Robin Morgan
An award-winning poet, novelist, political theorist, feminist activist, journalist, editor, and best-selling author, Robin Morgan has published eight poetry collections (including her new book of poems, Harvesting Darkness), four novels, and eleven books of nonfiction on social justice issues––primarily feminism––including her best-seller The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism, and the now-classic anthologies Sisterhood Is Powerful, Sisterhood Is Global, and Sisterhood Is Forever.
A recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Prize (Poetry) and numerous other honors, and a former editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine, she co-founded The Sisterhood Is Global Institute with Simone de Beauvoir and co-founded the Women's Media Center with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem. An architect and leader of contemporary U.S. feminism, she has also been a leader in the international women's movement for 40 years.
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 explores how major museums still fail women artists, and why New York has become a center for Indigenous people. Guest: Larissa FastHorse, first Native American woman playwright ever to have a play on Broadway.
Robin on the firings of Fox News' Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, and on youth activism. Special Guest: Maria Teresa Kumar, founding President/CEO of Voto Latino.
Robin takes a dive into redefinitions of concepts we think we already know—from Buddhist nuns and kung fu to time itself. Special Guest: Debora Spar, expert on technology, future societies, and women.
As former President Jimmy Carter enters hospice care at 98, Robin delivers a tribute show to him, stressing his post-presidency activism and strong support for feminism, and highlighting their exclusive and extraordinary 2014 conversation.
A special alert bulletin from Robin Morgan on Mahsa Amini and the Women’s Revolution in Iran.
Season premiere! Robin explains what Biden has really done and, unlike SCOTUS, exposes the actual positions of our Colonial-era Founders on abortions. Guest: Claire Atkin of Check My Ads, on defunding misinformation online—even at Fox News!
Robin explores post-Roe v. Wade realities if we lose reproductive rights, and finds a vast network of underground abortion providers and devices. Special Guest: Jessica Bruder, writer of “The Abortion Underground” in the May edition of The Atlantic.
Robin explores "streaming war," the devastation of Ukraine, and the powerfully moving (but also shamefully racist) response to the tragic invasion. Plus, an analysis of Biden's first State of the Union speech.
Robin explores rising campaigns in the US and abroad to ban books and censor reporters, and revisits crusading Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, who was a prophetic special guest on the podcast in May 2018, and who has now just won the Nobel Prize.
Robin explores the general crisis in journalism—especially print journalism, despite the current Golden Age for print investigative reporting. Special Guest: Gail Collins, New York Times columnist.
Robin sends a red alert about women's more-than-ever threatened contraceptive and abortion rights. Special Guest: Deeyah Khan on her new documentary film, America's War on Abortion.
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.
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.
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.
In this unique podcast, Robin explores the complexities of Thomas Jefferson's 40-year-long relationship with the enslaved Sally Hemings—which inspires a meditation on whiteness.
Robin—whose book "The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism" predicted this—dives into who funded it, who's behind it, who collaborates in it, and just how deep it runs.
The Women’s Media Center celebrates our Robin Morgan on her 80th birthday, with a photo album highlighting exceptional events, media appearances, podcasts, and writing for the Women’s Media Center.
On December 30, 2020, Lois Diane Sasson succumbed to COVID-19.
SPECIAL EDITION. Robin on COVID-19 news “inside the headlines.” New Feature: Comfort Zone—practical things you can do, watch, hear, share to make yourself and others feel better. Fighting Words: Trustable sources and resources for facts, not rumors.
End-of-Year Special! Robin looks back at 2019, celebrates the impeachment proceedings, and thinks ahead to the Senate trial—plus a special surprise gift from Robin to her listeners.
Special end-of-year program, featuring poetry. Also, Robin on Nancy Pelosi, Angela Merkel, Voyagers 1 and 2 entering interstellar space, Rwandan women seizing the fishing industry, South Korean women smashing make up—and termite engineers.
We're marking the return this week of Women’s Media Center Live With Robin Morgan (available by podcast at wmclive.com and iTunes) with an excerpt from Robin Morgan's new book, Dark Matter: New Poems.
Big Tech monopolies are endangering the Republic and free speech. It's time for some common-sense regulation.
WMC cofounder Robin Morgan takes stock of what Hillary Clinton's nomination means—and what we have to look forward to as she takes on Donald Trump in the general election.
In this essay, based on a commentary from the November 21 episode of WMC Live With Robin Morgan, the WMC cofounder and author of The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism (Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster) exposes the ways in which the myth of the male hero makes violence not only possible but inevitable. WMC Live is available by podcast at iTunes.
Two WMC cofounders have a revealing conversation about Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road.
On the eve of the second Republican debate, Robin Morgan proposes questions for the candidates that include the female more than half of the country.
Here, Robin Morgan takes aim at a few “feminists” who have taken to the blogways lately to support John McCain and Sarah Palin. Their reasoning is flawed, says Morgan, to say the least.