We all know the story of Malala but two of her friends on that school bus were also caught in the crossfire and wounded. Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz tell us about that event five years ago, how they were able to continue their education in the UK and their plans for the future back in Pakistan now they are nineteen.
We hear from the US rap duo Salt-N-Pepa, whose single 'Push It' reached number 2 in the UK charts in March 1988.
The artist and author Laura Dodsworth tells us about her new book Manhood: The Bare Reality which includes photos of one hundred penises and interviews with the men who have bared their most intimate parts. We also hear from Billy and Alun two of the men who agreed to be photographed.
The songwriter Carla Marie Williams explains how she's gone from Harlesden to writing Beyonce's hit Freedom. She tells us about her new organisation Girls I Rate to help other young women find success in the male dominated music industry.
'Manspreading' is a phrase used to describe when a man and his legs take up more than one seat on public transport. Why do so many men do it? The writer at Gay Times and British GQ Justin Myers and Zoe Strimpel a historian researching gender and relationships at Sussex University discuss.
Charlotte Josephine on her award winning play BLUSH about the growing problem of revenge porn from the point of view of its victims.
And the singer songwriter Earl tells us about the impact having a child had on her career and performs her new single All That Glitters.
Presented by Jane Garvey
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor: Jane Thurlow. Show less