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Woman's Hour: Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D’Arcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas

Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D’Arcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D’Arcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas

Jo Moseley tells Jessica Creighton about the joys of stand up paddleboarding. In 2019 she became the first woman to paddleboard 162  miles coast to coast from Liverpool to Goole.

Stand up Paddleboarding or SUP is fast becoming one of the most popular water-sports in the UK. Jo Moseley was 51 when she started the sport and she tells us why we should all get on a board and start paddling.

We’ll be joined by Mary Queen of Shops – that’s Mary Portas – who’s one of the UK's leading voices on retail and brand communication.  She is in parliament today calling on the government to amend a law governing how companies are run to better reflect their social and environmental responsibilities. 

Sticking with parliament, we hear about the government's plan to help regulate content and tech companies with the On Line Safety Bill. The BBC’s parliamentary correspondent sets out what is and isn’t going to be included in the legislation and we hear from Carol Vorderman and Catherine Allen from the Institute of Engineering and technology about their concerns surrounding the safeguarding of young people in the metaverse. 

And the author and journalist Sophia Smith Galer tells us about her new book: ‘Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century’ which delves into the sex myths that impact the lives of young people and why we should be taking sex education more seriously. 

Presenter: Jessica Creighton
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Tim Heffer
Photo Credit: Linn Van De Zandern

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