51 Percent Podcast
1) Kat Koppett on 'Training to Imagine'
On this week’s 51%, we speak with Kat Koppett, co-director of The Mopco Improv Theatre in Schenectady, New York and founder of Koppett, a consultancy company that uses improv to help businesses improv...Show More
2) Dr. Frank Putnam on how abuse impacts girls — and transcends generations
On this week's 51%, we speak with Dr. Frank Putnam, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, about the Female Growth and Development Study (FGDS), which...Show More
3) Quiara Alegría Hudes on "The White Hot"
On this week's 51%, we speak with author and playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes about her debut novel, The White Hot. Hudes is the Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright of Water by the Spoonful and the music...Show More
4) Olivia Dreizen Howell on fresh starts
On this week's 51%, we speak with the founder and CEO of Fresh Starts Registry, a registry and education network for those navigating divorce, difficult breakups, and other major life changes. Olivia ...Show More
5) The best of 2025
On this week's 51%, we look back on some of our favorite conversations from 2025: Dr. Heather Hirsch discusses the FDA’s decision to remove “black box” warning labels from hormonal therapies used to ...Show More
6) Miriam Udel on 'worldmaking' through Yiddish children's literature
On this week's 51%, we speak with Emory University Professor Miriam Udel about how a 20th Century movement of Yiddish literature strived to help Jewish children make sense of a tumultuous world and sh...Show More
7) Brianne Brinker on 'Skating Out of the Vault'
On this week's 51%, we hear from author Brianne Brinker, assistant athletic director at Union College, about her experience coming out and transitioning as a transgender woman in 2019. Brinker says “s...Show More
8) Lisa DiGiovanni on the dangers of 'Militarized Masculinity' — and the leaders who thrive on it
On this week's 51%, we speak with Keene State College Professor Dr. Lisa DiGiovanni about "militarized masculinity," and the connection between authoritarianism, state violence, and misogyny. In her n...Show More
9) Dr. Heather Hirsch on perimenopause and hormone therapy
The Food & Drug Administration recently decided to remove "black box" warnings from the packaging of hormonal therapies used to treat symptoms of menopause. On this week's 51%, we speak with internist...Show More
10) Allison Daminger talks 'What's on Her Mind?'
On this week's 51%, we speak with Allison Daminger, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, about her research into "cognitive" household labor, and how couples divvy up the planning, s...Show More