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.
SPECIAL EDITION. Robin on COVID-19 news “inside the headlines.” New Feature: Comfort Zone—practical things you can do, watch, hear, share to make yourself and others feel better. Fighting Words: Trustable sources and resources for facts, not rumors.
Robin on Mexico’s “Day Without Women,” Dubai’s sheik (the father from hell), a newfound teensy-weensy dinosaur, and finding ourselves “In Plague Time.” Guest: Brianna Wu, Gamergate survivor now running for Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies.
Robin on Super Tuesday, the Taliban-US “Peace Treaty,” NASA’s call for women astronauts, handwashing secrets, “self partnering,” advice to Bloomberg, and space junk. Guest: Sarah Macharia on how you can join the Global Media Monitoring Project.
Robin on the Weinstein verdict, gender and the coronavirus, a whole new calendar—and signals from space? Guest: Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American feminist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and disability-rights activist with cerebral palsy.
Robin on what you didn’t see at the Oscars, “menstrual equity,” Southern Baptists and “transgressive” men, climate change’s impact on women, and whither the ERA now? Guest: Luvvie Ajayi on the African diaspora.
Robin on the Senate trial, part 2; WAPO’s sexist blunder; India’s feminist #MeetToSleep movement; and Mexico’s guerrilla glitter tactics. Guest: Former Congresswoman Liz Holtzman discusses what’s really happening in Washington—and what’s next.
Robin on the Senate trial, coronaviruses, the US ranking drop in gender equality, how Brexit will hurt women most, and a wicked mischief action that’s easy—even legal. Guest: Jessica McDiarmid on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.
Robin on impeachment, Harvey Weinstein, endangered women mayors, wrestling, how things are getting better, and days-long orgies of same-sex box crabs. Guest: NY Times columnist Gail Collins on her new book about older women, No Stopping Us Now.
End-of-Year Special! Robin looks back at 2019, celebrates the impeachment proceedings, and thinks ahead to the Senate trial—plus a special surprise gift from Robin to her listeners.
Robin on citizen activists, impeachment witnesses, mountain lions, fantastic grandmothers, tiny motorists, and language legacies of Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin. Guest: Celeste Watkins-Hayes on her surprising research into women with HIV/AIDS.
Robin on real witch hunts, tax-free tampons, the Kung-Fu nuns of Nepal, neurological "connectomes," and coked-up wild boars. Guests: NY Times investigative reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly on their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.