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Woman's Hour

Countdown to COP27, Amy Loughren, Poet Cecilia Knapp

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

With this year’s UN Climate Conference – COP27 – just under a month away, political leaders and activists are preparing to visit Egypt which will host the event this year. Climate activist Farwiza Farhan and Patience Nabukalu join Jessica to talk about the power that women hold when it comes to climate conservation. Amy Loughren is the woman who helped to secure the conviction of notorious serial killer Charles Cullen. Cullen was a nurse who administered lethal doses of medication to patients in multiple hospitals and nursing homes in America throughout his 16-year career. In 2006 he pleaded guilty to 29 murders and is currently serving a life sentence for his crimes. Amy was a critical care nurse who worked the night shift with him at his final place of employment and collaborated with detectives to secure his confession. Her story is now being told in Netflix's new film The Good Nurse, starring Eddie Redmayne as Charles Cullen and Jessica Chastain as Amy. Friday night saw an historic match between England and the USA, it was the fastest-selling England football game – men’s or women’s – at the new Wembley stadium. Another historic moment saw the original Lionesses finally get caps for their first international game in 1972. They weren’t recognised by the FA at the time but thanks to the reserve goalie of the team Sue Whyatt, who text in to Woman’s Hour earlier this year, they were presented with their caps on Friday night. Sue Whyatt joins Jessica. Cecilia Knapp is a poet, playwright and novelist and was the Young People’s Laureate for London 2020-21. She won the Ruth Rendell Award in 2021 which honours the writer who has had the most significant influence on literacy in the UK in the past year. She has also been shortlisted for many poetry awards - including the 2022 Forward prize. She joins Jessica to talk about her debut collection Peach Pig, which candidly explores loss, motherlessness, the complicated relationships women have with their bodies, and grief. Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Emma Pearce

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.6

Hello, I'm Jessica Criton. Welcome to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:09.7

Good morning and welcome to the program.

0:11.8

Now climate change continues to make the headlines in the news, both here in the UK and around

0:16.0

the world.

0:17.0

Only this past weekend a protestors brought traffic to a standstill in central London aiming

0:21.6

to persuade the government to better tackle climate change.

0:25.1

This comes ahead of next month's COP27 summit this year held in Egypt and there's been

0:30.9

an ongoing global conversation about whether developing countries most affected by rising

0:35.1

temperatures have enough say in how best to solve the problem and we'll be speaking

0:39.5

to two activists, one from Indonesia, another from Uganda about how they are making their

0:44.2

voices heard.

0:45.2

Also, we'll be speaking to poet Cecilia Napp about her new collection which explores

0:49.8

the complicated relationship women have with their bodies.

0:52.9

Also, losing your mother in dealing with grief, it's very candid and Cecilia will be here

0:57.4

in the studio and I imagine we'll discuss themes that you will have experienced yourselves

1:03.5

at one point or another so always.

1:06.2

If you want to get in touch, please do.

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You can text the program, the number is 84844, text will be charged at your standard

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can also send us a voice note and a WhatsApp message as well using this number which you

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