Sharon D Clarke, Food and class prejudice, Gender stereotypes
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Sharon D Clarke talks about her role as The Narrator in an audio adaptation of “Peter Pan”.
Three women from this year's Power List - physicist and climate researcher Prof Joanna Haigh; one of the leads from the Climate Assembly Prof Rebecca Willis; and Guardian Environment Correspondent Fiona Harvey discuss how we understand and talk about climate change.
Sharon Hague from Pearson talks about a new study by the Fawcett Society into gender stereotypes and the damaging effect it has on society.
Leading gynaecologist and early pregnancy specialist Dr Jessica Farren talks about miscarriage and and the grief that can be exacerbated by the festive period.
Food historian, Pen Vogler talks about our eating habits and reveals how they are loaded with centuries of class prejudice.
The Panamanian-American conductor Kalena Bovell talks about her international conducting debut at the Southbank with Chineke!
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Paula McFarlane Editor: Lucinda Montefiore
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| 0:41.0 | Hi, good afternoon and welcome to this edition of podcasts. We have got Sharon D Clark talking about her role in an audio adaptation of Peter Pan and |
| 0:55.6 | much else besides. |
| 0:57.1 | You can hear from three brilliant women from this year's Powerist, the physicist and climate |
| 1:01.8 | researcher Professor Joanna Haig, one of the leads from the Climate Assembly, Professor |
| 1:06.6 | Rebecca Willis, and the Guardians Environment Correspondent Fiona Harvey. |
| 1:11.3 | They all talk about how we understand and talk about climate change these days |
| 1:15.5 | and just how much has changed over the last couple of decades. |
| 1:19.9 | Sharon Haig from Pearson Educational Publications talks about gender stereotypes and will discuss |
| 1:26.2 | miscarriage and the women that the early pregnancy specialist Dr Jessica Farron has cared for. |
| 1:32.4 | Plus the brilliant food historian Dr. Jessica Farron has cared for. |
| 1:33.0 | Plus, the brilliant food historian Penn Vogler, |
| 1:36.0 | on our eating habits and just how loaded they are |
| 1:39.0 | with centuries of class prejudice. |
| 1:42.0 | If you read somebody in the in the 17th century they will be saying |
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