Up to one in two survivors of domestic abuse in the UK may be living with an undiagnosed brain injury. That's according to a new report - “Too Many to Count” - published today by the charity Brainkind. 55% of survivors they spoke to screened positive on Brain Injury Screening Index (BISI), suggesting history indicative of a brain injury - that's compared with 1 in 8 of the general population. To discuss the research and findings Emma is joined by Steffy Bechelet – Brainkind’s Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury Researcher, and AnnMarie Burns –a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, and hears the story of one of the report’s participants.
After the Advertising Standards Authority banned a Calvin Klein poster featuring the singer FKA twigs for presenting her “as a stereotypical sexual object,” we’re asking, what determines whether an advert is objectifying?
How often do you feel weary and depleted? Or perhaps just plain exhausted? Cultural historian and coach Anna Schaffner knows these feelings well. Now a coach, specialising in helping the exhausted, in her previous life as an academic, a Professor of Cultural History at the University of Kent she suffered from burnout. She has now written a book, Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary.
Last week, Jade Robertson woke up to find that one of the dresses from her fashion brand Little Lies had sold out overnight – after Taylor Swift was spotted wearing it. Jade joins Emma to talk about what this means for her and her fashion brand, and why she’s so pleased it was Taylor wearing the dress in particular.
Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
Russell Brand allegations & a 'staggered age of consent' with Baroness Helena Kennedy & Gudrun Young KC, Dr Susan Gilby
Russell Brand accuser 'Alice' broadcast exclusive, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nadiya Hussain, Women's reproductive survey, The Knock, AI and IVF, Arlo Parks
Anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Comedian and author London Hughes, Dr Elise Inglis memorial, The Knock discussion
Nadiya Hussain, Morocco earthquake, Equal pay, Wilderness
The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story
Dr Shazia Malik, Charlotte Regan, Female surgeons, Poison pen letters, The Knock special series
Millie Bobby Brown, Arlo Parks, Martha's Rule
Weekend Woman's Hour: Economic Abuse, Should there be a Minister for Men? Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright
Economic Abuse, Michal Oshman, Roisin Gallagher, Barbershop Quartet, Mum shaming
Primodos debate, Rebuilding my life: Wiz Wharton, Cricket umpire pay
Listener phone in - should there be a Minister for Men? Could the role ultimately help women?
Nick Fletcher MP, Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright, Food writer Bee Wilson, Filmmaker Celine Song
Radioactive chapatis, Hostage negotiation, Non-birth mothers, Japanese women in politics
DIY fertility tests, Sudan conflict, Rebuilding my life
Hostage negotiator Nicky Perfect, Sarah Beeny, Chelsea Women Manager Emma Hayes, Mothers with bipolar, Bad lists
Emma Hayes, manager of Chelsea FC Women, Karis Anderson on Tina Turner, Rose Matafeo and Emma Sidi on Starstruck
Scottish rape survivors, Writer Natasha Walter, New research on the Y chromosome and male infertility
Sarah Beeny, Rebekah Staton, Spanish football kiss update, Deborah Bonello on Narcas
Lists: How and why we make them, The psychology behind list-making, Lists in the public domain, Music and lists
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