Karen Gibson of the Kingdom Choir; British Gymnastic Culture and Abuse Allegations; Novelist Meg Rosoff
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Karen Gibson aka 'Godmother of Gospel' shot to worldwide fame in 2018 after she appeared conducting The Kingdom Choir at the Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan. She joins Jenni to talk about the choir's new single, her passion for gospel music and her recent experience on Celebrity Masterchef.
British Gymnastics, the UK governing body for the sport of gymnastics, has announced that there will be an independent review following concerns raised by several British athletes about a culture of mistreatment and abuse. These allegations follow similar conversations that are happening in America because of a new Netflix documentary exploring the Larry Nassar scandal. So what fuels a culture of neglect? And what are people within the gymnastic community hoping will happen now? Jenni discusses with a woman called 'Sarah' who has four daughters, all of whom trained in gymnastics and experienced varying degrees of abuse, and Nicole Pavier, a retired member of the senior England gymnastic squad.
A pair of glamorous strangers, a bunch of adolescent siblings and some distracted adults sharing a beach for one long hot summer. Sounds like the perfect recipe for sexual intrigue and disaster. Award-winning author Meg Rosoff joins Jenni to discuss her new novel The Great Godden.
In her new book X+Y, A mathematician's manifesto for rethinking gender, Dr Eugenia Cheng – who has spent many years in the male-dominated field of mathematics – draws on insights from her own subject and personal experience to radically reframe the whole discussion around gender.
Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Jenni Murray
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| 0:11.8 | telly we share what we've been watching |
| 0:14.0 | Fladiated. |
| 0:16.0 | Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. |
| 0:19.0 | Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige. |
| 0:21.0 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:25.0 | searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.0 | BBC Sounds music radio podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcast for Wednesday, the 15th of July. |
| 0:41.8 | Good morning today, a new single from the Kingdom Choir, their founder and conducted Karen Gibson on the impact |
| 0:48.8 | of shooting to worldwide fame after the wedding of Harry and Megan. |
| 0:53.4 | A new novel by Megrosov in The Great Goden, |
| 0:57.3 | her family spent summer in their house by the sea, |
| 1:00.0 | there's romance, intrigue, sibling rivalry and heartache. |
| 1:05.0 | And X plus Y, a mathematician's manifesto for rethinking gender. |
| 1:11.0 | What made Eugenia Chang use her own subject to try and bridge the |
| 1:16.5 | gender gap? Now you may have seen the Netflix documentary Athlete A which exposes the scandal in America of the |
| 1:26.2 | abusive young female gymnasts. Well British gymnastics the UK's governing |
| 1:31.1 | body for the sport has announced an independent review in this country |
| 1:36.0 | of concerns raised by a number of British athletes about a culture of mistreatment and abuse. Well what is life like for a little girl who wants to become |
| 1:46.1 | an Olympic gym nast and what's it like for the parents who share their ambitions and |
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