Wendy Joseph KC, Storm chasers, Remembering sex therapist Dr Ruth, Instas Fake Guru

Published: July 15, 2024, 1:14 p.m.

Former Old Bailey judge, Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC, lifts the lid on our legal system. Having worked in criminal courts for almost half a century, she is still asking: what is justice? She tells Nuala McGovern some of the ways women and children struggle through the legal system - and why she wanted to highlight these issues in her latest book, Rough Justice.

Twisters \u2013 the sequel to 1996 disaster-tornado film Twister \u2013 has been accused of playing into sexist tropes about storm chasers and meteorologists. But what\u2019s it actually like being a female storm chaser? Nuala speaks to meteorologist Karen Kosiba from the Centre for Severe Weather Research in Colorado and to founder of the Midlands Storm Chasers group Vicky Royce-Pagett about the new film and why they find storm chasing so fascinating.

Over the weekend, the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer died at the age of 96. In the 1980s, her ability to talk with good-natured candour about intimate sexual matters made her a big hit on American radio and TV and she was known to audiences as Dr. Ruth. We were lucky enough to speak to her in 2019.

Last month, Kat Torres, a former model and wellness influencer, was sentenced to eight years in prison in Brazil after being found guilty of human trafficking and slave labour. Nuala talks to BBC Journalist Hannah Price who\u2019s made a documentary about Kat\u2019s story: Like, Follow, Trafficked: Insta\u2019s Fake Guru.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern\nProducer: Maryam Maruf\nStudio manager: Donald McDonald