Robin on the NYC Hallowe'en terror attack, Mueller trumping Manafort, and why we really need to break up Big Tech. Guests: Jocelyn Olcott on the greatest consciousness raising event ever; Shazia Rafi reports from South West Asia. Surrealism Corner.
Robin on what really happens when women legislate, unmasking Trump's Generals, and one fine sheriff. Guests: Polly Rodriguez on “make love, not porn”—Women of Sex Tech; Angela Dodson on her book of ALL the suffragists—including women of color.
Robin on Trump vs. mourning military families, and the kilonova in the Hydra constellation. Guests: Shaughnessy Naughton on a new push to get scientists into political office; Judaline Cassidy discusses her passion for plumbing and for mentoring.
Robin on Trump's attacking contraception and insulting Puerto Rico, California burning, the Rohingya—and Harvey Weinstein. In-depth interview with AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan on 4 presidents—and on her own enslaved ancestors.
Robin on Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, the fast-food industry's secret pact against women, Rosanne Cash, and female mayors. Guests: Maria Teresa Kumar on Hispanics in the crosshairs; Ann Hornaday on critics' tips for watching movies. Surrealism Corner.
Robin on Saudi women driving (!), campus sexual-assault setback, Obamacare resurrected, and the NFL gladiators vs. Trump. Guest: Ani DiFranco—Part 2 of an exclusive in-depth conversation. Plus, Surrealism Corner and A Word from My Lower Self.
Robin on Aung San Suu Kyi, modern slavery, deconstructing deconstructionism, and "the genuine article." Guest: Ani DiFranco in an in-depth personal interview. Also Surrealism Corner, and the new feature, "A Word From My Lower Self."
Robin on hurricane coverage, Trump's gutting Title IX, Big Tech malfeasance--and a personal word about Kate Millett. Guests: Journalist Amanda Sperber on an untold story--South Sudan's rapes; Mary Mattingly on Swale, the first floating food forest.
Season Premiere! Robin on the KKK and neo-Nazis, DACA, hurricanes, North Korea—and the Pope's Jewish woman shrink. Guest: political and cultural correspondent/pundit Ana Marie Cox. Plus, an expanded Surrealism Corner.

Chester Bennington, the frontman of Linkin Park, was a rock legend, an important cultural icon, and a man who, like many, suffered from depression. On July 20, the 41-year-old took his own life.
Robin on the GOP baseball shooting, the censoring of Shakespeare, how Jim Crow inspired Hitler, and the tale of Maddie Runckles. Guests: Ariel Levy on why "The Rules Do Not Apply"; Emily Temple-Wood's F-You Project on women in science at Wikipedia.
Robin on Comey's testimony, Reality Winner's leak, and what everyone overlooks but Trump fears most. Guests: former prosecutor Jane Manning on drug-facilitated rape and the Cosby trial; physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on "the physics of melanin."
Robin on "covfefe," Hillary's newfound badass free speech, the Paris Accord exit, and all the president's men. Guests: Meghan Milloy and Jennifer Pierotti Lim of GOP Women for Progress; Dr. Ellen Currano on paleontology and The Bearded Lady Project.
Robin on the escalating physical attacks against journalists, Trump's misadventures abroad, and his regime's chaos at home. Guests: Ahd Niazy, founder of Saudi feminist literary magazine Jahanamiya; Dominique Crenn, 2-Michelin-star chef and feminist.
Robin on Trump's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors," gerrymandering, jailing press, and leakers. Guests: Linda Fentiman on how blaming mothers is embedded in the law; Claudia Megan Urry on the wonders of astrophysics—and fighting sexism in the field.

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News Exposé Special: Robin lets loose on a shockingly overlooked, major link connecting Trump and Putin. Guests: Congresswoman Grace Meng's "Menstrual Equality Bill"; comics Sarah Pappalardo and Beth Newell discuss "Reductress."
Robin on FBI director Comey testifying to the Senate, a new Saudi women's uprising, immigration history, and Trumpcare. Guests: Stacy Bannerman on endangered veterans' wives; Donna Seaman's book Identity Unknown about "disappeared" women artists.
Robin blasts Democrats' "Unity" and celebrates Poetry Month. Guests: Liesl Olson unearths women who made U.S. poetry vibrant and inclusive through a century of Poetry magazine; poet Alicia Ostriker reads work with immigrant themes from her new book.
Robin on Easter, Google, United Airlines, female SCOTUS justices, and VAL (Violence Against Language). Guests: Dutch Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen describes the founding of She Decides; Veronica Todaro on women and Parkinson's disease.
Robin on Syria, North Korea, SCOTUS, Planned Parenthood, Bill O'Reilly, and more. Guests: Kate Schatz on Solidarity Sundays activism; Dr. Stacey Patton on her book "Spare The Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America." Surrealism Corner.
Robin on the filibuster, scoring a hockey goal, a Constitutional Convention, and running shoes. Guests: Sally Field on returning to Broadway (but loving townhall protests!); Leah Fessler on smartphone PA bots being programmed to tolerate sexism.
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