Megan Thee Stallion, Fertility Anxiety, Colombian striker Linda Caicedo

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 11:41 a.m.

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The rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for the shooting of fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion. She required surgery to remove bullet fragments from her foot after he shot her following a party in 2020. BBC entertainment correspondent Chi-Chi Izundu joins Clare McDonnell to discuss.

Do you have fertility anxiety? Today we are discussing why some women fear they can\\u2019t easily have children, despite having no known health issues. The journalist Sophie Gallagher joins Clare alongside Dr Ellie Cannon, an NHS GP and author.

18-year-old Linda Caicedo has been one of the break-out stars of this year\\u2019s FIFA Women\\u2019s World Cup. The Colombian player\\u2019s journey so far includes a professional and international debut at 14, a cancer diagnosis at 15, and a move to one of the most well-known clubs in the world. BBC Sport reporter Emma Smith joins us to explain her meteoric career.

Lorna Rose Treen is an award-winning comedian who has taken her one-woman character comedy show Skin Pigeon to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time this year. Being a performer at the Fringe is fun but can be gruelling \\u2013 so how does it work? Lorna has recorded an exclusive audio diary for Woman\\u2019s Hour to give us a peek behind the scenes.

Spiritual healing is extremely popular in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa. But the practice is unregulated and that means women are vulnerable to sexual exploitation. An investigation by BBC News Arabic has uncovered allegations of widespread sexual abuse by healers in Sudan and Morocco. Clare McDonnell is joined by the BBC\\u2019s Hanan Razek and Senior Women's Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Rothna Begum, to discuss.

Presenter: Clare McDonnell \\nProducer: Emma Pearce

00:00 Opener\\n02:53 Megan Thee Stallion\\n10:42 Fertility Anxiety \\n25:54 Linda Caicedo\\n35:29 Lorna Rose Treen\\n47:53 Spiritual Healing

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