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.
WMC Live
WMC Live #143: Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill, Pat Mitchell, Sophie Walker. (Original Airdate 10/31/2015)
Robin on Hillary v. GOP Benghazi Committee, and on Halloween, quantum physics, and the "licensing effect." Guests: Sophie Walker, head of Britain's new Women's Equality Party; PBS NewsHour co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff with Pat Mitchell.
WMC Live
WMC Live #142: Mary Anne Franks, Lorie Mertes, Leslee Udwin. (Original Airdate 10/24/2015)
Robin on FDA's too-fast-track approval of drugs for women, and female workers in G-20 countries. Guests: Leslee Udwin's film "India's Daughter"; Lorie Mertes on a new initiative from Museum of Women in the Arts; Mary Anne Franks on "revenge porn."
WMC Live
October 16, 2015 | Susan Solomon, Linda Hirshman, Asha Castleberry-Hernandez |
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #141: Linda Hirshman, Susan Solomon, Asha Castleberry. (Original airdate 10/17/2015)
Robin on new campus-assault data, plus the EEOC investigation of Hollywood sexist hiring. Guests: Linda Hirshman's dual biography of Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg; Asha Castleberry on US military in Iraq; Susan Solomon (NYSCF) on stem-cell research.
WMC Live
WMC Live #140: Larry Wilmore, Lisa Amati, Julia Geynisman. (Original Airdate 10/10/2015)
Robin on 10 things you can do to improve media treatment of women. Guests: comedian Larry Wilmore of "The Nightly Show" on sexism, racism, and comedy; NY State paleontologist Lisa Amati on evolution; Julia Geynisman's pioneering Survivor Clinic.
WMC Live
WMC Live #139: Sima Samar, Rebecca Rachmany, Maya Raghu. (Original Airdate 10/3/2015)
Robin exposes Catholic church secrets on contraception and abortion. Guests: Maya Raghu on workplace violence; Rebecca Rachmany's comics and cartoons of girls loving science and tech; Sima Samar's rare good news from Afghanistan—about human rights!
WMC Live
September 25, 2015 | Pam Elam, Erin Pettit, Jeanne Sarson, Linda Macdonald |
Politics,
Religion,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #138: Pam Elam, Erin Pettit, Jeanne Sarson & Linda MacDonald. (Original Airdate 9/26/2015)
Robin on a womb of one’s own (papal visit, plus GOP vs. Planned Parenthood), and dads suing for parental leave. Guests: Pam Elam on Stanton and Anthony statues; Erin Pettit on listening to glaciers; Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald on nonstate torture.
WMC Live
WMC Live #137: Daisy Khan, Heidi Hutner, Margot Magowan (Original Airdate 9/19/2015)
Robin on the Beijing UN Conference 20th anniversary—and on what "choice" really means. Guests: Margot Magowan of ReelGirl; Heidi Hutner on women's radiation vulnerability; Daisy Khan on keeping disaffected Muslim youth safe from ISIL's seductions.
WMC Live
September 11, 2015 | Gloria Steinem, Maria Teresa Kumar, Guerilla Girls |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #136: Gloria Steinem, Maria Teresa Kumar, Guerilla Girls. (Original Airdate 9/12/2015)
Robin starts the season commenting on refugees, political campaigns, Megyn Kelly, the Pope, Amnesty International, Black Lives Matter, Women Rangers—and how she spent her vacation. Guests: Maria Teresa Kumar; the Guerrilla Girls; Gloria Steinem.
WMC Live
July 24, 2015 | Alaa Murabit, Marlene Zuk, Jillian Goodman |
Body image and body standards,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #135: Alaa Murabit, Marlene Zuk, Jillian Goodman. (Original Airdate 7/25/2015)
Robin on female playwrights, NASA's new Blue Marble photo, and Cosby as "America's ideal Dad." Guests: Jillian Goodman, founder of new magazine Mary; Alaa Murabit on Libyan women; evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk on insects as sex instructors.
WMC Live
WMC Live #134: Somi, Devaki Jain, Kakani Katija. (Original Airdate 7/18/2015)
Robin on Harper Lee's "Go Set A Watchman" debates, South Carolina (again), and women in media abroad. Guests: East African singer-songwriter Somi; bioengineer of marine life Kakani Katija; legendary Indian Gandhian feminist activist Devaki Jain.
WMC Live
WMC Live #133: Jessica Hopper, Lauren Wolfe, Rana el Kaliouby. (Original Airdate July 11, 2015)
Robin on the Constitution—and the Monarch butterfly. Guests: Rana el Kaliouby, who teaches computers to read our emotions; Lauren Wolfe on women refugees' plight in Italy; feminist rock critic Jessica Hopper's take on the current rock scene.
WMC Live
WMC Live #132: Naomi Oreskes, Negin Farsad, Sini Anderson. (Original Airdate 7/4/2015)
Robin on SCOTUS rulings and domestic terrorism. Guests: climate science defender Naomi Oreskes; Muslim feminist comedian Negin Farsad; and documentary filmmaker Sini Anderson's new subject—women and Lyme Disease. Plus, Surrealism Corner.