Podcasts Other Woman's Hour Leaving friends on a night out; Emma Gannon; Black women and photography; Asylum seeking women in lockdown;

Leaving friends on a night out; Emma Gannon; Black women and photography; Asylum seeking women in lockdown;

Published: July 20, 2020, 11:18 a.m.

Michaela Coel\u2019s BBC drama \u2018I May Destroy You\u2019 has brought to light a number of interesting dilemmas, particularly within the realm of female friendships. Today we ask \u2013 is it okay to leave a friend on a night out? If a friend is too drunk or too disorderly to take care of themselves, but refuses to leave the venue or get in a cab, what can and should you do? Harriet Marsden is a freelance journalist. Toni Tone is a public speaker and podcast presenter.

A new report by the SistersNotStrangers coalition, a group of 8 women\u2019s organisations across the country, reveals the hardships experienced by asylum-seeking women in England and Wales during the pandemic. They say women have been homeless and hungry during the pandemic and are calling for \u2018far-reaching\u2019 reforms of the asylum process. Jane hears from Loraine Mponela who has sought asylum and Natasha Walter, Director of Women for Refugee Women and one of organisations behind the report.

Emma Gannon\u2019s heroine Olive is thirty three and childfree by choice. She has a dream job, close friends and her life might seem Instagram-perfect. But, things are complicated. Her relationships and friendships are changing and other people\u2019s expectations are hemming her in. Adult life is not turning out as she thought it would and Olive needs to take stock. Writer, podcaster and now novelist Emma Gannon joins Jane.

The gymnast Simone Biles is on the cover of Vogue\u2019s August 2020 issue, but critics have said the photoshoot highlights why there needs to be more diversity in the photography industry. Jane discusses the issues of photographing black women, both in front of and behind the camera, with the photographer Ola Adegoroye and Lazara Storm, who works as a commercial model and is now moving behind the scenes.

Presented by Jane Garvey\nProduced by Sarah Crawley\nInterviewed guest: Loraine Mponela\nInterviewed guest: Natasha Walter\nInterviewed guest: Emma Gannon\nInterviewed guest: Ola Adegoroye\nInterviewed guest: Lazara Storm\nInterviewed guest: Harriet Marsden\nInterviewed guest: Toni Tone