May 9, 2021

Robin explores the original meaning and reasons for what has become another consumer holiday: Mother's Day. Special Guest: Charlotte Gordon, author of Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley.

Apr 25, 2021

Robin on The Verdict in the Chauvin trial, and its deeper meaning. Also, an exploration of the Supreme Court and why/how it can, after all, be expanded.

Apr 18, 2021

For Poetry Month this spring, Robin reads work by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Louise Erdrich, Dorothy Parker, Audre Lorde, Victoria Chang, Kimiko Hahn, Lucille Clifton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Suzi F. Garcia, Stevie Smith, Charlotte Mew, and others.

Apr 11, 2021

Robin returns to religion's role in our secular Republic, and the ongoing struggle to keep it separate. Guest: Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest organization of atheists, agnostics, and free thinkers in the USA.

Mar 28, 2021

Robin's Fighting Words expose centuries of anti-Asian American hate before the Georgia terrorism against AAPI women. Guests: legendary activist Helen Zia; Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.