Women's Liberation Radio News

This is episode 1 of Cat Bradfield's Summer Music Countdown featuring songs voted on by WLRN listeners to celebrate WLRN's ten year anniversary. Thank you, Cat!

DJ PhoeniXX is back! Thanks for tuning into another women’s music hour with Phoenixx! This month’s hour centers women who protect and defend that which is precious to us; that which we have nurtured and sustained, to include our own lives as well as the lives of our sisters, families, animals and the planet. If you tuned into Thistle’s roundtable discussion of the political Lesbian ( https://www.y...

MADISON, July 2nd, 2026. First up is Cat Bradfield with WLRN's world news segment including a story about the recent Supreme Court decision to limit male athletes in women's sports. Happy 4th of July celebrations to all of our listeners. Stay safe this weekend! After the news, enjoy the song "Every Woman Can Be a Lesbian" by Alix Dobkin before hearing Jesika Gonzalez, Julianna Varni, Ann Menasche...

First up, Cat Bradfield greets the listener and delivers WLRN’s world news segment for June 4th, 2026. Next, stay tuned for the song “More Than Friends” by Robin Flower, followed by Cat’s interview with Nicole Mowbray of the Lesbian Action Group (LAG). Founded in 2023 after Posie Parker’s visit to Australia, LAG drew international attention to the importance of women speaking publicly and critical...

This is WLRN's 10th Anniversary Edition! Stay tuned for the greeting with Jocelyn Crawley, world news with Cat Bradfield, an interview with professor Gail Dines and concluding commentary from Jocelyn. The focus of this month’s show is the Jeffrey Epstein case and how it is being handled within the porn-sick society we live in, featuring Gail Dines—expert, activist for women’s and children’s rights...

First up, hear Cat Bradfield deliver the greeting highlighting WLRN's ten-year anniversary top one hundred women's songs as voted by WLRN listeners. Learn more and cast your votes here: https://wlrnmedia.com/2026/03/08/cast-your-vote-for-wlrns-top-100-songs/ Please participate by the end of May, 2026! Next, hear the world news featuring stories from Iraq, Nigeria, Zambia and the USA. Then, enjoy a...

WLRN's Jocelyn Crawley sits down with Esmée Streachailt of Medusa Rising to discuss the ever elusive concept of feminist love. Thanks for tuning in to feminist community-powered radio, WLRN.

First up, be greeted by Cat Bradfield, WLRN's World News Coordinator who announces a music show project she is heading to count down the top 100 songs chosen by WLRN listeners just in time to celebrate ten years of WLRN's stellar podcast hitting the Femisphere. Next, hear Cat deliver the world news with stories from the USA, Iran, Uganda, Australia and France. After the world news, enjoy an excerp...

Wishing you a Happy Galentine's Day season, this episode is dedicated to a thorough look at the concept of feminist love with Esmée Streachailt and Jocelyn Crawley. First up, hear Thistle deliver the podcast greeting before the world news segment with Cat Bradfield featuring stories from the Gambia, Chile, Indonesia and the United States. Next, take a listen to the interview Jocelyn did with Ms. E...

Dive in to a refreshing newly inspired podcast as we collectively move forward into the new year! First up, hear Cat Bradfield deliver the world news with a variety of stories from China, Iran, Brazil and other countries that demonstrate the systematic discrimination women face everywhere in all walks of life. Next, WLRN member Lola Bessis takes the reigns this month offering up an interview she d...

Happy Winter holidays to all of our listeners! We hope you are warm and cozy as you listen to this, our 116th handcrafted, collectively created podcast. In this month’s edition, Freda interviews Wendy Murphy, an experienced impact litigator working fiercely to gain equal protection for women under the law. Wendy has won numerous cases setting precedent and leading to changes in the law for women r...

Edition 115 starts with Freda greeting the listener before handing the mic to Cat Bradfield for WLRN's World News segment featuring stories from France, Michigan, England, and Australia. Enjoy the song "Like a Gift" by Samia Malek before hearing Thistle's commentary and snippets of audio from the FiLia conference ending in the song "Spinning & Weaving." Thistle's commentary is followed by Aurora's...

Edition 114 of WLRN is here! Aurora Linnea kicks things off before handing it over to Cat Bradfield for the world news segment, featuring updates from Afghanistan, Argentina, and South Korea. Then, enjoy “Wishing Well” by Jamie Wyatt, followed by a powerful interview Thistle conducted with Brianna Pressley and Elizabeth Watson of WDI USA. Brianna (State Contact for Illinois) and Elizabeth (Minneso...

Today's edition starts off with a greeting from Thistle, our resident singer/songwriter and founder of WLRN before diving into our world news segment with Cat Bradfield. After the news, hear Ani DiFranco's song, Atom, in its entirety to get an idea of the enormity of the problem and its root in male dominion and madness. Next, stay tuned for an interview Thistle did with Professor Cynthia Enloe of...

Welcome to the 112th edition of WLRN's monthly handcrafted and collectively created podcast! This month features four Dianic Priestesses who speak with Thistle about the Red Tent they set up at National Women's Music Festival (NWMF) in Madison, WI every year. Harvest Brown is an ordained Dianic Priestess of the Red Tent. She and her Red Tent clan have set up and worked within the Red Tent space at...

July 3rd, 2025 MADISON -- First up, be greeted by WLRN's founder, Thistle Pettersen before she hands the baton to WLRN's newest member, Ms. Cat Bradfield, who delivers the world news segment. After enjoying Tracy Chapman's song "The Promise", hear Arianne of LGB Alliance USA speak with Thistle about Pride 2025 just before Arianne hopped into the woods for a RadFem summer camp in the Pacific Northw...

First up, hear Thistle greet the listener with an appeal for support to get the team at WLRN over to England this Fall for the FiLia conference. Learn more here: https://wlrnmedia.com/2025/03/28/filia/. Next, stay tuned for WLRN's world news segment written and delivered by aurora linnea in which she features stories from the UK, France, Mexico and the USA. The world news is followed by the song "...

Happy Nine-year anniversary to WLRN! That's right! We have been bringing you a free, volunteer-produced feminist podcast for nine whole years since our humble beginnings in 2016. We couldn't have done it without YOU, dear listeners, so please consider a "happy anniversary" donation to help with our costs to attend the FiLia conference. You can learn more about that fundraising campaign here: https...

Welcome to the 108th edition of WLRN's monthly podcast! First up, hear aurora greet the listener before handing the mic to Mary O'Neill who delivers WLRN's world news featuring stories from Louisiana, Russia and Iran. After the world news, stay tuned for the song "Mother Rage" by Kathy Fire, an anarchist feminist songwriter who released this gem in 1978. Next, hear the interview Thistle did with L...

Continuing our exploration of ecofeminist theory and practice, March's edition puts an emphasis on ecofeminist practice and actions we all can take to put women in places of power to (re)generate the healing changes and salves we need in society to work together to overcome greed and land grabs, and work for a future of sane decision making in the direction of catastrophe prevention, including in...

Welcome to the 106th edition podcast of Women's Liberation Radio News. First up, hear aurora linnea greet the listener before handing the mic to Mary O'Neill for women's news from around the world. Next, enjoy the song "Heaven is a Place on Earth" an old 80's pop favorite re-imagined by Allison Lorenzen. After the song, stay tuned for excerpts of a LIVE round table discussion the WLRN team held on...

Happy New Year from the team at WLRN! This month, Lola Bessis takes the reigns and offers up an interview she did with an 18 year-old UN Women nonprofit organizer who wishes to remain anonymous. They have a lively discussion about what it means to be a globally minded feminist and the work our guest does for women and girls and how it feels to be from the global south and to usually be the younges...

First up, hear the greeting by Thistle before listening to Mary O'Neill deliver WLRN's world news segment. Then, enjoy Thistle's original song Sticky Red Egg before tuning in to aurora's commentary on the US Presidential Elections cycle. After aurora shares her views, it's on to Lola and her take on the American electoral political scene. Finally, our oldest member Sekhmet SheOwl weighs in with he...

This month's edition is packed with women's voices from around the USA as the nation braces itself for the new regime led by president-elect Donald Trump. First up, hear aurora linnea greet the listener before Mary O'Neill offers up news stories and information about women around the world. Then, enjoy the song "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" by Taylor Swift before listening to Thistle, aurora, M...

Dear Listeners, Thanks for your patience as we get used to working without the stellar strengths and abilities of our former sound engineer and producer, Ms. Jenna DiQuarto. We made the call-out for new sound engineers and producers, dear listeners, and she came! Please welcome our two newest members to the team, Freda Bear and Ann Castile. Ann took up the reigns this month and worked into the wee...