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 analy

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

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 revo

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.