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Woman's Hour

Gunner Jaysley Beck's mother, Wild Hope, Earth Mama, Dangerous dogs

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

An Army investigation has found that 19-year-old soldier Jaysley Beck is believed to have taken her own life after a period of relentless sexual harassment from one of her bosses. The gunner was serving in the Royal Artillery, and was found dead at the Larkhill army camp in Wiltshire in December 2021. Her mother Leighann McCready joins Emma along with Emma Norton, Director and Solicitor for the Centre for Military Justice.

Poet Donna Ashworth has released a new collection of her work, Wild Hope. It is a selection of poems and passages that she hopes will help people to find hope in an increasingly pressurised world. She joins Emma to talk about why she picked up poetry in her 40s, and how it has changed her life.

Savanah Leaf is a Team GB volleyball player turned film director, whose feature film Earth Mama is playing at the London Film Festival this week. Having competed in the 2012 Olympics, Savanah turned to filmmaking as a hobby when recovering from an injury. She joins Emma to discuss the transferable skills between sports and directing and tackling the US foster care system in her directorial debut.

Lakaydia Reynolds was walking through a park in south London on her way to a driving lesson when she was attacked by three dogs. The dog’s owner tried to intervene, but the dogs injured her arm, legs and face. A stranger saw the attack and filmed it happening, rather than moving to intervene. The footage was uploaded to social media, where it has been viewed tens of thousands of times. Emma talks to Lakaydia about what she experienced. Susie Kahlich founded Pretty Deadly Self Defense and offers listeners tips on how best to defend themselves in a dog attack.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Emma Harth

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you why I love podcasting.

0:04.5

I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.

0:11.1

My real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest

0:16.9

stars who can really bring those stories to life.

0:20.1

I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final

0:26.0

edit.

0:27.0

There's nothing like it.

0:28.0

What makes BBC podcast special is that we're working for you, so whatever we commission

0:32.6

has to reflect the things that you care about and love, wherever you are in the UK.

0:37.0

So if you like this BBC podcast, there's so much more to discover.

0:40.6

Have a listen on BBC Sounds.

0:42.3

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:47.7

Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:53.4

Good morning and welcome.

0:55.4

Words and the power of them.

0:57.3

This day we began the programme ahead of the Prime Minister's speech at the Conservative

1:01.0

Party Conference about those words that you were about to hear if you were going to engage

1:05.8

with them and you were kind enough to tell me what you wanted to hear Rishi Sunak say,

1:10.9

especially after that polling show that the Conservatives are losing female voters.

1:16.0

Did he deliver?

1:17.0

Did the rhetoric work?

1:18.8

The hours of practice I'm sure that went in there and convinced you of the man and his

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