Emily Atack, Baroness Catherine Ashton, Sophie Duker

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Actor and comedian, Emily Atack has decided to stand up against the men who cyber-flash her daily. Having received unsolicited, unwanted, abusive messages, dick pics and crude images for years she has made a documentary “Emily Atack: Asking for it?” for BBC 2. Emily joins Nuala to discuss why men do this and why she's chosen to speak about it publicly and call for change. Baroness Catherine Ashton is a Labour peer who served as Europe’s most powerful diplomat between 2009-2014, a turbulent period by anyone’s standards. It was her job to co-ordinate and lead on the EU's response to international crises, including the Arab Spring, Somali pirate attacks, the Iran nuclear deal and the Ukraine uprising followed by Russia’s annexation of the Crimea. Behind the scenes and in front of the cameras she criss-crossed the globe trying to get lasting deals done. Catherine has documented all of this in a new book called And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy, and joins Nuala. What comes to your mind when you think of the word 'hag'? The comedian and recent Taskmaster champion Sophie Duker is on a mission to reclaim the term in her new UK stand-up tour of the same name. She tells Nuala about growing up with ‘the princess myth’, embracing ageing and why it’s so important to be open about sex and sexuality. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce Credit: BBC/Little Gem Productions/Richard Ansett

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, this is Nulam Agavren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:10.2	Hello, you're very welcome, glad to have you with us today.
0:13.4	Joining me also is the actress, presenter and comedian Emily Aitak.
0:18.0	She has made a new documentary that really pulls back the curtain on the online abuse
0:23.0	and trolling the she and so many others have had to endure.
0:26.6	Emily is with us in studio.
0:28.4	She's going to tell us about how her life has been affected by the hundreds of
0:32.4	file, graphic, sexual messages that she receives every day.
0:36.4	So we're going to speak to her in just a moment.
0:38.2	Also in the studio today, Baroness Catherine Ashton,
0:41.2	she will tell us about becoming the EU's top diplomat,
0:44.0	practically overnight and how she managed the steep learning curve that was involved.
0:49.4	We'll hear what it was like behind closed doors,
0:51.3	particularly when leading the Iran nuclear deal that was a decade ago
0:55.2	and also being the only woman in the room.
0:58.4	Now, Baroness Ashton also talks about the challenge of being the first woman in a role
1:03.0	and that the challenge is to make sure there's a second.
1:06.4	Have you done that?
1:07.6	Have you been in a position to ensure that another woman follows you?
1:11.8	In big ways or in small, I want to hear your story and the way to do that,
1:15.7	the number is 84844 and text charged at the standard message rate
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