Jan 25, 2014

Robin takes on Texas and House Republican woman-haters. Guests: Dr. Claudia Henschke on preventing lung-cancer deaths; Julia Maris on “ethnic rapes” in Burma; Amanda Hess on combatting Internet violence against women; Soraya Chemaly on the global Feminist Network Project.

Jan 18, 2014

Robin's commentaries range over poverty, MLK Day, Saudi Arabia, and drill-sergeant progress. Guests: Amy K. Nelson on sports journalism; Michaela Davies reframes celebrity reporting; Layla Fiske on Palestinian fiction; Lisa Stratton and Jill Gaulding of Gender Justice fight for women in the Midwest.

Jan 11, 2014

Post-hiatus return! Robin on NY state politics and on puttering joys. Guests: reporter Cheryl Wills, who sleuthed out a slave ancestor; Cori Schumacher on sexism in surfing; Jehane Noujaim on her film The Square; and Veronica Dahl on the growing intelligence of computers.