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Woman's Hour

Saoirse Ronan, Nikki Doucet on women’s football, JoJo, Vaccinations

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan broke into Hollywood at 13 years old with her performance as Briony Tallis in Atonement. She has also appeared as Jo March in Little Women, as the lead actress in Brooklyn and won a Golden Globe for her performance in Lady Bird. She joins Clare McDonnell to discuss her latest role in the film The Outrun in which she plays Rona, a young woman struggling with addiction.

Nikki Doucet has been called the most powerful person in English women’s football. She is the newly appointed CEO of the Women’s Professional Leagues Ltd which took over leadership of the two top tiers of women's football from the Football Association this summer. Nikki and her team have big plans to revolutionise the women's game and she joins Clare to tell her about them.

The number of children who are fully vaccinated for MMR - measles, mumps and rubella - has fallen to the lowest level in 14 years. According to NHS figures, this year 91.9% of children aged five received one dose of the MMR vaccine and only 83.9% have had two doses. To reach herd immunity – the point where diseases stop spreading - at least 95% per cent of children need to be immunised. Clare discusses the issues with Carly Danesh-Jones, a parent who previously held vaccine hesitancy views and changed her mind, and Dr Vanessa Saliba, a UK Health and Security Agency consultant epidemiologist.

It’s been 20 years since the singer, songwriter and actor Joanna Levesque - or JoJo - signed her first record deal at the age of just 12 years old and shot to the top of the pop-and-R&B charts. Her cool-girl appearance and upbeat music with hits such as Leave (Get Out) to Baby It's You earned her millions of fans across the world. She joins Clare to discuss her memoir Over The Influence which delves into the challenges she faced, from her parent’s addiction problems, through to her own struggles growing up in the limelight.

Presenter: by Clare McDonnell Produced by Louise Corley

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

0:05.0

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

0:08.0

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements,

0:14.7

stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

0:19.1

And the BBC's position at the heart of British music means we can tell those stories like no one else.

0:24.6

We were, are and always will be right there at the center of the narrative.

0:28.6

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous

0:34.3

and infamous moments in music check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

0:38.6

BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.

0:43.6

Hello, this is Claire McDonnell and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:48.1

Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour with me, Claire McDonnell, great to have your company. We have an

0:53.9

absolutely stellar lineup of guests for you today. An actress who has been

0:58.6

astonishing audiences with her talent ever since her big screen debut at the age of just 13.

1:04.0

That role garnered her an Oscar nomination.

1:07.0

She is Sircher Ronan.

1:09.0

She's now a four-time Oscar nominee.

1:11.0

She joins us to talk about her latest role as Rona in the film The Outrun

1:15.7

a young woman in the grip of alcoholism. It's incredibly powerful. Delighted to say we're

1:21.5

also joined this morning by the most powerful woman in English women's football,

1:25.8

Nicki Duset, the new chief executive of women's professional league, the top two leagues of women's football in England.

1:33.7

She has big plans for the women's games, which she described as being a bit like a

1:37.8

startup when you compare it to the 100-year head start the men's game has had.

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