Robin continues her meditations on the militant campus demonstrations and on the intoxication of lilacs. Guest: Grace McLean, singer, songwriter, actor, on "Suffs."
Robin on new polls and the many campus demonstrations and arrests across the country. Special Guest: Elizabeth Holtzman on the numerous Trump indictments and court cases.
Robin confronts the new teenage sex trend—“choking”—and also revives the feminist campaign against male (as well as female) circumcision. Guest: Jane Manning on Harvey Weinstein's possible release.
Robin "unearths" Lise Meitner, the "mother of the atomic bomb" (she loathed it), interviews Lela Mailman and Darlene Gomez about missing and murdered Indigenous women, and discovers the ignored female birds of North America.
Robin concludes her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading the third and last section of the three-part novella from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
Robin continues her New Year's feature with a reading of her own short fiction fitting the date— “The List Keeper,” from her book Parallax published by Spinifex Press.
After a chaotic and stressful year, Robin devotes the entire episode to reading the magical, transformative story she wrote for her son, then age 8—The Mer-Child: A Legend for Children and Other Adults.
Robin discusses the #SayHerName Mothers Network, intersectionality, #MeToo, racialized motherhood in America, and more with special guests Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw and Gina Best. Plus, Audre Lorde's poetry.
Robin's guests, Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw of the African American Policy Forum & Gina Best of the #SayHerName Mothers Network, on police brutality and public silencing regarding Black women. Plus, Robin on Israel and Hamas.
Robin delves into the use of boarding schools to "assimilate" Native American children in the 19th century. Special Guest Dr. Brenda Child, Ojibwe historian and author.
Robin explores China's new plans for women with her special guest, Leta Hong Fincher, author of Leftover Women. And Robin's commentary on the Israel-Gaza war.
Robin devotes the main body of the podcast to a conversation with the founders of Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Praxis—writer Cherríe Moraga and painter Celia Herrera Rodríguez.
Robin explores the intersection of climate crises and the world’s largest oppressed minority: the disability community. Guest: Emily Ladau, author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, How to Be an Ally.
Robin confronts the Taliban's draconian list of forbidden acts for women. Guests: Asila Wardak and Jessica Neuwirth of the Women's Forum on Afghanistan.
Robin struggles to regain a focused self post-severe-COVID. Special guest Kathy Spillar, Executive Editor of Ms. Magazine, and editor of the new book 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution.