Jan 30, 2022

Robin reports on the latest Gender Gap statistics (hope yet for the world!) and coins a radical new word. Plus, Supreme Court Justice Breyer's retirement, recent crackdowns on domestic terrorism—and librarians.

Jan 23, 2022

Robin returns and dives deep into voting rights—what you don't know, and what you could never have imagined. Plus, why the Right Wing admits not wanting you to vote!

Dec 19, 2021

Robin ranges the globe collecting traditions for the Solstice and its offspring holidays. Plus, readings from Dorothy Parker, three male poets (Eliot, Yeats, Frost), four female poets (Derricotte, Chang, Le Guin, Morgan) . . . and a Partridge?

Dec 12, 2021

Was it the good old days or the worst of times? Robin explores how we lived and who we were a century ago, and writes a letter to readers 100 years from now.

Dec 5, 2021

Robin takes on vigilantism—the history, the psychology, and the overlap with law enforcement and the military, from Kyle Rittenhouse's trial to bounty hunters and Texas's abortion ban enforcement.