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🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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'Sen-betweeners' is the term Lisa Lloyd, a mum of two autistic children, uses to describe her children. She says their neurodivergence is too severe to fit easily into mainstream school, but not severe enough for a special school, so they fall between the gaps. Lisa has written a guide for other parents on ‘Raising the Sen-betweeners,’ in which she, whilst recognising that all children are different and there can be no rules, offers tips and advice for how to handle behaviours. Lisa joined Anita to share what she has learnt.
The Children’s Society are training staff at the fast food chain Chicken Cottage to spot signs of exploitation amongst their teenage customers. Nuala discussed the initiative and issues with the charity’s Head of National Programmes, Lisa Witherden, and Chicken Cottage franchise manager Georgian Balog.
Formula 1 has just turned 75, but how much headway are women racing drivers making? Nuala was joined by Jamie Chadwick, one of the leading British women in this sport, and BBC reporter Charlotte Simpson, who has spent months talking to a wide range of people trying to support more young women to become involved in the sport.
Nussaibah Younis’s debut novel Fundamentally is based on her own experiences working as a peacekeeping consultant in Baghdad. The book follows Nadia, a British Asian woman working for the UN, and her relationship with fellow Brit Sara, a nineteen-year-old three-times widowed member of the Islamic State Group. Nussaibah joined Anita to discuss finding the comedy in a desperate situation.
Harvest, a new documentary, shows the realities of the egg freezing process. Director and writer Sophia Seymour decided to film her journey of elective egg freezing. With the number of women choosing this form of fertility planning rising, Nuala was joined by Sophia to discuss why she decided to do, and film it, and also by Dr Ippokratis Sarris, Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Director of King’s Fertility.
Nao is a Grammy and Mercury nominated singer songwriter. She's described her unique brand of music as “wonky funk”. She joined Nuala McGovern to talk about fame, motherhood and her new album Jupiter. She performed live in the studio.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells
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0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
0:05.7 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
0:08.4 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
0:10.9 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
0:12.9 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
0:16.0 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
0:17.9 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
0:20.2 | Science with funny bits. |
0:22.0 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
0:24.2 | Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. |
0:29.1 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
0:33.4 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani, and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:38.3 | Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast. |
0:45.0 | Hello and welcome to a selection of standout moments from the week just gone. |
0:49.9 | As Formula One celebrates its 75th birthday, Jamie Chadwick, one of the world's most decorated female racing drivers on why there have been no female F1 drivers since the 70s. |
1:01.9 | debut novelist Nisaba Eunice on her new book fundamentally about a British Asian woman working for the UN and her relationship with a 19-year-old, three-time |
1:11.3 | widowed member of the Islamic State Group. We'll be looking at a new project by the |
1:16.3 | charity the Children's Society that wants to target the exploitation of teenagers by training |
1:21.4 | staff who work at chicken shops. And there's music from Grammy and Mercury-nominated singer |
1:26.9 | NEO. Settle in. It's going to be a good one. |
1:29.9 | Now there's a phrase, when you've met one autistic child, you've met one autistic child. All children are unique. |
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