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On The Issues With Michele GoodwinOn Surviving Epstein—Part II (with Moira Donegan)Content warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual assault. In July, the Justice Department released a controversial report about Jeffrey Epstein. Now with the release of over 23,000 files associated with Epstein, questions are being raised about the scope and scale of this sex trafficking ring and its connections to power. The House Oversight Committee has yet to hear testimony from Epstein survivors, despite urging by Rep. Ayanna Presley and others. In this episode, Dr. Goodwin is joined by journalist Moira Donegan to discuss the implications of the files, and what needs to be done in order for h...
2025-12-0237 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinOn Surviving Epstein—Part I (with Jess Michaels)Content warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual assault. Over the past several months, the Epstein files have been extensively covered by the media. But too often, the voices of actual survivors are missing. In this episode, we’re filling that gap and shifting the focus to where it belongs: to the survivors and what justice means to them. Dr. Michele Goodwin is joined by Jessica Michaels, a sexual assault awareness advocate and Epstein survivor. Dr. Goodwin speaks with Jess about her experience as a survivor of sexual assault, her work as an advocate, and what she want...
2025-11-2554 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinTo Young People Facing This Moment: Hold On to Your ValuesIn this episode, host Michele Goodwin speaks directly to students, young scholars, and the next generation of leaders, and of course, the people who love them. As she remarks, they are coming of age in a world that is complicated, challenging, and often unfair. This talk is about standing up when it's easier to look away, holding your ground when the crowd moves in a different direction, and acting with empathy and accountability in a world that often forgets what those values actually mean. This episode is a rebroadcast of a keynote Michele Goodwin delivered at the La...
2025-09-0835 min
On The Issues With Michele GoodwinEpisode Preview: How Feminists Have Redefined Democracy (with Celinda Lake, Aimee Allison, Angel Charley, Julie C. Suk, Cynthia Richie Terrell, and Jennifer M. Piscopo)This is a preview of the first episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, the latest podcast from Ms. Studios. The full first episode is out now—subscribe to Looking Back, Moving Forward wherever you get your podcasts, or head to MsMagazine.com to learn more!What would a truly representative democracy look like — and why don’t we have one?Looking Back, Moving Forward launches with a focus on women’s growing political power and how feminists can, and must, shape the future of government, policy, and lawmaking. Our democracy is under attack, and a mor...
2025-07-0408 min
On The Issues With Michele GoodwinTrailer: Introducing Looking Back, Moving Forward with Carmen RiosA new podcast from Ms. Studios, hosted by feminist superstar and Ms. consulting editor Carmen Rios, will trace the intertwined history of Ms. magazine and the feminist movement it has given voice to for over 50 years — and explore where the fight for gender equality must go next. By examining the legacy of America’s longest-running feminist magazine, Looking Back, Moving Forward explores how we got to where we are now — and how our shared histories illuminate the path forward, toward an intersectional feminist future.Subscribe to Looking Back, Moving Forward today wherever you get podcast...
2025-06-2701 min
Feminist BuzzkillsThree Years Since the Fall of Roe: Have Far Have We Fallen? With Dr. Michele Goodwin & Amy Hagstrom MillerSPECIAL PODISODE! THREE YEARS SINCE THE FALL OF ROE? Woof. It’s been a heavy three years and an even heavier past few weeks. June 24th marks the 3rd anniversary of the fall of Roe (sobs). So, diving into what has happened to abortion access since then means bringing in THE BIG GUNS. It’s big Buzzkill energy as Lizz welcomes the incomparable constitutional genius Dr. Michele Goodwin to talk about just how damn far we’ve fallen and what legal challenges are ahead. Also sharing her reflections is abortion provider extraordinaire, CEO of Whole Woman’s...
2025-06-2443 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Dead, Pregnant and Imprisoned in Georgia—The Adrianna Smith CaseIn this emergency episode, we're ringing the alarm bells: We just learned that in the state of Georgia, a woman named Adriana Smith who was declared brain-dead in February, is being forcibly kept on a ventilator due to the state’s strict abortion ban, against her family's wishes. It's been over 90 days. Her mother, April Newkirk has said, “It’s torture for me."Dr. Michele Goodwin breaks down Adriana Smith's case, and the cases of other women who, like Smith, have been disrespected and desecrated in death thanks to abortion bans and pregnancy exclusion laws. Check o...
2025-05-1726 min
Fifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Dead, Pregnant and Imprisoned in Georgia—The Adrianna Smith CaseIn this emergency episode, we're ringing the alarm bells: We just learned that in the state of Georgia, a woman named Adriana Smith who was declared brain-dead in February, is being forcibly kept on a ventilator due to the state’s strict abortion ban, against her family's wishes. It's been over 90 days. Her mother, April Newkirk has said, “It’s torture for me."Dr. Michele Goodwin breaks down Adriana Smith's case, and the cases of other women who, like Smith, have been disrespected and desecrated in death thanks to abortion bans and pregnancy exclusion laws. Check o...
2025-05-1626 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinReflecting on Trump's Immunity Win At The Supreme Court: Who Will Check The Trump Administration?In this episode, Dr. Michele Goodwin reflects on Trump v. United States. As Americans adjust to the myriad executive orders, firings of government employees, the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), plane crashes, threats to dismantle the Department of Education, and so much more under the Trump Administration, what can be learned about the Supreme Court's case granting Donald Trump absolute immunity? Who will be the check on the Trump administration?Check out this episode’s landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further readi...
2025-03-0528 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinBlack History Month Rewind! I’m So Excited—with the Pointer SistersAs part of our Black History Month Rewind at Ms. Studios, we’re revisiting some of our favorite past episodes. In our final Rewind, we're revisiting an episode we recorded in 2021, celebrating Juneteenth with Fritz and Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters. In this joyous episode, host Michele Goodwin is joined by music icon Anita Pointer of the three-time Grammy Award-winning R&B group the Pointer Sisters and her brother Fritz Pointer, acclaimed professor and historian and former music manager. They celebrate Juneteenth and unpack their award-winning memoir, Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters’ Family Story.Fritz and A...
2025-02-281h 03Fifteen Minutes of FeminismReflecting on Trump's Immunity Win At The Supreme Court: Who Will Check The Trump Administration?In this episode, Dr. Michele Goodwin reflects on Trump v. United States. As Americans adjust to the myriad executive orders, firings of government employees, the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), plane crashes, threats to dismantle the Department of Education, and so much more under the Trump Administration, what can be learned about the Supreme Court's case granting Donald Trump absolute immunity? Who will be the check on the Trump administration?Check out this episode’s landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further readin...
2025-02-2625 min
Feminist BuzzkillsMarch for Life Madness 2025 With Dr. Michele GoodwinFull episode transcript HERE. The first awful week ends with March for Madness – IT’S HEAVY ON THE MADNESS! Your Feminist Buzzkils are out here using facts and belly laughs to break down the early returns of how the anti-abobo gorgons will fuck with our rights. Let’s snap you out of your facism fatigue, stat! Every one of you is an abobo warrior, and we salute you (in a very normal human way). Trump's first week ended with the anti-abortion mayhem known as the March for L...
2025-01-251h 24On The Issues With Michele Goodwin"Unpacking the Chaos of the Trump Years" (with #SistersInLaw Hosts Jill Wine Banks and Kimberly Atkins StohrIn this episode, we unpack the chaos of the Trump years. Breaking news took on new meaning during Donald Trump’s term in the White House—one that was quite different from prior presidential administrations. A ban on Muslims from entering the United States, known as the “Muslim Ban” quickly went into effect after his inauguration. The world saw the United States lock children in cages at the border and defend its policy to deny those children soap and toothpaste. The Trump years set in motion the end of Roe v. Wade, the dismantling of agency authority, the elimination of important...
2024-07-0638 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinThe Trump Indictments: Is Trump too Cozy with the Supreme Court? (With Anthony Michael Kreis)This week, we’re continuing our series, “The Trump Indictments,” which unpacks the litigation and criminal charges levied at former president Donald Trump. In this episode, Dr. Goodwin brings us up to speed on the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate the former President on the Colorado ballot. Professor Anthony Michael Kreis also returns to discuss what’s been happening in Washington, D.C. and what comes next in at least one of Trump’s trials. Joining us to discuss these crucial issues is our very special returning guest:Prof. Anthony Michael Kreis. Anthony Michael Kreis is a p...
2024-03-0732 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Trump Indictments: What's Happening in Georgia? (with Anthony Michael Kreis)This week, we’re continuing our series unpacking the litigation and criminal charges levied at former president Donald Trump: The Trump Indictments. In this episode, Dr. Goodwin is joined by Professor Anthony Michael Kreis as they discuss the status of the Georgia criminal prosecution against Trump and the allegations facing Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Joining us to discuss these crucial issues is our very special returning guest:Prof. Anthony Michael Kreis. Anthony Michael Kreis is a professor of law and political science with Georgia State University. His...
2024-02-2225 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismThe Trump Indictments: What's Happening in Georgia? (with Anthony Michael Kreis)This week, we’re continuing our series unpacking the litigation and criminal charges levied at former president Donald Trump: The Trump Indictments. In this episode, Dr. Goodwin is joined by Professor Anthony Michael Kreis as they discuss the status of the Georgia criminal prosecution against Trump and the allegations facing Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Joining us to discuss these crucial issues is our very special returning guest:Prof. Anthony Michael Kreis. Anthony Michael Kreis is a professor of law and political science with Georgia State University. His...
2024-02-2223 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinUncharted Waters: What's Next for Abortion (with Rebecca Gomperts)In this special episode, Dr. Goodwin is on the road, broadcasting from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She's joined by Dutch physician and reproductive rights activist and pioneer, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves—an organization that took to the seas to provide women abortions and reproductive healthcare. They unpack victories and the horrors—including Dr. Gomperts' boat being seized, chained, and crew being held by gunpoint. They also unpack what comes next for abortion, including self-managed abortion and telehealth.Joining us for this episode is very special guest:Dr. Rebecca Gomperts. Dr. Gompert...
2024-01-2938 min
Glow Up And Speak OutEp. 4: Reproductive Rights & Constitutional Law Scholar, Author, & Professor Michele Goodwin On Looking Back At History To Understand Today (Re-Release)This week, we’re revisiting an important interview with Dr. Michele B. Goodwin from earlier this year that’s really worth a second listen. Alex sits down with Dr. Goodwin to walk us through the history of American laws restricting reproductive rights for women, from involuntary reproductive servitude in the times of slavery to denying pregnant women access to life-saving healthcare today.
Dr. Michele B. Goodwin is an acclaimed bioethicist, constitutional law scholar, prolific author, and law professor at Georgetown Law School. She serves on the executive committee and national board of the American Cons...
2023-11-151h 02On The Issues With Michele GoodwinCelebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop (With Drew Dixon and Janell Hobson)Fifty years ago, hip-hop emerged from a party in the rec room of a Bronx building—and a new sound was born--one with roots in African music, but with its own vibe and messaging. Since its first iterations, women have played significant roles in the creation and evolution of hip-hop: as rappers, DJs, producers, breakdancers, graffiti artists, scholars, journalists and more. Women have been key innovators and rebels in hip-hop, creating new sounds, pushing back against marginalization, and speaking up when others try to push them down.Michele Goodwin and her two guests break down the past, pres...
2023-09-1242 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Disorders & DiseasesPolicing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood by Michele GoodwinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616269to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood
Author: Michele Goodwin
Narrator: Robin Eller
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes
Release date: August 1, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Disorders & Diseases
Publisher's Summary:
Policing the Womb brings to life the chilling ways in which women have become the targets of secretive state surveillance of their pregnancies. Michele Goodwin expands the reproductive health and rights debate beyond abortion to include how legislators increasingly turn to criminalizing women for miscarriages, stillbirths, and threatening...
2023-08-011h 14Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsPolicing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood by Michele GoodwinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616269to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood
Author: Michele Goodwin
Narrator: Robin Eller
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes
Release date: August 1, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Policing the Womb brings to life the chilling ways in which women have become the targets of secretive state surveillance of their pregnancies. Michele Goodwin expands the reproductive health and rights debate beyond abortion to include how legislators increasingly turn to criminalizing women for miscarriages, stillbirths...
2023-08-011h 14
Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsPolicing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood by Michele GoodwinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood Author: Michele Goodwin Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Policing the Womb brings to life the chilling ways in which women have become the targets of secretive state surveillance of their pregnancies. Michele Goodwin expands the reproductive health and rights debate beyond abortion to include how legislators increasingly turn to criminalizing women for miscarriages...
2023-08-0103 minGlow Up And Speak OutObsessed Ep. 517: Reproductive Rights & Constitutional Law Scholar, Author, & Professor Michele Goodwin On Looking Back At History To Understand TodayThis week, Alex sits down with Dr. Michele Goodwin, who walks us through the history of American laws restricting reproductive rights for women, from involuntary reproductive servitude in the times of slavery to denying pregnant women access to life-saving healthcare today.
Michele Goodwin is an acclaimed bioethicist, constitutional law scholar, and prolific author who serves as the Chancellor’s Professor of Law at UC Irvine, where she directs the Center of Biotechnology and Global Health Policy. She serves on the executive committee and national board of the American Constitution Society and previously on the executive committee of the ACLU, and she...
2023-04-191h 04On The Issues With Michele Goodwin'Lady Justice:' Dahlia Lithwick on the Women Saving AmericaIn this episode of On The Issues, lawyer and writer Dahlia Lithwick returns to our show for an intimate conversation with Dr. Michele Goodwin about the Supreme Court, her career, and new book, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America. They dive deep about the women saving America and why Lithwick says she "quit the Court" after the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Helping us to sort out questions about women saving democracy and to set the record straight is our very special guest,
2022-10-0547 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinWomen Saving Democracy: On the Front Lines of the ElectionOn today’s show, we’re delving into the lives and work of the women coming together to save our democracy. Election administration has become one of the most challenging jobs in the U.S. government. One in three election officials reports feeling unsafe because of their job. Americans are doubting the legitimacy of our elections, despite the fact that experts described the 2020 election as the “most secure” in American history.In the face of these fundamental challenges to our democracy—and in an environment increasingly characterized by political polarization—how can we protect our elections, and support our...
2022-09-2844 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Confronting Systemic Male Violence As Kids Return to SchoolIn this episode, we consider the American landscape as children go back to school. As mass shootings devastate communities across the country, parents are packing bulletproof protection in their children’s backpacks and sending them to school with lessons on how to survive a mass shooting. Jackson Katz joins Dr. Michele Goodwin to discuss the complicated issues at the heart of this crisis including questions related to masculinity, why mass shootings are overwhelmingly committed by men, and the implications in light of the rise in white supremacy in the United States.Joining us to discuss these vital iss...
2022-09-0820 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Confronting Systemic Male Violence As Kids Return to SchoolIn this episode, we consider the American landscape as children go back to school. As mass shootings devastate communities across the country, parents are packing bulletproof protection in their children’s backpacks and sending them to school with lessons on how to survive a mass shooting. Jackson Katz joins Dr. Michele Goodwin to discuss the complicated issues at the heart of this crisis including questions related to masculinity, why mass shootings are overwhelmingly committed by men, and the implications in light of the rise in white supremacy in the United States.Joining us to discuss these vital iss...
2022-09-0720 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinHistory Matters: Understanding Abortion Rights in the U.S. and What Comes NextIn this episode, we are live with the National Women’s History Museum for an incredibly important episode addressing reproductive health rights and justice from a historical point of view. In the wake of the overturn of Roe, we've seen horrific cases: a 10-year-old girl fleeing the state of Ohio to get to Indiana in order to terminate a pregnancy after rape; a Wisconsin woman bleeding for more than 10 days with an incomplete miscarriage before doctors could provide her the standard medical treatment; and so much more. The political situation that’s led to these cases becoming commonplace has deep...
2022-08-261h 00On The Issues With Michele Goodwin2022 Supreme Court Review: How the Court Dismantled DemocracyAfter a Supreme Court term unlike any other in nearly a century, confidence in what was once a revered body has sunk to a historic low. Only 25 percent of Americans report having confidence in the United States Supreme Court. In this episode we are joined by a sold-out, live studio audience at the Irvine Barclay Theatre to capture the 2022 Supreme Court Term in Review. Our host, Dr. Michele Goodwin, along with leading national experts, explore critical rulings from this term, including: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned 49-year-old federal abortion protections established in Roe v. W...
2022-07-121h 17Fifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Dobbs Explained—It's Not OverThe unspeakable has finally come to pass: The Supreme Court has ruled, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson, to overturn Roe v. Wade and roll back abortion rights across the U.S. For the first time, the Court has taken away a fundamental right that so many depend on. This unprecedented assault on bodily autonomy will unleash significant harms across the country — particularly for those most marginalized, including poor women and girls, women of color, LGBTQ people and disabled people. It also raises fundamental questions when it comes to the dismantling of privacy protections — the opinion calls...
2022-06-3029 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Dobbs Explained—It's Not OverThe unspeakable has finally come to pass: The Supreme Court has ruled, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson, to overturn Roe v. Wade and roll back abortion rights across the U.S. For the first time, the Court has taken away a fundamental right that so many depend on. This unprecedented assault on bodily autonomy will unleash significant harms across the country — particularly for those most marginalized, including poor women and girls, women of color, LGBTQ people and disabled people. It also raises fundamental questions when it comes to the dismantling of privacy protections — the opinion calls...
2022-06-2929 min
Unlocking the ClubUnlocking the Real Stories of Black History with Dr. Michele GoodwinIn today's current climate, there are so many pressures. Pressures when it comes to our reproductive systems and the conversations the government is having about it. Pressure when it comes to the push to succeed. Pressures for black women reclaiming our space. With all of these pressures, we look to our ancestors and wonder how did they handle all of the atrocities they experienced and still have dignity and grace for their fellow man. My guest can speak on this perfectly. In this episode, I am so pleased to speak with Dr. Michele Goodwin. Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin is...
2022-06-081h 11Fifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Reflecting on the Legacy of the Mother of Title IXIn this episode, we’re recognizing the 50th anniversary of Title IX — the historic federal legislation that transformed the landscape of gender equality in public education. We’re also honoring the legacy of its chief proponent: Patsy Takemoto Mink, who defied all odds in many ways as the first woman of color in Congress. Joining Dr. Goodwin for this episode is a very special guest:Professor Gwendolyn Mink. Wendy Mink is the daughter of Patsy Takemoto Mink, and the co-author of Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Colo...
2022-06-0825 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Reflecting on the Legacy of the Mother of Title IXIn this episode, we’re recognizing the 50th anniversary of Title IX — the historic federal legislation that transformed the landscape of gender equality in public education. We’re also honoring the legacy of its chief proponent: Patsy Takemoto Mink, who defied all odds in many ways as the first woman of color in Congress. Joining Dr. Goodwin for this episode is a very special guest:Professor Gwendolyn Mink. Wendy Mink is the daughter of Patsy Takemoto Mink, and the co-author of Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Colo...
2022-06-0725 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinBeyond Roe: The Fight for Our FutureIn May, we learned in a leaked draft opinion obtained by Politico that the Supreme Court is expected to reverse itself on Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and a legacy of abortion jurisprudence upholding reproductive freedom — profoundly dismantling abortion rights in the U.S. If Roe and Casey are overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, grave consequences are in store for our democracy and the rule of law. On today’s show, released in conjunction with our Beyond Roe: The Fight for Our Future project, we’re proud to share a special discussion: an in-depth...
2022-05-241h 00Fifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Everything You Need to Know About Getting an At-Home AbortionThe future of abortion care is here: A safe, legal abortion in the comfort of your own home—accessed via mail and telehealth, delivered right to your door. So, what do you need to know about abortion pills? How do they work? How long has medication abortion been available? Is it safe? (The answer’s yes!) Is it legal? (Yes!) Is it effective? (Extremely.) Joining Michele Goodwin for this episode is an expert on the subject: Dr. Julie Amaon, a family medicine doctor working for Just the Pill, a nonprof...
2022-05-0422 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Everything You Need to Know About Getting an At-Home AbortionThe future of abortion care is here: A safe, legal abortion in the comfort of your own home—accessed via mail and telehealth, delivered right to your door. So, what do you need to know about abortion pills? How do they work? How long has medication abortion been available? Is it safe? (The answer’s yes!) Is it legal? (Yes!) Is it effective? (Extremely.) Joining Michele Goodwin for this episode is an expert on the subject: Dr. Julie Amaon, a family medicine doctor working for Just the Pill, a nonprof...
2022-05-0322 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Republicans Preview Midterm Messaging at Jackson Hearings (feat. Jill Wine-Banks)In this episode, we’re turning back to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, and the messaging we saw play out. Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, what were Republican senators signaling? What's ahead for the First Amendment? Criminal Justice? LGBTQ equality? Are senators signaling the desire to do away with fundamental constitutional protections and why? What issues should we be concerned about? Joining us for this timely discussion is a very special guest:Jill Wine-Banks: Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC legal analyst. She began her career as the first woman to serve as an organized crime p...
2022-04-2222 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Republicans Preview Midterm Messaging at Jackson Hearings (feat. Jill Wine-Banks)In this episode, we’re turning back to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, and the messaging we saw play out. Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, what were Republican senators signaling? What's ahead for the First Amendment? Criminal Justice? LGBTQ equality? Are senators signaling the desire to do away with fundamental constitutional protections and why? What issues should we be concerned about? Joining us for this timely discussion is a very special guest:Jill Wine-Banks: Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC legal analyst. She began her career as the first woman to serve as an organized crime p...
2022-04-2122 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinRoad to Confirmation: Judge Jackson's Walk Through Fire (with Syovata Edari, Steve Vladeck, Zinelle October and Danielle Holley Walker)In this episode, "On the Issues" continues its Road to Confirmation series, unpacking Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including her seeming walk through fire. We examine the hearings, including Judge Jackson's judicial temperament, judicial and legal experience, as well as conduct of the Senate Judiciary Committee. How did a process meant to be rigorous, but respectful and fair turn into days of badgering, bullying, and a litmus test on religion? We also probe what happens next.Joining us for this timely discussion are very special guests.Syovata Edari is...
2022-03-281h 09Fifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Road to Confirmation: President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson! What’s Next? (with Danielle Holley-Walker)President Biden has announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court. Who is she? What’s her background? And why is she one of the most qualified and prepared nominees that this process has seen in nearly a century? In this episode, we unpack Judge Jackson’s qualifications and examine what’s next in the process. This episode is the second installment of our Road to Confirmation series. “On the Issues” will be taking you through each step of the confirmation process as it happens in real time, wi...
2022-03-0220 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinRoad to Confirmation: Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson! What's Next? (with Danielle Holley-Walker)President Biden has announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court. Who is she? What’s her background? And why is she one of the most qualified and prepared nominees that this process has seen in nearly a century? In this episode, we unpack Judge Jackson’s qualifications and examine what’s next in the process. This episode is the second installment of our Road to Confirmation series. “On the Issues” will be taking you through each step of the confirmation process as it happens in real time, wit...
2022-03-0120 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinBiden Promised a Black Woman Supreme Court Nominee. Now What? (with Zinelle October, Franita Tolson, Steve Vladeck, and Danielle Holley-Walker)In this episode, we kick off our Road to Confirmation series. “On the Issues” will be following the nomination and confirmation process of President Biden’s nominee to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Road to Confirmation series will take you through each step of the confirmation process as it happens in real time, with commentary and analysis from experts. We launch the series with this robust discussion about what Justice Breyer’s retirement means for the Supreme Court. And, we dig deep on President Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman on the...
2022-02-1156 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Feminist Fight for $15 (with Mary Kay Henry)In this episode, we’re delving into the fight for a $15 minimum wage. Even before COVID, Americans in all 50 states were facing severe economic struggles, making it difficult to afford rent, mortgage, childcare and basic needs. The pandemic has made economic disparity exponentially worse. Admittedly, then, it may be hard to understand why discussion of minimum wage is controversial at all. So why is a livable minimum wage so important to feminists and labor organizers everywhere? And how can a living wage boost the U.S. economy? Helping us to sort out these questions and set the recor...
2022-02-0221 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Feminist Fight for $15 (with Mary Kay Henry) In this episode, we’re delving into the fight for a $15 minimum wage. Even before COVID, Americans in all 50 states were facing severe economic struggles, making it difficult to afford rent, mortgage, childcare and basic needs. The pandemic has made economic disparity exponentially worse. Admittedly, then, it may be hard to understand why discussion of minimum wage is controversial at all. So why is a livable minimum wage so important to feminists and labor organizers everywhere? And how can a living wage boost the U.S. economy? Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record...
2022-02-0121 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: We Had Abortions (with Amy Brenneman)Saturday, Jan. 22, 2021, marks the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But it may very well be its last. In a few short months we face the likelihood the Supreme Court will overturn Roe. Already, 2021 was the worst year for abortion rights in almost half a century. And in Texas, abortion has already been virtually outlawed.In 1972, Ms. ran a bold petition in which well-known U.S. women declared they had undergone abortions—despite laws rendering the procedure illegal. We know it is time again. (To add your name to the petition for safe, legal and accessible abo...
2022-01-2128 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinWe Had Abortions (with Amy Brenneman)Saturday, Jan. 22, 2021, marks the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But it may very well be its last. In a few short months we face the likelihood the Supreme Court will overturn Roe. Already, 2021 was the worst year for abortion rights in almost half a century. And in Texas, abortion has already been virtually outlawed.In 1972, Ms. ran a bold petition in which well-known U.S. women declared they had undergone abortions—despite laws rendering the procedure illegal. We know it is time again. (To add your name to the petition for safe, legal and accessible abo...
2022-01-2028 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinRevisiting The American Terrorism of 2021: A Year In ReviewIn this episode, we’re bidding farewell to 2021 and hello to 2022 with our annual year in review episode! It’s been just over a year since armed insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win. In the year since, what have we learned about the attack, and what it says about the current state of American democracy? It’s also been a year of public health crises, political crises, and more—and we’re going to be breaking it all down. Helping us to sort out these q...
2022-01-081h 01On The Issues With Michele GoodwinAmerican Terrorism: Abortion Clinics on the Front LinesIn this episode, we’re talking about a uniquely American form of terrorism — violence at the abortion clinic. Our episode comes as Americans grapple with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on five counts in the wake of his killing two protestors and injuring a third last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Meanwhile in Georgia, the fate of three men caught on camera killing Ahmaud Arbery has yet to be decided. Many are concerned about whether there is a two-tiered system of justice in the United States. We turn to the often overlooked violence at abortion clinics. As the December...
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Feminist BuzzkillsThe Disgusting Lack of Repro Healthcare for the Incarcerated with Dr. Michele Goodwin – Part 2It’s another Feminist Buzzkills News Break! Part 1 of this vital conversation introduced y'all to the overall lack of healthcare for incarcerated women in the US. So, hop back in with us for Part 2 as we tackle a closer discourse on access to abortion care in prisons and the specific challenges faced by incarcerated undocumented folks. Joining us with her expertise (and unstoppable glasses game) in discussing the intersection of healthcare and this country’s racist, sexist, inhumane prison system is multi-hyphenate Badass, Reproductive Justice scholar and fighter, Chancellor’s Professor at UC Irvine, ACLU board member, author of Polici...
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Feminist BuzzkillsThe Disgusting Lack of Repro Healthcare for the Incarcerated with Dr. Michele Goodwin – Part 1It’s a Feminist Buzzkills News Break! Along with an incredible special guest, the Buzzkills take a deep dive into what healthcare access looks like for incarcerated folks in the US – a dive so deep, that we’ll be breaking it all down over 2 episodes! Joining us with her expertise (and unstoppable glasses game) in discussing the overall challenges for healthcare, reproductive, and pregnancy care within this country’s racist, sexist, inhumane prison system is multi-hyphenate Badass, Reproductive Justice scholar and fighter, Chancellor’s Professor at UC Irvine, AC...
2021-11-1916 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinBeing Black in Public Office: Challenges, Demands and Staying True (with AG Aaron D. Ford and Rep. Leslie Herod)In this episode, we take our program to the community: We are on the ground with the American Constitution Society (ACS) for a show with Colorado state Representative Leslie Herod and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. Along with host Michele Goodwin, Herod and Ford discuss being Black in public office: namely, how they deal with the challenges and demands while staying true to themselves. (This program is the final in a four-part series elevating Black lives in the wake of the tragic deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.) Joining us are...
2021-11-0955 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: A Year After RBG’s Death, What’s Next For The Court? (with Irin Carmon)It’s been just over a year since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. We reckon with recent revelations and ask the important questions: How did her death shape the current fight around abortion rights and other issues? Should she have retired? And what comes next at the Supreme Court? Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight is special guest:Irin Carmon, senior correspondent at New York Magazine and the co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rate and review “On the Issues with Mi...
2021-10-2724 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinA Year After RBG's Passing: What's Next For The Court? (with Irin Carmon)It’s been just over a year since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. We reckon with recent revelations and ask the important questions: How did her death shape the current fight around abortion rights and other issues? Should she have retired? And what comes next at the Supreme Court? Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight is special guest:Irin Carmon, senior correspondent at New York Magazine and the co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rate and review “On the Issues with Mi...
2021-10-2624 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Dark Money Behind the Abortion Bans (with Cecile Richards)In this episode, we discuss the dark money underwriting anti-abortion laws like Texas's near-total abortion ban, S.B. 8, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest AND places a bounty on those who aid or abet people who want to terminate their pregnancies. But people are fighting back. The Abortion Ban Accountability project—led by Corporate Accountability Action—is calling out corporations who fund legislators who stand against abortion rights and LGBTQ rights. While the #OffTheBANWagon campaign aims to put pressure on several companies, one is singled out in particular: AT&T...
2021-10-1319 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Dark Money Behind the Abortion Bans (with Cecile Richards)In this episode, we discuss the dark money underwriting anti-abortion laws like Texas's near-total abortion ban, S.B. 8, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest AND places a bounty on those who aid or abet people who want to terminate their pregnancies. But people are fighting back. The Abortion Ban Accountability project—led by Corporate Accountability Action—is calling out corporations who fund legislators who stand against abortion rights and LGBTQ rights. While the #OffTheBANWagon campaign aims to put pressure on several companies, one is singled out in particular: AT&T...
2021-10-1219 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Slavery’s Global Legacy and the African Diaspora (with Dr. Amara Enyia)In August, the United Nations General Assembly moved to create a Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. There was pushback. Yet, on an international level, the demand for a reckoning with anti-Blackness reverberates around the world. Advocates know learning about the African Diaspora, histories of anti-Blackness and the need for reparations is more important than ever.Consider this: The British government paid the equivalent of 17 billion pounds (in today’s currency) to compensate slave owners for the lost capital associated with abolition. These reparations debts by the British government to slaveowners and their descendants were paid of...
2021-09-2922 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinSlavery's Global Legacy and the African DiasporaIn August, the United Nations General Assembly moved to create a Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. There was pushback. Yet, on an international level, the demand for a reckoning with anti-Blackness reverberates around the world. Advocates know learning about the African Diaspora, histories of anti-Blackness and the need for reparations is more important than ever.Consider this: The British government paid the equivalent of 17 billion pounds (in today’s currency) to compensate slave owners for the lost capital associated with abolition. These reparations debts by the British government to slaveowners and their descendants were paid of...
2021-09-2822 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinThe End of Roe v. Wade? (With Dorothy Roberts)Today’s show is all about reproductive health, rights and justice. We are unpacking the Texas abortion law, S.B. 8, talking about the Supreme Court, and what the legacies of legislative interference with reproductive decision-making and autonomy mean for women, people who can become pregnant, and for U.S. democracy. We’re diving right in with a very special guest and pioneer in the reproductive justice movement and thought leader on reproductive health and rights: Professor Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body, Shattered Bonds and the forthcoming page-turner, Torn Apart: How the Chi...
2021-09-1659 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinAfghanistan: What Happens Next? (with Karen J. Greenberg, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Renee Montagne and Gaisu Yari)It’s 20 years after 9/11—what have we learned? In May, when U.S. and international troops began to withdraw from Afghanistan, feminists and Afghanistan experts warned of the brutal impact that would likely be felt by women and minorities with the return of the Taliban and in the vacuum of leadership. They were right. The Taliban have announced their provisional government, which does not include a single woman. What does this mean for national security? The safety of women and girls? What are the geo-political dynamics yet to be sorted? Helping us sort out these questions...
2021-09-1155 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinBeing Asian in America (with Dr. Claire Kim, Nobuko Miyamoto and Yang Huang)The recent rise in documented anti-Asian violence—which saw grandmothers being punched on the streets, and a major shooting in Atlanta—has raised questions about the current status of Asian American identity and safety in the U.S. How does “Asian” fit into the American racial taxonomy, which has for so long relied on a dichotomy of Black and white? Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight are very special guests:· Nobuko Miyamoto, actor, activist, singer and third-generation Japanese American whose work has blended art and activism since the 1...
2021-08-2444 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Olympics—An Uneven Playing Field? (with Ria Tabacco Mar)The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been rife with controversy—from rulings targeting Black athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson, to COVID protests taking place just outside the stadium, to transphobia directed at the first openly trans athletes to ever compete on this highest international stage. And what about protecting mental health and threats against Simone Biles? Is the Olympics an uneven playing field?Helping us to unpack this and more is a very special guest: Ria Tabacco Mar, director of the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where sh...
2021-08-1121 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Olympics—An Uneven Playing Field? (with Ria Tabacco Mar)The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been rife with controversy—from rulings targeting Black athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson, to COVID protests taking place just outside the stadium, to transphobia directed at the first openly trans athletes to ever compete on this highest international stage. And what about protecting mental health and threats against Simone Biles? Is the Olympics an uneven playing field?Helping us to unpack this and more is a very special guest: Ria Tabacco Mar, director of the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where sh...
2021-08-1021 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinThe Sex Talk You Wish You Got From Your Parents: Sex Ed 101, Birth Control, Periods and More (with Kelly Davis, Dr. Fatu Forna, Mary Emily O'Hara, and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf)In this exciting episode, we’re having the sex talk you wish you got from your parents. Do you remember Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret? Well, today it’s me, host Michele Goodwin, asking the questions and inviting you to join us as we talk about sex, periods, non-binary healthcare, maternal health—and what don’t we know or ignore about our own bodies. Today we ask: What do you wish you learned from your parents, in school, or even now? And when it comes to reproductive and sexual health as policy issu...
2021-07-271h 08Fifteen Minutes of FeminismEdit Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Badass Women of Podcasting Take on the Supreme Court (with Leah Litman)In our second '15 Minutes of Feminism’ episode, the Badass Women of Podcasting take on the Supreme Court. As the court goes into recess, we’re recapping the highs and lows of the past year. What was at stake? What did feminists win — and whose rights remain at risk? We update you on the state of the court, cases feminists should be keeping their eyes on going forward, and more. Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight is our very special returning guest: • Leah Litman, an assistant professor of law at the Univ...
2021-07-1420 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Badass Women of Podcasting Take on the Supreme Court (with Leah Litman)In our second '15 Minutes of Feminism’ episode, the Badass Women of Podcasting take on the Supreme Court. As the court goes into recess, we’re recapping the highs and lows of the past year. What was at stake? What did feminists win — and whose rights remain at risk? We update you on the state of the court, cases feminists should be keeping their eyes on going forward, and more. Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight is our very special returning guest: • Leah Litman, an assistant professor of law at the Univ...
2021-07-1320 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinIndependence for the Rest of Us (with Guests Heather Lende, Rep. Attica Scott & Rep. Leslie Herod)What does independence mean for the rest of us? Women have long asked this question—as have groups that have felt or experienced being shut out, excluded, colonized or enslaved. On July 5, 1852—a time in which the U.S. reaped benefit from the enslavement of kidnapped and trafficked Black people from the shores of Africa—Frederick Douglass put it this way: “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” That was long ago, before the Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War and ratification of the 13th Amendment. However, the question—what does it mean to be free, equal an...
2021-06-291h 12On The Issues With Michele GoodwinI'm So Excited...Celebrating Juneteenth with the Pointer SistersIn this joyous episode, host Michele Goodwin is joined by music icon Anita Pointer of the three-time Grammy Award-winning R&B group the Pointer Sisters and her brother Fritz Pointer, acclaimed professor and historian and former music manager. They celebrate Juneteenth and unpack their award-winning memoir, Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters' Family Story. Fritz and Anita Pointer discuss coming of age in the civil rights movement; emphasize the importance of tenacity and learning the hard way; and break down what it was like for their family to finally break through and land award after award—all by doing it...
2021-06-151h 03On The Issues With Michele GoodwinMeet LA’s Badass All Women Board of SupervisorsAll eyes are on Washington D.C., with commissions to study the January 6 insurrection, expansion of the Supreme Court, and coronavirus origins. But that means much can be overlooked at home. Do you know the names of your local school board members? What about the folks on your city council? It’s time to dive into local leadership and why it matters.Helping us to address these questions and more are our very special guests: the badass women running the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors—the largest local government in the nation—making history with the first a...
2021-06-0159 minFifteen Minutes of FeminismFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Who Killed Breonna Taylor? (with Dr. Cherie Dawson-Edwards)This week, we’re giving listeners a new way to listen to Dr. Michele Goodwin’s reporting, rebelling and truth-telling: 15 Minutes of Feminism, where we give a serious take on an important issue featuring a single guest (okay, fine—maybe two from time to time.) In these jam-packed, bite-sized episodes, you can expect voices from the center of the story—people you should know, those who roll up their sleeves and change the world. These are guests who have things to do, places to be, and something important to say. (Next week, we’ll be back with our regula...
2021-05-1819 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinFifteen Minutes of Feminism: Who Killed Breonna Taylor? (with Dr. Cherie Dawson-Edwards)This week, we’re giving listeners a new way to listen to Dr. Michele Goodwin’s reporting, rebelling and truth-telling: 15 Minutes of Feminism, where we give a serious take on an important issue featuring a single guest (okay, fine—maybe two from time to time.) In these jam-packed, bite-sized episodes, you can expect voices from the center of the story—people you should know, those who roll up their sleeves and change the world. These are guests who have things to do, places to be, and something important to say. (Next week, we’ll be back with our regula...
2021-05-1819 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinMessages to Mom: We Have Your Back (with Rep. Katie Porter, Nicole Lynn Lewis, Dr. Aisha Nyandoro and Tamara Ware)"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” —Professor Jessica CalarcoIn this episode, we're focusing on moms, child care, single parenting and teen parenting. We know that women have been hit hard by COVID—causing many to dub the economic downturn a “she-cession.” And as it stands, current U.S. laws and policies are woefully inadequate—leaving mothers, particularly mothers living with low incomes, behind. Luckily, women-led organizations are helping moms by filling in the gaps. How are moms making it through the pandemic? And, how do single moms fit in, especi...
2021-05-071h 13On The Issues With Michele GoodwinClimate Change is Real. Now What?On March 31, the Biden administration released the American Jobs Plan, which establishes broad goals for achieving a cleaner and more equitable future, including significant investments in green jobs like caregiving and clean energy infrastructure. On April 22—Earth Day—Biden further raised the stakes, committing the U.S. to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Even still, there are legislators at local, state and federal levels that continue to deny climate change as real.Meanwhile, in Flint, Michigan, after a five-year water crisis, reports say the water is now clean—but many locals...
2021-04-2754 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinWho Killed George Floyd?In this episode, we confront the question at the center of Derek Chauvin’s trial: Who killed George Floyd? Our guests unpack that question as an issue central to police and societal violence. Examining who killed George Floyd means taking stock of legacies of racism in the Twin Cities, including redlining, school segregation, policies that undermine equality, and disparate rates of policing and mass incarceration. As attention has turned to the horrors of the old South, has racism of the new North been overlooked? And at what cost to Black lives? Have liberal allies made a difference or ex...
2021-04-2052 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinThe Whiteness of Taxation: Wealth, Race, and D.C. StatehoodIt's tax season! It’s time to talk race, taxation and D.C. statehood. The U.S. tax system raises serious questions about equity and inclusion and—according to our guests—taxation is at the root of many social and economic injustices. So, who does the U.S. tax code benefit? Who does it leave behind? How does racism manifest in the U.S. tax system? What role does D.C. statehood play in all of this? What roles can we expect the Biden administration to play in the fight for D.C. statehood and the larger fight f...
2021-04-1353 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinWho’s Telling Our Stories? CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Women and MediaBrooke Baldwin is a renowned CNN anchor and author of a new book, HUDDLE: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power, out this month. Huddle examines the phenomenon of "huddling,” or what happens when women lean on one another—in the arts, activism, politics, Hollywood and everyday friendships—to lift up each other and to provide empowerment, support, inspiration and the creativity and courage to enact change and solve problems. Brooke Baldwin is a veteran journalist and Peabody Award finalist who has served as an anchor on CNN and in its newsroom for more than a decade...
2021-04-0657 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinHow Do We Dismantle a Culture of Sexual Violence?Gender-based and sexual violence are pervasive symptoms of a larger violence issue in this country. This reality is exemplified by recent reports that some insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6 have histories of violence against women, including domestic violence and sexual assault. Of course, we also remain in mourning for the lives lost to gun violence in America—most recently the horrific killings of eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in Atlanta, and 10 people at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. What do these events convey about the U.S. and our culture of sexual vio...
2021-03-301h 00On The Issues With Michele GoodwinFrom Filibuster to Representation: is the Senate Broken?The 2020 election revealed the deep fractures in U.S. democracy and its electoral system. Many were already there, but this past election truly pushed our voting system to its limits. “Many of the familiar procedures for translating the people’s will into the choice of a president depend on norms of behavior, not laws,” guest Rick Hasen put it—evident from the significant efforts undertaken to undermine and interfere with the results of the election. Part of this dysfunction played out in the Senate, where the institution itself protects arcane rules and undemocratic processes. Is the Senate...
2021-03-231h 06On The Issues With Michele GoodwinUN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on the Urgency of Securing Women's Human Rights"Women’s rights are human rights," proclaimed then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in September 1995 at the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. This groundbreaking speech marked a turning point for feminism and international efforts toward gender equality, articulating women’s rights as a basic fundamental concept of civil rights, human rights and dignity. During the conference, 189 countries unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action for women’s equality. In this show we consider the impact of the U.N. agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Where has there been progress? W...
2021-03-1650 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinWhat Does Feminist Foreign Policy Look Like?As women continue to be hit by job loss, increased home responsibilities, family caretaking, unaccounted for invisible labor, homelessness and domestic violence, it’s clear the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed underlying institutional and infrastructural inequalities in our society. It’s time to check in on and reimagine the international status of women and girls. What would a feminist foreign policy agenda look like in the United States? How does it look globally? How does it take into account vulnerable women and girls? What hope exists for ending inequality based on race, sex and gender? What differences do women...
2021-03-0957 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinBonus Episode: Rest in Power: Sue Ellen Allen, Advocate to the EndIn this special bonus episode, we remember our friend and advocate for women in prison, Sue Ellen Allen, who died this week on February 24, 2021. In the latter part of her life, she became an internationally renowned advocate for incarcerated women and girls. She championed banning the box, promoting reentry, and protecting the integrity and dignity of people tethered to the criminal justice system. She was a reformer. She spoke with tremendous grace and power about being formerly incarcerated. Take a listen as we revisit Sue Ellen Allen’s final interview—a wide-ranging and intimate conversation with her long-time...
2021-02-2635 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinWhy Does the Death Penalty Still Exist in the United States?On January 16, 2021, the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dustin Higgs became the 13th and final person executed by the Trump administration—just days before Inauguration Day for President Joe Biden, the first sitting president to openly oppose the death penalty. President Trump’s spate of executions began six months before Biden's inauguration, with six executions occurring in the period after he lost the election. Overall, the former president oversaw “the most consecutive civilian executions by the federal government or any state in the 244-year history of the United States” and “ended a 17-year bipartisan federal moratorium”...
2021-02-2339 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinMass Incarceration: Don’t Forget About the WomenWomen make up the fastest growing incarcerated population in the U.S—yet, politicians and the media frequently frame incarceration as an issue that affects only boys and men. Why is so little attention paid to women and mass incarceration? What does the failure to include women in the analysis on mass incarceration mean for communities, families and the women themselves? What are the unique challenges women and girls face behind bars and after they are released? Helping us sort out these questions and more are very special guests: Sue Ellen Allen, founder and exe...
2021-02-091h 30On The Issues With Michele GoodwinTaking Politics Out Women’s Health: Biden’s First 100 DaysFriday, January 22 marked the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming a constitutional right to abortion. Yet, decades later, reproductive health care access remains illusory for many women and people of birthing capacity. Is the constitutional right to abortion a reality today? If so, for whom? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted women’s health and exacerbated existing disparities? What can we expect from the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration? What is the status of reproductive health, rights and justice—48 years after Roe? Helping us to sort out these que...
2021-01-261h 05On The Issues With Michele GoodwinMeet The New Feminists In CongressOn today’s show, we planned to introduce listeners to the new feminists in Congress—and we do. But, in the period since our team at Ms. curated the design and content of this episode, another shoe has dropped in American politics: the insurrection. We examine what the Jan. 6 riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol signify for our nation, including what we can learn from it. Why did it happen? Will the president be impeached? And what does this atmosphere mean for the new feminists in Congress? Helping us to sort out these question...
2021-01-121h 17On The Issues With Michele GoodwinYear in Review & Looking Ahead to 2021 and BeyondThis year has been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, a reckoning on racism and policing in America, the 2020 election, and the ongoing fight for justice. What does the 2020 election and the Biden/Harris win mean for our democracy? How important is the outcome of the Georgia runoff for the incoming administration? Where are we on immigration? How are we to undo the damage to our federal courts and address the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court? How do we reckon with the racial unrest that exists in our country—especially when it comes to police violence? What...
2020-12-291h 04On The Issues With Michele GoodwinHow Does the U.S. Rebuild Global Relationships?Government leaders worldwide met the election of President-Elect Joe Biden with a collective sigh of relief. But while many celebrate Biden’s win, many still wonder if the possibility of another presidency that devalues global treaties and relationships related to protecting global health, the environment, and stemming nuclear proliferation is in America’s future. How is the U.S. viewed abroad? What are the opportunities and challenges ahead for the next administration? Where are the biggest tensions in U.S. foreign relationships and diplomacy? Does the U.S. have an international legitimacy problem? The world has witnessed amazi...
2020-12-151h 01On The Issues With Michele GoodwinRebuilding America: A Woman’s Economy?COVID-19 has had an undeniable negative impact on the economy—an impact felt most deeply by women, especially women of color. Women are being pushed out of their jobs and there are significant barriers to pursuing new ones—from an imbalance in the division of household responsibilities, to stagnancy and job loss in women-dominated industries like retail, dining and the government sector. What should be at the top of the economic agenda for the Biden-Harris administration? How should women fend for themselves in a COVID economy? What are the keys to negotiating for what women deserve? Helpi...
2020-12-011h 07On The Issues With Michele GoodwinDid We Have a Fair Election? Post Election AnalysisOn Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States. Vice President-Elect Kamala Devi Harris made history becoming the first woman, the first Black person, and the first South Asian person to ever hold the office. This news resulted in widespread celebrations throughout the country and all across the world. Additionally, a significant number of down-ballot victories also mark historic milestones in U.S. politics—including countless firsts for people of color, LGBTQ+ candidates and women. But while there is cause for celebration, there is more work to be done and mor...
2020-11-1748 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinKeep Calm and Count Every VoteDr. Goodwin and her guests answer some of your pressing election questions—and have a bit of fun. Let them keep you company (and keep you calm!) while you wait for results.Joining host Michele Goodwin to keep you company, and to reflect on what this election means for our nation, are very special guests: Sandra Bernhard is a performer, actor, singer and author. She is currently starring as Nurse Judy in the Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning show POSE on FX Networks. She is also the host of “Sandyland," a daily...
2020-11-031h 08On The Issues With Michele GoodwinSick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Voting Rights and Voter SuppressionAt the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, voting activist and civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer described the violent injustice she and others had endured while living under the South's Jim Crow rules and fighting for the right to vote: "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!”Over 50 years later, ahead of the 2020 election, we see record early voting across the country. Even so, serious efforts aimed at voter suppression persist, including curbing access to mail-in voting and shutting down polling locations. So, what are the biggest threats to voting rights tod...
2020-10-271h 05On The Issues With Michele GoodwinBeyond Marriage: The Fight for LGBTQ RightsRecently, Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, lashed out at the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which guaranteed marriage equality, calling it ruinous for religious liberty. In response, the New Yorker posed a sobering question: “Does Clarence Thomas now speak for the majority of the Supreme Court on LGBTQ Rights?"The use of religious liberty to discriminate against LGBTQ people is nothing new. And marriage is not the only issue on the line. Among other things, the Trump administration has worked to discriminate against gay parents in foster care and adoption, take away vital...
2020-10-2059 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinEquality Is On the BallotOn January 15, 2020, Virginia became the critical 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA—a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that reads: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Virginia’s ratification raised important questions about the viability of an amendment that had been stymied for decades. What does the promise of the ERA hold in the continued battle for equality and freedom? What roles have women of color played to secure the ERA? In the wake of Ju...
2020-10-131h 05On The Issues With Michele GoodwinTrump Stacked the Courts. Now What?President Trump has appointed and confirmed a near record number of judges to the federal bench in four years. In fact, nearly one-third of all active federal judges on the U.S. appeals courts have been appointed by Trump. On the federal courts of appeal, the president has not appointed one African American and only one Latino judge. These issues are magnified by Trump’s recent nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—a nomination made 38 days before the Election Day, during...
2020-10-061h 02On The Issues With Michele GoodwinCan The President Suspend The Election?On today’s show, we focus on the question: Can the president suspend the elections? The short answer: No. But while the law is clear, President Trump’s efforts to delay the elections, sow distrust in our democratic processes, and wreak havoc on the U.S. electoral process are already well underway. On July 30, President Trump tweeted mail-in voting will make this year’s elections “the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history.” (In reality, mail-in voter fraud averages 0.0025 percent.) This, just months after he and others dismissed as ridiculous Democratic presidential nominee Joseph Biden’s warnings in April that...
2020-09-291h 07On The Issues With Michele GoodwinThe Ms. Back to School SpecialOn today’s show, we focus on going back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. The beginning of the 2020 school year is nothing like before. The word “difficult” is an understatement—and it’s difficult for all: for teachers, for students, for parents, (especially mothers) and for our colleges and universities too. Meanwhile, economic strains on families are sky-high as many families face eviction, and affordable child care is out of reach. Helping us to sort out questions related to schooling during pandemic and how we should think about these issues and more:Randi Weingarten is the pr...
2020-09-2258 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinHas the U.S. Forgotten Its Immigrant Roots?From a frozen asylum system, huge camps on the Mexico border and family separation policies, to the worsening lack of healthcare and the aftereffects of COVID-19, Latinx communities are at a disadvantage both inside and outside U.S. borders. In this episode, we focus on events over the last few years greatly impacting Latinx communities: socially, economically and politically—as Trump administration immigration policies have resulted in child separation,huge camps on the Southern border, stalled immigration and much more. Meanwhile, those held in detention centers face an added layer of challenges—ranging from lost children, to an...
2020-09-081h 06On The Issues With Michele GoodwinWomen's Political Leadership: We Have Her BackIn this episode, we focus on why #WeHaveHerBack. You heard it recently in the wake of Sen. Kamala Harris’s selection as the vice presidential candidate for the Democratic ticket. #WeHaveHerBack is as a powerful challenge to newsrooms to avoid sexism in media representation. Tina Tchen, president and CEO of Time’s Up Now, joins host Dr. Michele Goodwin to talk the importance of having Harris’s back—and other women candidates’ backs, too. Today’s episode also focuses on women’s political leadership, starting with the urgent need to repeal the Helms Amendment. Dr. Goodwin is joined by two pathb...
2020-08-1858 minOn The Issues With Michele GoodwinMs. Magazine Supreme Court ReviewOn this episode of On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, we review the 2019-2020 Supreme Court term. Since 1790, of the 113 individuals who have served on the Supreme Court, only four have been women. Similarly, in over 230 years, only three justices have been persons of color—two of whom presently serve on the Court. Under Trump, the vast majority of judges confirmed to the nation’s federal courts are white men. Thus, in over two hundred years, very little has changed in terms of the Court’s composition. Where do women fit in? How can the Court evolve in recogniz...
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