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Most of us might still associate yodelling with Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, but one woman from Germany thinks the practice is still something to be celebrated, even in 2013.听 grew up in a small mountain village in eastern Germany, and was taught to yodel at the age of six. On Friday the 1st of March she is taking part in the evening in London. This will be from 7 to 11pm at 183 Euston Road and there will be various events. She tells Jenni how yodelling has shaped her life and why we should all be trying it.听

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This week the Queen approved the appointment of three new Justices to the Supreme Court.听听They were all men; Lord Justice Hughes, Lord Justice Toulson & Lord Hodge.听听With only one women, Baroness Hale of Richmond, currently sitting in Britain鈥檚 highest court听听 joins Jenni to discuss why the Supreme Court remains an overwhelmingly male institution.

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The New York video artist has gained an international reputation for her pioneering work in this field.听 A new exhibition of her work听opens听at the in Manchester on Saturday, March 2nd.听She joins Jenni to talk about the exhibition and 听one of her most famous pieces,听Text and Commentary.

While some听brewers have specifically听targetted their products at women,听many have failed. Women account for just 17% of beer sales in the UK and 79% of women either rarely or never drink beer. Cider seems to be doing slightly better. So what should advertisers be doing to get it right?听 Is gender specific marketing patronising or good business sense? Is there still a market for gendered brands? Jenni Murray听is joined by Heather Alderson, managing partner of the advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Siemon Scamell-Katz, author of 鈥淭he Art of Shopping: How We Shop and Why We Buy鈥�.

As part of Radio 4鈥檚 Comic Relief coverage Jane Garvey reports from a theatre where Mark Watson is performing stand up for 25 hours alongside people who are camping, playing Countdown, attempting to do the world鈥檚 longest hug, making a house out of cake and other similarly whacky things.