Are dolls good for girls?
Oct 23, 2023
Descending the depths: Freediving champions
Oct 16, 2023
Women in Beirut: Facing up to the climate crisis
Oct 09, 2023
Women living with ADHD
Oct 02, 2023
Born into coffee
Sep 25, 2023
The secrets of being a successful music manager
Sep 18, 2023
Women in charge of their financial freedom
Sep 11, 2023
Women in Beirut: Promoting women’s rights through sport
Sep 04, 2023
Women in nuclear
Aug 28, 2023
Transforming lives through speech therapy
Aug 21, 2023
Conservators: Preserving the past for the future
Aug 14, 2023
Women in Beirut: Telling our stories
Aug 07, 2023
Women in Beirut: Rebuilding our city
Jul 31, 2023
How to get a good night's sleep
Jul 24, 2023
Protecting communities from disasters
Jul 17, 2023
Women painting portraits
Jul 10, 2023
Parenting a disabled child
Jul 03, 2023
Women writing family sagas
Jun 26, 2023
Fifty years of the Women’s Tennis Association
Jun 19, 2023
Women serving on board submarines
Jun 12, 2023
Women in artificial intelligence
Jun 05, 2023
Women rewiring the comedy circuit in Hollywood
May 29, 2023
Women paddling treacherous water
May 22, 2023
Disabled women and sexual health
May 15, 2023
Women saving art in times of crisis
May 08, 2023
Wheelchair rugby
May 01, 2023
Women making perfume
Apr 24, 2023
Women publishing positive news
Apr 17, 2023
Life lessons from two professional tree climbers
Apr 10, 2023
Women reporting the world of sport
Apr 03, 2023
Me and my acne
Mar 27, 2023
Women in F1
Mar 20, 2023
Women in Hollywood: Who runs the film industry?
Mar 13, 2023
Women in Hollywood: Styling the stars
Mar 06, 2023
Women in Hollywood: Oscar nominees
Feb 27, 2023
A new life for women after redundancy
Feb 20, 2023
Step-mothers: The joys and challenges
Feb 13, 2023
Women leading the tech revolution in Africa
Feb 06, 2023
Turning scars into body art
Jan 30, 2023
Coping with the death of a sibling
Jan 23, 2023
Women and chronic migraine pain
Jan 16, 2023
Women fighting for equality in divorce
Jan 09, 2023
Champions of women’s football
Jan 02, 2023
Women with a passion for wine
Dec 26, 2022
Excavating the hidden secrets of women in Ancient Egypt
Dec 19, 2022
100 Women: Can a frank conversation about sex be a revolutionary act?
Dec 12, 2022
How we help women in hunger crises
Dec 05, 2022
Diamonds transforming women’s lives
Nov 28, 2022
Gambling my life away: Stories of addiction and recovery
Nov 21, 2022
Powered by women: Solar energy changing lives
Nov 14, 2022
Women leading a revolution in astronomy
Nov 07, 2022
Women DJs
Oct 31, 2022
How to make the best of travelling with children
Oct 24, 2022
Women making the most of water
Oct 18, 2022
Women warriors on screen
Oct 10, 2022
Are women the key to an electric vehicle future?
Oct 03, 2022
Women at the Polar opposite
Sep 26, 2022
Women fighting fake news
Sep 18, 2022
The women of flamenco
Sep 12, 2022
Women raising the alarm on air pollution
Sep 05, 2022
How to heal a broken heart
Aug 29, 2022
Women growing grain
Aug 22, 2022
Women at the negotiating table
Aug 15, 2022
Women crossing borders and seeking refuge
Aug 08, 2022
Leaving my religion
Aug 01, 2022
Searching for missing women
Jul 25, 2022
Powered by women: Lineworkers
Jul 18, 2022
Why women's friendships last
Jul 11, 2022
Women tackling the global plastic crisis
Jul 04, 2022
Women living with life-changing diabetes
Jun 27, 2022
Rat catchers: Women in pest control
Jun 23, 2022
Our journey to sobriety
Jun 13, 2022
Detectorists: Women finding treasure
Jun 06, 2022
Can a book change a young woman’s life?
May 30, 2022
Female collectives and neighbourhood feminists
May 23, 2022
Tracing forgotten female ancestors
May 16, 2022
Women in the world of animation
May 09, 2022
Why was I adopted? Women looking for birth stories
May 02, 2022
Magic in the mind
Apr 25, 2022
Women watching birds
Apr 18, 2022
Women who puzzle
Apr 11, 2022
How to be a beauty influencer
Apr 04, 2022
Women with a clear vision
Mar 28, 2022
Powered by women: Wind turbines
Mar 21, 2022
Women shooting award-winning movies
Mar 14, 2022
Women and the appeal of advertising
Mar 07, 2022
Women running family businesses
Feb 28, 2022
Dementia: Women breaking the silence
Feb 21, 2022
How to find the perfect wedding dress
Feb 14, 2022
The miscarriage that changed my life
Feb 07, 2022
Rock on! The art of dry stone walling
Jan 31, 2022
Saving lives in the mountains
Jan 24, 2022
Women curating culture
Jan 17, 2022
Women in sound
Jan 10, 2022
Women in the chocolate business
Jan 03, 2022
Musical child prodigies
Dec 27, 2021
Leading women in song
Dec 20, 2021
Women making city transport safe
Dec 13, 2021
Unstoppable women of rugby
Dec 06, 2021
Women swimming in the wild
Nov 29, 2021
An assistance dog changed my life
Nov 22, 2021
Maids to the rich and famous
Nov 15, 2021
Women protecting wildlife from poachers
Nov 08, 2021
Understanding the impact of climate change on women
Nov 01, 2021
Women leading change in NGOs
Oct 25, 2021
From start-up to success: Women rolling the dice in business
Oct 18, 2021
Sisters of skydiving
Oct 11, 2021
Taking a leap into single motherhood
Oct 04, 2021
Message in a mural
Sep 27, 2021
Musical theatre stars
Sep 20, 2021
The Conversation with Helen Clark and Michelle Bachelet
Sep 18, 2021
What can we learn from nomadic life?
Sep 13, 2021
Drag kings: The women performing as men
Sep 06, 2021
Natural-born contortionists
Aug 30, 2021
A love for my language
Aug 23, 2021
Beauty and the skin
Aug 16, 2021
My baby triggered a terrifying breakdown
Aug 09, 2021
Travels with my ukulele
Aug 02, 2021
World leaders: Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark
Jul 26, 2021
Ghostwriters for hire
Jul 19, 2021
Women planting trees
Jul 12, 2021
Why women walk
Jul 05, 2021
Viral dance videos launched my career
Jun 28, 2021
Living through menopause
Jun 21, 2021
My life-changing autism diagnosis
Jun 14, 2021
Skating my way through life
Jun 07, 2021
Sold into sex work
May 31, 2021
Sweet honey and queen bees
May 24, 2021
Women of the Arab Spring
May 17, 2021
Women fighting wildfires
May 10, 2021
Nurses on the frontline: A year on
May 03, 2021
Funerals and grief in a pandemic
Apr 26, 2021
How to live alone
Apr 19, 2021
Women who love insects
Apr 12, 2021
Women in law
Apr 05, 2021
How to focus
Mar 29, 2021
Women running restaurants
Mar 22, 2021
Afrofuturism: Black women changing the sci-fi scene
Mar 15, 2021
Women making art from clay
Mar 08, 2021
Women digging for answers from the ancient past
Mar 01, 2021
The women who protect nature
Feb 22, 2021
Women writing true crime
Feb 15, 2021
Intimacy on screen
Feb 08, 2021
Selling Sunset: How I find homes for the rich and famous
Feb 01, 2021
Choosing to be childfree
Jan 25, 2021
Record-breaking runners
Jan 18, 2021
The secrets of sewers
Jan 11, 2021
How to be happy
Jan 04, 2021
Cheerleading: So much more than shaking pompoms
Dec 28, 2020
The joy of reindeer
Dec 21, 2020
Love at first knit
Dec 14, 2020
Yoga women
Dec 07, 2020
The Conversation: BBC 100 Women
Nov 28, 2020
Young and widowed
Nov 23, 2020
Why are you calling me ‘inspirational’?
Nov 16, 2020
Women laughing at life
Nov 09, 2020
Planet friendly fashion founders
Nov 02, 2020
Redesigning the world with Covid-19
Oct 26, 2020
#MeToo: The lawyers
Oct 19, 2020
Bonus podcast: Goodbye To All This
Oct 17, 2020
Singing my way to stardom
Oct 14, 2020
Speaking up about racial injustice
Oct 05, 2020
Feminism, sex and relationships
Sep 28, 2020
Women fighting abuse under lockdown
Sep 21, 2020
Writing a feminist anthem
Sep 14, 2020
Albinism: Dispelling the myths
Sep 07, 2020
Nurses on the frontline
May 11, 2020
The vagina myths
Apr 13, 2020
Endurance cyclists
Apr 06, 2020
How to be a good man
Apr 01, 2020
Women changing jazz
Mar 23, 2020
Young women striking for climate change
Mar 16, 2020
Women who need to talk about sex
Mar 09, 2020
Ocean champions
Mar 02, 2020
Is bad data killing women?
Feb 24, 2020
Injured by implants
Feb 17, 2020
Women rewriting history
Feb 10, 2020
Passionate about democracy
Feb 03, 2020
Vegan campaigners
Jan 27, 2020
Why I dated on reality TV
Jan 20, 2020
Women investing in women
Jan 13, 2020
Young, indigenous and female
Jan 06, 2020
Creating female superheroes
Dec 30, 2019
Women celebrating literature
Dec 23, 2019
Women creating computer games
Dec 16, 2019
Busting period taboos
Dec 09, 2019
Social media poetry stars
Dec 02, 2019
Coaching national teams: Tracey Neville and Desiree Ellis
Nov 25, 2019
Female friendship
Nov 18, 2019
Putting women's stories centre stage
Nov 11, 2019
How motherhood changed me as a film-maker
Nov 04, 2019
Women living positively with HIV
Oct 28, 2019
Psychotherapy pioneers: Esther Perel and Susie Orbach
Oct 21, 2019
Women working in war zones
Oct 14, 2019
Startups saving lives
Oct 07, 2019
Is mountain climbing worth the risk?
Sep 30, 2019
The hugging dentists
Sep 23, 2019
Jobs for the girls?
Sep 16, 2019
Cooking my culture
Sep 09, 2019
Women using hip hop to change attitudes
Sep 02, 2019
Dementia carers
Aug 26, 2019
Women writing relationships
Aug 19, 2019
Champion mums
Aug 12, 2019
Female roadies
Aug 02, 2019
Women living with schizophrenia
Jul 29, 2019
Motherhood, multiplied
Jul 22, 2019
We refuse to accept street harassment
Jul 15, 2019
How language defines us as women
Jul 08, 2019
Do small loans really work for women?
Jul 01, 2019
Fasten your seatbelts: Female flight attendants
Jun 24, 2019
Women delivering better births
Jun 17, 2019
Women crunching numbers
Jun 10, 2019
Union women
Jun 03, 2019
Women fighting an invisible disease
May 27, 2019
The beauty of ageing
May 20, 2019
Mums: Online and influential
May 13, 2019
Body hair
May 06, 2019
Is tidying a feminist issue?
Apr 29, 2019
Survivors of sexual assault
Apr 15, 2019
Female film composers
Apr 08, 2019
My family's hidden history
Apr 01, 2019
The Conversation in Lagos
Mar 23, 2019
Women and self defence
Mar 18, 2019
Women saving lions and bears
Mar 11, 2019
The Conversation in Dublin
Mar 02, 2019
The 2018 Nobel science women
Feb 25, 2019
Women who resolve conflict
Feb 18, 2019
The Conversation in Karachi
Feb 17, 2019
Women undercover
Feb 11, 2019
Women Shaking Up Universities
Feb 04, 2019
I Was Put into Care
Jan 28, 2019
Female Fury
Jan 21, 2019
The Women Who Plan Luxury Parties
Jan 14, 2019
Female football agents
Jan 07, 2019
Women Styling Bollywood and Hollywood
Dec 31, 2018
Parkour women: The city is my playground
Dec 24, 2018
War Through A Woman’s Lens
Dec 17, 2018
Women Opening Up Classical Music
Dec 10, 2018
Disabled Women Challenging Stereotypes
Dec 03, 2018
Wrongfully Convicted Women
Nov 26, 2018
Beauty Pageants: What's in them for Women?
Nov 19, 2018
A Dangerous Place To Be A Woman
Nov 12, 2018
Campaigners for Gay Women's Rights
Nov 05, 2018
Women demanding equality in sport
Oct 29, 2018
The changing face of women in music videos
Oct 22, 2018
#MeToo: Two women's stories beyond Hollywood
Oct 15, 2018
Women Bossing the Beauty Business
Oct 08, 2018
Fighting For Women's Health
Oct 01, 2018
Women Defying Bans in Iran and Saudi Arabia
Sep 24, 2018
The women plumbers changing the trade
Sep 17, 2018
Women winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Sep 10, 2018
Female Computer Pioneers
Sep 03, 2018
Young African Authors
Aug 27, 2018
Ending Child Marriage
Aug 20, 2018
Crowning The Queens
Aug 13, 2018
Women in Translation
Aug 06, 2018
Banishing body shame
Jul 30, 2018
Star Chefs
Jul 23, 2018
Female Financiers
Jul 16, 2018
Mothers Fighting for Clean Water
Jul 09, 2018
Chess Grandmasters
Jul 02, 2018
Art Dealers
Jun 25, 2018
Social media influencers
Jun 18, 2018
Tackling the Gender Pay Gap
Jun 11, 2018
Head Gardeners
Jun 04, 2018
Winter athletes
May 28, 2018
Academics in Exile
May 21, 2018
Travellers
May 14, 2018
The million dollar teachers
May 07, 2018
Women in podcasting: The Guilty Feminist and Not Your African Cliché
Apr 30, 2018
Feminist Publishers
Apr 23, 2018
Bakers
Apr 16, 2018
Professional Gamers
Apr 09, 2018
Women Leading Muslim Communities
Apr 02, 2018
Firefighters
Mar 26, 2018
Doreen Lawrence and Patrisse Khan-Cullors: Fighting for racial justice
Mar 19, 2018
Women Reclaiming Their Streets
Mar 12, 2018
Matchmakers
Mar 05, 2018