Fran Lebowitz, Parent Blame, Heiresses
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
She's been described as the funniest woman in America. We talk to Fran Lebowitz, the American writer, social commentator, humorist, and New York legend. She shares her opinion on everything from gender, Covid and marriage.
We hear from our political correspondent at Holyrood about proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland.
Do you have a child with special educational needs, and are you getting the support that you need? We hear from one mother who's been trying to do the best thing by her son, and feels like she's the one being blamed.
And ever fantasized about what you'd do if you inherited a fortune? A famous heiress once said: “Life is less sad with money.” Maybe. We speak to Laura Thompson who's analysed the stories of women whose wealth has been passed down to them. She's written a book called Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.3 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett, and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello and welcome to today's programme. |
| 0:12.2 | And we wanted to add our congratulations to cyclist Dame Sarah Stories, |
| 0:16.2 | just beating her own record over and over, |
| 0:18.3 | winning her 17th Paralympic Gold to become Great Britain's |
| 0:21.5 | most successful Paralympian of all time. |
| 0:24.8 | Definitely wanted to mark that. |
| 0:26.0 | But on today's programme, a real treat for you, |
| 0:28.9 | the wise-cracking writer, humorist, and all-round New York legend, Fran Lieberwitt, |
| 0:34.1 | who's recently found a whole new army of younger fans |
| 0:36.8 | through her Netflix documentary series, which you may or may not have checked out. |
| 0:40.5 | But she turns 70 during lockdown, |
| 0:43.0 | and we talk about a whole range of things, |
| 0:45.4 | not least the fact that she thinks we're in the era of the old lady. |
| 0:49.8 | She has several reasons for why she thinks women like herself |
| 0:52.5 | and fellow writer Joan Didian, who she's keen to stress, |
| 0:55.6 | is older at 86, |
| 0:58.0 | are finding their work to be more popular than ever. |
| 1:00.8 | Your hair friends reasons shortly. |
| 1:02.8 | But I wanted to ask you, |
| 1:04.6 | what is it about being an older woman if you are one |
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