The Original Nasty Woman
Jeannette Rankin had a belief: That women were essential to the health of our democracy. She became the first woman elected to Congress over a century ago. Now, Kathleen Williams is vying to follow in...
10 Okt 201832min
The 'Indoor Man' and His Playmates
Playboy was never just about the pictures or the articles. The magazine helped create a men's liberation movement, founded on the notion that men could have anything they wanted. From Donald Trump to ...
2 Okt 201831min
The Pedestal
Paula Casey is on a mission. She wants to erect a statue in Memphis dedicated to those who fought for a woman’s right to vote more than a century ago. The problem: There’s a Confederate monument in th...
25 Sep 201827min
We've Been Here Before
When Barbara Mikulski arrived in the Senate, all the podiums were built for men… and so was Washington's power structure. So she changed it. In this episode, Mikulski and three of her female Senate co...
18 Sep 201818min
The Dream Was Not Mine
Jennifer Willoughby was in an abusive marriage. Saily Avelenda was unhappy with her congressman, who'd held office for over two decades without facing a serious contender. They didn’t know they were a...
17 Sep 201836min
The United States of Anxiety Season Three: There's an Election Coming
Women gained the right to vote nearly a century ago. Yet, power is still concentrated in the hands of men. In a year that’s seen a surge of female candidates, the question at the heart of the 2018 mid...
14 Sep 20183min
The US of Anxiety Wants to Hear from You
A record number of women are running for office this primary season, which means there's a groundswell of energy around targeting female voters with campaign ads. For our next season of the United Sta...
9 Aug 20184min
Introducing ‘Caught’: Our New Podcast
America incarcerates more people than any country in the world. It starts with kids. On any given night, roughly 53,000 young people are in some form of lockup. Nearly 60 percent are black or Latino. ...
20 Mar 201829min
