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Woman's Hour

Woman and boundaries, Ida B Wells, Cycling, Dementia

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

How do you manage to create boundaries between work and home during lockdown? Dr Yasin Rofcanin, of the University of Bath’s School of Management discusses his new research exploring how COVID-19 is impacting our understanding of boundaries. We also hear from Chloë Davies, head of PR and Partnerships at myGwork, and Melanie Eusebe, management consultant and chair of the Black British Business Awards.

Ida B. Wells was an journalist and campaigner. She's just been honoured with a special Pulitzer Price for her courageous reporting of the violence inflicted on African Americans during the lynching era. Professor Paula J. Giddings, who's written a biography of her, tells us about Ida and all that she achieved.

How is lockdown affecting people living with dementia, as well as their carers? Linda Clare, Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia at the University of Exeter, and Philly Hare, Co-Director of Innovations in Dementia discuss.

Nurse and poet Molly Case reads her poem 'Hold Your Pen Torches High'.

Listener Nadine tells us how the government advice for over-70s has affected her. Gabrielle Rifkind, psychotherapist and director of the conflict resolution organisation Oxford Process, and Professor Jane Lord, professor of immune cell biology and Director of the Institute of Inflammation & Ageing, University of Birmingham discuss social distancing guidance, and how best to communicate when you see risk differently.

Cycling is seeing a huge increase in popularity thanks to people avoiding public transport and wanting to get some exercise. We hear from Krysia Williams from the Bristol Bike Project. Anna Jones has been described as ‘the kind of cook who makes you want to eat vegetarian food even if you're not vegetarian'. She shares some lunchtime ideas.

Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Dianne McGregor

Transcript

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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.

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0:41.0

This is the Woman's Our Podcast. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to the

0:45.1

weekend edition of Women's Are. Hope you are okay. It's just me alone in a

0:49.6

studio with a packet of sanitizing wipes. It's the story of many of our lives right now.

0:55.3

On the program today you can find out about the life of Ida B Wells, the

0:59.9

African American journalist and activist who refused to give up her seat in a first class

1:05.6

lady's car on a train way back in 1883.

1:10.8

We'll also today have a conversation with Anna Jones, the food writer,

1:14.4

vegetarian specialist. She's got some good ideas for you,

1:17.8

particularly involving the staple of many a woman's hour cookery

1:21.5

conversation, the store cupboard. Iery conversation the store cupboard I should say my

1:24.4

store cupboard appears at the moment to be very full of crisps and not marsh

1:28.5

else first of all lockdown has meant the lines between work and home are becoming more and more

1:35.1

blurred if you are fortunate enough to be able to at least attempt to work from home.

1:39.5

But how do you manage to create boundaries in order to be able to work productively and look after yourself at the same time?

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