Footballer Steph Houghton, Susie Wiles, Actor Kate Phillips, Writer Ece Temelkuran

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Former England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton was one of the first big names in women's football. In her new book, Leading From The Back, she details her experience of fighting to take the women's game from niche to mainstream. She also talks to Kylie Pentelow about her husband, former footballer Stephen Darby, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2018.

In one of his first moves since his victory in the US election, President-elect Donald Trump has named his 2024 campaign manager, Susie Wiles, as his chief of staff in the White House. She will make history as the first woman to hold the title. But what do we know about the woman Trump referred to as the "ice maiden"? Kylie is joined by Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor at POLITICO and host of the Power Play podcast to discuss.

Award-winning Turkish writer and political thinker Ece Temelkuran speaks to Anita Rani about a new play based on her novel, Women Who Blow on Knots. It's set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring in 2012, and four women embark on a road trip starting from Tunisia through Libya and Egypt to Lebanon, and is currently at the Arcola Theatre in East London.

This Sunday, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light starts on BBC One. The much anticipated second series of the TV adaption of Hilary Mantel’s novels starts when Anne Boleyn is executed, and Henry VIII marries his third queen, Jane Seymour. Jane is played by Peaky Blinders actress Kate Phillips – she joins Kylie to talk more about the iconic role.

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience. And maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:38.5	Hello, this is Kylie Pentelalo and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:43.3	Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour.
0:45.9	Today, she is credited with changing the course of professional football for women,
0:50.7	taking it from something that for most could only be a hobby
0:53.7	because the pay was so
0:55.0	terrible to an actual career. I'll be speaking to former England and Manchester City player
1:00.3	Steph Horton about the changes that she's made on and off the pitch, the pain of not getting
1:05.6	picked and exactly how she fought for better pay, something that she didn't find easy. So we want to hear from you on this.
1:13.6	Have you had to have those difficult conversations about money at work? How did you handle it? And how did it make you feel?
1:20.6	Maybe you have tips for others who may want to ask for a pay rise, but don't know how.
1:26.6	Well, get in touch with us. You can text the
1:28.5	program. The number is 84844. On social media, we're at BBC Woman's Hour, or you can send a
1:34.7	WhatsApp message or voice note using the number 0-3700-100-444. Also coming up, Wolf Hall is back on our
1:43.6	screens this weekend.
1:45.1	We speak to the actor who plays one of Henry the 8th's Six Wives.
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