http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/ 51 % The Women's Perspective en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:54:10 GMT Public Interactive newsroom.NewsPodcast via Rome 30 mail@wamc.org no WAMC Podcast Feed http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1575970.html Air Date: 11/19/09 - Featured this week are Pamela Stone, author of "Opting Out: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home." Then, a Mexican woman's plea for a new trade policy that could help bring her family home. And a movement to create local dollars for local economies. WAMC Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:12:39 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 11/19/09 - Featured this week are Pamela Stone, author of "Opting Out: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home." Then, a Mexican woman's plea for a new trade policy that could help bring her family home. And a movement to create local 51% Show # 1062 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1573569.html Air Date: 11/12/09 - Women in Afghanistan are struggling to be heard. There's an online forum where they're risking their safety to speak out. Then, after the Afghan Women's Writing Project, we talk with an Iranian author who believes reading is the key to a free society in that country. And look at marriages that were made as the Berlin wall was falling. WAMC Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:00:13 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 11/12/09 - Women in Afghanistan are struggling to be heard. There's an online forum where they're risking their safety to speak out. Then, after the Afghan Women's Writing Project, we talk with an Iranian author who believes reading is the 51% Show # 1061 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1570754.html Air Date: 11/5/09 - Featured guests include Dr. Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. Then, financial pro and regular contributor, Manisha Thakor, explains why its time to take control of your money. And we introduce you to a California entrepreneur known as the Girl from Empanada. WAMC Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:01:41 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 11/5/09 - Featured guests include Dr. Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. Then, financial pro and regular contributor, Manisha Thakor, explains why its time to take control of your money. And we introduce you to a 51% Show # 1060 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1567731.html Air Date: 10/29/09 - A new study, The Shriver Report, confirms women make up 50% of the workforce, but society is still stuck in the 50's. We also speak with Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Heather Bouche, senior economist with the Center for American Progress. And then later, Kimberly Kay shares her experience of being knocked out by a microscopic ninja. WAMC Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:55:21 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 10/29/09 - A new study, The Shriver Report, confirms women make up 50% of the workforce, but society is still stuck in the 50's. We also speak with Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Heather Bouche, senior economist 51% Show # 1059 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1565884.html Air Date: 10/22/09 - This week, 51% talks with Vivian Stromberg, Founder of Madre, an international human rights organization. We also speak with a woman who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean twice. And Manisha Thakor demystifies target date retirement funds for women. WAMC Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:51:52 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 10/22/09 - This week, 51% talks with Vivian Stromberg, Founder of Madre, an international human rights organization. We also speak with a woman who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean twice. And Manisha Thakor demystifies target date retirement 51% Show # 1058 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1563218.html Air Date: 10/15/09 - This week, we include a fascinating conversation with Carol Jenkins, Director of the Women's Media Center. She's led the fight to get women into positions of media power. And, we begin our new National Science Foundation Research in Disabilities Education series called, "ACCESS TO ADVANCEMENT", with a Profile of Patricia Walsh. WAMC Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:39:51 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 10/15/09 - This week, we include a fascinating conversation with Carol Jenkins, Director of the Women's Media Center. She's led the fight to get women into positions of media power. And, we begin our new National Science Foundation Research 51% Show # 1057 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1561163.html Air Date: 10/8/09 - 51% speaks with the woman who has pioneered the investigation of the link between body image and advertising. There's a bank that's discovered loans to women are the ones that work the best. And 51%'s personal financial advisor, Manisha Thakor, is here this week. WAMC Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:35:09 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 10/8/09 - 51% speaks with the woman who has pioneered the investigation of the link between body image and advertising. There's a bank that's discovered loans to women are the ones that work the best. And 51%'s personal financial advisor, 51% Show # 1056 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1556771.html Air Date: 10/1/09 - 51% talks with Alberta Nells, a young Navajo woman who is part of a movement called Youth of the Peaks. An Iraqi mother shares her struggle to get an education for herself and her children. And we'll talk about the future of live music in an iPod world. WAMC Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:49:57 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 10/1/09 - 51% talks with Alberta Nells, a young Navajo woman who is part of a movement called Youth of the Peaks. An Iraqi mother shares her struggle to get an education for herself and her children. And we'll talk about the future of live 51% Show # 1055 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1554568.html Air Date: 9/24/09 - The economic crisis has created a new homeless population. And many of them maybe your children's classmates. We'll talk financial goals, plus look at final efforts to wipe out polio, and do a little home cooking - Himalayan style. All in this week's edition of 51%. WAMC Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:32:37 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 9/24/09 - The economic crisis has created a new homeless population. And many of them maybe your children's classmates. We'll talk financial goals, plus look at final efforts to wipe out polio, and do a little home cooking - Himalayan style. 51% Show # 1054 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1552832.html Air Date: 9/17/09 - As the nation debates health care reform, the single payer option has an unlikely fan. Also this week, a movement to get factory farms to take simple steps that could eliminate much of the antibiotics from the meat supply. And Scarlett O'Hara may have been a maneater, but could she have been a feminist? We'll have a 70-year perspective. WAMC Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:59:48 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 9/17/09 - As the nation debates health care reform, the single payer option has an unlikely fan. Also this week, a movement to get factory farms to take simple steps that could eliminate much of the antibiotics from the meat supply. And 51% Show # 1053 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1548999.html Air Date: 9/10/09 - We speak with Nancy Rivard, founder of Airline Ambassadors, a not for profit humanitarian aid organization. We also have reports on Teen HIV, a first hand reflection on why health care reform should be about people - not politics, and personal finance authority, Manisha Thakor, explains why women have to take control of their finances and their lives. WAMC Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:52:19 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 9/10/09 - We speak with Nancy Rivard, founder of Airline Ambassadors, a not for profit humanitarian aid organization. We also have reports on Teen HIV, a first hand reflection on why health care reform should be about people - not politics, 51% Show # 1052 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1546300.html Air Date: 9/3/09 - Pregnant women in prisons across the country still being shackled. Then we'll discuss a new book that connects the dots between human rights violations and women's health around the world. Plus some thoughts on why women still do not feel safe. WAMC Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:59:07 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 9/3/09 - Pregnant women in prisons across the country still being shackled. Then we'll discuss a new book that connects the dots between human rights violations and women's health around the world. Plus some thoughts on why women still do 51% Show # 1051 mail@wamc.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news/content/1543581.html Air Date: 8/27/09 - Women is Afghanistan caught in an impossible situation. There is a new film out documenting the toughest group of grannies in the country. A blogger explains why it's time for the media to get off of Hillary Clinton's back. And we revisit the Woodstock Music and Art Festival 40 years later. WAMC Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:44:02 GMT mail@wamc.org no Air Date: 8/27/09 - Women is Afghanistan caught in an impossible situation. There is a new film out documenting the toughest group of grannies in the country. A blogger explains why it's time for the media to get off of Hillary Clinton's back. And we 51% Show # 1050 mail@wamc.org