The Women Podcast
1) Heather: "She Wanted an Abortion. I Wanted to Help."
Heather Booth got a call in 1965 that a friend was in desparate need of an abortion. She started an underground abortion clinic in Chicago called the JANE, that provided over 11,000 abortions before R...Show More
2) "I Took Care of Thousands of Patients, and Then I Became the Patient"
Dr. Antoinette Ward has been practicing nursing at one of the largest hospitals in Atlanta for more than 25 years. She spoke with Rose the first week of the shutdown in March of 2020. She firsthand sa...Show More
3) After Aggressive and Unlawful Arrest, Rep. Park Cannon Persists at GA Legislature
Park Cannon was the youngest representative elected to Georgia’s state legislature in 2016 at the age of 24. Park is also the first openly queer state representative in the United States, and serves ...Show More
After Aggressive and Unlawful Arrest, Rep. Park Cannon Persists at GA Legislature
33:51 | Apr 29th, 2021
4) What are the Dangerous Consequences of Georgia's New Voting Laws?
All eyes are on Georgia. Again. Senate Bill 202, a 98-page document outlines new provisions restricting voting registration, voting by mail, and early voting. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a rush...Show More
5) So, How Will We Prove We've Been Vaccinated? And What Does a Vaccinated Future Look Like?
The world may reopen soon! And in anticipation of shoulder-to-shoulder events, the exchange of droplets, and crowded stadiums, scientists and researchers have been busy imagining a new world where air...Show More
6) First, Topple a Racist Regime... Then Expand Women's Rights around the World
A special episode for International Women's Day! Featuring the Executive Director of United Nations Women / Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Phumzile grew up unde...Show More
First, Topple a Racist Regime... Then Expand Women's Rights around the World
44:06 | Mar 12th, 2021
7) What's Next for the First Black Woman Who Traveled to Every Country in the World?
Jessica Nabongo is a writer and photographer, and the first Black woman to visit all 195 countries. Less than 300 people have done that - and less than 30 women have visited all 195 countries. More th...Show More
What's Next for the First Black Woman Who Traveled to Every Country in the World?
45:16 | Feb 25th, 2021
8) Director of Smithsonian on Reckoning & Reconciliation, Love & Covid, Trauma & Art
Stephanie Stebich is the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum - that means she is responsible for the nation’s premier collection of American art and major exhibition, research, publication...Show More
Director of Smithsonian on Reckoning & Reconciliation, Love & Covid, Trauma & Art
40:31 | Feb 12th, 2021
9) "You've Mastered Survival Mode, Now it's Time to Live" (ft Sara Clark)
The Women is a long-form interview show profiling brazen and badass trailblazers. For the past two months host Rose Reid has been covering the women integral on the ground to the Georgia Senate runoff...Show More
10) The High Crime of Being Poor in the Deep South
Sara Totonchi is the Executive Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, a non-profit law form which works to exonerate and mitigate those who are impacted by the criminal legal system in the ...Show More