Police Accountability, Wizard of Oz, Phubbing, World Cup song
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The mother whose daughters were murdered, and their photographs then shared on a police WhatsApp group gives a keynote speech this morning at the launch of a new organisation designed to help stamp out misogyny, sexism and racism in the police. Mina Smallman has become an activist since the death of her daughters in 2020. Nuala McGovern will speak live to our reporter Melanie Abbott who will be at the launch and to Mina Smallman.
Are you guilty of 'phubbing'? This means snubbing someone to look at your phone. New research into the effects on married couples has found that couples who regularly phub each other have lower marriage satisfaction. To discuss the issue Nuala is joined by Claire Cohen, author and journalist, who says she is guilty of this.
Having graduated from drama school only three years ago Georgina Onuorah takes on the role of Dorothy in a new production of The Wizard of Oz currently on stage at the London Palladium. She joins Nuala in the Woman’s Hour studio to sing ‘Over the Rainbow’ live.
Over 80% of legal practitioners feel that the family court, when dealing with private law cases, is likely to retraumatise victims and survivors of domestic abuse. That’s according to a survey by the Office of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner which was published in a report yesterday. Nuala is joined by Nicole Jacobs, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner to find out what the report revealed. Nuala also hears from a Woman’s Hour listener who is critical of the way that the family court works.
Today a new song, Call Me A Lioness, is released to coincide with the start of the Women's World Cup. The drummer on the track, Al Greenwood from the band The Sports Team, joins Nuala in the studio.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, this is Nulem O'Goveren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:11.4 | Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour. |
| 0:13.7 | In a few minutes I'll be speaking to Mina Smallman, her daughter is Biba Henry and Nicole |
| 0:18.2 | Smallman, were killed in a London park and pictures of their bodies were shared by the |
| 0:22.9 | officers who were supposed to be guarding them. |
| 0:25.7 | Mina is at the launch of the Alliance for Police Accountability, will be there in a |
| 0:29.6 | moment. |
| 0:30.6 | We have also the actor with the glorious voice, Georgina Onora, she'll be in the Woman's |
| 0:36.7 | Hour studio. |
| 0:37.7 | Georgina is Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz at the London Pladeum, so get ready to hear |
| 0:42.0 | somewhere over the rainbow in Technicolor Radio. |
| 0:46.2 | Also today we'll be talking about fubbing. |
| 0:50.0 | The act of ignoring someone, typically a romantic partner, in order to spend more time with |
| 0:55.4 | your phone. |
| 0:56.4 | Are you guilty of sedact? |
| 0:58.6 | Are you a fubber? |
| 0:59.9 | Why do you do it? |
| 1:01.3 | Or are you sometimes on the receiving end of the phone snub? |
| 1:05.3 | The Fulby. |
| 1:06.3 | Well scientists, in a new study, they say they found that individuals who felt they were |
| 1:10.4 | being fubbed by their partner more frequently reported feeling more conflict and less intimacy. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

