WMC Live
September 05, 2014 | Mary Kay Blakely, Lizz Winstead, Abeer Ayyoub |
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #94: Lizz Winstead, Mary Kay Blakely, Abeer Ayyoub. (Original Airdate 9/6/2014)
Robin’s comments range from Iraq to Cialis commercials. Guests: comic Lizz Winstead (Daily Show creator); Abeer Ayyoub live from Gaza; journalist Mary Kay Blakely on the Ferguson media. Plus, Surrealism Corner and Fighting Words.
WMC Live
July 25, 2014 | Renee Schmidt, Laurie Rubin, Jenny Taira, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
International,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #93: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira, Renee Schmidt. (Original Airdate 7/26/2014)
Robin on the slaughter of a children’s crusade: Gaza, Ukraine, immigration, Boko Haram. Guests: Renee Schmidt of SheBytes.com; pop singing duo Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira; prize-winning Nigerian novelist and proud feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
WMC Live
WMC Live #92: Shannon Watts, Melissa Giges, Ari Horie. (Original Airdate 7/19/2014)
Robin on Net Neutrality’s importance for women, and the EU counting prostitution in the GDP. Guests: Shannon Watts on Moms vs. Guns; Ari Horie on collaborative business models; Melissa Giges, songwriter and voice of a generation on her new album.
WMC Live
July 11, 2014 | Rachel Preston Prinz, Molly Cantrell-Kraig, Meg Baldwin |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Science and tech
WMC Live #91: Meg Baldwin, Molly Cantrell-Kraig, Rachel Preston Prinz. (Original Airdate 7/12/2014)
Robin on SCOTUS vs. repro rights, “Cosmos,” and plants that hear. Guests: “evolutionary architect” Rachel Preston Prinz; Molly Cantrell-Kraig on crucial mobility for abused women; Meg Baldwin on approaching shelters with a whole new attitude.
WMC Live
July 04, 2014 | Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, Sahar Madiha al-Naas, Cyma Shapiro |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #90: Libyan Women's Roundtable (Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, Sahar Madiha al-Naas), Cyma Shapiro. (Original Airdate 7/5/2014)
Robin on the assassination of Libyan feminist Salwa Bugaighis, Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, and Hobby Lobby. Guests: Libyan Women’s roundtable with Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, and Sahar Madiha al-Naas; Cyma Shapiro on midlife mothe
WMC Live
WMC Live #89: Megan Marshall, Rosalie Maggio, Suey Park. (Original Airdate 6/28/2014)
Robin on George Will (again), the Islamist PM of Morocco, and Japan outlawing child porn (not!). Guests: Suey Park of #NotYourAsianSidekick; women’s quotes expert Rosalie Maggio; Megan Marshall, Pulitzer winner for her biography of Margaret Fuller.
WMC Live
WMC Live #88: Marisa Tomei, Mona Eltahawy, Cyndee Readdean. (Original Airdate 6/21/2014)
Robin on the Mormon church, and on George Will and campus rapes. Guests: Cyndee Readdean, producer of “Freedom Summer”; Mona Eltahawy from Cairo on the sexual assault epidemic; Marisa Tomei on sexuality, spirituality, film, and being back onstage.
WMC Live
WMC Live #87: Lynn Sherr, Karrin Allyson, Heather Arnet. (Original Airdate 6/14/2014)
Robin on Twitter misogyny, and on science discovering the curative placenta. Guests: ABC journalist Lynn Sherr talks about her book on Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space; jazz star Karrin Allyson; Heather Arnet on her film “Madame Presidenta.”
WMC Live
June 06, 2014 | Melissa Farley, Victoria Budson, Juanita Johnson-Bailey |
Gender-based violence,
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #86: Melissa Farley, Victoria Budson, Juanita Johnson-Bailey. (Original Airdate 6/7/2014)
Robin comments on the Isla Vista killings and the climate of misogyny. Guests: Melisa Farley’s research on prostitution realities; Victoria Budson on private effects of public policy; Juanita Johnson-Bailey on keeping women’s studies women’s studies
WMC Live
WMC Live #85: Rita Dove, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judy Blume. (Original Airdate 5/31/2014)
Robin comments on happiness research, practices some Verbal Karate, and offers the words of Toni Morrison. Guests include authors Ursula K. Le Guin and Judy Blume, and poet Rita Dove.
WMC Live
May 20, 2014 | Gloria Steinem, Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, Soraya Chemaly |
Media,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #84: Gloria Steinem, Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, and Soraya Chemaly. (Original Airdate 5/24/2014)
Special Program on the sudden firing of NY Times first female Executive Editor Jill Abramson. Robin on the patriarchal dynasty that owns the Times. Roundtable with journalists Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, Gloria Steinem, and Soraya Chemaly.
WMC Live
May 16, 2014 | Alexis Feigen Fasteau, Meg Medina, Kate Cockrill, Steph Herold |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #83: Meg Medina, Alexis Feigen Fasteau, Kate Cockrill and Steph Herold. (Original Airdate 5/17/2014)
Robin sounds off on Monica Lewinsky’s return—and comments again on the Nigerian crisis. Guests: Alexis Feigen Fasteau on techniques for a prosecutor; Meg Medina on books for young Latinas; Kate Cockrill and Steph Herold on destigmatizing abortion.
WMC Live
May 09, 2014 | Jackie Kallen, Cara Hoffman, Carly Smith, Jennifer Freyd, PhD |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #82: Cara Hoffman, Jackie Kallen, Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith. (Original Airdate 5/10/2014)
Robin on the mass abduction of Nigerian girls. Guests: “First Lady of Boxing” Jackie Kallen; Cara Hoffman on her new novel of women veterans’ PTSD; Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith on their major study of campus assaults and “institutional betrayal.
WMC Live
WMC Live #81: President Jimmy Carter, Brittney Cooper, Angela Bonavoglia. (Original Airdate 5/3/2014)
Robin on the NBA and racism. Guests: an exclusive conversation with President Jimmy Carter—her first male guest—on prostitution; Brittney Cooper on the Crunk Collective and black feminism; Angela Bonavoglia on the Pope’s “cosmetic Catholicism.”
WMC Live
WMC Live #80: Anita Hill, Julie Burton, Lenora Lee. (Original Airdate 4/26/2014)
Hill reveals new aspects of her famous testimony in a personal conversation; Julie Burton parses the 2014 Status of Women in Media Report; Lenora Lee on dance and Chinese history.
WMC Live
WMC Live #79: Claire Henchcliffe, Lori Katz, Veronica Todaro. (Original Airdate 4/19/2014)
Special Parkinson’s Awareness Month show: Robin finds a new feminist ‘front’ with her diagnosis. Guests: neurologist Claire Henchcliffe on gender differences in treatment; Lori Katz on having Deep Brain Stimulation; Veronica Todaro’s public health
WMC Live
April 11, 2014 | Ursula K. Le Guin, Toi Derricotte, Irena Klepfisz |
Immigration,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #78: Ursula K. LeGuin, Toi Derricotte, Irena Klepfisz. (Original Airdate 4/12/2014)
Robin celebrates National Poetry Month with guests Irena Klepfisz, Toi Derricotte, and Ursula K. LeGuin reading poems and talking craft. Robin comments on the We Belong Together Campaign for sensible immigration reform—and why the media ignores it.
WMC Live
April 04, 2014 | Nina L. Khrushcheva, Linda Sarsour, Maia Szalavitz, Annie Leonard |
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #77: Nina Khrushcheva, Annie Leonard, Linda Sarsour, Maia Szalavitz. (Original Airdate 4/5/2014)
Robin on climate change, and on how political scandals scapegoat women. Guests: Nina Khrushcheva on Russia’s mindset; Annie Leonard’s history of “stuff”; Linda Sarsour on anti-Arab Americanism; Maia Szalavitz on the right rehabs for addicted women
WMC Live
WMC Live #76: Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Julie Zeilinger, Atima Omara. (Original Airdate 3/29/2014)
Robin’s open message to Gloria Steinem on her 80th birthday, and on Scandinavian men’s pro-feminism. Guests: Julie Zeilinger of The F Bomb blog; Pres. Atima Omara of the Young Democrats; Ikumi Yosimatsu returns to take on the Japanese Government.
WMC Live
March 21, 2014 | Amelia Leclair, Karen Finney, Elaine Partnow |
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #75: Karen Finney, Amelia LeClair, Capella Clausura, Elaine Partnow. (Original Airdate 3/22/2014)
Robin on new Iraqi laws, Obama's "mom jeans," and web phenom Klout's language and racism. Guests: MSNBC's Karen Finney; conductor Amelia LeClair of Capella Clausura, plus music by a 16th-century teenager; and Elaine Partnow of The Quotable Woman.
WMC Live
March 14, 2014 | Sheryl Sandberg, Lorrain Franklin-Taylor, Anna R. |
Feminism,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #74: Sheryl Sandberg, Lorrain Franklin-Taylor, Anna R. (Original Airdate 3/15/2014)
Robin on a problem with guest Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In group, on women in Ukraine’s crisis, and on global sex trade corporations. Guests: Lorrain Franklin-Taylor of 1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; Anna R. on changing LinkedIn’s stalking policy.
WMC Live
March 07, 2014 | Leymah Gbowee, Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Yolanda Dominguez, Peggy Antrobus |
Feminism,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #73: Leymah Gbowee, Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Yolanda Dominguez, Peggy Antrobus. (Original Airdate 3/8/2014)
Robin spends International Women’s Day with Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee; beauty queen turned feminist Ikumi Yoshimatsu; Caribbean legend Peggy Antrobus; political artist Yolanda Domínguez; and WMC Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe.
WMC Live
February 28, 2014 | Jane Fonda., Stacy Smith, Abigail E. Disney |
Jane Fonda,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #72: Jane Fonda, Abigail Disney, Stacy Smith. (Original Airdate 3/1/2014)
Oscar time! Robin on the one film she made as a working kid actor, plus the influence of movies. Guests: Stacy Smith on diversity (Not!) in film; Abigail Disney on women and documentaries; Jane Fonda talks about her new book—and her Oscar picks.
WMC Live
February 21, 2014 | Kathy Najimy, Jennifer Baumgardner, Jennifer Parrish |
Feminism,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #71: Kathy Najimy, Jennifer Baumgardner, Jennifer Parrish. (Original Airdate 2/22/2014)
Robin takes on Amnesty International’s support of pimps’ “rights,” and defends Jessica Valenti’s critique of TED Talks. Guests: Jennifer Baumgardner of The Feminist Press, Jennifer Parrish on incarcerated women, plus the fabulous Kathy Najimy.
WMC Live
WMC Live #70: Gloria Feldt, Ariel Levy, Dr. Laura Carstensen. (Original Airdate 2/15/2014)
Robin takes on the Catholic Little Sisters of the Poor—and the Pussy Riot purge. Guests: activist Gloria Feldt on the Take the Lead conference; New Yorker writer Ariel Levy; and Dr. Laura Carstensen, expert on longevity and happiness.