BBC Radio 4 Podcasts

Joanna Trollope on the lot of the modern forces’ wife. What more can be done to safeguard the lives of children in custody - we talk to the father of a 17 year old who took his life while serving a 6 month sentence. Virginia Ironside ponders the joys of life after sixty. Toyah Wilcox discusses what punk did for women in the music industry. And should Woman’s Hour be doing cooking and recipes?

Is there harm in a smack that doesn’t leave a mark? Jenni discusses child discipline with Anne Atkins and Pat Gordon Smith. Also on the programme: the female silent film stars who didn’t make it into talkies; triumph through tragedy and a debate about whether or not single dads are viewed with more symphony than single mums.

Diana Henry and Miranda Sawyer discuss whether Woman's Hour should be doing cooking. A personal portrait of Angela Carter by her friend and literary executor Susannah Clapp. As the Republican primaries are now well underway: why are women candidates falling by the wayside? In recent weeks two young men, aged 15 and 17, took their own lives whilst in custody. Do we need to re-examine the way we treat children in conflict with the law?

The ASA has banned an advert for anti-ageing moisturiser featuring the actress Rachel Weisz on the grounds that it is misleading and exaggerated. Does this prove that we have adequate regulation of these ads or does more need to be done? Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson & Lindsey Taff from the ASA. Discussion about cosmeceuticals and nanotechnology. Where do you draw the line between a cosmetic & a medicine? With Alice Hart-Davis and Dr Danka Tamburic. The Virginia Monologues – Virginia Ironside takes her musings on life after 60 to the stage. Low paid women often say they’d be better off on benefit – what impact would a rise in the minimum wage have? Jenni discusses with Zoe Williams & Jill Kirby. And Women in Business: Judy Merry catches up with Jo Pateman and her mentor Nikki King to find out how Women with Waders has improved.

Joanna Trollope; discussion about army wives with Joanna Trollope and Kimberley Macgillivary; jubilee celebration of punk era with Toyah Wilcox, Gina Birch and Caroline Coon; our relationship with food: childhood obesity with Prof Mark Hanson and Dr Pinki Sahota

Could a woman lead the BBC - and what impact might that have on programmes? Child protection: how difficult decisions get made. Marine Le Pen: a serious contender for the French Presidency? How to resolve conflict with friends. Presented by Jane Garvey.