WMC Live
WMC Live #168: Rachel Simmons, Susan Ware, Manisha Sinha. (Original Airdate 5/21/2016)
Robin on South American women pols: corruption or sexism? Guests: Rachel Simmons on empowering girls; Susan Ware debuts Click!, feminist history's online home; Manisha Sinha on how enslaved Africans led the abolition fight. Plus Surrealism Corner.
WMC Live
May 13, 2016 | Gloria Steinem, Regine Sawyer, Andrea L Pino-Silva |
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #167: Gloria Steinem, Regine Sawyer, Andrea Pino. (Original Airdate 5/14/2016)
Robin on what Trumpism really means, and what's next. Guests: Gloria Steinem reveals her new adventure; Regine Sawyer discusses the world of women and comix; Andrea Pino organizes against campus sexual assault. Plus Tweet of the Week and We Won This!
WMC Live
WMC Live #166: “Scicurious” (Bethany Brookshire), Elaine Showalter, Hilda Heine. (Original Airdate 5/7/2016)
Robin on "the Woman Card," and the "electoral industrial complex." Guests: Elaine Showalter, biographer of Julia Ward Howe; President of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine on climate change; Blogger Scicurious (Bethany Brookshire) on science thrills.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.