WMC Live #411: Suffer the Little Children. (Original Airdate 5/28/2023)

Robin takes on a newfound constituency—the aging population. Guest Judy Karofsky talks about her powerful new book, "DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice," describing her care for her mother.

Robin celebrates the 40th birthday of the great, witty, profound Guerrilla Girls, with guests "Frida Kahlo" and "Kathe Kollwitz"—the Originals still going strong!

Robin explores different ways of resistance. Guest Meg Stone on her new book, The Cost of Fear: Why Most Safety Advice is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence.

Robin worries aloud about the Leftist (and her) loathing of money. Special Guest: Trish Costello, founder and CEO of Portfolia.com, a collaborative equity investment platform.

Robin shares secret words banned by US government agencies under Trump. Guest: Nilo Tabrizy, Iranian journalist, on the women’s uprising in Iran.

Robin maps the gauntlet the oppressed endure. Guest Jill Elaine Hasday discusses her book, "We the Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality."

Medical abortion is now the preferred method of ending an unwanted pregnancy. Robin and guest Carrie N. Baker discuss Baker's new book, "Abortion Pills: US History and Politics” (also available via Open Access).

Robin brings Elizabeth Cady Stanton's anti-religionist arguments up to date, exposing the New Right's campaign to eradicate democracy. Guest: best-selling investigative reporter Katherine Stewart, author of “Money, Lies, and God.”

Robin discusses and reads from the writings of the great 19th-century radical suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who lambasted religions—Christianity in particular.

Robin and her guest, Marci Marie Simmons, together explore the women's prison system in Texas. Simmons, now an activist, is a survivor of 10 years in a Texas prison.