Standard issue for all women.

Hello Jen here to take. Standard Issue for all women.

Hello, Jen here to tell you about today's Monday interview.

But before I do, let me tell you about what else you have to look forward to this week on standard issue.

Tomorrow Mickey's chatting with a ward wing poet Vanessa Kiseulae about being, in her words,

a recovering Michael Jackson obsessive and how that led to Neverland her excellent new non-fiction

on the pleasures and perils of fandom. On Wednesday we'll be rating or dating 2004's

sideways as Hannah goes for an Alexander Payne treble.

Mick and I are on Bush Telegraph duties on Thursday and what an absolute treat for you on Friday

as Hannah catches up with Saskia Reeves who's back on our Teleboxes as

Catherine Standish in slow horses. Speaking of Teleboxes, if you've been enjoying

Sherwood and why wouldn't you, we have interviewed a surprising number of people involved in

the making of it over the years, and we've compiled those interviews into a little playlist

for you over on our YouTube channel, you lucky beggars. So please do seek it out where we are at

standard issue podcast and please do hit subscribe once you're there. I thanks you.

Back to today and I'm chatting to journalist and author Marina Gerner about her new book The Vagina Business,

the innovative breakthroughs that could change everything in women's health.

In the book Marina takes us through the new technology that could make our lives

infinitely better and the reasons why a whole load of these innovations are not

being invested in or made. You can probably guess. As you're about to hear I loved chatting to

Marina and I basically want her to be my new best friend. Sorry old best

friends. So I hope you love listening to her too. I'm joined by journalist and author Marina Gerner here today to talk to me about her new book,

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