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Can capitalism and activism work together in movements of collective action? Does morality play a key role in leadership? In this episode of The Bridge, host Peggy Clark, Vice President of the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the Aspen
How has the women’s movement evolved since 1919? What challenges remain in the fight for gender equality? This month marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment that granted white women the right to vote in the U.S. Constitution. In this
This month’s episode of The Bridge features an insightful conversation between Chelsea Kline and Kate Manne on how women encounter and deal with misogyny in their daily lives. Chelsea Kline is a long time champion for women’s rights and social
This month’s episode of The Bridge Podcast features an intergenerational conversation on the intersection of current and past thinking of feminism and gender issues. Riane Eisler, one of the first thinkers of gender issues, joins Jamia Wilson,
To kick off Women’s History Month and to celebrate International Women’s Day, The Bridge is excited to launch Season 3 with a fierce, intergenerational conversation between Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, and her daughter
In every field — business, politics, science, tech, and sport — women are breaking barriers in unprecedented numbers. As more women have taken up careers than at any time in our history, are women experiencing a "moment,” or have the pressures
When women mobilize, countries are transformed. In the United States, women have been the majority of voters in every national election since 1964. In 2018, women helped elect a Congress with a record-breaking 127 women members. Supermajority,
What is implicit bias, and how can we overcome it? How can we address our biases in a world hyperconscious of identity? In this special live episode of The Bridge, host Peggy Clark, Vice President of the Aspen Institute and Executive Director o
Let’s talk about sex! In this politically charged and technologically driven era, how we talk about sex to different generations is exceedingly important. To dive into this topic, Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Molly Fischer sat down in this Bridge ep
In this episode, Kavita Ramdas proclaims, “We are the women of India. We are not flowers, we are the sparks that will ignite change.” Kavita is the Director of the Women’s Rights Program at the Open Society Foundation, and she has made gender e
How can women’s activists of different generations learn from each other? Is there a deep divide or are we closer than we think? Older activists bring decades of struggle and a sense of the fragility of hard-won gains, while young activists see
How can we build a global movement of love in a time of change and hatred? Ai-jen Poo is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Co-Director of Caring Across Generations, and Co-Founder of Supermajority. Kumi Naidoo is a human r
Irin Carmon and Linda Hirshman share many things in common - one is that they both respect and have written books about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Irin Carmon is a senior correspondent at New York Magazine and the author of the
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho served as the Rwandan Minister of Health for 5 years, and she is now the Vice Chancellor and co-founder of the University of Global Health Equity. Dr. Binagwaho returned to her home country just two years after the Rwandan G
What happens when women lead? In 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the 24th president of Liberia and the first democratically elected female head of state on the African continent. To kick off season two of The Bridge, President Sirleaf shares
At the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women, Hillary Clinton famously said "Women's rights are human rights, and human rights are women's rights." Listen to two pioneering women describe where they were and what they were thinking when they h
In what direction is the river flowing today for women in power and leadership? What tools do we have to break down walls and constructs of oppression: race, class, gender? If the politics of rage only get us so far, what kind of selves can we
How does understanding our bodies, our health, and our sexual experiences push the feminist dialogue forward today? From the institute's Spotlight Health conference, The Bridge explores this question from two viewpoints: Vera Papisova, Teen Vog
How can storytelling, especially through film, take people to a different place? How can stories expose vulnerabilities and empower people to take action? This episode features two award winning filmmakers who have used their craft to change he
How can the civil rights and women’s movements be mutually supportive? What does the women's movement look like today? What are its shortcomings? What makes community organization successful and sustainable? Kimberlé Crenshaw, lawyer and critic
As fossil fuels, natural disasters, the role of science, and the Environmental Protection Agency fill the news, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and Rachel Kyte, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, discuss why climate change is at the h
After seeing a mass mobilization of women across the world in January, one important question arises: What does a global women's movement look like? African women's rights leaders Joy Phumaphi and Sisonke Msimang discuss what they've learned, a
In this premiere episode, journalists and friends Courtney Martin and Pat Mitchell discuss what's ahead, and the rich past that can inform how we confront it: How will a new Trump administration impact the women’s movement? Will the urgency aro
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