Monica Lewinsky revisited, 'Teen-ternity' leave, Wigs, Late-life libido, Young climate activists
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The details of US President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the 1998 impeachment proceedings may be unfamiliar to some young women today. Impeachment: American Crime Story on BBC Two, aims to reframe the Clinton scandal from the perspective of the women it engulfed. Jessica Bennett from the New York Times and Sarah Baxter, former deputy editor of The Sunday Times discuss.
The BBC Specialist Disinformation Reporter Marianna Spring who appeared in front of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee this week to present the findings from her BBC Panorama investigation into the rising online abuse against women.
Should parents be allowed ‘teen-ternity’ leave? Suzanne Alderson on why she wants employers to allow parents to take leave to help teenagers who are struggling.
Ahead of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 starting this Sunday, Zaqiya Cajee, a pre-loved fashion advocate and Mikaela Loach climate justice activist and fifth year medical student talk about how to engage people on climate change action and their hopes for the conference.
The wig designer Angela Cobbin has written her memoir. My Name Is Not Wigs. She tells us about about becoming a theatrical wig designer for countless plays, musicals, TV shows and films over five decades.
Your libido as you age with Scottish storyteller, Marie Louise Cochrane and sex expert Tracey Cox.
Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Dianne McGregor
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| 0:00.0 | Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless |
| 0:06.8 | searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the |
| 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, I'm Jessica Krieton. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to the Woman's Hour Podcast. |
| 0:39.0 | Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour. |
| 0:40.0 | In a moment, we'll hear from two young climate activists. |
| 0:43.0 | Also you would have heard of paternity leave and maternity leave, |
| 0:46.0 | but what about teen maternity leave? |
| 0:49.0 | More on that to come in the program. |
| 0:51.0 | Also, why we need to discuss how getting older can affect a |
| 0:54.3 | women's libido. We really do need to get to a point where talking about our |
| 0:58.9 | libido is the same as saying, you know, oh we should back a bit sore, you know, it's a normal function of getting older, and the more we talk about it in society and to our friends, the more normal it becomes. Solutions are there, but everyone's a little bit shy about asking about them. |
| 1:14.0 | Plus, wig-maker Angela Cobbin, who has worked with stars from Judy Dench, to Joan Collins. |
| 1:20.0 | And we revisit Monica Lewinsky's affair with former US President Bill Clinton |
| 1:24.1 | which is being portrayed in a new BBC TV drama. But first are you someone who's |
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