Singer-songwriter Lisa Simone, Women in the horror films industry, What is it really like being a teenage mum?
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Lisa Simone, songwriter, singer and daughter of Nina tells us all about her new album. Maddy Prior the folk singer and member of Steeleye Span talks about a career in music that's spanned more than 50 years. At BBC Introducing Live we look at how to get into the music business and once you're there how to thrive.
Plus what’s it really like to be a teenage mum? Genetic Counselling – how do families deal with the news that the man they thought was dad isn’t biologically related?
Women in the horror films industry what’s behind their creations? And author Jenny Downham joins on her latest novel Furious Thing about a fifteen year old girl struggling with her feelings of anger.
Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor Beverley Purcell
Guest; Lisa Simone Guest; Maddy Prior Guest ; Jenny Downham Guest; Chyna Powell-Henry Guest; Dr Kim Jamie Guest; Aislinn Clarke Guest; Anna Bogutskaya Guest; Lizzie Franke Guest; Nicola Dunn
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:08.4 | As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable |
| 0:14.3 | experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC |
| 0:20.4 | makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars, |
| 0:24.6 | poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples. |
| 0:29.7 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, |
| 0:33.0 | find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, |
| 0:38.6 | here's something you may not know. |
| 0:40.8 | My name's Linda Davies, and I commissioned podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:44.4 | As you'd expect at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality |
| 0:49.0 | featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. |
| 0:54.4 | What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things, |
| 0:59.2 | like pop stars, poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories. |
| 1:04.4 | And that's just a few examples. |
| 1:06.3 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, |
| 1:09.4 | find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 1:17.0 | Hi good afternoon and welcome to the weekend edition of Woman's Hour. |
| 1:21.0 | Now this week we are celebrating women in music. We're looking at how to get into the music industry and how to get on once you're in. |
| 1:27.6 | You can also hear from Madie Pryor, the folk singer and member of Stelai Spann for 50 years and Lisa Simone songwriter |
| 1:36.7 | singer and yes daughter of Nina is on the program as well this week. |
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