Sat, 11 August 2012
On this show we cover the Super 8: The 8 new free women's preventative health services that started on August 1st of 2012. Services like access to free well-woman visits, free screening for gestational diabetes, free birth control, free breastfeeding support, free domestic violence counseling, and more. We unpack what's in these new services, how can you (and yours) can get access, and what's next in healthcare policy. Joining us in that lively conversation are doctors, experts, and policy makers.
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Sun, 5 August 2012
The torch. The pageantry. The athletic accomplishments that are unimaginable to us mere mortals. This is a historic Olympics for women: The U.S. team included more female athletes than male for the first time ever. We've come a long way since Title Nine passed 40 years ago, now more than 200,000 women play college sports, compared with 16,000 in 1972. But we still have a ways to go. By age 14, girls are dropping out of sports at twice the rate of boys. And as women's sports have gained prestige, fewer female coaches are hired.
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Sun, 29 July 2012
Over 80% of U.S. women have babies by the time they’re 44 years old, and three-quarters of moms are now in the labor force, but our family economic security policies are still stuck in the dark ages. That’s right: Even though 177 other countries have some form of paid family leave for new moms after the birth of a child, the U.S. doesn’t. It’s no wonder that having a baby is now a leading cause of poverty spells in our nation—which is a time when income dips below what’s needed for food and rent. But while millions of women struggle after the birth of a new child, a few highly paid women are stepping back from taking leave after the birth of a new child at all--and sparks are flying. The announcement of Marissa Mayer, the new chief of Yahoo, that her maternity leave would be “a few weeks long, and she’ll work throughout it,” ignited a firestorm of feedback. For one thing, not all women have the same choices and options for childcare as a millioniare CEO. For another thing, Marissa Mayer's comment flew into the face of a long fight in the women’s movement for everyone to have access to paid family leave, which is a policy proven to decrease poverty, save taxpayers and businesses funds, and to help build healthy families. Joining us in our lively conversation on this show about maternity and paternity leave are policy experts, celebrities, real moms, and advocates, as well as real moms who’ve been able to take family leave, and moms who’ve needed family leave but couldn’t take it *Thank you to special guests including: Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP; Christy Turlington, model and founder of Every Mother Counts; Debra Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families; Marilyn Watkins, Economic Opportunity Institute; Selena Allen, MomsRising mom; as well as Elisa Batista, Monifa Bandele and Ruth Martin of MomsRising. |
Sun, 22 July 2012
From firefighters discussing the Mayor of Scranton cutting their pay to $7.25 an hour, to the International President of the SEIU sharing that 2/3 of all people making minimum wage are women (& sharing what you can do about it), to moms trying to get by while raising kids on low wages, and to experts explaining how CEO pay has sky-rocketed by 725% over the last 30 years as the minimum wage hasn't even kept up with inflation; tune in and join us as we talk about how the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour doesn't cut it for supporting a family. *Thank you to special guests: Julie Vogtman, National Women's Law Center; Margaret Lewis, mom and public transporter; John Judge, Scranton City Firefighter; Losia Nyankale, Restaurant Opportunity Center; and Mary Kay Henry, International President of the SEIU. |
Sun, 15 July 2012
From the rumors that Mitt Romney is considering a woman as Vice President, to the so-called “Palin Factor,” this show features lively conversations about women in leadership & sexism in politics. With women comprising only 17% of Congress, our nation ranks a low 91st of all nations in terms of women’s representation. The United States is behind Rwanda, Costa Rica, Denmark, South Africa, Argentina and 86 other countries. We can do better.
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Sun, 8 July 2012
Sick days! Did you know that nearly 80% of low wage workers and 40% of all private sector workers don’t have access to a single paid sick day? Put these numbers together along with the fact that 100% of us get sick, and you can see how our lack of access to paid sick days could be a national issue with rippling repercussions to families, to businesses, and to public health. Join us today to hear from the Department of Labor, moms who’ve been fired just for getting sick, business owners, elected leaders, and policy experts all talking about how to build a nation where no-one gets fired simply for getting sick.
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Sun, 1 July 2012
Leader Nancy Pelosi, policy experts, and real moms share the lowdown on what the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision means to your health, to your family’s health, and to our economy. The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as healthcare reform, in a 5 – 4 decision. Join us to hear what's really going on with healthcare in our nation right now. |
Sun, 24 June 2012
Tune in this week for lively discussion with filmmakers, doctors, moms, and heroines. That's right. This show we're talking with with the authors of the Top 5 most popular blogs on the MomsRising website. We start with how to make a superman cape, and then we uncover what’s really going on with corporations pushing infant formulas in hospitals to new moms. After that, we delve into a discussion about the DREAMERs and immigration. And then we’ll touch base with an inspiring mom who took on Monsanto and won; and lastly, we’ll end with a deep discussion of the death penalty. *Thank you to special guests, including: Caroline Urdaneta, author of the popular blog Salsa Pie; Kristin Schafer from the Pesticide Action Network; Dr. Melissa Bartick; Paola Mendoza, filmmaker and actor; and Monifa Bandele, author and advocate.
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Sun, 17 June 2012
Revolutionary new flexible workplace practices that help businesses, parents, trees, and people are all covered in this important, lively conversation. What's the lowdown? In the U.S. we now work more hours per week that most any other nation in the world. Too many people are caught in a cubicled rat race, leaving no time for life and family. But work doesn’t have to be that way! Join experts, real people, policy analysts, and business consultants as they share revolutionary, new flexible workplace practices.
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Mon, 11 June 2012
Bust some birth control myths with special guests including physicians, psychologists, policy experts, and real moms. We'll learn about the latest birth control options available out there for you right now. We'll also hear about one mom’s love affair with the IUD. And we're lucky to have expert guests who can share the lowdown on what women’s health policies are really at stake behind the sensationalized birth control headlines. We'll even get some relationship advice along the way.
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