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.
WMC FBomb
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.
WMC FBomb
What Does Voting Really Mean? A Look At Saudi Arabian Women’s First Election
Saudi Arabia is known for limiting women's rights. Women who live in the conservative Islamic nation must wear an abaya, a full-length black cloak covering their hair and body, and an additional scarf...
WMC Live
January 08, 2016 | Jamie Broadnax, Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, Dilar Dirik |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #150: Jamie Broadnax, Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, Dilar Dirik. (Original Airdate 1/9/2016)
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.
WMC Live
December 18, 2015 | Rabbi Sharon Brous, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni |
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #149: Annie Laurie Gaylor, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni. (Original Airdate 12/19/2015)
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.
WMC Live
December 11, 2015 | Mona Eltahawy, Jessamyn Rodriguez, Louise Mirrer |
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #148: Mona Eltahawy, Louise Mirrer, Jessamyn Rodriguez. (Original Airdate 12/12/2015)
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.
WMC Live
December 04, 2015 | Erin Helfert Moësse, Liz Cunningham, Margaret Huyck |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #147: Liz Cunningham, Erin Helfert, Margaret Huyck. (Original Airdate 12/5/2015)
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."
WMC FBomb
How Rehabilitating Female Prisoners Can Help Improve the Criminal Justice System
In 1971, President Nixon infamously declared a "War on Drugs." This catalyzed an aggressive spike in incarceration rates, which increased the U.S. prison population by over 500% in just a few decades....
WMC Live
WMC Live #146: Billie Jean King, Saru Jayaraman. (Original Airdate 11/21/2015)
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.
WMC FBomb
Cecile Richards Explains What Planned Parenthood Actually Does
In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that banning abortion is unconstitutional. Yet despite being legalized, a woman's right to choose has possibly never been more threatened in t...
WMC Live
November 13, 2015 | Ellyn Kaschak, Ph.D., Anne Marie Goetz, Marlo Thomas |
Economy,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #145: Marlo Thomas, Anne Marie Goetz, Ellyn Kaschak. (Original Airdate 11/14/2015)
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..."
WMC FBomb
What Lena Dunham's '8 Thoughts On Feminism' Reveal About The Movement
In late October, Vanity Fair published a quirky short video featuring eight of Lena Dunham's thoughts on feminism. These thoughts included points like why calling out a women for being “un-feminist” i...
WMC Live
November 06, 2015 | Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Karoline Kramer-Gould, Amy Schumer |
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #144: Amy Schumer, Karoline Kramer-Gould, Nadera Shaloub-Kevorkian. (Original Airdate 11/7/2015)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #143: Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill, Pat Mitchell, Sophie Walker. (Original Airdate 10/31/2015)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #142: Mary Anne Franks, Lorie Mertes, Leslee Udwin. (Original Airdate 10/24/2015)
Robin on 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."
WMC Live
October 16, 2015 | Susan Solomon, Linda Hirshman, Asha Castleberry-Hernandez |
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #141: Linda Hirshman, Susan Solomon, Asha Castleberry. (Original airdate 10/17/2015)
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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #140: Larry Wilmore, Lisa Amati, Julia Geynisman. (Original Airdate 10/10/2015)
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.
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