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
117 episodes
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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The Fight for Pregnant Workers' Rights Isn't Over (with Dina Bakst)
As we reckon with an administration hostile to equal rights, feminists will continue to fight. To help keep hope, we must remember and celebrate recent wins. One of those wins is the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which took effect...
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Reflecting 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...
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Black History Month Rewind! I’m So Excited—with the Pointer Sisters
As 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 ...
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Black History Month Rewind! 'Who Killed George Floyd?'
As part of our Black History Month Rewind at Ms. Studios, we’re revisiting some of our favorite past episodes. Today, we're revisiting an episode exploring racism and police brutality, featuring a cast of all-star guests. I...
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Black History Month Rewind! “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”—Voting Rights and Voter Suppression
As part of our Black History Month Rewind at Ms. Studios, we're revisiting some of our favorite past episodes. First up, we're taking a look of voting rights and voter suppression, revisiting an episode recorded ahead of the 2020 presidenti...
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Trump's Back—Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves
Welcome to The Magazine, our mini-pod, which gives a peek into Ms. magazine's forthcoming and current issues. In this episode, listeners hear about the Spring 2025 issue—which delves into the feminist resistance to the s...
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Fierce Feminist Resistance: The Fight to Save Public Health (with Dr. Anthony Fauci)
We begin 2025 on 'On the Issues' with special guest Dr. Anthony Fauci. In this episode we discuss some of the most important issues currently confronting the health of our nation and the world—from vaccine skepticism, COVID denialism, and healt...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism — This Is America: Making Sense of the 2024 Election (with Moira Donegan and Fatima Goss Graves)
In this episode, we continue to assess and reckon with the 2024 election results. How did abortion rights prevail, while anti-abortion lawmakers were elected in the very same states? What will a Trump administration mean for women's right...
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The Women Who Make Your Vote Count (with Tonya Wichman and Natalie Adona)
Election administration continues to be one of the most compelling, challenging, and increasingly dangerous jobs at the federal, state, and local levels. A recent survey by the Brennan Center revealed that over a third of election officials hav...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: The Next President Will Shape the Supreme Court (with Skye Perryman)
This week, we’re continuing our coverage of the lead-up to November’s elections by looking at an institution that has become increasingly contentious over the past four years: the U.S. Supreme Court. The specter of the Court has loomed over the...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: What’s at Stake for Women in the 2024 Election? (with Fatima Goss Graves)
In the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, the role that women are playing in this election is clearer than ever. Now under two weeks out from election day, we’re aware that so much is a...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: Modern-Day Voter Suppression (with Anthony Michael Kreis)
This week, we’re bringing back a very good friend of ‘On the Issues’ to talk about a topic that will profoundly influence the outcome of this fall’s elections: voter suppression. As voters head to the polls, officials and activists on the groun...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: White Men Are Leaving Trump to Vote for Harris (with Jackson Katz)
In this episode, we dive into a topic that’s more relevant than ever this election season: masculinity. White men are mobilizing to support Kamala Harris and we unpack why. Polls are showing a growing gender gap, this election season—with...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—Back to School and Back to Congress: What’s on the Agenda? (with Rep. Hilary Scholten)
On this week’s episode, we’re thinking about the return to school and Congress with Michigan Rep. Hilary Scholten. As we return to both, many things are top of mind: issues like gun safety, policies that benefit mothers and families, and much m...
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Supreme Court Term in Review 2024: 'With Fear for Our Democracy, [We] Dissent’
Every year on On the Issues, we bring you a Supreme Court term in review with a live studio audience. This year, for the first time we’re bringing you one from Washington, DC—we’re going to discuss the most important rulings of the 2023-2024 te...
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"Unpacking the Chaos of the Trump Years" (with #SistersInLaw Hosts Jill Wine Banks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr
In 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 fr...
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—The Trump Indictments: Found Guilty! (with Moira Donegan)
In this episode, we continue our series: The Trump Indictments. On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts by a New York jury. In this episode we unpack the criminal charges that Donald Trump engaged in illegal ...
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Preserving Health and Protecting Humanity in Times of Conflict
In this episode, taped in front of a live audience at Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C., a panel of health and legal experts unpack what's happening around the world—from Gaza, to Afghanistan and beyond. How can governments and NGOs best act t...
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Our Abortions: No One Asked You (with Lizz Winstead)
In this episode, we're joined by the indomitable Lizz Winstead with a live studio in Washington, D.C. She bares all as we talk about the new documentary featuring her and Abortion Access Front (AAF), No One Asked You....
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: How The ERA Can Secure Reproductive Freedom
The fight to enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution is more urgent than ever. The Equal Rights Amendment could prove pivotal in securing not just the promise of equal protections in the eyes of the law, but by providing crucial prote...
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The 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 re...
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Fifteen 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 s...
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Uncharted 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 organizati...
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