I didn’t grow up in a very religious home. Concerts are where I know to worship. Joy, to me, in its most potent form, feels like expelling lyrics loudly at a stage. It feels like the rattle of drums in my bones. At concerts, I learned to find communion with strangers. I learned to be grateful for the sorrow and scars and coming of age from which great music is born. The performers are more preachers than deities, though we meet them with godly reverence. When we’re lucky, the artist is a young woman.
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.
Women have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act, and women have a lot to lose if the new Republican health care bill becomes law.
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."
Trump administration policies are reversing many protections for workers. Could these actions be undermining Trump's support among working-class voters?
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.
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.
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.
I remember I was 5 years old as I watched my mother repeatedly climb to the highest part of the bed only to jump right back off again. I was confused. I could see that she was in emotional and physical pain. I was sad for her.
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.
In the Trump administration’s proposed mass slaying of any and all programs the United States financially supports in terms of human rights, one in particular is troubling for women around the world—and it’s an angle media have missed in their reporting.
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.
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: Unsung Sports Heroines."
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.
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.
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!
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."
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.
By now, you have probably seen the infamous clip of Trump and Melania on Inauguration Day. To recap for those who haven’t, the footage shows Trump turning to Melania, who is courtly, beaming. As soon as Trump turns his back, her smile turns swiftly into what can only be described as a grave scowl.
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.
I dressed up as Donald Trump for Halloween in 2015. My costume was inspired by my disbelief that a “sexy Donald Trump” costume was being sold on the Internet. Instead of supporting the company that had (seemingly earnestly) created that costume, I decided to parody the idea by making my own.
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