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.