Cate Blanchett on Glenda Jackson, Susanna Hoffs, Yasmeen Lari, Power Lister Jo Tongue, Eco-grief, Lisa Squire
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Thousands of people gathered together on Thursday night to attend a vigil for those killed in the Nottingham attacks. The mothers of the murdered teenagers Grace O’Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber both paid tribute to their children. Clare speaks to another mother who lost her child to murder, Lisa Squire.
Dr Laura Flexer, GP, emailed Woman’s Hour to ask the programme to talk about bone health, especially that of teenage girls with anorexia. Should young women with eating disorders be given oestrogen to boost bone density? Dr Flexer joins Nuala to talk about her research, along with Professor Sandeep Ranote, an expert clinical media spokesperson for the eating disorders charity BEAT and a consultant paediatric psychiatrist for eating disorders in the NHS.
Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, talks to Nuala about being awarded the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture 2023, her work in disaster zones and helping the poorest communities impacted by climate change.
The actor Cate Blanchett joins Clare to celebrate the work and life of Glenda Jackson, actor and MP who died this week.
Jo Tongue is a sports agent who represents some of the best known sporting and broadcasting talent in the UK, including England footballer Leah Williamson. She is vocal in her push for parity of the profile and pay for women in sport - both on the pitch and in the media. For this reason, Jo earned herself a place on the Woman’s Hour Women in Sport Power List earlier this year. She joins Nuala to tell her about her career to date in a male dominated industry.
A growing number of people are experiencing what psychiatrists have labelled eco-anxiety or eco-grief, an overwhelming sense of hopeless and doom due to the current climate situation. So what exactly is the impact on people and how can we turn the tables and help people to feel more hopeful about the environment? Krupa is joined by climate scientist turned campaigner Jen Newall from the Climate Majority Project, and Judy Ling Wong CBE, President of the Black Environment Network.
Susanna Hoffs is a solo artist and a founding member of the Bangles. She joins Nuala to discuss her career and her first novel – This Bird Has Flown – described as "part British romcom, part Jane Eyre” – which gives a glimpse inside the music business.
Presenter: Clare McDonell Producer: Lottie Garton
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | This is Claire McDonnell and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | Hello and a very warm welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, |
| 0:12.5 | the program each week where we gather together the best bits of Woman's Hour from the week gone by |
| 0:17.3 | and put them all in one place for you. Coming up this afternoon, |
| 0:21.4 | Kate Blanchett will share her memories of the late great Glenda Jackson. |
| 0:26.0 | Anne Susanna-Hoffes, co-founder of The Bangles, tells us about her debut novel. |
| 0:30.8 | It was so transporting to be in the world of fictional characters that I love, |
| 0:36.9 | whose voices would just start talking to me and I just have to bottle what they were saying. |
| 0:41.4 | And of course I had to craft the story of this one hit wonder who kind of goes on a journey |
| 0:46.7 | to kind of find redemption in all ways in her life, including love. |
| 0:52.0 | Plus, Woman's Hour powerlister Joe Tong, sports agent and broadcaster extraordinaire |
| 0:57.6 | on the changes in women's football and what needs to be done next. |
| 1:01.6 | And we'll hear from Pakistan's first ever female architect about her career working in a man's world. |
| 1:08.7 | I think there were more women supporting more women than things will change and this |
| 1:12.8 | would happen with me as well. I've had support of women and so I think this has to be done if you |
| 1:18.5 | want women to be able to do the things that they really want to do and they need the support |
| 1:24.4 | from everybody really. And do you get worried about climate change? Does it impact your everyday |
| 1:31.5 | life? Well, we'll be hearing from two environmental campaigners about the growing number of people |
| 1:36.7 | suffering from so-called eco-grief or climate anxiety. But first, thousands of people gathered |
| 1:43.6 | together on Thursday night to attend a vigil for those killed in the Nottingham attacks. |
| 1:48.8 | Grace O'Malley Kumar and Barnaby Weber, both 19 and students at Nottingham University, |
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