Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan: Recent Episodes
Women's Media Center
WMC Live with Robin Morgan is a nationally syndicated American radio show with an international audience in 110 countries around the globe.
The weekly show (additionally available online at iTunes and at WMCLive.com) is hosted by Robin Morgan, the award-winning author of over 20 books, political analyst, former editor in chief of Ms. Magazine, and, in 2005, co-founder—with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem—of The Women’s Media Center.
Praised as "talk radio with a brain" by The Huffington Post, the show has enjoyed exponential ratings growth, not only because of its world-class host, but because of its world-class guests.
Robin welcomes guests Rahila Gupta and Beatrix Campbell, authors of Planet Patriarchy, an international analysis of constraints feminism faces worldwide.
Robin talks through the layers of complexity involving sexual assault. Guest: Brooke Nevils, author of Unspeakable Things. Also, the Right's new enemy—women.
Robin and guest, author Louise Brangan, discuss Brangan's blockbuster exposé of Ireland's carceral system for "wayward" girls.
Robin welcomes social-media phenom Kristin Cravens-Hutton to discuss the awakening rebellions online and off.
Robin talks Critical Race Theory with one of its principal architects, Kimberlé Crenshaw—author of Backtalker and founder of the African American Policy Forum.
Robin discusses the all-but-forgotten tragedy of Ukraine, and Russia's war. Guest: Sara Cincurova, on-the-spot reporter who focuses on rape.
Robin welcomes Lois Romano, author of An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln. Also, a report from Ethiopia.
Robin discusses the Latino vote and the Cesar Chavez revelations, and also examines "Anglo Alpha Males." Guest: Maria Teresa Kumar.
Robin talks with veteran Culture Reframed feminist activist Gail Dines and young anti-porn crusader "Katiclyzm" (aka Katie Ramsay, with 240k YouTube subscribers) about pornography.
Robin discusses Muslim women learning karate & other survival means—emotional, financial, and political—as a community. Guest Rana Abdelhamid, activist and author of Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power.
Robin talks aging with Sari Botton, who has 70,000 subscribers of all ages to her Substack. Also, Dolores Huerta's statement about the sexist crimes of Cesar Chavez.
Robin discusses great women painters with Rhiannon Cosslett, a novelist who writes about them in her book, Female, Nude. And then names more than a few!
Robin discusses a shocking new crisis in the nursing profession with former Emergency Room nurse and now nurses' advocate Brittany Neal DiNatale.
Robin explores the life (and garden!) of American poet Anne Spencer, with her granddaughter Shaun Spencer-Hester and her biographer, Dr. Noelle Morrissette.
Robin and the great Cherokee economist Rebecca Adamson plan and plot alternative, practical, sane, sustainable ways to save our planet.
Robin explores dark matter, bullies, and Trump perfumes. Guest: lawyer Jennifer Freeman, who represents sexual abuse survivors fighting for release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Robin explores the issues and activism in campus feminism with guest Madelyn Amos, director of Feminist Majority's nationwide campus programs. Also, a tribute to Renee Goode.
Robin welcomes noted classicist Sarah Ruden about her witty, powerful new book, Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History Of Bad Ideas About Women.
Robin discusses the omnipresence of male supremacy with special guest Soraya Chemaly, the author of All We Want Is Everything: How We Dismantle Male Supremacy, and finds expectable war crimes.
Robin talks with old friend, long-time political activist, Yippie, and WITCH Nancy Kurshan about her forthcoming book, Levitating The Pentagon: and Other Uplifting Stories. Plus, revelations about the Epstein Files.
Robin analyzes off-year elections, and welcomes back Laura Bates, who discusses AI as well as her just-out book, The New Age Of Sexism.
Robin talks cybersecurity with special guest Irina Tsukerman, and shares an astonishing scientific anomaly.
Robin mourns the destruction of the East Wing by Trump. Special Guest Shazia Rafi plots an alternative "states' rights" campaign to save democracy.
Robin reports on the second "No Kings" protests across the US, and discusses remarkable primates with special guest and primate scientist Dr. Shirley Strum, author of Echoes Of Our Origins: Baboons, Humans, and Nature.
Robin re-analyzes Ancient Greece and the (feminist?!) Myceneans. Special Guest: Cécile Simmons, an online misogyny expert and author of CTRL HATE DELETE: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It.
Robin discusses The US Court System and the First Amendment with New York State Supreme Court Justice (Ret.) Emily Jane Goodman.
Robin on how pornography defined US morality. Guest: Judith Giesberg, author of Sex and the Civil War.
Robin's summer sum-up. Guest: Evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman on her book, The Origin of Language, positing childcare (!) is why we speak.
Robin dissects procrastination, and discusses poetry and writing with her special guest, the writer Sandra Cisneros.
Robin revisits the feminist campaign against violent pornography and finds new and harrowing statistics—yet new and hopeful developments. Guest: Dr. Gail Dines of Culture Reframed and author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality.
Robin discusses Ms. Magazine with her special guest, Executive Editor Kathy Spillar: the magazine's reporting, tactics, strategy, and inspiration in these dark times. Robin reflects on what "Insurrectionist" really means.
Robin reports the realities of the lives endured by women and children refugees and migrants with her guest, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge—herself an immigrant.
Robin revisits the Biden presidency in light of new revelations. Special Guest: feminist Margot Wallström, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden.
Robin's conversations explore the great Arctic ice with climatologist Twila Moon, a eulogy for Cecile Richards—and Bourbon Pecan Pie.
Robin takes on a newfound constituency—the aging population. Guest Judy Karofsky talks about her powerful new book, "DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice," describing her care for her mother.
Robin celebrates the 40th birthday of the great, witty, profound Guerrilla Girls, with guests "Frida Kahlo" and "Kathe Kollwitz"—the Originals still going strong!
Robin explores different ways of resistance. Guest Meg Stone on her new book, The Cost of Fear: Why Most Safety Advice is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence.
Robin worries aloud about the Leftist (and her) loathing of money. Special Guest: Trish Costello, founder and CEO of Portfolia.com, a collaborative equity investment platform.
Robin shares secret words banned by US government agencies under Trump. Guest: Nilo Tabrizy, Iranian journalist, on the women’s uprising in Iran.
Robin maps the gauntlet the oppressed endure. Guest Jill Elaine Hasday discusses her book, "We the Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality."
Medical abortion is now the preferred method of ending an unwanted pregnancy. Robin and guest Carrie N. Baker discuss Baker's new book, "Abortion Pills: US History and Politics” (also available via Open Access).
Robin brings Elizabeth Cady Stanton's anti-religionist arguments up to date, exposing the New Right's campaign to eradicate democracy. Guest: best-selling investigative reporter Katherine Stewart, author of “Money, Lies, and God.”
Robin discusses and reads from the writings of the great 19th-century radical suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who lambasted religions—Christianity in particular.
Robin and her guest, Marci Marie Simmons, together explore the women's prison system in Texas. Simmons, now an activist, is a survivor of 10 years in a Texas prison.
Robin and special guest, author Judith Giesberg, discuss Giesberg's book ‘Last Seen,’ about the enduring search by formerly enslaved people to find their lost families.
Robin rediscovers (STILL!) sexist toys. Special Guest: Jodi Bondi Norgaard, who fought to wake up the toy industry.
Robin explores ProjectCallisto.org, the technological key to combatting campus sexual assault. Special Guest: Tracy DeTomasi.
Robin devotes a tribute program to the late Jimmy Carter, complete with her own exclusive interview with him from May 3, 2014, about Feminism as the priority for confronting all other oppressions.
Robin devotes the final episode before the holiday break to digging out of lingering post-election trauma and despair—with a surprising and awesome result.
Robin and guest Regina Scully discuss what really happened at Sophia Loren's 90th birthday. Updates on the Azerbaijan climate conference, with hopeful news.
Robin delves into what generative AI really is, what it promises—and what it threatens. Guest: Debora Spar, author and technology expert.
Robin continues her Election Coverage, with inside stories and new insights into Trump's fascism. Guest: Dr. Marianne Legato on gender-specific research.
Robin reads “September 1, 1939” by W.H. Auden on the day after the election, because moments like these always drive her to poetry.
Robin winds up her pre-Election Coverage, plus new insights into anti-Fascism. Guest Clara Bingham discusses her new book, The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973.
Robin takes on Trump's neofascism. Guest: Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises, whose new research into domestic violence is stunning.
Robin on the hurricane crisis in the US, and climate change. Guest: Susan Hawthorne on her new book, Lesbian: Politics, Culture, Existence.
Robin dissects the Veep debate and reveals startling new statistics. Guest: Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her new book Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy.
Robin explores the lives of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the first to die from Trump's overturned Court ruling on abortion. Guest: Emily Van Duyne, author of Loving Sylvia Plath, which finally tells the truth about Plath's life, work, and death.
Season Premiere! Robin opens the season with an all-to-herself episode that analyzes the past dramatic events of the summer, and then focuses on just who Kamala Devi Harris truly is.
A special commentary from Robin Morgan on Joe Biden’s election decision and Kamala Harris’ history-making emergence.
Season Finale! Robin’s final show until September is an exclusive interview with old friend Gloria Steinem, now age 90. An intimate talk over 50 years in the making—on life, death, fame, aging, family, persuasion, conflict, and much more.
Robin continues the saga of the bird's nest, and delves into Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post. Guest: Katherine Stewart on her book, "The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism."a
Robin on Trump's 34 "Guilty" felony verdicts, two female presidents, and the Samuel Alitos (again). Guest: Daisy Khan on her important book 30 Rights of Muslim Women.
Robin takes on Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito in detail—his decisions, corruptions, leaks, and connections. Guest: Egyptian author and activist Mona Eltahawy.
Robin takes on Supreme Court Injustices Thomas and Alito, plus good news in the truths buried in the polls. Guest: Johnnie Jae, Native artist, activist, one-woman movement.
Robin on the courts' resistance to televised trials. Guest Joyce Schorr, Founder & President of WRRAP—the oldest & largest national, independent, nonprofit abortion fund which assists women unable to pay for safe & legal surgical & medical abortions.
Robin continues her meditations on the militant campus demonstrations and on the intoxication of lilacs. Guest: Grace McLean, singer, songwriter, actor, on "Suffs."
Robin on new polls and the many campus demonstrations and arrests across the country. Special Guest: Elizabeth Holtzman on the numerous Trump indictments and court cases.
Robin confronts the new teenage sex trend—“choking”—and also revives the feminist campaign against male (as well as female) circumcision. Guest: Jane Manning on Harvey Weinstein's possible release.
Robin on Haiti's uniqueness in the world, and “Whatever happened to CEDAW?!” Guest: author Soraya Chemaly and The Resilience Myth.
Robin "unearths" Lise Meitner, the "mother of the atomic bomb" (she loathed it), interviews Lela Mailman and Darlene Gomez about missing and murdered Indigenous women, and discovers the ignored female birds of North America.
Robin relaunches her news coverage and analysis of our political reality, and also reports on a remarkable natural history story.
Robin concludes her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading the third and last section of the three-part novella from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading the second of three parts of a novella from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading the first of three parts of a novella from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading the final section of a story from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading a two-part story from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading a new story from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her New Year's feature with a reading of her own short fiction fitting the date— “The List Keeper,” from her book Parallax published by Spinifex Press.
Robin goes into "Refresh" in computer mode, starting 2024 reading a new little gem of her own fiction, "The Embodiment" from her book Parallax.
After a chaotic and stressful year, Robin devotes the entire episode to reading the magical, transformative story she wrote for her son, then age 8—The Mer-Child: A Legend for Children and Other Adults.
Robin discusses the #SayHerName Mothers Network, intersectionality, #MeToo, racialized motherhood in America, and more with special guests Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw and Gina Best. Plus, Audre Lorde's poetry.
Robin's guests, Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw of the African American Policy Forum & Gina Best of the #SayHerName Mothers Network, on police brutality and public silencing regarding Black women. Plus, Robin on Israel and Hamas.
Robin delves into the use of boarding schools to "assimilate" Native American children in the 19th century. Special Guest Dr. Brenda Child, Ojibwe historian and author.
Robin explores China's new plans for women with her special guest, Leta Hong Fincher, author of Leftover Women. And Robin's commentary on the Israel-Gaza war.
Robin devotes the main body of the podcast to a conversation with the founders of Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Praxis—writer Cherríe Moraga and painter Celia Herrera Rodríguez.
Robin faces into climate damage already beyond repair, but then welcomes guest Jane Fonda, now a climate activist, who offers practical hope.
Robin explores the intersection of climate crises and the world’s largest oppressed minority: the disability community. Guest: Emily Ladau, author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, How to Be an Ally.
Robin confronts the Taliban's draconian list of forbidden acts for women. Guests: Asila Wardak and Jessica Neuwirth of the Women's Forum on Afghanistan.
Robin struggles to regain a focused self post-severe-COVID. Special guest Kathy Spillar, Executive Editor of Ms. Magazine, and editor of the new book 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution.
Robin is leveled by COVID but muddles through hilariously. Special Guest: Feminist art historian and critic Lucy Lippard. New feature: Poetry Corner!
Season Premiere! Robin celebrates it by debuting her new book of poems just out, her eighth collection: Harvesting Darkness. After going Inside the Headlines, she shares some powerful, deeply moving poems from the book, in a special reading.
Season Finale! Robin focuses this episode—like last week’s—on the Women's Media Center staff and brilliant mission. Today: women in conflict situations, expert speakers' database, features, media training—and a peek into ambitious future plans!
Robin devotes this episode—and next week’s—to conversations with the Women's Media Center staff: how their diverse desks model a true free media. Today: Young Feminists, Entertainment, Climate, and the Research Reports that have become so famous.
Robin explores how major museums still fail women artists, and why New York has become a center for Indigenous people. Guest: Larissa FastHorse, first Native American woman playwright ever to have a play on Broadway.
Robin takes on the headlines themselves, including the latest Catholic Church shockers. Special Guest: Laura Bates, author and founder of Everyday Sexism, on the results of this remarkable campaign.
Robin puts the E. Jean Carroll vs. Donald Trump case into crucially important context. Special Guest: Soraya Chemaly, author, activist, co-founder of the WMC Speech Project, and expert on technology, digital media, and sexism.
Robin messes with Texas, and her special guest is Cherry Smiley, an activist on prostitution and trafficking of women, and author of Not Sacred, Not Squaws: Indigenous Feminism Defined—which breaks new ground.
Robin on the firings of Fox News' Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, and on youth activism. Special Guest: Maria Teresa Kumar, founding President/CEO of Voto Latino.
Robin and Gloria Steinem continue last week's live-audience conversation at Hunter College (CUNY) on Sylvia Plath's influence.
Part 1 of a 2-part podcast from Hunter College (CUNY)! Robin is joined by friend Gloria Steinem for a live-audience keynote on Sylvia Plath.
Robin's commentaries range from animal models of reverence for elders to the declining church population in the US. Guest: Jane Manning, former prosecutor on sex crimes and violence against women, and director of the Women's Equal Justice Project.
Robin takes a dive into redefinitions of concepts we think we already know—from Buddhist nuns and kung fu to time itself. Special Guest: Debora Spar, expert on technology, future societies, and women.
Robin unmasks the slick public-relations "corporatization" of feminism, and exposes its cruel realities. Special Guest: award-winning documentary filmmaker Deeyah Khan and her new film, Behind the Rage: America's Domestic Violence.
As former President Jimmy Carter enters hospice care at 98, Robin delivers a tribute show to him, stressing his post-presidency activism and strong support for feminism, and highlighting their exclusive and extraordinary 2014 conversation.
Robin explores what a "feminist Europe" would look like, and interviews returning special guest Margot Wallström, former (proudly proclaimed) feminist Deputy Prime Minister and Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Robin doubles down on opposition to CRT and Black history. Guest: Ilyon Woo, author of Master Slave Husband Wife, the true story of a couple from Georgia who escaped slavery—in disguise. Plus, a transformative reading list.
Robin confronts the Right's attacks on books in general and Critical Race Theory in particular with her own reading suggestions. Guest: Janet Dewart Bell, scholar, author, and social-justice activist.
Robin explores contemporary book banning as a legacy of the Confederacy, and confronts the epidemic of US gun murders. Special guest: Elizabeth Holtzman, former Congresswoman and progressive activist.
Robin delves into deeper ironies about America's Indigenous peoples. Special Guest: Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, Potawatomi activist, on the emerging "language" spoken by the natural world.
Robin's post-holidays roundup, and 2023 predictions from 100 years ago. Plus, reconciling Einstein versus Einstein with mind-boggling new theories in physics.
Robin devotes the final episode of the year to poets, from the first known writer in history Enheduanna (Ancient Sumer) through Mary Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Muriel Rukeyser.
Robin ponders why the clitoris remains such a medical mystery, to the great detriment of women. Special Guest: Dr. Rachel S. Rubin, MD, urologist and sexual medicine expert, and an associate editor of Sexual Medicine Reviews.
Robin devotes the episode to the 50th anniversary of the feminist classic Our Bodies Ourselves—updated and digital! Guests: members of the Boston Women's Health Collective Amy Agigian, Diana Namumbejja Abwoye, Judy Norsigian, and Marta Pagán-Ortiz.
Robin explores the good, the bad, and the ugly in the philanthropic universe, and discusses women philanthropists. Special guest: Patti Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of the Feed The Hunger Fund.
Robin confronts antisemitism rising again in all its forms, and links it to our coming elections. Special Guest: Tova Friedman, on her book The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope.
Robin celebrates with guest Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Indigenous Activist Leader (Kankana-ey Igorot) from The Philippines, and one of the original drafters of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which finally passed in 2007.
Robin celebrates with guest Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Indigenous Activist Leader (Kankana-ey Igorot) from The Philippines, and one of the original drafters of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which finally passed in 2007.
Robin covers the women's revolution in Iran in depth, with analysis of that country's history with feminism, and theocratic governments in general. Guest: Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, Iranian-British journalist.
Robin covers the women's revolution in Iran in depth, with analysis of that country's history with feminism, and theocratic governments in general. Guest: Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, Iranian-British journalist.
Robin takes on The National Women's Soccer League, and delves into the history of the codpiece! Special Guest: Mallory O'Meara, prize-winning author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol.
Robin takes on The National Women's Soccer League, and delves into the history of the codpiece! Special Guest: Mallory O'Meara, prize-winning author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol.
Robin does a 360-degree exam of "cancel culture," where it really came from, and where it's going. Special Guest: New York Times Contributing Editor and author Jessica Bennett.
Robin exposes the tentacles of Opus Dei in the Catholic Church, with a surprising ally. Guests: Emma Rose Smith, Alyson Nordstrom, Lily Swain, and Paige Buckley—all age 17 and teaching sex ed!
Robin exposes the tentacles of Opus Dei in the Catholic Church, with a surprising ally. Guests: Emma Rose Smith, Alyson Nordstrom, Lily Swain, and Paige Buckley—all age 17 and teaching sex ed!
A special alert bulletin from Robin Morgan on Mahsa Amini and the Women’s Revolution in Iran.
A special alert bulletin from Robin Morgan on Mahsa Amini and the Women’s Revolution in Iran.
Season premiere! Robin explains what Biden has really done and, unlike SCOTUS, exposes the actual positions of our Colonial-era Founders on abortions. Guest: Claire Atkin of Check My Ads, on defunding misinformation online—even at Fox News!
Season premiere! Robin explains what Biden has really done and, unlike SCOTUS, exposes the actual positions of our Colonial-era Founders on abortions. Guest: Claire Atkin of Check My Ads, on defunding misinformation online—even at Fox News!
Robin analyzes the January 6 Congressional Committee Hearings and finds heartening news. Special guest: Professor Anita Hill.
Robin's special guest is award-winning filmmaker Violet Du Feng, whose groundbreaking documentary Hidden Letters just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Through her lens we find modern Chinese women—and their ancient secret language.
Robin explores the almost-state of the US that was to have been Sequoia. Special Guest: Dr. Cristina Azocar, Mattaponi Nation and Journalism Professor, on her book News Media and the Indigenous Fight for Federal Recognition.
Robin connects the dots between ammo and abortion, male supremacy and white supremacy. Special Guest: Carrie Baker, author, attorney, professor, and reproductive rights expert.
Robin highlights two women who stand their ground: Marina Ovsyannikova and special guest, author Sallie Bingham.
Robin on the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Special guest for an in-depth discussion on the Court's decision: multiply awarded lesbian-feminist Chicana writer and activist Cherríe Moraga.
Robin explores visual art done by Native American and Indigenous women. Special Guests: Nora Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo), Theresa Secord (Penobscot Nation), and Marie Watt (Turtle Clan, Seneca).
Robin explores post-Roe v. Wade realities if we lose reproductive rights, and finds a vast network of underground abortion providers and devices. Special Guest: Jessica Bruder, writer of “The Abortion Underground” in the May edition of The Atlantic.
Robin explores what will actually happen to the 98% of refugees—women and children—fleeing Ukraine. Special Guest Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director of Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.
Robin welcomes Poetry Month by celebrating Pre-Raphaelite Victorian poet Christina Rossetti—who was (surprise!) an overlooked feminist—with a reading of her remarkably erotic work, "Goblin Market."
Robin on good news about Equal Pay, Marina Ovsyannikova, and the courage of presence. Special Guest: Dr. Kyleanne Hunter, Asst. Professor of Military and Strategic Studies at the USAF Academy, on gender and unconventional warfare.
Robin on resilience and fortitude, and the gender dimensions of Putin's war against Ukraine. Special Guest Nina Khrushcheva on the Ukrainian tragedy.
Robin explores "streaming war," the devastation of Ukraine, and the powerfully moving (but also shamefully racist) response to the tragic invasion. Plus, an analysis of Biden's first State of the Union speech.
Robin explores modern medical technology in all its wonder—and reveals a personal modern medical technological procedure of her own.
Robin covers the Pape/University of Chicago study on the January 6 insurrection and racism; also, new facts on J. Marion Sims (the "father of gynecology”) who experimented on enslaved women without anesthesia, and the women who somehow survived.
Robin hosts a roundtable discussion with two Native activists and leaders, on Native people—women in particular—and the media. Guests: Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee Nation) and Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee Nation).
Robin reports on the latest Gender Gap statistics (hope yet for the world!) and coins a radical new word. Plus, Supreme Court Justice Breyer's retirement, recent crackdowns on domestic terrorism—and librarians.
Robin returns and dives deep into voting rights—what you don't know, and what you could never have imagined. Plus, why the Right Wing admits not wanting you to vote!
Robin ranges the globe collecting traditions for the Solstice and its offspring holidays. Plus, readings from Dorothy Parker, three male poets (Eliot, Yeats, Frost), four female poets (Derricotte, Chang, Le Guin, Morgan) . . . and a Partridge?
Was it the good old days or the worst of times? Robin explores how we lived and who we were a century ago, and writes a letter to readers 100 years from now.
Robin takes on vigilantism—the history, the psychology, and the overlap with law enforcement and the military, from Kyle Rittenhouse's trial to bounty hunters and Texas's abortion ban enforcement.
Robin, with guest historian and feminist chronicler Miriam Schneir, discusses "where were you when . . ." and "so where were all your great women?”—and then they find them!
Robin takes us behind the scenes of how the Equal Rights Amendment got killed in the ‘70s—and what's really at stake today. Guest: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Robin confronts the "other pandemic”—the rash of conspiracy theories afflicting our conversations—and what to do about them. Special Guest: Mary Trump, best-selling author and psychologist.
On Hallowe’en, Robin explores the increasing death of formal religion in the United States, and the possible birth of “Secular Grace.” She also explains what the group WITCH really was—and takes on the case of Britney Spears.
Robin explores rising campaigns in the US and abroad to ban books and censor reporters, and revisits crusading Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, who was a prophetic special guest on the podcast in May 2018, and who has now just won the Nobel Prize.
In ironic dis-observance of Columbus Day, Robin devotes the entire episode to Louise McDonald Herne and Jonel Beauvais, two Mohawk women leaders who discuss Indigenous culture and the primacy of its feminism.
Robin (vaccinated twice and awaiting her booster!) takes on vaccines: their scrupulous science, surprisingly feminist history, testing, and mandates. Plus resistance (racist misuse), and opposition anti-vaxxers, Trumpists, and religionists.
As Congress votes, Robin deconstructs “infrastructure”—and finds a surprise. Special Guest: novelist and poet Sandra Cisneros on her new book, Martita, I Remember You.
Season premiere! Robin reports on the summer and goes full frontal attack on the end in Afghanistan and the urgent threat to women’s reproductive rights in the U.S. Guest: Alida Brill on her book, Nobody’s Business, about privacy and abortion.
Season Finale! Robin plumbs parallels from the 1920s—from pandemic to pandemic, automobile to Harlem Renaissance, prohibition to evolution, women’s enfranchisement to The Great Migration. So how can we avoid repeating our mistakes this time?
Robin celebrates Juneteenth, Jubilee or Freedom Day, commemorating the end of enslavement in the United States. Special Guest: Dr. Janet Dewart Bell, social justice activist and author.
Robin explores both the crucial importance and the crisis in cities, how COVID has forever altered city life, and how those radical changes will inform our future.
Robin traces the surprising, acidic, and hilarious history of American political parties, from George Washington's denunciation of them up to today, and explores third (or more) party alternatives, and how and why they have so far failed.
Robin explores the general crisis in journalism—especially print journalism, despite the current Golden Age for print investigative reporting. Special Guest: Gail Collins, New York Times columnist.
Robin sends a red alert about women's more-than-ever threatened contraceptive and abortion rights. Special Guest: Deeyah Khan on her new documentary film, America's War on Abortion.
Robin explores the original meaning and reasons for what has become another consumer holiday: Mother's Day. Special Guest: Charlotte Gordon, author of Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley.
Robin on The Verdict in the Chauvin trial, and its deeper meaning. Also, an exploration of the Supreme Court and why/how it can, after all, be expanded.
For Poetry Month this spring, Robin reads work by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Louise Erdrich, Dorothy Parker, Audre Lorde, Victoria Chang, Kimiko Hahn, Lucille Clifton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Suzi F. Garcia, Stevie Smith, Charlotte Mew, and others.
Robin returns to religion's role in our secular Republic, and the ongoing struggle to keep it separate. Guest: Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest organization of atheists, agnostics, and free thinkers in the USA.
Robin's Fighting Words expose centuries of anti-Asian American hate before the Georgia terrorism against AAPI women. Guests: legendary activist Helen Zia; Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.
Robin on “The Year That Was,” where we are now, and the future; plus a special report on women and the vaccine(s). Guest: Linda Goler Blount, President & CEO of Black Women's Health Imperative.
In this unique podcast, Robin explores the complexities of Thomas Jefferson's 40-year-long relationship with the enslaved Sally Hemings—which inspires a meditation on whiteness.
The United States House of Representatives: its powers, history, legends, and unique Constitutional functions. Special Guest: Congresswoman Val Demings (D-FL).
Robin—whose book The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism predicted this—dives into who funded it, who's behind it, who collaborates in it, and just how deep it runs.
Robin dissects the complex, arcane, convoluted rules and traditions of the U.S. Senate, "the world's greatest deliberative body"—none of which are in The Constitution.
Robin explores Trump's second impeachment, the history of impeachments (including execution!), and why they are vital to democracy. Special guest: former Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA).
Robin's take on the weird, sometimes hilarious, often mocked, previously ignored office of the Vice President, and its transformation. Also, Joe Biden's executive orders, and what's next.
Robin on presidential inaugurals—the good, the bad, and the ugly—a capitol under attack and under armed guard, an embattled Republic, a precious friend, and a fringed white orchid.
After 2020—The Year We're Delighted To Leave—Robin reads "The Handmaiden of the Holy Man," a special story from her new novel, Parallax (Spinifex Press), to cleanse the palate for 2021, and to reassure the soul.
The interview you won't hear anywhere else: Robin and Mary Trump in an analysis that targets Trump's enablers and authoritarianism—and it gets personal.
Robin explores the lives in thousands of nations and civilizations thriving in North America pre-conquest. Guest: Cherokee Elder and Indigenous leader Rebecca Adamson.
Robin takes it all on: the history, majesty, bigotries, rituals, and corruption—right up through today. Special guest: former New York State Supreme Court Judge Emily Jane Goodman.
Special Panel: Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, Forensic Psychiatrist and Violence Expert Dr. Bandy X. Lee, and Two-Star Major General Patricia “Trish” Rose (USAF, Ret.) on strategies and solutions.
Robin confronts Facebook, Google, and their algorithms—is it hopeless? Special Guest: Debora L. Spar, author of Work, Mate, Marry, Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny.
Robin grapples with the truth about this college that’s not a college or a place. Special Guest: Esther “Little Dove” John, a “faithless elector,” on being inside the Electoral College.
Robin on why and how the Debates really matter—their ancient history up through today, their “Oops OMG” moments, and their fundamental connection with democracy. Guest: Jessica Lowe-Minor, VP, League of Women Voters.
Robin takes on the surprising, ancient history of the Census, its current woes due to Covid-19 and Trumpian interference, and its non-inclusion of women’s unpaid labor. Guest: Maria Olmedo-Malagon, US Census Communications Campaign.
Season Premiere! Robin dives deep for the Post Office—stealth privatization plans dating from 1970, the Trump-McConnell corrupt board of PO governors, and our threatened mail-in ballot. Guest: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Chair House Oversight Committee.
Season Finale. Robin looks back across a season that left us “surreeling,” but still fighting—and this time getting results. Special surprise.
Robin on Facebook, Falwell, teenage girl activists, “the first woman to . . .,” an anti-racism booklist, and the heart of whiteness. Guest: Rachel Louise Snyder on her prize-winning book exposing real domestic violence, No Visible Bruises.
Robin on The Tipping Point, perils of SWF (Sleeping While Female), and a peek into the National Republican Congressional Committee. Guests: Rebecca Adamson, Nicole Ducheneaux, Carla Fredericks on the Sioux defending their Covid lockdown v. S. Dakota.
Robin on the 100,000-plus Americans lost to COVID-19, the Minneapolis racist murder, suicidal religionists, reclaiming despair—and the Planet of the Macaques. Guest: Mona Eltahawy on her new book, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.
Robin on hydroxychloroquine, red pillers and blue pillers, commercial birth surrogacy, invasive lizards, two activities from the Comfort Zone, and the value of values. Guest: Judy Chicago, on her latest epic work The End—and what she plans next.
Robin on “The Biden Thing,” women’s suffrage vs. the Spanish flu, anti-vaxxers, SETI, Trump vs. Lincoln, and OMG the Asian giant hornet. Guest: Pam Elam, president of Monumental Women, on Central Park’s statues of Anthony, Stanton, and Truth.
Robin on quaffing Clorox, TelAbortion.org, Trump’s unintended consequences, estrogen vs. COVID-19, sex-doll sales, and the longest creature on earth. Guest: Jane Fonda explains Fire Drill Fridays—and reads from work that inspires and comforts her.
Robin on the governor’s homicidal plan for Georgia’s “opening”; the vast virosphere; “strongmen” vs. strong leaders; (matriarchal!) wolves returning to Yellowstone. Guest: Dr. Vafa Tabatabaie on being called to the front lines of the COVID-19 battle.
Robin on glimpses into people’s homes, COVID-19’s impact on the vast Amazon jungle, Northern Ireland, new resources from the Comfort Zone, and pandas in love. Guest: Annie Finch on her major new anthology, Choice Words: Writers on Abortion.
Robin on ignored sex differences in COVID-19’s data: symptoms, vaccine research, economics, and violence impact. Guest: Helen Zia on rising anti-Asian violence and what to do about it. Plus The Comfort Zone, and a new Letter from Ground Zero.
SPECIAL EDITION. Robin on COVID-19 news “inside the headlines.” New Feature: Comfort Zone—practical things you can do, watch, hear, share to make yourself and others feel better. Fighting Words: Trustable sources and resources for facts, not rumors.
Robin on Mexico’s “Day Without Women,” Dubai’s sheik (the father from hell), a newfound teensy-weensy dinosaur, and finding ourselves “In Plague Time.” Guest: Brianna Wu, Gamergate survivor now running for Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies.
Robin on Super Tuesday, the Taliban-US “Peace Treaty,” NASA’s call for women astronauts, handwashing secrets, “self partnering,” advice to Bloomberg, and space junk. Guest: Sarah Macharia on how you can join the Global Media Monitoring Project.
Robin on the Weinstein verdict, gender and the coronavirus, a whole new calendar—and signals from space? Guest: Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American feminist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and disability-rights activist with cerebral palsy.
Robin on what you didn’t see at the Oscars, “menstrual equity,” Southern Baptists and “transgressive” men, climate change’s impact on women, and whither the ERA now? Guest: Luvvie Ajayi on the African diaspora.
Robin on Mitt, Nancy, the Senate vote, and what’s next; Barbie’s diversity at age 60; Oscar nominees; women on the moon; and rock-eating parrotfish. Guest: Marianne Schnall with great quotes by women.
Robin on the Senate trial, part 2; WAPO’s sexist blunder; India’s feminist #MeetToSleep movement; and Mexico’s guerrilla glitter tactics. Guest: Former Congresswoman Liz Holtzman discusses what’s really happening in Washington—and what’s next.
Robin on the Senate trial, coronaviruses, the US ranking drop in gender equality, how Brexit will hurt women most, and a wicked mischief action that’s easy—even legal. Guest: Jessica McDiarmid on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.
Robin on impeachment, Harvey Weinstein, endangered women mayors, wrestling, how things are getting better, and days-long orgies of same-sex box crabs. Guest: NY Times columnist Gail Collins on her new book about older women, No Stopping Us Now.
End-of-Year Special! Robin looks back at 2019, celebrates the impeachment proceedings, and thinks ahead to the Senate trial—plus a special surprise gift from Robin to her listeners.
Robin on citizen activists, impeachment witnesses, mountain lions, fantastic grandmothers, tiny motorists, and language legacies of Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin. Guest: Celeste Watkins-Hayes on her surprising research into women with HIV/AIDS.
Robin on real witch hunts, tax-free tampons, the Kung-Fu nuns of Nepal, neurological "connectomes," and coked-up wild boars. Guests: NY Times investigative reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly on their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.
Robin on having predicted the Gangster in Chief; married priests; women gamers; Royal Brits, MPs, and sisterhood; Georgia O’Keeffe; and tampons. Guest: Valerie Plame.
Robin on California's fires, dashing up Mt. Everest, workplace menopause policy, slut-shaming of a Congresswoman, and women in (yes) media. Guest: Joy Harjo, poet, musician, feminist, and the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.
Robin on Lev and Igor, women truckers, air-conditioning the outdoors, African American pilots, Nancy’s red dress, and clam gardens. Guest: Julie K. Brown, award-winning investigative journalist whose work reignited the Jeffrey Epstein cold case.
Robin on thinking global (Kurds, Kashmir, Hong Kong) while acting local (impeachment, election, Time’s Up), whale-song jam sessions, and Argentina’s Feminist Tango Movement. Guest: Jane Fonda on why she hopes to spend her 82nd birthday in jail.
Robin on the Trump Tipping Point, prehistoric sippy cups, safety tips for runners, leaders and lemmings, and sociable cats. Guest: Samhita Mukhopadhyay, executive editor of Teen Vogue, on Gen Z women and girls.
Robin on the impeachment quid pro quo, climate change strikes, “extreme grooming,” books banned in the US, and the importance of forgetting. Guest: Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA).
Robin on Mormons by any other name, legalized child labor in Bolivia, why our galaxy is warped, and learning not to forgive. Guest: Pat Mitchell on her book, Becoming A Dangerous Woman.
Season Premiere! Robin on digital assistants, tactics to fight ageism, what’s really inside the headlines, “female Viagra,” and mosquitos. Guest: Gloria Steinem.
Robin on Special Counsel Mueller’s July 17 testimony, permafrost, what being a journalist means, and knitters united against hate speech. Guest: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D. WA), Memb. Judiciary Comm., on impeachment and her Medicare-for-All Bill.
Robin on Iran, impeachment, endurance, Greenwich Village during Pride Month, the 60 percent, and the Robin fledgling in her garden. Guest: Dr. Sunita Puri on her book, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.
Special Edition! Robin and former 4-term Congresswoman and Watergate Committee member Elizabeth Holtzman talk bold new strategies for impeaching Donald Trump. Two former POTUS’s refute Trump’s claim that laws against foreign interference are “wrong.”
Robin on Canada’s declared femicide of Indigenous women, boycotting anti-abortion states, the 2020 census, and a reclaimed anniversary. Guest: Sarah Barnett, first woman president of AMC Entertainment Networks (AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC and Sundance TV).
Robin on abortion and the Supremes, women’s exclusion from HIV medical trials, Afghan schoolgirls, Irish divorce, and what snails can teach us about left-handedness. Guest: Lawyer Cara Robertson on her book, The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story.
Robin on ”consensual rape,” Oreo’s, patriarchal reversals, Mary Daly, Deutsche Bank, forced childbirth, and McDonald’s. Guest: Leah Greenberg reveals Indivisible.com’s latest tactics, shifting from defensive to offensive, and her political analysis.
Robin on Alabama v. abortion, how women and alcohol are viewed, death-in-childbirth rates, and soda straws. Guests: Judith Arcana, Cait Cortelyou, Caroline Hirsch discuss their film Ask for Jane on 70s feminists doing underground abortion referrals.
Robin on Democratic strategy, the UN biodiversity alert, Woody Allen’s unpublishability, Paleolithic stoners, and an NRA mano a mano. Guest: Stephanie Urdang, South African journalist and activist, on the election and 25th anniversary of liberation.
Robin on how viruses in the oceans could save us, stress, fraternities, the Japanese Imperial family, and smart phones. Guest: Rep. Donna Shalala (D. FL), the oldest “freshwoman” in Congress.
Robin on impeachment, “heartbeat” bills and Roe, connecting the dots, and “reading the bones.” The Conversation: Cherríe Moraga talks with Robin about writing, theater, mothers, activism, and her new book, Native Country of the Heart.
Robin on the Islamic State’s “leftover” women, Easter’s real meaning, remembering the Watergate women, downtrends in US religiosity, and the gender gap on perceiving progress. Guest: Rev. Gretta Vosper, the atheist minister who “deconstructed God.”
Robin on Trump’s purges, Bernie’s dough, Bibi’s madness, Lori Lightfoot, Saudi women’s update—and our first sight of a black hole: “the face of infinity.” Guest: Finnish investigative journalist Jessikka Aro confronts both Russian trolls and Trump.
Robin celebrates Poetry Month with poets Rita Dove, Irena Klepfisz, and Toi Derricotte.
Robin on Mueller’s “Report,” the imperiled ACA, The 4 B Boys, how women’s brains age differently than men’s, and a propaganda subway. Guest: Dr. Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Robin on “herstory”at NASA: the first women’s spacewalk, plus an unnerving new drug for postpartum depression, Captain Marvel trounces trolls, and exposing white supremacist “replacement theory.” Guest: Salomée Levy of GirlUp.
Robin on professional sportswomen taking sexism to court, high-school girl wrestlers, Meghan Markle (Duchess of Sussex) destigmatizing menstruation, and the House of Dior (wait—what?). Guest: Sherin Khankan, founder of Denmark’s women’s mosque.
Robin on national emergencies, Cardinal McCarrick, "embryo adoption," and why the North Pole is moving, plus Part 3 of "Women’s Suffrage(s)." Guest: Leta Hong Fincher on her book Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China.
Robin on Rosalind Franklin, the Nevada state legislature, and how a "walking fish" could save us all, plus Part 2 of "Women's Suffrage(s)." Guest: biologist and social scientist Dr. Renate Klein on her book, Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation.
Robin on racism, sexism, and Virginia; Congresswomen wearing white; a mysterious sticky island; Trump’s “executive time;” and why women’s suffrage should be women’s suffrages. Guest: Lisa Borders, President and CEO of Time’s Up! workplace revolution.
Robin on climate vs. weather, Queen Elizabeth II and Brexit, negotiations with the Taliban, bias about addressing pain, and bouncing chicken nuggets. Guest: philosopher Dr. Mariana Alessandri on the gender politics of fasting.
Robin on how Nancy Pelosi flummoxed Donald Trump, the women behind MLK Jr. Day, “phantom words,” justice in Pakistan, and baby whales. Guest: Autumn Miles, domestic abuse survivor who challenges other evangelicals to face this truth about themselves.
Robin on strategists Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth I (Tudor), Iowa’s Steve King, Opus Dei, and “First Partners.” Guest: Award-winning journalist and author Helen Zia on immigrants, the Chinese diaspora, and her major new book, Last Boat Out of Shanghai.
Robin on NASA’s Ultima Thule flyby, Trump’s televangelist con, R. Kelly, the APA, Mormons in slacks, and praise for older women. Guest: Investigative journalist Sylvia A. Harvey on her major exposé about COIP (Children of Incarcerated Parents).
Special end-of-year program, featuring poetry. Also, Robin on Nancy Pelosi, Angela Merkel, Voyagers 1 and 2 entering interstellar space, Rwandan women seizing the fishing industry, South Korean women smashing make up—and termite engineers.
Robin on Trumper erosion of sexual-offense-survivor rights, Sudan’s new rape tragedy, an unprecedented push-back from Roman Catholic nuns, and women’s migraines. Guest: Sisonke Msimang, South African author born in exile, who found her global voice.
Robin on Sheryl Sandberg and the fall of Facebook, bionic Swedes, the new U.S. serial killer, child-friendly refurnishings of Congress, and making the Census "sexy." Guest: Linda Kay Klein, on escaping from and exposing evangelical "purity" culture.
Robin on the Girl Scouts, "menstrual equity," post-midterms exhaustion and celebration, Earth's most massive organism—and sexualized violence as a hate crime. Guest: Cecile Richards—leaving Planned Parenthood to make even more (beautiful) trouble!
Robin on the overlooked glory of the election and the Everywoman who made it real, plus toxic sunscreens and Rupert Murdoch. Guest: Jessica Ladd, founder and CEO of Callisto, which puts powerful technology at the service of sexual assault survivors.
Robin on Saudi women fugitives, Trump's "executive time," microplastics, supremacists at large, and November 7. Guest: Rebecca Traister on her new best-seller, "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger." Plus, "A Thought Experiment."
Robin on the Caravan, right-wing terrorist bombs, Elizabeth Warren, and the Puerto Rican rainforest. Guest: Michigan Democratic Congresswoman-to-be Rashida Tlaib, running unopposed, who will become the first Muslim-American woman in Congress.
Robin on anti-feminist women, Russian trolls' new targets, Iowa's corn-fed sex crimes, and the 6th Mass Extinction. Guests: Neha Madhira and Haley Stack, teenage Texas journalists who fought to free their high school newspaper from censorship.
Robin on women and climate change, murdered journalists, and male "rites of passage." Guests: Investigative journalist Susan Antilla on #MeToo vs. Wall St.; investigative journalist Kathryn Joyce on the religious adoption industry and migrant kids.
Robin’s Open Letter to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, plus new statistics on women, an update on rape and the Nobel Prize, Kuwait's banned books, and pet fish. Guest: Ana Maria Archila, on trapping Sen. Jeff Flake in the elevator and changing history.
Robin on GOP suicide, MeToo's span from China to Antarctica, Cosby in handcuffs, and the rising of a global political force. Guest: Soraya Chemaly, on reclaiming social media and on her timely new book, "Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger."
Robin on Dr. Ford v. Kavanaugh, lesbiphobia in retirement homes, Somalia's FGM deaths, and how the Koch Brothers miscalculated. Guests: Erica Gonzalez on Puerto Rico's hurricane anniversary; Maya Dusenbery on Doing Harm, her exposé of medicine today.
Season Premiere! Robin on Serena Williams, the mid-term elections, the Pennsylvania Catholic diocese coverup, killer whales—and two funerals. Guest AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan on her new book, Under Fire. Expanded Surrealism Corner!
Season Finale: Robin on "everyday courage," lesbian moms, more climate-change impact, hereditary peers, and water on Mars. Guest: Emmy and Peabody winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan on her new documentary about neo-Nazis, "White Right: Meeting the Enemy."
Robin on the long-term impact of sexual harassment, "ghost particles," older women and poverty, and a newly unearthed "Henge." Guest: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples, on losses (and wins!) for Indigenous women.
Robin on how to protect your vote from hacking and other violations, Trump's War on Babies, and a new low in domestic abuse. Guests: Julia Rybak's unionizing of hotel workers; Rachel Devlin on how girls really desegregated America's schools.
Robin on the murder of journalists, the Supreme Court decisions, and Justice Kennedy's departure—with an extended Fighting Words on how to survive. Guest: Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United States.
Robin on children, mothers, and borders; Trump under pressure; Sally Hemmings; and giant Sequoias. Guests: former prosecutor Jane Manning on Harvey Weinstein's trial; Daisy Khan on Muslim American women's leadership. Plus, Surrealism Corner.
Robin on Jeff Sessions' immigration war against women, and on definitions of "culture," "tradition," and "private." Guests: Angela McQuillan on art intersecting with science; Leah Lax on escaping fundamentalist Hasidic Judaism. Surrealism Corner.
Robin on the "c-word," Bill Clinton and #MeToo, Spain's new feminist cabinet, women firefighters, and the Miss America Pageant PR stunt. Guest: Liang Xiaowen's personal report on the state of women in China and the feminist underground.
Robin on the Irish referendum, Weinstein in handcuffs, Roseanne's racism. Guests: Former Saints' cheerleader Bailey Davis and lawyer Sara Blackwell discuss their complaint against the NFL for sex discrimination.
Robin on women's primary-election wins, the Supremes' "mandatory arbitration" decision, Trump's gag rule, and evangelical women waking up. Guest: Jane Fonda talks politics, her hit Netflix series Grace and Frankie, & new movie Book Club.
Robin on Jerusalem's US Embassy, primary wins, & a national alert on chemically tainted water. Guests: Elaine Luria, Naval commander, mermaid maker, Virginia Congressional candidate; Maria Ressa, crusading journalist under attack in the Philippines.
Robin on Cohen, Giuliani, Schneiderman, Spain's "wolf pack," Congress' chaplain, and our 620 million-year-old genes. Guest: actor/director Christine Lahti on sex, power, and aging in Hollywood, and her book, True Stories from an Unreliable Witness.
Robin on what statues teach us, updating #MeToo vs. the Nobels, Chinese feminism—and the green-haired turtle. Guests: Dem. Deb Haaland, NM candidate to be the first Native American woman in Congress; Dr. Gail Dines on porn as a public-health issue.
Robin on #MeToo versus the Nobel Prize, poetry month, and women's long-term strategies in Rwanda and the Gaza Strip. Guests: Daina Ramey Berry on what enslaved persons thought—and cost; Taina Bien-Aimé on anti-sex-traffick progress. Plus a surprise!
Robin on Trump's "Fixer," Zuckerberg's testimony, a new organ in the human body, and snow monkeys. Guest: "Everything But the Girl" singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn opts for in-your-face feminism in her new Record.
Robin on those awesome Red State teachers; MeToo in Moscow and Wall Street; mourning the death of Winnie Mandela. Guests: Brianna Fisher, Leni Steinhardt, Zoe Gordon—high school journalists who lived through and report on the Parkland, FL tragedy.
Robin on Facebook's crash, Cambridge Analytica's pimp, Al Qaida's "feminine" drive, and women keeping men's secrets. Guests: Stacey Abrams, African-American feminist running for Georgia governor; June Millington, "godmother of women's rock 'n roll."
Robin on sexism and pop music, the high-school protests, ageism and lowering the age to vote—and reversing the arrow of time?! Guest: Nina Khrushcheva on Putin's real motives and how current US policy aids and abets him. Plus Surrealism Corner!
Robin on striking teachers, marching students, cranky nuns, and defining "articulate." Guests: Kimberle Crenshaw and Rhanda Dormeus on "Say Her Name" activism; Helen LaKelly Hunt on her book about erasure of early 19th-century feminists of faith.
Robin on the hidden history of the Second Amendment, Hope Hicks, sexism at the BBC, Boko Haram's return, and China's Winnie the Pooh. Guests: Charlotte Gordon on the feminist origins of "Frankenstein"; Masih Alinejad on women's uprising in Iran.
Robin on new anti-NRA tactics; both former "Playmate" and porn star joining MeToo against Trump; breast-feeding in Congress—and KFC?!? Guests: Catherine Kerrison on Jefferson's daughters—two white, one black; Pascale Lamche's Mandela film Winnie.
Robin on repeated school shootings, systemic sexism, fake "followers," the Right's assault on the courts, and how #MeToo just might bring down Trump. Guest: Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. Plus Surrealism Corner.
Robin on WH Staff Secretary Rob Porter and wife-battery, and on House Dem. Leader Nancy Pelosi's historic Dreamers plea. Guests: historian Linda Gordon on her Second Coming of the KKK book; Ellen Pao on how she shook up Silicone Valley pre-Me Too.
SPECIAL EDITION WMC LIVE. Celebration of the life and work of Ursula K. Le Guin (d. Jan. 22, 2018): Robin's Exclusive Conversations with UKL on poetry, fiction, feminism, motherhood, politics, freedom, craft, and play. Le Guin reads her latest poems.
Robin on the abuse-survival testimony of the former gymnasts in Michigan, DACA, and the Museum of the Bible. Guests: Ruth Mandel and Debbie Walsh of The Center for American Women and Politics discuss the historic numbers of women candidates in 2018.
Robin on the Women's March anniversary, , sea turtles—and a government shutdown? Guests: Young Jean Lee, Broadway's first Asian American woman playwright; Yoruba Richen on her film about anti-abortion crusades on black communities.
2018 Premiere! Robin on the state of the world—and of Trump's mind, Orwellian speech, ongoing MeToo fallout, the rising electoral blue wave, and predictions for the future. Guest: Leah Greenberg, cofounder of Indivisible. Expanded Surrealism Corner.
Special Holiday Solstice Show: For relief from 2017's traumatic news, an all poetry program with Robin reading from her work, including the world premiere of poems from her new book, Dark Matter, forthcoming spring 2018 (Spinifex Press).
Robin on real-life solutions to workplace sexual abuse. Guests: Heidi Hartmann of the Institute for Women's Policy Research on the need for more women economists; columnist Rafia Zakaria on what Global South women actually want from "development."
Robin on Moore, Franken, today's real sexual revolution; Trump's stealth judiciary picks; and the weekly gun massacre. Guests: Hana Assafiri's "Speed Date A Muslim" action; Lola Omolola's "Female IN" (FIN) online safe space that went global.
Robin on Donna Brazile, Rand Paul, the special elections, and winning a beauty pageant. Exclusive Roundtable: psychiatrists Judith Herman, Dee Mosbacher, and Nanette Gartrell discuss "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" and the 25th Amendment.
Robin on the NYC Hallowe'en terror attack, Mueller trumping Manafort, and why we really need to break up Big Tech. Guests: Jocelyn Olcott on the greatest consciousness raising event ever; Shazia Rafi reports from South West Asia. Surrealism Corner.
Robin on what really happens when women legislate, unmasking Trump's Generals, and one fine sheriff. Guests: Polly Rodriguez on “make love, not porn”—Women of Sex Tech; Angela Dodson on her book of ALL the suffragists—including women of color.
Robin on Trump vs. mourning military families, and the kilonova in the Hydra constellation. Guests: Shaughnessy Naughton on a new push to get scientists into political office; Judaline Cassidy discusses her passion for plumbing and for mentoring.
Robin on Trump's attacking contraception and insulting Puerto Rico, California burning, the Rohingya—and Harvey Weinstein. In-depth interview with AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan on 4 presidents—and on her own enslaved ancestors.
Robin on Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, the fast-food industry's secret pact against women, Rosanne Cash, and female mayors. Guests: Maria Teresa Kumar on Hispanics in the crosshairs; Ann Hornaday on critics' tips for watching movies. Surrealism Corner.
Robin on Saudi women driving (!), campus sexual-assault setback, Obamacare resurrected, and the NFL gladiators vs. Trump. Guest: Ani DiFranco—Part 2 of an exclusive in-depth conversation. Plus, Surrealism Corner and A Word from My Lower Self.
Robin on Aung San Suu Kyi, modern slavery, deconstructing deconstructionism, and "the genuine article." Guest: Ani DiFranco in an in-depth personal interview. Also Surrealism Corner, and the new feature, "A Word From My Lower Self."
Robin on hurricane coverage, Trump's gutting Title IX, Big Tech malfeasance—and a personal word about Kate Millett. Guests: Journalist Amanda Sperber on an untold story—South Sudan's rapes; Mary Mattingly on Swale, the first floating food forest.
Season Premiere! Robin on the KKK and neo-Nazis, DACA, hurricanes, North Korea—and the Pope's Jewish woman shrink. Guest: political and cultural correspondent/pundit Ana Marie Cox. Plus, an expanded Surrealism Corner. Ana Marie Cox:
Robin on "adoption" talks with Putin, saving Obamacare, defending Title IX, the conservative press pivot, and O.J.'s parole. Guests: Deeyah Khan's new digital magazine Sister-hood.com; Barbara Smith on her four decades of activism—and what's next. Deeyah Khan: Barbara Smith:
Robin on Antarctica's melting ice-shelf, Donald Jr.'s open-carry smoking gun, and activist multi-tasking. Guests: Swanee Hunt on how women rebuilt Rwanda from ashes of genocidal hell; Nargis Azaryun from Kabul on Afghanistan's new women's magazine. Swanee Hunt: Nargis Azaryun:
Robin on Amelia Earhart, the damage done by Trump's travel ban, "ladies' golf," and who gets to define the future. Guests: NY Historical Society President Louise Mirrer on the new Center for Women's History; Wall-of-Us.org co-founder Amelia Miazad. Louise Mirrer: Amelia Miazad:
Robin on the Supreme Court rulings, secret media news, and the revolutionary abilities of the disabled. Guests: Manal al-Sharif, on daring to drive in Saudi Arabia; Erin Bried's new magazine Kazoo, "for girls who aren't afraid to make some noise." Manal al-Sharif: Erin Bried:
Robin on Georgia's election, the Cosby verdict, and real witch hunts vs. Trump whining about being investigated. Guests: Marjorie Spruill on what actually polarized America; Heidi Steltzer on climate change and the all-woman expedition to Antarctica. Heidi Steltzer: Marjorie Spruill:
Robin on the GOP baseball shooting, the censoring of Shakespeare, how Jim Crow inspired Hitler, and the tale of Maddie Runckles. Guests: Ariel Levy on why The Rules Do Not Apply; Emily Temple-Wood's F-You Project on women in science at Wikipedia. Ariel Levy: Emily Temple-Wood:
Robin on Comey's testimony, Reality Winner's leak, and what everyone overlooks but Trump fears most. Guests: former prosecutor Jane Manning on drug-facilitated rape and the Cosby trial; physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on "the physics of melanin." Jane Manning: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein:
Robin on "covfefe," Hillary's newfound badass free speech, the Paris Accord exit, and all the president's men. Guests: Meghan Milloy and Jennifer Pierotti Lim of GOP Women for Progress; Dr. Ellen Currano on paleontology and The Bearded Lady Project. Meghan Milloy and Jennifer Pierotti Lim: Dr. Ellen Currano:
Robin on the escalating physical attacks against journalists, Trump's misadventures abroad, and his regime's chaos at home. Guests: Ahd Niazy, founder of Saudi feminist literary magazine Jahanamiya; Dominique Crenn, 2-Michelin-star chef and feminist. Ahd Niazy: Dominique Crenn:
Robin on Trump's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors," gerrymandering, jailing press, and leakers. Guests: Linda Fentiman on how blaming mothers is embedded in the law; Claudia Megan Urry on the wonders of astrophysics—and fighting sexism in the field. Linda Fentiman: Claudia Megan Urry:
News Exposé Special: Robin lets loose on a shockingly overlooked, major link connecting Trump and Putin. Guests: Congresswoman Grace Meng's "Menstrual Equality Bill"; comics Sarah Pappalardo and Beth Newell discuss Reductress. Grace Meng: Sarah Pappalardo and Beth Newell:
Robin on FBI director Comey testifying to the Senate, a new Saudi women's uprising, immigration history, and Trumpcare. Guests: Stacy Bannerman on endangered veterans' wives; Donna Seaman's book Identity Unknown about "disappeared" women artists. Stacy Bannerman: Donna Seaman:
Robin blasts Democrats' "Unity" and celebrates Poetry Month. Guests: Liesl Olson unearths women who made U.S. poetry vibrant and inclusive through a century of Poetry magazine; poet Alicia Ostriker reads work with immigrant themes from her new book. Liesl Olson: Alicia Ostriker:
Robin on Easter, Google, United Airlines, female SCOTUS justices, and VAL (Violence Against Language). Guests: Dutch Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen describes the founding of She Decides; Veronica Todaro on women and Parkinson's disease. Lilianne Ploumen: Veronica Todaro:
Robin on Syria, North Korea, SCOTUS, Planned Parenthood, Bill O'Reilly, and more. Guests: Kate Schatz on Solidarity Sundays activism; Dr. Stacey Patton on her book Spare The Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America. Surrealism Corner. Kate Schatz: Dr. Stacey Patton:
Robin on the filibuster, scoring a hockey goal, a Constitutional Convention, and running shoes. Guests: Sally Field on returning to Broadway (but loving townhall protests!); Leah Fessler on smartphone PA bots being programmed to tolerate sexism.. Sally Field: Leah Fessler:
Robin on her 5 crucial lessons for beating the far Right, new-found sub-atomic particles, and fashion pluralism. Guests: Shannon Coulter, founder of the #GrabYourWallet campaign; Molly Schiot, author of Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History. Shannon Coulter: Molly Schiot:
Robin on GOP "health care," Trump's budget, and the Deep State. Guests: Egyptian activist Mozn Hassan, leader of NAZRA Feminist Studies, now facing life imprisonment; Julie Scelfo on her book, The Women Who Made New York. Plus, Surrealism Corner. Mozn Hassan: Julie Scelfo:
Robin on the abuse of women Marines, the gutting of our government, and defining the social compact. Guests: Erica Armstrong Dunbar's Never Caught on George Washington's pursuit of a runaway slave; Kathleen Barry's creative way to spread feminism. Erica Armstrong Dunbar: Kathleen Barry:
Robin on DT's speech to Congress, Sessions and the Russians, and the Ides of March. Guests: Russian expert Nina Khrushcheva on Putin's plans for Trump; Danielle Newnham's Female Innovators. Plus, the Surrealism Corner, Bit the Dust, and We Won This! Nina Khrushcheva: Danielle Newnham:
Robin on what Trump's costing taxpayers, his military troika, Yiannopoulos, deportations—and a free press as "enemy of the people." Guests: Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday on the Oscars; poet Donika Kelly discusses her book, Bestiary. Ann Hornaday: Donika Kelly:
Robin on Puzder's defeat, Flynn's fall, the Goldman Sachs boys, and the FBI vs. Trump's Russian Roulette. Guest: political reporter and cultural analyst Farai Chideya discusses her online essay "The Call-to-Whiteness." Plus, an extended Surrealism Corner. Farai Chideya:
Robin on Elizabeth Warren, Nordstrom, the Sioux, battery and Putin, the subway—and dragons. Exclusive interview guest: Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan. Plus: an extended Surrealism Corner. Margaret Sullivan:
Robin on Trump's Muslim ban, dissing Australia, and invading Mexico—plus the stolen SCOTUS seat and a filibuster. Guests: Laura Moser, mother of DailyAction.org; Sady Doyle on her book, TrainWreck: Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear—and Why. Laura Moser: Sady Doyle:
Robin on Trump's proposed Cabinet, and on art and artists vs. authoritarians. Guests: Leah Greenberg, co-creator of the IndivisibleGuide.com phenomenon; Saru Jayaraman of ROC United on DT's Labor Department pick. Plus, resistance info and sources. Leah Greenberg: Saru Jayaraman: PLUS Action Sources:
Robin on demonstrating, organizing, and the white women who voted for Trump. Guests: Physics for everyday life author Helen Czerski; Nigerian feminist leader Saudatu Mahdi on the Chibok girls. Plus, Surrealism Corner. Helen Czerski: Saudatu Mahdi:
2017 Premiere! Robin's Open Letter to Pres. Obama, plus the Senate hearings and Putin scandals. Guests: songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, Music Hall of Fame/Grammy/Oscar awardee; 25-year-old Hong Kong legislator who defied China, Regine Yau Wai-Ching. Carole Bayer Sager: Regine Yau Wai-Ching:
2016 year-end show. Robin's 5 effective, simple rebellions against Troll-Elect Trump. Guest: Annie Laurie Gaylor (Freedom from Religion Foundation) on women and atheism. Plus The Surrealism Corner, We Told You So, and an inspiring Solstice surprise! Annie Laurie Gaylor:
Robin on Standing Rock's triumph, new Muslim-Jewish coalitions, and tools to combat fake news. Guests: "Awesomely Luvvie" blogger Luvvie Ajayi on her first book; Krishanti Dhamaraj on global feminism and making cities "safe sanctuaries" for women. Luvvie Ajayi: Krishanti Dhamaraj:
Robin on neo-Nazis, the mystery of Obama-turned-Trump voters, and why mandatory voting's a great thing. Guests: Amani Al-Khatahtbeh's blog and book, Muslim Girl; Miriam Yeung on the Asian American/Pacific Islander community (and how they voted). Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: Miriam Yeung:
Robin on election facts you're not getting, accommodation vs. resistance, and remembering Gwen Ifill. Guests: Clare Malone of 538 on WTF happened with the polls; Marybeth Glenn, a Christian Evangelical Conservative with surprisingly familiar values. Clare Malone: Marybeth Glenn:
Robin on dread, resilience, where we are now, and where we're going. Guests: Special Election 2016 Analysis Roundtable, with Gloria Steinem, Maria Teresa Kumar, Eleanor Smeal, Salamishah Tillet—on what happened, and strategies for what's next. Maria Teresa Kumar: Eleanor Smeal: Gloria Steinem: Salamishah Tillet:
Robin on the FBI, women vets' rising suicide rate, and last words pre-election. Guests: Joy Reid, MSNBC political analyst and host of "AM Joy"; former Virginia judge and Education Secretary Anne Holton (whose husband is Veep candidate Tim Kaine). Joy Reid: Anne Holton:
Robin on furious GOP women fighting misogyny, the ways campaign bigotry is affecting kids, and how sexism and racism are intertwined. Guests: Dr. Sophia Yen on teen sexuality and contraceptives; Wendy Warren on her book about slavery in the US North. Sophia Yen: Wendy Warren:
Robin on the real "rigged system," electoral vertigo, and reversing its looking-glass effect. Guests: Natashia Deón talks about her novel Grace; Judit Polgár, the great chess Grandmaster who checkmated Spasky, Kasparov, and all the other big boys. Natashia Deón: Judit Polgár:
Robin on a free press, sexual assault as the tipping point issue, and women making history with the #NotOkay revolution. Guests: Speed stars Bonnie Thunders and Ariel Assault of Gotham Girls Roller Derby; Jane Chen on her life-saving invention. Bonnie Thunders and Ariel Assault: Jane Chen:
Robin on the NRA targeting HRC, and Poland abortion protests. Guests: Samantha Swords, champion sword fighter; Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight of the Women in Red project at Wikipedia. Samantha Swords: Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: Visit for this week's Fighting Words.
Robin on woes of female toll-booth agents, and women as best borrowers. Guests: Jessica Bennett on surviving sexist workplaces; Megan White Mukuria on menstrual hygiene products for Global South girls. Jessica Bennett: Megan White Mukuria: Visit for this week's Fighting Words.
Robin goes Inside the Headlines, visits the Surrealism Corner, and celebrates We Won This!. Guests: Actor and activist Sally Field; author Carol Anderson on her book White Rage. Carol Anderson: Visit for this week's Fighting Words.
Robin dubs HRC WonderWonk, analyzes "secrecy," and rips Trump's childcare plan. Guests: Native leader Rebecca Adamson on the real (women's) story at the Standing Rock Sioux protest; Autumn Eakin and female cinematographers counter "the male gaze." Rebecca Adamson: Autumn Eakin:
Season Premiere! Robin channels Buffy the V.S. to take on Trump's underworld, from Kellyanne Conway to Julian Assange. Guests: Diana Nyad, record-setting long-distance swimmer (at 64); Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whistleblower pediatrician of Flint, MI. Diana Nyad: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha:
Season Finale. Robin on the GOP platform, Pence, Melania Trump's plagiarized speech—and Megyn Kelly vs. Roger Ailes. Guests: Maria Teresa Kumar on the Latino/Latina vote; Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Sweden's feminist foreign policy. Maria Teresa Kumar: Margot Wallström:
Robin on the Falcon Heights, Baton Rouge, and Dallas murders; plus FoxNewswomen v. Roger Ailes. Guests: Polling decoded by FiveThirtyEight.com's Clare Malone; GOP insider Tanya Melich on The Republican War Against Women—and on Trump's Convention. Clare Malone: Tanya Melich:
Robin on the FBI and Hillary's emails, and CNN hiring Corey Lewandowski. Guests: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D. DC) on House sit in and DC statehood; Jane Manning on drug-facilitated sexual assault; Clara Bingham's book Witness To The Revolution. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton: Jane Manning: Clara Bingham:
Robin analyzes Brexit's impact on women and on the U.S. presidential elections—and reviews SCOTUS decision on reproductive rights. Guest: Senator Barbara Boxer (D. CA) for an exclusive in-depth conversation. Plus, Surrealism Corner and We Won This! Barbara Boxer:
Robin on the gun vote, HRC's and Trump's staffs, repro-rights breakthroughs, and gravitational waves. Guests: Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate; Jessica Ladd's solution to campus rape; Daisy Khan on Muslim feminism (and voter registration!). Rita Dove: Jessica Ladd: Daisy Khan:
Robin on the Orlando massacre and homophobia; also on Trump, guns, and the Stanford rape sentence. Guests: Andi Zeisler warns of commercialized feminism; Brenda Berkman on women firefighters; Lauren Wolfe's Congo report about violence against women. Andi Zeisler: Brenda Berkman: Lauren Wolfe:
Robin on our having survived the primaries—and made history. Guests: Ridhi Tariyal, inventor of "smart tampons"; Desiree Cooper's "flash fiction"; Dawn Porter's new documentary on abortion providers, Trapped. Plus, Surrealism Corner and We Won This! Ridhi Tariyal: Desiree Cooper: Dawn Porter:
Robin on Brazil's gang rape, "Ogle Day" in Texas, and Donald Trump's mental health. Guests: Dani Mari on Female Frequency's first record; Elizabeth Sweet exposes new sexism in toys; NYT reporter Somini Sengupta's book on India's youthful population. Dani Mari: Elizabeth Sweet: Somini Sengupta:
Robin on Obama, Trump, Sanders—and manhood. Guests: Muslim feminist comic writer/filmmaker Negin Farsad; Feminist Majority Exec. Director and Ms. Editor Kathy Spillar; geobiologist and best-selling author Hope Jahren. Plus Surrealism Corner and We Won This! Negin Farsad: Kathy Spillar: Hope Jahren:
Robin on South American women pols: corruption or sexism? Guests: Rachel Simmons on empowering girls; Susan Ware debuts Click!, feminist history's online home; Manisha Sinha on how enslaved Africans led the abolition fight. Plus Surrealism Corner. Rachel Simmons: Susan Ware: Manisha Sinha:
Robin on what Trumpism really means, and what's next. Guests: Gloria Steinem reveals her new adventure; Regine Sawyer discusses the world of women and comix; Andrea Pino organizes against campus sexual assault. Plus Tweet of the Week and We Won This! Gloria Steinem: Regine Sawyer: Andrea Pino:
Robin on "the Woman Card," and the "electoral industrial complex." Guests: Elaine Showalter, biographer of Julia Ward Howe; President of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine on climate change; Blogger Scicurious (Bethany Brookshire) on science thrills. Elaine Showalter: President Hilda Heine: "Scicurious" (Bethany Brookshire):
Robin on why the Founders rejected democracy, the 8 unknown US presidents before George Washington, and the Harriet Tubman $20 bill. Special Poetry Month Show! Guest poets Alicia Ostriker, Robin Coste Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin read from their work.
Alicia Ostriker: On Rutgers.edu » On Poets.org »
Robin Coste Lewis: Author Page on Amazon.com »
Ursula K. Le Guin: UrsulaKLeGuin.com »
Robin on "the vagina vote," women candidates, the Panama Papers, and how journalists report campus rape. Guests: Nobel winner neuroscientist Paul Greengard; Celeste Mergens on girls' menstrual kits; Rebecca Traister on the impact of single women. Dr. Paul Greengard: Celeste Mergens: Rebecca Traister:
Robin on polls, Hillary, The Donald, and The Bern; plus special show on women and Parkinson's Disease, and gender-specific medicine. Guests: Maria De Leon, MD; Susan Foster, RN; and Allison Willis, MD. Also: Surrealism Corner, and We Won This! Maria De Leon: Susan Foster: Allison Willis: Related Links:
Robin on the media and Trump, and on "authenticity." Guests: Christine Lahti on acting, feminism, and writing; Robin Murphy, disaster-rescue roboticist; Patricia Bell-Scott discusses her book on the friendship of Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt. Christine Lahti: Robin Murphy: Patricia Bell-Scott:
Robin on why young women deserve better sex, Cuba, Serena vs. sexism, job bias, and how pollution is killing us. Guests: Jennifer Scanlon's book on Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Emily Rice (astrophysicist and DJ!), IWHC's Françoise Girard on women's health. Jennifer Scanlon: Emily Rice: Françoise Girard:
Robin on Daesh/ISIL, Afghanistan's supreme court, and the pundits who analyze US elections. Guests: Jenny Raskin's Videofreex docufilm; Alida Brill's new book; former Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin (on Bernie). Plus Surrealism Corner and We Won This! Jenny Raskin: Alida Brill: Madeleine Kunin:
Robin on Sanders' guns and Trump's genitals. Guests: Jen Brea on truths about Chronic Fatigue and women; Pamela Shifman and plans for The Women's Building; Julia Markus uncovers who Lady Byron really was. Plus, Surrealism Corner and We Told You So! Jen Brea: Pamela Shifman: Julia Markus:
Robin on Trump, Mussolini, and the KKK. Guests: Alessandra Gonzalez on Muslim elites; Susan McClelland on Lucia Jang's North Korean escape; Kavitha Davidson on women athletes (and male locker rooms). New features: We Told You So! and We Won This! Alessandra Gonzalez: Susan McClelland: Kavitha Davidson:
Robin on Sanders' "honorary woman" claim, Pope vs. Zika virus, and SCOTUS deciding womb rights (again). Guests: Barbara Findlen, editor of WMC's Oscars-Gender Review; Judy Brooks' Healing Quest; Erin McKean's world's biggest dictionary, Wordnik.com. Erin McKean Judy Brooks: Barbara Findlen:
Robin on Scalia's death, Mitch McConnell, and Sanders' half truths. Guests: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Short Documentary Oscar nominee; Maria Klawe's success drawing women and minorities to STEM; Sarah Marquis's 3-year walk alone in the wilderness. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Sarah Marquis: Maria Klawe:
Robin on Syria—and on women who support Sanders. Guests: Lorie Conway on her doc film Beatrice Mtetwa And The Rule Of Law; Edythe Weeks on outer space laws and sex/race equality; Betsy Teutsch's 100 Tools to Empower Global Women for Under $100. Lorie Conway: Edythe Weeks: Betsy Teutsch:
Robin on the Oscars' mess, and on women at the Wailing Wall. Guests: award-winning poet Robin Coste Lewis; disability rights lawyer Amy Epstein Gluck; an in-depth report from Germany about the New Year's Eve attacks on women. Plus Surrealism Corner! Robin Coste Lewis: Amy Epstein Gluck: Alexander Eul:
Robin on Bernie, the Davos Economic Forum, and a Saudi fatwa against chess. Guests: Irin Carmon, author of The Notorious RBG; Julie Burton on a new Women's Media Center Report of media coverage on repro rights; filmmakers of fab doc SpeedSisters. Irin Carmon: Julie Burton: Amber Fares & Jessica Devaney:
Robin on Bad Dads: the Koch brothers' papa, plus Ted Cruz's—and Ted's wife Heidi. Guests: Danielle Citron fighting cyberhate; Marianne Schnall on Feminist.com's 20th Anniversary; "No Mas Bebes" filmmakers. Catholic Bishops in the Surrealism Corner. Danielle Citron: Renee Tajima-Peña & Virginia Espino: Marianne Schnall:
Robin on the new fatherhood—and on armed ranchers seizing federal land. Guests: Sportscaster Julie DiCaro on NFL violence against women; Catharine Conley, NASA's Planetary Protection Officer; Suzanne Kelly's eye-opening book "Greening Death." Julie DiCaro: Catharine Conley: Suzanne Kelly:
Robin kicks off 2016 commenting on Bill Cosby's arrest, Japan's apology to "comfort women," and refugees. Guests: Jamie Broadnax (BlackGirlNerds); Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani's HuffPostLive WMN webcast; Dilar Dirik on Kurdish feminist soldiers. Jamie Broadnax: Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani: Dilar Dirik:
The Winter Solstice show! Robin on Trump-Cruz-Scalia, surviving whiplash from the backlash, and redefining time for a new year. Guests: Rabbi Sharon Brous, Annie Laurie Gaylor (Freedom from Religion Foundation)—plus the Buddhist tale of Dhammananda. Rabbi Sharon Brous: Annie Laurie Gaylor: Dhammananda Bhikkhuni:
Robin on San Bernadino and the aftermath—and on detoxifying from the news. Guests: Mona Eltahawy on sexual revolution in the Muslim world; Louise Mirrer on putting women into history; Jessamyn Rodriguez on Hot Bread Kitchen's empowering women. Mona Eltahawy: Louise Mirrer: Jessamyn Rodriguez:
Robin on the Planned Parenthood shooting, the "Caliphate"—and religion itself. Guests: Erin Helfert from Paris on the attacks' aftermath—against women; Margaret Huyck on older women; Liz Cunningham on ocean preservation. Plus, a new name for "ISIL." Liz Cunningham: Erin Helfert: Margaret Huyck:
Robin comments on terrorism—and on organ donation and a new treatment for ovarian cancer. Guests: Saru Jayaraman and ROC United on restaurant workers rights; champion and activist Billie Jean King in conversation as you've never heard her before. Saru Jayaraman: Billie Jean King:
Robin on repro rights centrality to progress—and on the US turning less religious. Guests: Ellyn Kaschak's new book on blindness, sight, and bigotry; Anne Marie Goetz's inside scoop on the UN; Marlo Thomas recalls "That Girl" and "Free to Be..." Marlo Thomas: Anne Marie Goetz: Ellyn Kaschak:
Robin on Veterans Day, women vets, and the VA—and on polyandry, and surrogacy. Guests: comedian Amy Schumer; radio-broadcaster whistleblower Karoline Kramer-Gould; Palestinian feminist scholar Nadera Shaloub-Kevorkian reports from Jerusalem. Amy Schumer: Karoline Kramer-Gould: Nadera Shaloub-Kevorkian:
Robin on Hillary v. GOP Benghazi Committee, and on Halloween, quantum physics, and the "licensing effect." Guests: Sophie Walker, head of Britain's new Women's Equality Party; PBS NewsHour co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff with Pat Mitchell. Sophie Walker: Judy Woodruff & Gwen Ifill:
Robin on the FDA's too-fast-track approval of drugs for women, and female workers in G-20 countries. Guests: Leslee Udwin's film India's Daughter; Lorie Mertes on a new initiative from Museum of Women in the Arts; Mary Anne Franks on "revenge porn." Mary Anne Franks: Lorie Mertes: Leslee Udwin:
Robin on new campus-assault data, plus the EEOC investigation of Hollywood sexist hiring. Guests: Linda Hirshman's dual biography of Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg; Asha Castleberry on US military in Iraq; Susan Solomon (NYSCF) on stem-cell research. Linda Hirshman: Asha Castleberry: Susan Solomon:
Robin on 10 things you can do to improve media treatment of women. Guests: comedian Larry Wilmore of "The Nightly Show" on sexism, racism, and comedy; NY State paleontologist Lisa Amati on evolution; Julia Geynisman's pioneering Survivor Clinic. Larry Wilmore: Lisa Amati: Julia Geynisman:
Robin exposes Catholic church secrets on contraception and abortion. Guests: Maya Raghu on workplace violence; Rebecca Rachmany's comics and cartoons of girls loving science and tech; Sima Samar's rare good news from Afghanistan—about human rights! Sima Samar: Rebecca Rachmanyr: Maya Raghur:
Robin on a womb of one's own (papal visit, plus GOP vs. Planned Parenthood), and dads suing for parental leave. Guests: Pam Elam on Stanton and Anthony statues; Erin Pettit on listening to glaciers; Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald on nonstate torture. Pam Elam: Erin Pettit: Jeanne Sarson & Linda MacDonald:
Robin on the Beijing UN Conference 20th anniversary—and on what "choice" really means. Guests: Margot Magowan of ReelGirl; Heidi Hutner on women's radiation vulnerability; Daisy Khan on keeping disaffected Muslim youth safe from ISIL's seductions. Daisy Khan: Heidi Hutner: Margot Magowan:
Robin starts the season commenting on refugees, political campaigns, Megyn Kelly, the Pope, Amnesty International, Black Lives Matter, Women Rangers—and how she spent her vacation. Guests: Maria Teresa Kumar; the Guerrilla Girls; Gloria Steinem. Guerrilla Girls: Gloria Steinem Maria Teresa Kumar & Voto Latino:
Robin on the lack of female playwrights, NASA's new Blue Marble photo, and Cosby as "America's ideal Dad." Guests: Jillian Goodman, founder of new magazine Mary; Alaa Murabit on women in Libya; evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk on insects as sex instructors. Jillian Goodman Alaa Murabit Marlene Zuk
Robin comments on Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman publication controversy, South Carolina (again), and women in media abroad. Guests: East African singer-songwriter Somi; bioengineer of marine life Kakani Katija; legendary Indian Gandhian feminist activist Devaki Jain. Kakani Katija Somi Devaki Jain
Robin on "strict Constitutionalists"—and the Monarch butterfly. Guests: Rana el Kaliouby, who teaches computers to read our emotions; Lauren Wolfe reports on the plight of women refugees in Italy; feminist rock critic Jessica Hopper's take on the current rock scene and women. Rana el Kaliouby Lauren Wolfe Jessica Hopper
Robin on SCOTUS rulings and white-supremacist domestic terrorism. Guests: climate science defender Naomi Oreskes; Muslim feminist comedian Negin Farsad; and documentary filmmaker Sini Anderson's new subject—women and Lyme Disease. Plus, Surrealism Corner. Sini Anderson Naomi Oreskes Negin Farsad
Robin on racism, the Mother Emmanuel Church massacre, the battle flag of the Confederacy and the Second Amendment. Guests: Liz Garbus, director of documentary on Nina Simone; Gayle Lemmon on women soldiers in special ops; Mellissa Silverstein on Hollywood's "genderquake." Melissa Silverstein Gayle Lemmon Liz Garbus
Robin on FDA consideration of “libido drug” for women. Guests: Monica Simpson of SisterSong; Jeannie Gayle Pool, feminist musicologist, on a rediscovered opera and other gems ; Lina Nilsson on the real reasons women aren’t in STEM, and how to change that. Lina Nilsson Jeannie Gayle Pool Monica Simpson
Robin on Dennis Hastert's alleged child sexual abuse. Guests: Holly Carter on kid filmmakers; Asra Nomani on "Gender Jihad" and reforming Islam; Gail Dines on newly discovered effects of pornography and that industry's multinational corporate status. Plus, Surrealism Corner. Gail Dines Asra Nomani Holly Carter
Robin on SCOTUS's Elonis decision and Tunisia's Truth Commission. Guests: Dr. Jennifer Mieres on women's cardiac health; Carmen Gonzalez on environmental justice and some simple solutions; Fraidy Reiss on her underground railroad for women fleeing arranged marriages. Dr. Jennifer Mieres Carmen Gonzalez Fraidy Reiss
Robin celebrates Ireland’s marriage equality referendum but mourns their abortion illegality. Guests: Karen Tramontano on making policy answerable to poor people; Taina Bien-Aimé on sexual exploitation and the UN; Susan Solomon on 7 ways to get more women into science. Karen Tramontano Taina Bien-Aimé Susan Solomon
Exclusive Coverage: Former President Jimmy Carter and Robin speak at the first World Summit on Sexual Exploitation, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, May 11-12 (Courtesy of the Carter Center). Guest Jennifer Crumpton on her book, Femmevangelical. Plus, Surrealism Corner. Jimmy Carter & The Carter Center Jennifer Crumpton
Robin on "Mother's Day," Carly Fiorina's candidacy, and mental health in the US. Guests: Rev. Ann Kansfield, first woman chaplain (and a lesbian, too!) in NYC's Fire Department; scholar Valerie Hudson on "WomanStats"; Leslee Udwin discusses her banned film India's Daughter. Rev. Ann Kansfield & The FDNY Foundation Valerie Hudson & WomanStats Leslee Udwin and India's Daughter
Robin connects spam with world politics. Guests: Jane Fonda's exclusive personal account on the White House Correspondents' Dinner; Brenda Feigen's exclusive report from inside the Supreme Court's marriage equality hearing; Susan Ades Stone on the "Women on 20s" currency campaign. Susan Ades Stone and "Women On 20s" Jane Fonda Brenda Feigen
Robin's questions to candidates, commentary on the Pulitzers, and ending fossil fuels. Guests: Vanessa K. De Luca on Essence's "Black Women at Work" survey; Jessica Greer Morris' Girl Be Heard Theater; Yael Marom on "Local Call," a new media push for peace in Israel-Palestine.
Robin on Hillary’s critics. Guests for Poetry Month: Sue Leonard, editor of Persimmon Tree; Geneva Overholser on the Academy of American Poets; and Robin reads work by Stevie Smith, Leslie Silko, Isel Rivero, Suheir Hammad, Irena Klepfisz, Toi Derricote, and Shirley Geok–Lin Lim.
Robin on the rise of feminism in China and a recluse Gazan artist. Guests: Veronica Todaro on women and Parkinson's Disease; singing trio "Betty" and their activism; Chinese feminist and scholar Wu Qing on her work for rural women's rights in China. Also: News You Can Use.
Robin comments on the breast-milk industry, Angelina Jolie's menopause, and Ohio state Rep. Teresa Fedor's courage. Guests: Pramila Jayapal, first South Asian American woman Washington state legislator; Bonnie Dow on media vs. feminism; veteran activist Cora Weiss on peace.
Robin comments on a high point in the human spirit—and on startling discoveries about how we process information. Guests: Karen Naimer of PHRC; Nelly Gicho-Niyonzima of The Connected Hearts; and Mallika Dutt on fresh, creative strategies to fight violence against women, trafficking, and conflict.
Robin takes on "I'm no racist" racists. Guests: Singer-songwriter Janita discusses her new, breakthrough album—with a WMCLive world premiere of her new single; Mona Eltahawy reports on the chaos of Egypt; Gloria Steinem returns—with a new organization that funds women.
Robin on Hillary's email, and on young women joining ISIL. Guests: GA State Sen. Nan Orrock on politics at the state level; Charon Asetoyer exposes how oil pipelines increase violence against Native women; Hasna Maznavi, 29, founder of the first Women's Mosque of America.
Robin sees through the Walmart raise. Guests: Carol McCabe Booker on black press pioneer Alice Dunnigan, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday on the Oscars. EXCLUSIVE: The first-ever airing of 2005 conversation between music icons Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) and the late Lesley Gore.
Robin on Strauss-Kahn's pimping trial in France—and U.S. weather. Guests: Nigerian-American novelist Bridgett Davis; Millennials critique voluntourism; Mexican investigative reporter Lydia Cacho on surviving traffickers' death threats. Also, Verbal Karate and The Last Straw.
Robin on #BlackGirlsMatter, Vatican “women’s week,” and Obama’s religion flap. New study connecting domestic violence and mass shootings. Guests: classical guitarist Sharon Isbin; engineer Rossana D'Antonio; Hadiza Bala Usman, founder of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
Robin on the Vanderbilt U. gang rape guilty verdict and the end of "the Brawns Age." Guests: Zakiya Jemmott, post-Ferguson millennial activist; Rosalie Maggio, language expert/author; Charlotte Isaksson, founder of GenderForce—a world first. Plus, News You Can Use: oxytocin.
Robin on ISIL’s price list and rules for treating female captives and slaves. Guests: Former DA Jane Manning reveals the real problem with Rolling Stone’s campus rape article; and from the Sundance Festival, correspondent Pat Mitchell talks with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
Robin on the Oscar nominations—and endangered ocean life. Guests: Lael Echo-Hawk on reforming Native tribal councils; NY City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito on being a “first”; Jessica Neuwirth’s new book on why we need the ERA more than ever. Plus, the Surrealism Corner.
Robin comments on “Who is Charlie, Really?” Guests: Eva Longoria talks about her Latina political activism; Ellen Bravo’s workplace update on the progress of paid leave legislation; Dana Cowin and Beverly Wettenstein on women chefs gaining power. Plus “A Eulogy for Maha.”
Robin returns after the Solstice hiatus and comments on how much Black Lives Matter—and Blue Lives, too. Guests: Lily Tomlin on the Kennedy Honors; Katrina vanden Heuvel on Molly Ivins, and UN Women director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on changing the world. Plus, Surrealism Corner and Fighting Words.
The Solstice Show. Robin on a Saudi action alert and Diane Feinstein’s finest hour, plus her classic essay “Four Secular Saints.” Guests: Sister Simone Campbell (Nuns on the Bus); Annie Laurie Gaylor (Freedom from Religion Foundation); Karyn Gershon (Project Kesher).
Robin on Ikumi Yoshimatsu and Japan’s “comfort women,” die-ins, Rolling Stone, and Cosby. Guests: Erin Helfert on VAWA protection abroad; Kimberly Dark on the body’s messages; Melissa Silverstein on 2014 Feminist Moments in Film. Plus, the 2014 Ink Smear Awards for awful media.
Robin shares an intergenerational conversation with The F Bomb’s Julie Zeilinger on young women’s guilt and correct-line politics; Cecilia Abadie on tomorrow’s wearable computers; and a Latina roundtable on immigration, with undocumented members Marisa Franco, Sandra Restrepo, and Rosie Carrasco speaking out.
Robin on immigration. climate change, and denial—also on the Iroquois Constitution that influenced James Madison. Guests: Rep. Carolyn Maloney; Sarah Deer, Muscogee activist on VAWA in Indian country; Elizabeth Sackler, first woman chair of the Brooklyn Museum Board of Trustees.
Robin on the republication of Monster as an e-book after decades of unavailability. Guests: Joanne N. Smith, founder/head of Girls for Gender Equity; Maxine Hanks, Mormon historian who shook up the LDS church; Sarah Marquis, who trekked alone through Asia for 10,000 miles.
Robin on the elections, and how the country is an abused spouse. Guests: MacArthur Award winner Ai-Jen Poo, organizer of domestic workers; author Suzanne Braun Levine on the new fatherhood; Rebecca Gomperts of Women On Waves and WomenOnWeb.org on doing border-defying abortions—via e-mail.
Robin takes on the lot—Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, and more—for fake diversity initiatives. Guests: WMC 2014 Social Media Award winner Elianne Ramos (@erGeekGoddess); Michelle Ebanks, CEO of Essence, Inc.; and Stacy Smith on women’s images in films abroad.
The pre-WMC Gala Awards show! Robin defends nurses on Ebola and rakes Facebook and Google over new policies. Guests: awardees Katie Couric and Belle director Amma Asante; Gala host MSNBC’s Joy Reid; and multiple Emmy winner Pat Mitchell debuts as WMC Live's special correspondent.
Robin on ISIL and "The Demon Lover," and on a brave Sufi conference on women, peace, and changing the Muslim world. Guests: Robin Givens on Domestic Violence Month; pollster Celinda Lake talks women and the elections; and Melissa Silverstein debuts as WMC Live's entertainment correspondent.
Robin on the hidden story of Ebola and women, plus some surprises in the Surrealism Corner. Guests: Olympic medalist Anita DeFrantz on sports today; Jenny Nordberg's book on Afghan girls passing as boys; Chirlane McCray, first lady of NYC and proud feminist, talks policy—and literature!
Robin on ISIL's execution of Samira Salih Ali al-Nuaimi. Then, for the Day of the Girlchild: a roundtable of African American feminists—Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Salamishah Tillet, Kristie Dotson, Joanne N. Smith, and Danielle E. Gary—on what Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative does to girls. Plus, Maya Nussbaum, the founder of Girls Write Now, and Taysha Clark, one of its stellar "graduates."
Robin's comments range from our new war and medical research to how Shakespeare sounded in his day and the autumnal equinox. Guests: Mouna Ghanem (Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace); Karen Nussbaum on unions and the middle class; Carmen Gonzalez on "environmental justice."
Robin confronts glamorized NFL batterers—and their greedy masters. Guests: Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis on her memoir, the campaign, and her own abortion; Russian expert Nina Khrushcheva dissects Putin’s manhood problem; Eve Ellis on why women’s parity in boardrooms helps the bottom line.
Robin on California's "Yes Means Yes" law, ISIL, Somalia, and the Rotherham, UK scandal. Guests: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw on #MyBrothersKeeper; Jane Friedman on e-books transforming how we read; Cristi Hegranes on Global Press Institute, the first all-women professional wire service. Plus, News You Can Use.
Season 3! Robin on the Ferguson, Missouri news roundup—and Cialis commercials. Guests: comic Lizz Winstead (Daily Show creator); Abeer Ayyoub reports live from Gaza; Missouri journalist Mary Kay Blakely on Ferguson and the media. Plus, Surrealism Corner and Fighting Words.
Robin on the slaughter of a children’s crusade: Gaza, Ukraine, immigration, and Boko Haram. Guests: Renee Schmidt of SheBytes.com; classically trained pop singing duo Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira; prize-winning Nigerian novelist and proud feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Robin on the importance of Net Neutrality to women, and on the EU counting prostitution in the GDP. Guests: Shannon Watts on Moms vs. Guns; Ari Horie on collaborative not competitive models in business; Melissa Giges, singer-songwriter and voice of a generation on her new album.
Robin on the SCOTUS rulings against reproductive rights, the "Cosmos” series, and plants that hear. Guests: “evolutionary architect” Rachel Preston Prinz; an Molly Cantrell-Kraig on crucial mobility for abused women; Meg Baldwin on approaching shelters with a whole new attitude.
Robin on the assassination of Libyan feminist Salwa Bugaighis, Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative, and the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby ruling. Guests: a Libyan Women’s roundtable with Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, and Sahar Madiha al-Naas; Cyma Shapiro on midlife motherhood.
Robin on George Will (again), the Islamist PM of Morocco, and Japan outlawing child porn (not!). Guests: Suey Park of #NotYourAsianSidekick; women’s quotations expert Rosalie Maggio; Megan Marshall, Pulitzer winner for her biography of Margaret Fuller.
Robin on Mormons excommunicating a feminist, and on George Will and campus rapes. Guests: Cyndee Readdean, producer of the documentary film Freedom Summer; Mona Eltahawy reports from Cairo on the sexual assault epidemic; Marisa Tomei on sexuality, spirituality, film, and being back on Broadway.
Robin on Twitter misogyny, and on science discovering the miraculously curative placenta. Guests: ABC journalist Lynn Sherr talks about her book on Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space; jazz star Karrin Allyson sings and plays; Heather Arnet on her film Madame Presidenta.
Robin on the Isla Vista killings and the climate of misogyny, plus “News You Can Use” on women and medical research. Guests: Melisa Farley’s research on prostitution realities; Victoria Budson on the private effects of public policy; Juanita Johnson-Bailey on keeping women’s studies women’s studies.
Robin comments on the new concept of GNH (Gross National Happiness), used in Bhutan along with GDP; also Verbal Karate, and the words of Toni Morrison. Guests: the great storyteller Ursula K. Le Guin; author Judy Blume; former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove.
Special Program—an entire hour on the sudden firing of The New York Times's first female Executive Editor Jill Abramson. Robin on the patriarchal dynasty that owns the Times. Roundtable with award-winning journalists Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, Gloria Steinem, and Soraya Chemaly.
Robin sounds off on Monica Lewinsky’s return—and comments again on the Nigerian crisis. Guests: Alexis Feigen Fasteau on creative techniques of a prosecutor; Meg Medina on literature for young Latinas; Kate Cockrill and Steph Herold on taking the stigma out of abortion.
Robin on the mass abduction of Nigerian girls into sex slavery. Guests: "First Lady of Boxing” Jackie Kallen; Cara Hoffman talks about her new novel on women veterans and PTSD; Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith on their major study of campus assaults and "institutional betrayal."
Robin lets loose on the NBA and racism. Guests: an exclusive and controversial conversation with President Jimmy Carter—her first male guest—on feminism as THE 21st-century struggle; Brittney Cooper on the Crunk Collective and black feminism; and Angela Bonavoglia on Pope Francis's "cosmetic Catholicism."
Robin‘s comments range from unsourced quotes to the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Guests: Anita Hill reveals new aspects of her famous testimony in a personal conversation; Julie Burton parses the 2014 Status of Women in Media Report; Lenora Lee on dance and Chinese history.
Special show for Parkinson’s Awareness Month: Robin on finding a new feminist ‘front’ with her own diagnosis. Guests: neurologist Claire Henchcliffe on gender differences in treatment; Lori Katz on having Deep Brain Stimulation; Veronica Todaro’s public health overview.
Robin celebrates National Poetry Month with sister poets Irena Klepfisz, Toi Derricotte, and Ursula K. LeGuin reading poems and discussing the craft of poetry. Robin comments on the We Belong Together Campaign for sensible immigration reform—and why the media ignores it.
Robin on climate change indifference, and on how political scandals scapegoat women. Guests: Nina Khrushcheva on Russia’s Gulag mindset; Annie Leonard’s history of “stuff”; Linda Sarsour fights bigotry at Arab Americans; Maia Szalavitz on the right rehabs for addicted women.
Robin’s open message to Gloria Steinem on her 80th birthday, and on Scandinavian men’s pro-feminism. Guests: Julie Zeilinger of teen feminist hot blog; Atima Omara, President Young Dems of America; and Ikumi Yosimatsu returns—now taking on the Japanese Goverment.
Robin on new Iraqi laws; the web phenomenon of Klout, its language—and its racism; and Obama's "mom jeans." Guests: MSNBC host Karen Finney; conductor Amelia LeClair of Capella Clausura, plus music by a 16th-century teenager; and Elaine Partnow of .
Robin critiques a problem with guest Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In group, reports on women in Ukraine’s crisis, and comments on global sex industry corporations. Guests: Lorrain Franklin-Taylor of ; Anna R. on LinkedIn’s new anti-stalking policy.
Robin celebrates International Women’s Day with Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee; beauty queen turned feminist Ikumi Yoshimatsu; Caribbean activist legend Peggy Antrobus; political visual artist Yolanda Domínguez; and WMC Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe.
Oscar time! The movies show. Robin on the one film she made as a working kid actor, and on the influence of movies. Guests: Stacy Smith on diversity (Not!) in movies; Abigail Disney on women & documentaries; and Jane Fonda talks about her new book—and her Oscar picks.
Robin lets loose at Amnesty International’s supporting pimps’ and johns’ “rights,” and defends Jessica Valenti’s critique of TED Talks. Guests: Jennifer Baumgardner of The Feminist Press, Jennifer Parrish on incarcerated women, plus the one and only Kathy Najimy.
Robin rises to take on the Catholic Little Sisters of the Poor—and cracks up over the Pussy Riot purge. Guests include: activist Gloria Feldt on the Take the Lead conference; New Yorker writer Ariel Levy; and Dr. Laura Carstensen, expert on longevity and happiness.
Robin on Sally Hemmings. Black History panel of African American feminists online: Zerlina Maxwell, Dr. Goddess, Luvvie Ajayi, Shireen Mitchell; Ruth Feldstein’s book on women entertainers’ impact on civil rights movements; and sports correspondent Amy K. Nelson on the Olympics.
Robin reveals how radio play bias especially hurts women performers. Guests: NY Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan; US Rep. Donna Edwards on income inequality and "Moral Mondays;" Viviana Hurtado’s Wise Latina Club; Emily Lakdawalla on the wonders of the galaxy.
Robin takes on Texas and House Republican woman-haters. Guests: Dr. Claudia Henschke on preventing lung-cancer deaths; Julia Maris on “ethnic rapes” in Burma; Amanda Hess on combatting Internet violence against women; Soraya Chemaly on the global Feminist Network Project.
Robin's commentaries range over poverty, MLK Day, Saudi Arabia, and drill-sergeant progress. Guests: Amy K. Nelson on sports journalism; Michaela Davies reframes celebrity reporting; Layla Fiske on Palestinian fiction; Lisa Stratton and Jill Gaulding of Gender Justice fight for women in the Midwest.
Post-hiatus return! Robin on NY state politics and on puttering joys. Guests: reporter Cheryl Wills, who sleuthed out a slave ancestor; Cori Schumacher on sexism in surfing; Jehane Noujaim on her film The Square; and Veronica Dahl on the growing intelligence of computers.
Special Solstice show. Robin riffs on fantasies of what media will be in the future, and later reveals her four secular saints. Guests: Newsweek's “most influential rabbi in America” Sharon Brous; Reverend Jennifer Crumpton; and atheist activist Annie Laurie Gaylor.
Robin on the women behind Mandela's greatness. Guests: Katharine Morrison, founder of the first full-service women's health facility—a birthing center and abortion clinic; Lenora Lee's art about trafficked Chinese women; and Rachel Moran exposes the reality of prostitution.
Robin starts a rumor: The Koch Brothers paid hackers to damage the ObamaCare website! Guests: entrepreneur, activist, and filmmaker Regina K. Scully; historian Estelle Freedman; and Gloria Steinem in a special double segment on receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Robin's surprising comments on Doris Lessing's death. Special double-segment conversation: Hawaii's first woman Senator, Mazie Hirono, gets personal. Also, Anna Leah Sarabia on women in the Philippines, and Rebecca Sive discusses her book on how to run and win—at anything.
Robin on the typhoon in Southeast Asia, and on rampant prostitution in—yes—Dubai. Guests are all colleagues working on women and media: Jaclyn Fridman (WAM); Jenn Pozner (WIMN); Rita Henley Jensen (Women's e-News); and Katherine Rowlands (Journalism & Women Symposium).
Robin comments on women Senators’ courtesy, and also on the newest “loner” shooter. Guests: actor and comic Kathy Najimy; author Debora Spar; new research on movie sexism and racism by Stacy Smith; and Laurel Sprague on fighting discrimination against HIV-positive women.
Robin gives an exclusive update on Saudi women defying the driving ban, and comments on the attempted revival of the Men’s Movement. Guests: NARAL Pro-Choice America’s president Ilyse Hogue; Palestinian comic Maysoon Zayid; and singer-activist Holly Near.
Robin's exclusive interview with Madeha Al Jaroush, Saudi driver, from Riyad, Saudi Arabia, on October 26, the day of the Women's Drive In. Share your statements of support, photos and vidoes of support demonstrations, and copies of e-mails to the Saudi government or embassies. • By E-mail: • On Twitter:
Marianne Schnall on her new book, "What Will It Take..." for a woman president. Other guests: pundit Sally Kohn, and Farida Allaghi on Libyan women today. Plus, rapists' paternal rights?!? Robin roots for Saudi women drivers, praises a UN resolution, and has at the Mormons.
Robin comments on today's decree by the Ministry of Interior that it is illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia. Make your voice heard against this gender apartheid today. E-mail the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia: Fax King Abdullah Abdul Al Saud of Saudi Arabia:(966) 1-491-2726
Robin urges charging Ted Cruz and the Tea Party with the Act of Sedition, and shows how Senate women led a compromise. “The Art of Editing” Guests: magazine editor Suzanne Braun Levine; film editor Geeta Gandbhir; book editor Rosemary Ahern; and news editor Amanda Bennett.
Robin on "unnatural" Republicans and the first Atheists' PAC. Guests: Amanda Lindhout, captivity survivor; Lindy West, WMC Social Media winner; Amy Richards on MAKERS; and Christine Stark on Duluth's vanishing Native women. Plus, Saudi Arabia in the Surrealism Corner—again.
Pre-Women’s Media Center Awards Gala show. Robin on World Bank ranking of women’s status. Awardee guests: Christiane Amanpour on her greatest pride and greatest regret; Maria Teresa Kumar (MSNBC & Voto Latino); Sheila Johnson (producer of “The Butler”); and Carol Jenkins and Pat Mitchell.
Robin's commentaries take on both the Federal Reserve and the UN. Guests include Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on DC dysfunction; Zerlina Maxwell on rape culture and gun culture; historian Louise Knight, and Women Moving Millions CEO Jacki Zehner. Plus, Verbal Karate.
Robin compares Arab Spring spasms to the birth of the USA, and also examines a new study on rape motivations. Guests: Sandra Fluke moves on from Rushbo; 3 campus activists compare tactical notes; and Syrian women peacemakers report from Damascus. Plus, Verbal Karate.
Robin launches Season 2 with a state-of-the-world roundup. Guests: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay; FaceBook CEO and author Sheryl Sandberg; and political pundit, former White House press secretary, and author Dee Dee Myers. Plus, a crowded Surrealism Corner.
Robin reveals that the Catholic Church was once actually pro-abortion, and comments on UNESCO's gender-sensitive media guidelines. Guests Deb Tolman of girls' group SPARK, WMC media coach Chris Jahnke, the show's senior producer Cristal Williams Chancellor, and Sayda Zelaya.
Robin comments on George Zimmerman's violence against women background, ruled inadmissible at the trial. Guests focus on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the MLK, Jr. March on Washington: Rinku Sen, anti-racism strategist; Sayda Zelaya and Keneisha Deas, young women of color, on the past and the future; and veteran journalist Carol Jenkins on being the mother of an African-American son. Robin eulogizes Helen Thomas, and closes out the show's first season with a look back, plus promises for September, after an August hiatus filled with rerun favorites of WMC Live's listeners.
Robin reflects on the Zimmerman verdict, and violence against black women. Guests: A former CIA agent now combating trafficking; an online activist fighting everyday sexism; musical comic Katie Goodman keeps us in stitches; and Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on headline news.
Robin calls a double-fault on Wimbledon, and speaks with Sady Doyle as she beats down a not-at-all-funny comedian; Martha Allen as she champions contemporary feminism; Mona Eltahawy reporting from the frontline on the uprising in Egypt; and Jane Fonda as she dishes on "The Newsroom" and the sex lives of the rich and famous.
Robin discusses writing a new Constitution, and pregnancy discrimination—STILL?! Guests include Lauren Wolfe reporting from the Syrian-Turkish border; Ronnie Eldridge as she posits New York's first woman mayor; Rachel Sklar on networking with women techies; and Feministing's Jessica Valenti on entering motherhood.
Robin comments on the Supreme Court rulings, and celebrates the end of DOMA but mourns the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. Guests include Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder and CEO of the Pipeline Fellowship, discussing diversity philanthropy; Diann Rust-Tierney discussing the end of the death penalty; author and playwright Susan Dworkin talking about whither agriculture; and Shaherose Charania of Women 2.0 discussing the future of women innovators in technology.
Robin features a GOOD army general, to her own shock, and in an exclusive interview speaks with Wajeha al-Haider, Saudi activist and writer recently sentenced to prison for aiding an abused woman. Other guests include Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms, a feminist haven for sexually exploited women; Rebecca Nagle, founder of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture; and Carol Gilligan, leading women's psychologist, author, and . . . opera librettist?
Robin discusses the Supreme Court's docket and Turkish women's protests, and speaks with guests Pamela Ribon, Derby Doll turned comic; restaurant workers' organizer Saru Jarayaman; Ellen Goodman on reforming end-of-life care; and human rights lawyer Jessica Neuwirth on her surprise "take" on government surveillance.
Robin comments on the women senators vs. generals testifying on sex harassment, and speaks with Veronica Arreola on gender and STEM studies; E.J. Graff on the Supreme Court's DOMA decision; Heidi Levine on being a woman war correspondent; and Sarah Stierch about taking on sexism at Wikipedia.
Robin speaks with guests Stacy Jewell Lewis, a survivor of sex slavery; Elizabeth Evatt on endangered human rights; Anat Hoffman on confronting Israel's orthodox fundamentalists; and Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, YWCA CEO, on the Y as a feminist hotbed.
Robin dissects "The Greatest Generation," and speaks with country music star (and feminist!) Ashley Monroe; Soraya Chemaly on the new campaign to make Facebook drop violent, misogynistic pages; Sarah Granger on cyber-security for civilians; and Yael Luttwak on a Muslim-Jewish diet and fitness program that promotes peace.
Robin comments on the Cleveland abductions, and listens as Pramila Jayapal reveals how immigration policy affects women; Carmen Gonzalez exposes bias in academia; Spelman College President Beverly Tatum explains her bold decision to end collegiate sports; and Barnard President Debora Spar describes training women to lead.
Robin talks about Cleveland's abductions, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and who actually started Mother's Day. Celinda Lake of Lake Research Associates discusses the new "Name It Change It" study on media coverage of candidates' looks and its effect on electability; Holly Kearl vs. sex harassment; mothers of the disappeared in Juarez; and Victoria Jackson and Ali Guthy, authors of Saving Each Other, a mother-daughter duo who fought an incurable disease.
Robin and the Women's Media Center staff mourn WMC Features Editor-in-Chief Mary Thom. Plus, Shazia Rafi reports on Pakistan's elections; punk artist Kathleen Hanna recalls Riot Grrrl; and novelist Anna Quindlen discusses journalism and women's friendships.
Robin defends New York Times editor Jill Abramson, analyzes the Boston bomber brothers' relationships with women, and celebrates women in jazz, including Lauren Sevian, Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist; Sarah Manning, composer and alto saxophonist; bassist Linda Oh's music for her mother and grandmother; and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana.
Poetry Month. Robin celebrates the new energy in African-American and women's poetry with Alice Quinn of the Poetry Society of America; Joy Harjo as she sings a poem (and plays sax!); and former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove reading from Mother Love—plus Robin links Boston to the Senate's gun vote.
Robin celebrates For National Equal Pay Day by demystifying economics, and speaks with 9 to 5 founder Karen Nussbaum; Alice Kessler-Harris on the pink collar ghetto; Jewelle Bickford on investing; and Michaela Walsh of Women's World Banking.
Robin observes Parkinson's Awareness Month with the "coming out" story about her own diagnoses, plus her discovery and exposé of sexist research protocols. Guests include Lori Katz, founder of the first PD women's group; Rhona Johnson, a caregiver partner; and Dr. Allison Willis, with her neurologist's study of the "underrepresented majority"—women.
Robin on marriage equality and the Court. Guests include scholar and blogger Kimberly "Dr. Goddess" Ellis; Geneva Overholser, one of the most distinguished names in journalism; Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her new book; and Dina Dublon, one of Fortune's 50 most powerful U.S. businesswomen (and a feminist!).
Robin discusses brain image scans, Martian microbes, and Mother Theresa (heh heh), and speaks with Feminist Majority's Ellie Smeal as she explodes at Vatican pedophilia and corruption; scholar Jeanne Theoharis on the real, radical Rosa Parks; Cappella Clausura on singing medieval women composers; director Amelia LeClair; and Monica Rodriguez of SIECUS about STD awareness.
Robin takes on the new Pope, and speaks with Stephanie Gilmore on grassroots feminism; Jennifer Freyd on betrayal blindness; Helen Zia on Asian American women's history; and Urvashi Vaid as she questions the LGBT drift.
Robin gives a special glimpse behind the curtain at how the Women's Media Center really works, including interviews, insights, laughter, and tricks of the trade from the WMC women transforming media every day. Guests are Kate McCarthy of WMC SheSource; Rachel Larris of WMC Name It Change It; Lauren Wolfe of WMC Women Under Siege; and Mary Thom, WMC Features Editor-in-Chief.
Robin celebrates Women's History Month with New York Times columnist Gail Collins; Julie Burkhart, who dares to reopen Dr. Tiller's clinic; and Debra Winger on fighting fracking—plus Robin on the Pope.
Robin hosts this special episode on the forthcoming PBS documentary, "MAKERS: Women Who Make America," with Sheila Tobias; Aileen Hernandez; Judy Blume; and documentary executive producers Dyllan McGee and Betsy West—plus Robin on gun access and witch persecutions happening TODAY.
Robin celebrates Black History Month with guests Bonnie Thornton Dill on the intersections of race, gender, and class; Salamishah Tillet on violence against women and girls; Barbara Smith on black feminism and gun violence; and Johnnetta Cole on the glory of African-American women—plus Robin's commentary on the historic silencing of women in radio.
The popcorn and movies show: Keri Putnam of Sundance on the latest stats about women and film; Melissa Silverstein on the Athena Festival; Jane Fonda on sexism in Hollywood and the Oscars, and Kathy Bates on feminism around the world—plus Robin tips her hat to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she ends her tenure as a great Secretary of State.
Robin demolishes the "clash of civilizations" with Islam, and speaks with Kim Gandy, president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, on the Violence Against Women Act; Kimberly Bryant on teaching kids tech in "Black Girls Code;" and author Suzanne Braun Levine on women's second adulthood and journalism now.
Robin analyzes the "firsts" in Obama's second inaugural and the real and racist roots of the Second Amendment, and speaks with Safa Sankari on women in the Syrian diaspora; Hibaaq Osman on violence against women in the Middle East; Maria Echaveste on the impact of U.S. immigration policies on women; and Ruwayda Mustafa—live from Kurdistan—on the burgeoning feminist movement.
Robin gives commentary on "an obituary of one's own," and speaks with Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day about black feminism; online activists Robin Marty and Jessica Pieklo about their new book "Crow After Roe: How ‘Separate But Equal’ Has Become the New Standard In Women's Health And How We Can Change That;" and Cecile Richards, the head of Planned Parenthood, on forty years of Roe v. Wade.
Robin pays tribute to historian, author, and teacher Gerda Lerner, and speaks with Karen Kornbluh, Obama's ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, about economics "demystified;" Susan Feiner, economics and gender studies professor; and international environmentalist and economist Vandana Shiva.
Robin greets the new year with her fantasy agenda for 2013, and speaks with Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center on what's on the horizon regarding women's fiscal and legal security; Palestinian activist Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas on how the UN vote on Palestine will or won't affect women; and actress Lily Tomlin on her greatest regret and proudest moment.
The best of WMC Live with Robin Morgan from 2012, including actor and activist Jane Fonda; New Yorker writer Ariel Levy; Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy; and Native-American poet Joy Harjo.
Robin hosts the most unusual holiday show perhaps ever: a Winter Solstice Show with radical feminist evangelical minister Rev. Jennifer Danielle Crumpton; Wiccan Priestess Margot Adler; and freethinking atheist Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Plus, Robin reflects on the Newtown shooting in a commentary called "The Darkest, Longest Night of the Year."
Robin wonders about the Libertarian fad, and speaks with feminist peace organizer Lucinda Marshall; Sapana Pradhan Malla on Nepali women's rights; WMC's Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe on sexualized violence as a weapon of war; and political humorist Kate Clinton.
Robin explores the distinction between gendered, genderless, and gender-neutral languages. Guests include Saudi feminist Wajeha al-Huwaider, on male guardianship laws in Saudi Arabia that make women permanent minors; Rabbi Sharon Brous on the call for social justice in Judaism; journalist and Women's Media Center founding president Carol Jenkins on the representation of women and also of men of color in news media; and Mizzou journalism professor Mary Kaye Blakely takes apart the myth of objectivity.
On World AIDS Day, Robin speaks with Dazon Dixon Diallo of SisterLove, Inc. about the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and girls in the United States; and with Paula Donovan of AIDS-Free World about its impact internationally. Special Guest: the prolific, much-decorated author Ursula K. Le Guin, on why it is that her literature gets classified as "genre" fiction, the hard work of translation and story selection for an anthology, and the changing definitions of feminism. Robin debunks the spin in right-wing propaganda phrases "death tax" and "tax relief," and asks why there is not more outrage over Saudi restrictions on the free movement of women that exceed some of the Taliban's worst, more publicized, offenses. Can it be oil?
Robin defends Susan Rice from John McCain, and speaks with actress Kathy Najimy on feminist comedy; South Dakota park ranger Sunny Clifford on the documentary "Young Lakota;" and chef Nora Pouillon about “certified organic” food.
Robin deconstructs the Petraeus scandal, and speaks with Yifat Suskind about MADRE's "Blow the Whistle on Violence against Women" campaign; Carol Adams waxes eloquent on the sexual politics of meat; and three Women's Media Center Award honorees: Social Media Award-winner Luvvie Ajayi, and Sisterhood Is Powerful awardees Lisa and Laura Ling.
Robin hosts a special Women's Media Awards show with award recipients Pat Mitchell and Sarah Hoye; and Women's Media Center President Julie Burton. Anu Bhagwati of SWAN—Service Women’s Action Network—praises women vets in honor of Veteran's Day. Plus Robin comments on the election outcome's historic wins for women and its "delicious bad-guy losses," and on language so fashionable it's viral.
With her Manhattan studio offline after the historic Hurricane Sandy, Robin ventures into the storm-battered streets of NYC in search of power and the Internet to host a very special and somewhat irregular pre-election show—and the result is her Letter from Ground Zero #4. Guests include pollster Celinda Lake on the women’s vote; University of Arizona College Republicans VP Zoey Kotzambasis on being a Republican for abortion rights and marriage equality; and Congresswoman Maxine Waters on voter suppression and the ground game.
Robin takes on willful ignorance, and speaks with "Sex and World Peace" author Valerie Hudson; and sexploitation survivor Rachel Lloyd. Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about her career and the state of the world; members of Ingoma Nshya, a women's drumming troupe formed by Rwandan genocide survivors, plays; and Dr. Marianne Legato explains the new science of gender-specific medicine.
Robin spotlights the courage of international teen girl activists, the failed promise of the once-novel idea of 24-hour cable news, and the history and impact of the word "ms." Guests are Maysoun Odeh, founder of the first women's FM radio station in Palestine; Aishah Shahidah Simmons on her "NO! The Rape Documentary," and on the life and legacy of Audre Lorde; Ellie Smeal on the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine; and Kathleen Turner on playing the late wit, Molly Ivins, in Red Hot Patriots.
Robin hosts a special show on sex trafficking, and speaks with Jessica Neuwirth of Equality Now; Ruchira Gupta, an activist who rescues girls in India; and Kathleen Barry, author of Female Sexual Slavery and the UN Convention on Traffick. An extended "Fighting Words" features Robin's satirical "modest proposal" to resolve the problem of sex trafficking, once and for all.
Robin examines the true history and legacy of Columbus Day, fact-checks the notion of "The End of Men," and speaks with Adora Svitak about the Girls' State of the Union; Paula DiPerna on Mrs. Columbus; Muscogee Creek poet Joy Harjo; and Cherokee economist Rebecca Adamson.
Robin explains why WMC Live’s move to a new day and time on CBS is a homecoming to a previous life and career, and speaks with columnist Connie Schultz about Ohio as the front line of fair voting; California Representative Barbara Lee on the Congressional Black Caucus and women; and actress, activist, author, and Women's Media Center co-founder Jane Fonda on sex, intimacy, age, health—and furnishings.
Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested yesterday for allegedly defacing a controversial ad in a Times Square subway station. During her last interview prior to her arrest, she spoke passionately with Robin about anti-Muslim sentiment and the fight for justice and freedom. (The show aired on Sunday, September 23, 2012. We are now making available Mona's interview as a stand-alone download.)
Robin discusses the Mars Curiosity rover and gender in space, and speaks with Patti Chang of the Feed the Hunger Foundation on the topic of philanthropy for women; Shelby Knox, young feminist organizer, on the topics of online organizing and media myths on young feminism and women's equality; and Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian-American journalist and women's rights advocate, on sexual harassment in Egypt and attempts by far-right political actors in both Egypt and the so-called "West" to manipulate the "Arab Spring" revolutions for their own extreme agendas.
Robin discusses myths and spin from the right on why unions must be destroyed and why teachers are the enemy, and speaks with Ellen Snortland, women's and girls' self-defense advocate and author of the book Beauty Bites Beast; Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago teachers' union whose members will vote today on whether to end their strike; Lynn Povich, author of Good Girls Revolt, a former senior editor at Newsweek and one of the women who successfully sued Newsweek for gender discrimination in the 70s; and Gloria Feldt, women's leadership speaker, author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, and the former head of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Robin discusses personhood, as it applies to corporations and embryos—but not quite so much to women, Native Americans, or African-American slaves of the antebellum American South—and finds in the Constitution a perplexing suggestion that the taxes one pays (or doesn't) may be deeply linked to whether, or how much, a person is a person. Robin's guests are Cristina Azocar, director of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism and a member of the Upper Mattaponi tribe to discuss the Native American vote and its impact on modern elections; Judy Norsigian, co-author and co-editor of the 40th-anniversary Our Bodies Ourselves book and a figure behind the new Our Bodies Our Votes action campaign; Brenda Berkman, one of New York City's first female firefighters, to discuss the forgotten female heroes of 9/11; and Dialla Shamas, with the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project, to discuss the ongoing impact of 9/11 on Muslim communities in New York and the rest of the U.S.
Robin talks about the Republican National Convention, and speaks with El Diario-La Prensa Executive Editor Erica González about Latina politics; Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on the upcoming Democratic convention; CodePink co-founder and co-director Jodie Evans about demonstrating at both conventions; and author and New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy about Naomi Wolf's new book.
Robin celebrates Women's Equality Day with the launch of WMC Live, and explains what The Women's Media Center is and how it came to be. Her guests are Emma Axelrod, a teen activist from New Jersey, who helped get the first female moderator of a presidential debate in 20 years; Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, talking about black voter suppression; and Gloria Steinem in depth: on her latest (unfinished) book, gun control, the shortage of women news writers reporting on the presidential campaign, capital punishment, walking through fields of lavender—and more.