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Dec 20, 2014

The Solstice Show. Robin on a Saudi action alert and Diane Feinstein’s finest hour, plus her classic essay “Four Secular Saints.” Guests: Sister Simone Campbell (Nuns on the Bus); Annie Laurie Gaylor (Freedom from Religion Foundation); Karyn Gershon (Project Kesher).

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Dec 13, 2014

Robin on Ikumi Yoshimatsu and Japan’s “comfort women,” die-ins, Rolling Stone, and Cosby. Guests: Erin Helfert on VAWA protection abroad; Kimberly Dark on the body’s messages; Melissa Silverstein on 2014 Feminist Moments in Film. Plus, the 2014 Ink Smear Awards for awful media.

Erin Helfert at SheSource.org »


Dec 6, 2014

Robin shares an intergenerational conversation with The F Bomb’s Julie Zeilinger on young women’s guilt and correct-line politics; Cecilia Abadie on tomorrow’s wearable computers; and a Latina roundtable on immigration, with undocumented members Marisa Franco, Sandra Restrepo, and Rosie Carrasco speaking out.


Nov 22, 2014

Robin on immigration. climate change, and denial—also on the Iroquois Constitution that influenced James Madison. Guests: Rep. Carolyn Maloney; Sarah Deer, Muscogee activist on VAWA in Indian country; Elizabeth Sackler, first woman chair of the Brooklyn Museum Board of Trustees.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney on House.gov »


Nov 15, 2014

Robin on the republication of Monster as an e-book after decades of unavailability. Guests: Joanne N. Smith, founder/head of Girls for Gender Equity; Maxine Hanks, Mormon historian who shook up the LDS church; Sarah Marquis, who trekked alone through Asia for 10,000 miles.

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