Women's Spaces Radio Show

The Women’s Spaces Radio Show broadcast on Monday July 21, 2025, features guests Lisa Maldonaldo, legal representative for the California Nurses Association and the National Nurses United, and Kristina Nauheimer, a nurse with Hospice of Petaluma, discussing labor issues of nurses in the North Bay. Click on this post’s link for this show’s archive page to see the bios of the guests, reports on each...

The Women’s Spaces Radio Show of 7/14/2025 features a special segment Men’s Spaces with host Ken Norton interviewing author Dr. Kieran Fox on his New Book  I Am Part of Infinity - the Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein. Ken assisted and edited his mentor William Hermanns’ book Einstein and the Poet , which influenced Kieran Fox, who referred often to the book. Check out this show’s webpage for t...

Monday’s Women's Spaces Radio Show of 4/14/2025 features our guest Elaine Rock, author of the new biography of Barbara “Dusty” Roads, pioneer feminist in the airline industry. Check out this week’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each segment, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA25/WSA250414.html

This week’s radio show features our guests Sabra Briere, cofounder of Indivisible Sonoma County, and Sue Hicks, aparticipant in the Hands Off Protest Rally and March of April  5th in Santa Rosa, CA.  Check out this show’s archive page at the link for the bios of the guests, reports on each of the show’s segments, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www...

This week’s radio show features our guest Donzaleigh Abernathy on Her Childhood in the Center of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vital Role of Women. Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each segment, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA25/WSA250224.html

This week’s show features our guest Dr. Kim Hester Williams, Professor of Literature, Sonoma State University, on Women’sRights in Literature. See this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each show segment, Announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA25/WSA250317.html

This Women's Spaces show features our host Elaine B. Holtzgiving a commentary on music selections on Black History Month. Check out this show’s archive page for the reports on each segment, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA25/WSA250210.html

This Women’s Spaces show features the return of ourregular host, Elaine B. Holtz, who gives a commentary with music selections on each of us lighting our candle in the darkness. Check out this show’s archive page for reports on each segment, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist.  https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA25/WSA250203.htm l

Co-producer Ken Norton serves as host, standing infor Elaine B. Holtz who is recovering from a fall on January 1.  The show features our guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel in discussion on the Healing Guidance of Western and Eastern Metaphysics, with Elaine’s healing Journey weaved in. Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each segment of the show, announcements, linksr...

Our last show of 2024 on December 30 features Sherry Glaser giving us a live Tarot reading for the transition to the New Year. On January 1st our host Elaine B. Holtz suffered a fall on her knee that caused her lower leg to fracture. She is recovering well. We broadcast a repeat of the show last Monday 1/6/2025. Sherry's Tarot reading was spot on for Elaine and her co-producer Ken Norton as they d...

This week’s Women’s Spaces Radio Show is now online. It features our guest Dr. Merith Weisman, the new Executive Director of Sonoma County GoLocal. Since we in Northern California just recently had a tsunami warning, Dr. Weisman also recounts her work with Plan International USA in Indonesia after the tsunami killed 250,000 people in 2004. Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of our gues...

This week’s show features our guest Zakiya Thomas, CEO of the ERA Coalition, on the petition to President Biden to place the states-ratified Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution. Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each of the show’s segments, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA2...

This week’s show features our guest Dr. Andrea Hall discussing her new book “Wake Up! - Get Up in the Morning Feeling Happy to Be Alive Instead of Wishing You Hadn’t Woken Up” and conversing with Elaine on the song “The House I Live In”, noting the divergent feelings due to the discrimination experienced over skin color.  Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each...

This week’s radio show features our first guest Ana Salgaldo on Immigrants’ path to citizenship march in DC, and our second guests Lisa Maldonado and Caroline Banuelos on Unions bringing back the Middle Class. Check out this show’s archive page for the bios of the guests, reports on each segment, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com...

This week’s radio show features our guest Jennifer Tucker, Senior Advisor to the ERA Coalition, on lobbying Congress to pass the resolution to include the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution.  Jennifer also attended the DNC and gives her insights from that convention. Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each segment, announcements, links referenced, this...

This week’s radio show features our guest Rosita Stevens-Holsey on her aunt, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, co-founder of NOW, and Elaine’s report on the CA NOW State Conference held on 8/10/24. Check out this show’s archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each segment, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist.  https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA24/WSA240819....

This week’s radio show is now online. It features our first guest, Susan Lamont, announcing the screening of the film “Where Olive Trees Weep,” and our second guest, Diana Carpenter Madoshi, on the Silent Sentinels encouraging Voting in national actions on October 5, 2024. Check out this show’s archive page for the bios of the guests, reports on each segment, announcements, links referenced, this...

This week’s radio/podcast show is features our guest Rebecca Fein, Executive Director of Verity – Sonoma County’s Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention & Healing Center. Check out this show’s web archive page for the bio of the guest, reports on each of the show’s segments, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory, and the playlist.  https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA24/WS...

This week’s radio/podcast show features our host commentary on Juneteenth and our returning guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on Moving Forward for Freedom of Women. Check out this show’s web archive page for the bio of the guest, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist.  https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA24/WSA240617.html

This week’s radio show/podcast features our guest SSU Prof. Lauren Morimoto, Ph. D., discussing Sonoma State University’s (SSU) Response to the Students for Justice in Palestine Protest and Their Agreement with Former President Mike Lee. Dr. Morimoto relates the events with the Seawolf Commitment approved by the faculty senate in 2017.  Check out this show’s web archive page linked to this post fo...

This week’s radio/podcast show features our guest Santa Rosa City Councilwoman Victoria Fleming on Emerge California Class of 2025 now open for applications for women to learn what is needed to campaign for public office. Check out this show’s web archive page linked to this post for the bio of the guest, reports on each segment of the show, announcements, links referenced, this week in Herstory,...

This week’s radio/podcast show is now online. It features our host Elaine B. Holtz with her commentary, music selections and poetry on Memorial Day. Check out this show’s web archive page linked to this post for reports on each segment of the show, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA24/WSA240527.html

This week’s radio/podcast show features our guest Dr. Andrea Hall-Miller, Community Engagement Coordinator, North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce (NBBCC), describes the Chamber’s first float entry called Sonoma County Trailblazers in the Santa Rosa Rose Parade and the collaboration which won NBBCC the Theme Award. Check out this show’s web archive page at the posted link for the bio of the guest, re...

This week’s radio/podcast show features author Rivera Sun on her modern Mother’s Day Proclamation. Check out this show’s web archive page at the link of this post. It has the bio of the guest, reports on each show segment, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA24/WSA240513.html

This week’s Women’s Spaces radio/podcast show features our guests Julianna MacDonald and Madyline Jaramillo, two student core organizers of the SSU Students for Justice in Palestine Encampment discussing why they are involved, the student demands, and the status of the negotiations with the university. Check out this show’s web archive page linked to this post for the bios of the guests, reports o...