Civil rape case against Conor McGregor, Binge drinking, Chappell Roan

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her has won her civil case against him. He has been ordered to pay nearly a quater of a million euros in damages. Mr McGregor says he will appeal. Nuala McGovern speaks to Orla O'Donnell who is the RTE News Legal Affairs Correspondent.

A BBC Panorama documentary is out today which asks: Why are more young women dying from alcohol-related liver disease than ever before? The BBC’s Hazel Martin, who’s 32, was diagnosed with the condition. She’s been investigating how she became one of a growing number of young women surprised to discover their social drinking habits had put their lives at risk. Hazel joins Nuala as does Professor Debbie Shawcross, Consultant Hepatologist at Kings College Hospital.

Journalist Lili Anolik had already written a book about obscure LA writer Eve Babitz when she read a letter Eve had written but not sent to her sometime friend, the literary superstar Joan Didion. Lili realised that the key to understanding Joan was held by Eve and vice versa and she joins Nuala to discuss her new book, Didion and Babitz.

A new play at the Royal Court Theatre in London explores the impact of the child sexual exploitation and grooming scandals that took place in Northern and Midlands towns in England in the late 90s to the early 2010s. Emteaz Hussain, the play's writer, joins Nuala to discuss it.

US pop star Chappell Roan has made it onto the shortlist for BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025. Just a year ago she was a backing singer for Olivia Rodrigo – so what do we know about her? Laura Snapes, deputy music editor at the Guardian, joins Nuala to tell us more.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:07.0	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.0	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:14.0	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for
0:21.7	Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman. This is
0:27.8	the Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Neula McGovern and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:41.2	Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast.
0:47.6	Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour. I hope you had a good weekend, although it was a stormy and difficult one for Manny, particularly in Wales.
0:55.5	I hope everyone's doing okay.
0:57.7	I want to ask you a question in relation to an item we're doing.
1:00.9	And this is whether you had a couple of drinks on Friday or Saturday.
1:04.7	Did you binge drink?
1:06.1	And I asked this question because you might be surprised to hear that in the UK a binge is considered
1:11.4	drinking six or more units of alcohol in one sitting for women. So that would translate into
1:16.4	three medium glasses of wine. My guest today want to raise awareness of potential liver damage
1:21.0	by such a binge, what some might consider moderate drinking. So I'd like to hear from you.
1:25.6	Have you changed your drinking habits in recent years?
1:28.5	Why? What was behind it? Was it an event or a gradual change? Or have your habits remain similar
1:35.3	throughout the years? Do you ever feel pressure to drink at social occasions? That number
1:39.3	to call to text, I should say, is 84844 on social media. We're at Women's Hour, or you can email us through our website for a voice note or a WhatsApp message. The number is 0-3-700-100-444. Also today we speak about a play that highlights the long-lasting impact of the grooming scandals that took place over 10 years ago in northern and midland towns in England.
2:03.3	Plus, we will talk about the rise and rise of Chapel Rhone.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.