WMC Live
WMC Live #165: Ursula K. Le Guin, Alicia Ostriker, Robin Coste Lewis. (Original Airdate 4/30/2016)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #164: Rebecca Traister, Celeste Mergens, Paul Greengard. (Original Airdate 4/23/2016)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #163: Maria De Leon, Susan Foster, Allison Willis. (Original Airdate 4/16/2016)
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!
WMC FBomb
North Carolina and Mississippi Passed Discriminatory Bills, But I Refuse To Remain Silent
North Carolina and Mississippi recently made headlines for signing two anti-LGBT+ bills into law. News outlets, prominent organizations and officials around the nation roundly decried these measures a...
WMC News & Features
Anti-LGBT laws target rights as “political correctness”
The new North Carolina law is just the latest in a wave of backlash legislation targeting LGBT equality.
WMC Live
WMC Live #162: Christine Lahti, Patricia Bell-Scott, Robin Murphy. (Original Airdate April 2, 2016)
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.
WMC Live
March 25, 2016 | Jennifer R. Scanlon, Emily L. Rice, Françoise Girard |
Environment,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #161: Emily Rice, Françoise Girard, Jennifer Scanlon. (Original Airdate 3/26/2016)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #160: Madeleine Kunin, Alida Brill, Jenny Raskin. (Original Airdate 3/19/2016)
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!
WMC FBomb
March 17, 2016 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Free Speech,
Misogyny,
Online harassment,
Politics,
Violence against women
Why President Obama's Decision to Call Out Online Harassment Is So Important
President Obama could have discussed any number of pressing issues during his recent speech given in honor of Women's History Month. A significant portion of his speech, however, was devoted to an iss...
WMC FBomb
We Need To Talk About The Flint Water Crisis and Environmental Racism
Mainstream America just got a wake-up call about the importance of pushing back on environmental racism and it came from an unexpected source: Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
On February 25th...
WMC Live
WMC Live #159: Julia Markus, Jen Brea, Pamela Shifman. (Original Airdate 3/12/2016)
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!
WMC FBomb
Why Abusing Animals For The Sake of Fashion Is A Feminist Issue
Kim Kardashian calls herself a feminist. She casually disclosed this piece of information to Rolling Stone magazine in July 2015, which caused a stir among her critics. There are plenty of reasons to ...
WMC News & Features
The lawyer who argued the landmark Casey decision weighs in on the Texas abortion case
Kathryn Kolbert offers her first-hand analysis of last week's arguments before the Supreme Court on Texas abortion restrictions.
WMC Live
March 04, 2016 | Alessandra Gonzalez, Susan McClelland, Kavitha A. Davidson |
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #158: Kavitha Davidson, Susan McClelland, Alessandra Gonzalez. (Original Airdate 3/5/2016)
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!
WMC FBomb
What You Need To Know About the SCOTUS Abortion Case, According to Lizz Winstead of Lady Parts Justice
On March 2nd the Supreme Court will hear what is likely the most important abortion case in a generation. Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt could have huge implications for abortion in the United St...
WMC Live
WMC Live #157: Erin McKean, Judy Brooks, Barbara Findlen. (Original Airdate 2/27/2016)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #156: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Sarah Marquis, Maria Klawe. (Original Airdate 2/20/2016)
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.
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The Real Reason Women Are Still Underrepresented In Leadership
My friend Sasha, a STEM major, is constantly asked what it's like to be "a girl in science." Her mother, who has had a successful and illustrious career in medicine, understands her daughter's struggl...
WMC Live
February 12, 2016 | Lorie Conway, Dr. Edythe E. Weeks, Esq., Betsy Teutsch |
Gender-based violence,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #155: Lorie Conway, Edythe Weeks, Betsy Teutsch. (Original Airdate 2/13/2016)
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."
WMC Live
February 05, 2016 | Robin Coste Lewis, Amy Epstein Gluck |
Disability,
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
WMC Live #154: Robin Coste Lewis, Alexandra Eul, Amy Epstein Gluck. (Original Airdate 2/6/2016)
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!
WMC Live
January 29, 2016 | Julie Burton, Irin Carmon, Amber Fares, Jessica Devaney, Rabab Haj Yahya |
Media,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #153: Irin Carmon, Julie Burton, Amber Fares & Jessica Devaney. (Original Airdate 1/30/2016)
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."
WMC FBomb
The Facts Every Young Woman Needs To Know About Medication Abortion
On Friday, women across the country commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Many noted that despite this legi...
WMC Live
January 22, 2016 | Marianne Schnall, Danielle Citron, Renee Tajima-Pena, Virginia Espino |
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #152: Marianne Schnall, Danielle Citron, Renee Tajima-Peña & Virginia Espino. (Original Airdate 1/23/2016)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #151: Julie DiCaro, Catharine Conley, Suzanne Kelly. (Original Airdate 1/16/2016)
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."
WMC News & Features
January 14, 2016 | Nichola Gutgold |
Politics
10 ways for women candidates to beat the electoral double standard
As the list of presidential contenders thins, the author of the book "Gender and the American Presidency" looks at the qualities a woman candidate needs in order to win.
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