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Woman's Hour

Nurses, Dreams, Deborah Feldman, Why babies laugh

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Alison White's memoir Letter to Louis about raising a child with cerebral palsy and learning disabilities was the subject of the Woman's Hour drama. Jenni spoke to Alison and Louis. She also heard from Edel Harris, chief executive of Mencap about life during lockdown for adults with learning disabilities and their carers.

Rachel Winterflood, a critical care nurse; “Mary” who works as a nurse in ICU and Jessica Sainsbury, a student nurse who has opted to finish her training with clinical practice discuss their experiences and concerns working on the frontline.

The psychologist Caspar Addyman on his new book The Laughing Baby, which is all about the science of why babies laugh.

The Netflix series Unorthodox tells the story of a teenager who flees her ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community and an arranged marriage in New York, for a new life in Berlin. The four part drama series is inspired by Deborah Feldman’s 2012 autobiography Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots.

British Indian cook Asma Khan has only ever employed women in her restaurant kitchen since she founded Darjeeling Express in 2015. Forced to close in March, she tells Jenni how she is looking after her staff now, and what she’s been cooking at home during Ramadan.

Some people are experiencing fitful nights in lockdown, with a number of social media users reporting unusually vivid dreams. What is the science behind dreaming? Dr. Megan Crawford from the Sleep Research Unit at Strathclyde University, and the psychotherapist Lucy Beresford discuss.

Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Dianne McGregor

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:04.9

This is the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:07.2

Hi, good afternoon and welcome to the weekend edition

0:09.7

of Woman's Hour.

0:10.7

This week, is it true, are we all dreaming more

0:13.9

or dreaming differently in the lockdown?

0:16.6

I'm seeing lots of people dreaming about washing,

0:20.4

hand washing, as you can imagine,

0:22.3

clearing out cupboards, getting rid of dirt.

0:25.0

Lots of people dreaming about an X,

0:28.1

so lots of quite erotically charged dreams

0:31.0

and also lots of dreams of frustration.

0:33.5

Well, you could knock me down with a feather

0:35.4

when she mentioned frustration.

0:36.8

There'll be more on that later in the program.

0:38.8

Also, Deborah Feldman, who left her ultra-orthodox

0:42.4

Jewish community in New York.

0:44.8

Her story is the basis of the very successful

0:47.5

Netflix series Unorthodox.

0:49.4

She's on the program this weekend.

0:51.6

We have just lots of babies laughing

0:53.5

and we talk about laughing babies.

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