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Woman's Hour

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny, HPV kits, Aspire to adventure

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The former presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has a new book out, “State of Terror”, a political thriller written with the award winning author Louise Penny. The two women were already friends before deciding to pen the novel which features a President who “smells of meat” and appears to resemble Donald Trump and a British Prime Minister who’s “a twit” and seems to have a more than a passing resemblance to Boris Johnson. Anita Rani talks to the duo about their collaboration and some of the uncanny parallels between “State of Terror” and global politics today.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a very common virus – Cancer Research UK estimates around 8 out of 10 people will be infected at some point in their lives. HPV spreads through sexual activity. In most people, it doesn’t cause any problems and goes away on its own, but HPV can increase a woman’s chance of developing cervical cancer. Gynaecological charity The Eve Appeal have found a ‘worrying’ trend in HPV kits being sold online by private companies, advertised alongside misleading information. Tracie Miles is a gynaecologist cancer specialist nurse at The Eve Appeal. Mercedes Gleeson is someone who has been open about her own experience with HPV.

Anita is joined by two guests who are trying to encourage women to get outside and go on adventures. Army Officer Preet Chandi is preparing for a solo, unsupported trek across Antarctica to the South Pole in November. She will be the first Asian woman to do this. Dr Geeta Ludhra set up a walking group in the Chilterns to encourage women from diverse backgrounds to get out on smaller scale adventures in the UK to connect with nature and feel the health benefits.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

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experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

0:20.4

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poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

0:29.7

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0:36.0

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0:41.0

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from podcasts. amazing women on the show today. I'm going to tease you with a big name drop,

0:55.0

Hillary Rodham Clinton on her way. Now I'm on a bit of a mission today. By the end of the show,

1:02.0

I hope to have convinced a few of you who might not already do it

1:05.6

to get out into the great outdoors. Lots of us love to go for long walks, particularly in this perfect autumn

1:12.0

weather, but there are still communities who don't see the countryside as a space for them.

1:17.0

Later I'll be chatting to two adventurous women who want to get more women of color to get their walking boots on and defy what might be expected of them.

1:25.6

And that is a theme for the show today. We are all about breaking boundaries and smashing glass ceilings.

1:33.0

So I want to hear from you this morning about your own

1:36.0

breaking boundaries moment.

1:38.0

What have you done that went beyond what anyone thought you could do?

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Were you just carried on rather than stopping? what you did

1:45.0

did something no one expected you to do or no one thought you could do,

1:49.0

whether that's a physical challenge or a job promotion

1:52.0

or a choice about living your life in an

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