The leader of the Taliban has declared on state television that women who commit adultery will be stoned to death. Nuala McGovern speaks to the former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Fawzia Koofi. We look at the legacy of children's TV executive Kay Benbow, hailed as “Queen of the Beebies”, who has died with historian Dr Emily Baughan and producer Anne Wood.
Our reporter Jo Morris talks to the mum of a young man who got into serious trouble with drugs in the third in our series Breaking The Cycle about SHiFT a new approach to helping young people at risk of going off the rails.
A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research warns of an AI "jobs apocalypse" which will have the greatest impact on women and young people. We talk to Carsten Jung from the IPPR and to AI Expert Prof. Gina Neff.
And live music from Zara McFarlane who's appearing at this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood
Endurance runner Imo Boddy, love bombing, fake food artist
Solving historic rape cases, British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Margaret Leng Tan
Infected blood scandal, Anita Pallenberg, Feminist theatre
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Royal Navy exclusive, Tamsin Greig, Period Tracker Apps, Formula One, Sleepwalking, Choral music
Lesbian bars, Period Tracker Apps, World champion boxer, Lauren Price MBE
Women in Formula One, Monstrum, Sex education, Bridgerton dresses
Beth Mead, Women and choral music, Eating disorders
Birth trauma, Sleepwalking, Lolita Chakrabarti
Royal Navy Exclusive, Sarah Atherton MP, Tamsin Greig, singer-songwriter Lauren Mayberry
Weekend Woman's Hour: Foster caring, Liz Carr on assisted dying, Sabrina Ali on Dugsi Dayz, Rachel Chinouriri
Whooping cough, Shirley Conran, Lying, Afghanistan tourism
Liz Carr on assisted dying, Money in relationships, Singer Rachel Chinouriri
Safer sport for women, novelist Nadine Matheson, Sabrina Ali on Dugzi Dayz
Losing your possessions, Defining honour abuse, Foster caring
How to age well: A Woman's Hour special
Weekend Woman's Hour: Co-parenting, Plastic pollution, ACL injuries, Perinatal suicide
Listener phone in: Boys - what's it's like to be one in 2024?
Woman's Hour special: How is porn shaping our sex lives and relationships?
Lawyer Harriet Wistrich, Chef Asma Khan, ACL injuries and women
Co-parenting, Homelessness and women, Dr Jessica Taylor
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