WMC Live #502: An Inconvenient Widow. (Original Airdate 5/3/2026)

Robin welcomes Lois Romano, author of An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln. Also, a report from Ethiopia.

Robin discusses the Latino vote and the Cesar Chavez revelations, and also examines "Anglo Alpha Males." Guest: Maria Teresa Kumar.

Robin talks with veteran Culture Reframed feminist activist Gail Dines and young anti-porn crusader "Katiclyzm" (aka Katie Ramsay, with 240k YouTube subscribers) about pornography.

Robin discusses Muslim women learning karate & other survival means—emotional, financial, and political—as a community. Guest Rana Abdelhamid, activist and author of Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power.

Robin talks aging with Sari Botton, who has 70,000 subscribers of all ages to her Substack. Also, Dolores Huerta's statement about the sexist crimes of Cesar Chavez.

Robin discusses great women painters with Rhiannon Cosslett, a novelist who writes about them in her book, Female, Nude. And then names more than a few!

Robin discusses a shocking new crisis in the nursing profession with former Emergency Room nurse and now nurses' advocate Brittany Neal DiNatale.

Robin explores the life (and garden!) of American poet Anne Spencer, with her granddaughter Shaun Spencer-Hester and her biographer, Dr. Noelle Morrissette.

Robin and the great Cherokee economist Rebecca Adamson plan and plot alternative, practical, sane, sustainable ways to save our planet.

Robin explores dark matter, bullies, and Trump perfumes. Guest: lawyer Jennifer Freeman, who represents sexual abuse survivors fighting for release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.