Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan

Robin defends New York Times editor Jill Abramson, analyzes the Boston bomber brothers' relationships with women, and celebrates women in jazz, including Lauren Sevian, Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist; Sarah Manning, composer and alto saxophonist; bassist Linda Oh's music for her mother and grandmother; and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana.

Poetry Month. Robin celebrates the new energy in African-American and women's poetry with Alice Quinn of the Poetry Society of America; Joy Harjo as she sings a poem (and plays sax!); and former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove reading from Mother Love—plus Robin links Boston to the Senate's gun vote.

Robin celebrates For National Equal Pay Day by demystifying economics, and speaks with 9 to 5 founder Karen Nussbaum; Alice Kessler-Harris on the pink collar ghetto; Jewelle Bickford on investing; and Michaela Walsh of Women's World Banking.

Robin observes Parkinson's Awareness Month with the "coming out" story about her own diagnoses, plus her discovery and exposé of sexist research protocols. Guests include Lori Katz, founder of the first PD women's group; Rhona Johnson, a caregiver partner; and Dr. Allison Willis, with her neurologist's study of the "underrepresented majority"—women.

Robin on marriage equality and the Court. Guests include scholar and blogger Kimberly "Dr. Goddess" Ellis; Geneva Overholser, one of the most distinguished names in journalism; Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her new book; and Dina Dublon, one of Fortune's 50 most powerful U.S. businesswomen (and a feminist!).

Robin discusses brain image scans, Martian microbes, and Mother Theresa (heh heh), and speaks with Feminist Majority's Ellie Smeal as she explodes at Vatican pedophilia and corruption; scholar Jeanne Theoharis on the real, radical Rosa Parks; Cappella Clausura on singing medieval women composers; director Amelia LeClair; and Monica Rodriguez of SIECUS about STD awareness.

Robin takes on the new Pope, and speaks with Stephanie Gilmore on grassroots feminism; Jennifer Freyd on betrayal blindness; Helen Zia on Asian American women's history; and Urvashi Vaid as she questions the LGBT drift.

Robin gives a special glimpse behind the curtain at how the Women's Media Center really works, including interviews, insights, laughter, and tricks of the trade from the WMC women transforming media every day. Guests are Kate McCarthy of WMC SheSource; Rachel Larris of WMC Name It Change It; Lauren Wolfe of WMC Women Under Siege; and Mary Thom, WMC Features Editor-in-Chief.

Robin celebrates Women's History Month with New York Times columnist Gail Collins; Julie Burkhart, who dares to reopen Dr. Tiller's clinic; and Debra Winger on fighting fracking—plus Robin on the Pope.

Robin hosts this special episode on the forthcoming PBS documentary, "MAKERS: Women Who Make America," with Sheila Tobias; Aileen Hernandez; Judy Blume; and documentary executive producers Dyllan McGee and Betsy West—plus Robin on gun access and witch persecutions happening TODAY.

Robin celebrates Black History Month with guests Bonnie Thornton Dill on the intersections of race, gender, and class; Salamishah Tillet on violence against women and girls; Barbara Smith on black feminism and gun violence; and Johnnetta Cole on the glory of African-American women—plus Robin's commentary on the historic silencing of women in radio.

The popcorn and movies show: Keri Putnam of Sundance on the latest stats about women and film; Melissa Silverstein on the Athena Festival; Jane Fonda on sexism in Hollywood and the Oscars, and Kathy Bates on feminism around the world—plus Robin tips her hat to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she ends her tenure as a great Secretary of State.

Robin demolishes the "clash of civilizations" with Islam, and speaks with Kim Gandy, president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, on the Violence Against Women Act; Kimberly Bryant on teaching kids tech in "Black Girls Code;" and author Suzanne Braun Levine on women's second adulthood and journalism now.

Robin analyzes the "firsts" in Obama's second inaugural and the real and racist roots of the Second Amendment, and speaks with Safa Sankari on women in the Syrian diaspora; Hibaaq Osman on violence against women in the Middle East; Maria Echaveste on the impact of U.S. immigration policies on women; and Ruwayda Mustafa—live from Kurdistan—on the burgeoning feminist movement.

Robin gives commentary on "an obituary of one's own," and speaks with Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day about black feminism; online activists Robin Marty and Jessica Pieklo about their new book "Crow After Roe: How ‘Separate But Equal’ Has Become the New Standard In Women's Health And How We Can Change That;" and Cecile Richards, the head of Planned Parenthood, on forty...

Robin pays tribute to historian, author, and teacher Gerda Lerner, and speaks with Karen Kornbluh, Obama's ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, about economics "demystified;" Susan Feiner, economics and gender studies professor; and international environmentalist and economist Vandana Shiva.

Robin greets the new year with her fantasy agenda for 2013, and speaks with Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center on what's on the horizon regarding women's fiscal and legal security; Palestinian activist Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas on how the UN vote on Palestine will or won't affect women; and actress Lily Tomlin on her greatest regret and proudest moment.

The best of WMC Live with Robin Morgan from 2012, including actor and activist Jane Fonda; New Yorker writer Ariel Levy; Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy; and Native-American poet Joy Harjo.

Robin hosts the most unusual holiday show perhaps ever: a Winter Solstice Show with radical feminist evangelical minister Rev. Jennifer Danielle Crumpton; Wiccan Priestess Margot Adler; and freethinking atheist Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Plus, Robin reflects on the Newtown shooting in a commentary called "The Darkest, Longest Night of the Year."

Robin wonders about the Libertarian fad, and speaks with feminist peace organizer Lucinda Marshall; Sapana Pradhan Malla on Nepali women's rights; WMC's Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe on sexualized violence as a weapon of war; and political humorist Kate Clinton.

Robin explores the distinction between gendered, genderless, and gender-neutral languages. Guests include Saudi feminist Wajeha al-Huwaider, on male guardianship laws in Saudi Arabia that make women permanent minors; Rabbi Sharon Brous on the call for social justice in Judaism; journalist and Women's Media Center founding president Carol Jenkins on the representation of women and also of men of co...

On World AIDS Day, Robin speaks with Dazon Dixon Diallo of SisterLove, Inc. about the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and girls in the United States; and with Paula Donovan of AIDS-Free World about its impact internationally. Special Guest: the prolific, much-decorated author Ursula K. Le Guin, on why it is that her literature gets classified as "genre" fiction, the hard work of translation and st...

Robin defends Susan Rice from John McCain, and speaks with actress Kathy Najimy on feminist comedy; South Dakota park ranger Sunny Clifford on the documentary "Young Lakota;" and chef Nora Pouillon about “certified organic” food.

Robin deconstructs the Petraeus scandal, and speaks with Yifat Suskind about MADRE's "Blow the Whistle on Violence against Women" campaign; Carol Adams waxes eloquent on the sexual politics of meat; and three Women's Media Center Award honorees: Social Media Award-winner Luvvie Ajayi, and Sisterhood Is Powerful awardees Lisa and Laura Ling.

Robin hosts a special Women's Media Awards show with award recipients Pat Mitchell and Sarah Hoye; and Women's Media Center President Julie Burton. Anu Bhagwati of SWAN—Service Women’s Action Network—praises women vets in honor of Veteran's Day. Plus Robin comments on the election outcome's historic wins for women and its "delicious bad-guy losses," and on language so fashionable it's viral.