On The Issues With Michele Goodwin
On The Issues With Michele Goodwin at Ms. magazine is a show where we report, rebel, and tell it like it is. On this show, we center your concerns about rebuilding our nation and advancing the promise of equality. Join Michele Goodwin as she and guests tackle the most compelling issues of our times.
Episodes
140 episodes
Why Menopause Belongs in Democracy Conversations (with Omisade Burney-Scott)
Menopause will affect most women during their lifetime—but until fairly recently, it was a topic largely relegated to the shadows. More and more, advocates are calling for the spotlight to be put on menopause—highlighting not just the important...
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You’re Not Alone: Normalizing Pregnancy Loss (with Dr. Jessica Zucker and Chari Pere)
Pregnancy loss is devastating. Yet despite how common it is, the grief experienced after pregnancy loss remains largely unspoken, shrouded in silence and shame. How do you support someone who’s gone through such an unimaginable loss? In this ep...
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The Magazine: What’s in the Winter Issue of Ms.? Mifepristone Beyond Abortion, Epstein Survivors and More
Welcome to “The Magazine,” our mini-pod, which gives a peek into Ms. magazine’s forthcoming and current issues. In this episode, take a glimpse inside our Winter 2026 issue, which delves into the promise and potential of the abortion m...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: Mifepristone May Treat Fibroids, Endometriosis and Cancer. Why Is Access Being Obstructed? (with Carrie Baker)
Mifepristone, one of the drugs in the two-pill medication abortion regimen approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is an extremely versatile drug. It has the potential to treat a striking range of diseases and conditions—from fibroids, br...
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Checking in on the State of America’s Kids: Hunger, Censorship and Fear (with Becky Pringle)
It’s been a harrowing year for many families. The Trump administration’s budget cuts are giving tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of funding healthy meals for students experiencing food insecurity; legislatures are banning books and att...
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Fighting for the People: Attorneys General on the Front Lines Against Trump (With AGs Dana Nessel and Andrea Campbell)
In the year since the Trump administration returned to office, there have been hundreds of executive orders, many of which district courts have ruled unconstitutional and illegal. As judges have noted, these actions have caused direct harm to A...
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On 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,...
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On 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 missi...
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Shattering the Silence on Domestic Violence (with Lauren Schuster and Chris Negri)
As we mark Domestic Violence Awareness month this October, we know there’s a long way to go when it comes to addressing the domestic violence crisis in our country. From pandemic-era spikes in violence to the Trump administration’s recent budge...
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Supreme Court Term in Review: What the Court Burned Down Last Year
As the Supreme Court opens a new term this week, we take a step back to ask: What did the last term tell us about this Court? About its values, its power, and its vision for American democracy?Because make no mistake: Every decision, ev...
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The Supreme Court is Back in Session. What Fresh Hell Awaits? (With Steve Vladeck)
This last Supreme Court term was harrowing—from momentous merits decisions about the First Amendment, parental rights, trans rights and more, to the stream of shocking “shadow docket” decisions and its enabling of many of the Trump administrati...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: What's In The Epstein Files? Republicans and Democrats Want to Know (with George Conway)
In this episode, at a time where unprecedented news stories break every day, we’re re-elevating the Jeffrey Epstein files. As victims continue to come forward, and new evidence continues to emerge, the questions and demands for justice grow lou...
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New Back-to-School Anxiety: ICE Raids and Family Separation (with Kevin Johnson)
As families prepare to send their kids back to school this year, some parents must face a new worry: will their children make it home safely, or will they be there to greet them, at the end of the day? Trump’s immigration crackdown...
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To Young People Facing This Moment: Hold On to Your Values
In 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, challen...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: 200 Days of Trump 2.0 (with Skye Perryman)
Trump has been in office for 200 days. In those 200 days, important institutions core to democracy have been dismantled. The rule of law has been challenged in countless ways—increasingly violent ICE raids and disappearances, dismantling of imp...
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'Not My Type': How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan)
Not even a year into the second Trump administration, it’s clear that people are struggling for hope. But there’s hope to be found in so many places, including in the wisdom of the women who took on Trump—and won. E. Jean Carroll an...
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What's Up With (White) Men? (with Jackson Katz, Gary Barker and Cody Thompson)
Everyone’s been asking: what’s up with men these days? From high rates of gun violence and domestic violence, to the “manosphere,” Andrew Tate, and the "male loneliness epidemic," it’s clear that (white) men are hurting. But why is this happeni...
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Episode 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 he...
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Trailer: Introducing Looking Back, Moving Forward with Carmen Rios
A 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 ...
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The Magazine: Ms. reports on the state of American manhood
Welcome to “The Magazine,” our mini-pod, which gives a peek into Ms. magazine’s forthcoming and current issues. In this episode, take a glimpse inside our Summer 2025 issue, which includes a special report on the state of American manh...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: Dead, Pregnant and Imprisoned in Georgia—The Adrianna Smith Case
In 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 aborti...
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No Law, Just (Bad) Vibes: at the Supreme Court with Leah Litman
Over the past few years, many of us have noticed some (bad) vibes coming from the Supreme Court: sketchy decisions on a number of fronts, from presidential immunity to abortion, agency authority, and more. Today, we take a look at those vibes w...
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Black Women in Power: Firsts, Onlys and Always Watched
Despite persistent obstacles—from intergenerational pay inequity and earning just 63.7 cents for every dollar made by a white guy for the same work, to constant surveillance and doubt—Black women consistently excel in their chosen fields and ri...
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The Magazine: Who Will Antiabortion Extremists Target Next?
Welcome to The Magazine, our mini-pod, which gives a peek into Ms. magazine's forthcoming and current issues. In this episode, take a glimpse inside our Spring 2025 issue—which delves into the story behind anti-abortion extremists’ successful a...
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Narratives of Resistance: Women of Color and the Fight for Democracy (With Yamani Yansá Hernandez)
This week, we’re joined by Yamani Hernandez, the chief executive officer of the Groundswell Fund, to discuss the importance of grassroots organizing and reproductive justice in this moment. Ms. has joined forces with Groundswell Fund and Ground...
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