WMC Live #481: Costly Speech. (Original Airdate 9/28/2025)

Robin re-analyzes Ancient Greece and the (feminist?!) Myceneans. Special Guest: Cécile Simmons, an online misogyny expert and author of CTRL HATE DELETE: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It.

Robin talks with special guest Dr. Heidi Sevestre. Also, Heartening Words.

Robin discusses The US Court System and the First Amendment with New York State Supreme Court Justice (Ret.) Emily Jane Goodman.

Robin on how pornography defined US morality. Guest: Judith Giesberg, author of Sex and the Civil War.

Robin's summer sum-up. Guest: Evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman on her book, The Origin of Language, positing childcare (!) is why we speak.

Robin dissects procrastination, and discusses poetry and writing with her special guest, the writer Sandra Cisneros.

Robin revisits the feminist campaign against violent pornography and finds new and harrowing statistics—yet new and hopeful developments. Guest: Dr. Gail Dines of Culture Reframed and author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality.

Robin discusses Ms. Magazine with her special guest, Executive Editor Kathy Spillar: the magazine's reporting, tactics, strategy, and inspiration in these dark times. Robin reflects on what "Insurrectionist" really means.

Robin reports the realities of the lives endured by women and children refugees and migrants with her guest, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge—herself an immigrant.

Robin revisits the Biden presidency in light of new revelations. Special Guest: feminist Margot Wallström, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden.