Long-term relationships and why they fail, football and politics, Brain of Britain, Susan Seidelman

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Some may say that football and politics don't go together but anyone watching yesterday's matches might think otherwise. The Iranian team declined to sing their anthem & Wales fans showed their support for LGBTQ+ rights last night by wearing rainbow bucket hats. So how useful are these shows of solidarity? Laura McAllister, the ex-Wales footballer & Beth Fisher, freelance sports reporter & ambassador for the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall discuss. Why is it that we so often struggle or fail in long term relationships? We’re not talking about major marriage infractions such as infidelity, domestic abuse or gambling away the family’s savings. We’re talking instead about unremarkable everyday behaviours that help to end a marriage. Guests are Joanna Harrison, author of Five Arguments All Couples (Need to) Have and why the washing up matters and Matthew Fray, author of This is how your marriage ends: A hopeful approach to saving relationships. Yesterday Radio 4’s Brain of Britain saw its first ever all-women final. 2022 champion Sarah Trevarthen joins Emma Barnett to discuss her victory, as well as her experiences undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer while taking part in the show. Becky Howell, the co-founder of feminist quiz zine Quizogyny, also joins us to talk about the rise of women in quizzing. Susan Seidelman is an American film director, whose ground-breaking feature film Desperately Seeking Susan is considered one of the 100 greatest films directed by a woman. Susan joins Emma to discuss why the film is still relevant today, how she witnessed Madonna’s rise to success and her long career as a female director. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lucinda Montefiore Studio Manager: Tim Heffer

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0:00.0	Hello Tim Harford here, I'm the undercover economist, the presenter of Radio 4's More or
0:07.0	Less, and more pertently right now, the host of a new Radio 4 podcast, Understand The
0:13.1	Economy.
0:16.3	Each episode I'll help cut through the fog of financial jargon to bring you to the crisp,
0:21.1	bright daylight of understanding the world around us.
0:24.4	If you don't really understand what inflation is, why mortgage rates have shot up or what
0:29.8	that GDP thing stands for, this is the podcast for you.
0:34.6	That's Understand The Economy, available now on BBC Sounds.
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0:44.8	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:50.6	Good morning and welcome to the programme.
0:53.1	Some rye remarks have been posted in the last 24 hours on social media to the tune of,
0:58.4	It took the women at the men's football World Cup, which has just kicked off in Qatar,
1:02.6	to take a stand.
1:04.0	This was after football authorities told teams, including England and Wales, that they would
1:08.0	be booked and fined, if some of them were planning to do, they wore the one love arm band
1:13.3	to show solidarity with the LGBTQ plus community, while playing football in a country where homosexuality
1:20.5	is a crime.
1:21.9	Alex Scott, the former lioness who's now a pundit for BBC Sport, chose to wear the
1:26.6	arm band on TV while commentating, which has drawn a lot of attention.
1:31.3	And footage of female Welsh fans being told to remove their rainbow flag bucket hats
1:36.0	before going into the stadium, again worn in solidarity has gone around the world.
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