To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Season 15 Episodes

Episode 1

Young Women and Ambition

Fri, Jun 2, 2006 27 mins

Episode 2

Hunger in America

Fri, Jun 9, 2006 27 mins

Episode 3

Unwed Father Registries

Tue, May 16, 2006 27 mins

Episode 4

Title IX Today

Fri, Jun 23, 2006 27 mins

Episode 5

Going Gray

Fri, Jun 30, 2006 27 mins

Topics include a boy crisis in education; media coverage of marital infidelities among presidential nominees; and women going gray.

Episode 6

Health & Public Libraries

Fri, Jul 7, 2006 27 mins

Health and public libraries are discussed. Guests are Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); US News & World Report's Dr. Bernadine Healy; Megan Beyer, a Democratic commentator; and Michelle Bernard, Independent Women's Forum president and CEO.

Episode 7

Community Benefits Agreements

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 27 mins

Community-benefit agreements. Panelists include former representative Pat Schroeder; Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Leslie Sanchez (Independent Women's Forum); commentator Genevieve Wood.

Episode 8

Gay Marriage Dialogue

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 27 mins

Gay marriage is discussed. Panelists include Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Michelle Bernard (Independent Women's Forum).

Episode 9

Conservation

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 27 mins

Conservation is discussed. Panelists include commentators Irene Natividad, Tara Setmayer and Karen Czarnecki.

Episode 10

Democrats in the Fall

Fri, Aug 4, 2006 27 mins

Women in the military. Panelists include Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Michelle Bernard (Independent Women's Forum); Kim Gandy, president of NOW; commentator Karen Czarnecki.

Episode 11

Christianity and Homosexuality

Fri, Aug 11, 2006 27 mins

Christianity and homosexuality are discussed. Panelist: Sandy Sorenson, of the United Church of Christ.

Episode 12

Republicans in the Fall

Fri, Aug 25, 2006 27 mins

Topic: Young women and egg donations. Panelists include commentator Irene Natividad and Crystal Lander, of the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Episode 13

Military Women

Fri, Aug 18, 2006 27 mins

Reps. Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) and Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio). Panelists include Michelle Bernard (Independent Women's Forum); Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, D.C.); commentators Megan Beyer and Karen Czarnecki.

Episode 14

Stereotypes

Fri, Sep 1, 2006 27 mins

Topic: stereotypes. Panelists include Kim Gandy (NOW president); Susan Au Allen (U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce). Commentators are Patricia Sosa and Genevieve Wood.

Episode 15

The Baby Business

Fri, Sep 8, 2006 27 mins

A discussion about young women and egg donations. Panelists include commentators Karen Czarnecki and Irene Natividad; and Crystal Lander of the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Episode 16

Conservation: Streams

Fri, Sep 15, 2006 27 mins

Topics include Republican treatment of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); homework; and family health.

Episode 17

It's My Party Too

Fri, Sep 22, 2006 27 mins

Christine Todd Whitman ("It's My Party, Too") is the guest. Panelists include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, D.C.); commentator Karen Czarnecki; Michelle Bernard (Independent Women's Forum).

Episode 18

Forever Youngish

Fri, Sep 29, 2006 27 mins

Peggy Northrop (editor in chief, More magazine) on the challenges of motherhood. Panelists include former EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez; commentators Megan Beyer and Genevieve Wood; Crystal Lander (Feminist Majority Foundation).

Episode 19

National Advocates for Pregnant Women

Fri, Oct 6, 2006 27 mins

Topics include the Congressional-page scandal; school killings; and rights of pregnant women. Panelists include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, D.C.); commentator Megan Beyer; Michelle Bernard (Independent Women's Forum); and Bernadine Healy (U.S. News & World Report).

Episode 20

The Girls Who Went Away

Fri, Oct 13, 2006 27 mins

Ann Fessler discusses her book, "The Girls Who Went Away."

Episode 21

President Johnson-Sirleaf

Fri, Oct 20, 2006 27 mins

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia, is interviewed. Guests include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); commentators Karen Czarnecki and Megan Beyer; and Michelle Bernard, Independent Women's Forum president and CEO.

Episode 22

Immigration and Wages

Fri, Oct 27, 2006 27 mins

Immigration and employment. Panelists include commentator Patricia Sosa; Crystal Lander (Feminist Majority Foundation); Leslie Sanchez (Independent Women's Forum); Rosemary Jenks (Numbers USA).

Episode 23

Immigration and Healthcare

Fri, Nov 17, 2006 27 mins

Immigration and health care. Panelists include Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Kim Gandy (NOW), Michelle Bernard (Independent Women's Forum) and pollster Kellyanne Conway.

Episode 24

Doro Bush Koch

Fri, Nov 24, 2006 27 mins

Topics include breast-feeding and "My Father, My President," by Doro Bush Koch.

Episode 25

Single Older Women & Housing

Fri, Dec 1, 2006 27 mins

The issue of housing for single, older women is discussed.

Episode 26

My Father, My President

Fri, Dec 8, 2006 27 mins

Doro Bush Koch discusses her book, "My Father, My President."

Episode 27

Carly Fiorina

Fri, Dec 15, 2006 27 mins

Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is the guest.

Episode 28

Evangelical Youth Movement

Fri, Dec 22, 2006 27 mins

Topic: Teens and the evangelical movement.

Episode 29

Year in Review 2006

Fri, Dec 29, 2006 27 mins

A review of 2006.

Episode 30

"30-Something" Working Group

Fri, Jan 5, 2007 27 mins

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is the guest.

Episode 31

Retired With Husband

Fri, Jan 12, 2007 27 mins

Topic: "edible" schoolyards.

Episode 32

Mikulski and Hutchison

Fri, Jan 19, 2007 27 mins

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) are the guests. Also: challenges facing single women; a report on womb transplants.

Episode 33

Diaper Ceiling

Fri, Jan 26, 2007 27 mins

Topic: parenting. Panelists include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, D.C.); Independent Women's Forum President and CEO Michelle Bernard; Democratic activist Megan Beyer; Genevieve Wood (Heritage Foundation).

Episode 34

Edible Schoolyards

Fri, Feb 2, 2007 27 mins

Foods in schools are discussed by Leslie Sanchez (Independent Women's Forum) and Crystal Lander (Feminist Majority Foundation). Also: commentator Patricia Sosa; Food Systems Solutions president Kate Adamick.

Episode 35

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke

Fri, Feb 9, 2007 27 mins

U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) is interviewed. Panelists include Independent Women's Forum President Michelle Bernard, Genevieve Wood (Heritage Foundation), Jennifer Pozner, Women in Media & News, and Del. Eleanor Norton (D-DC).

Episode 36

Senator Claire McCaskill

Fri, Feb 16, 2007 27 mins

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) discusses stem-cell research with commentators Tara Setmayer and Irene Natividad; former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder; and former EEOC chair Cari Dominguez.

Episode 37

Menstrual Suppression

Fri, Feb 23, 2007 27 mins

Menstrual suppression is discussed by Independent Women's Forum president Michelle Bernard. Also: commentator Megan Beyer, Del. Eleanor Norton (D-D.C.), and Genevieve Wood (Heritage Foundation).

Episode 38

Boomer Women Fashions

Fri, Mar 2, 2007 27 mins

Topics include the funding of the FDA's Office of Women's Health; the number of Americans living in poverty; and fashions for female baby boomers. Panelists include NOW president Kim Gandy; Fox News analyst Angela McGlowan; women's rights advocate Irene Natividad; Leslie Sanchez (Independent Women's Forum).

Episode 39

Immigration Special

Fri, Mar 9, 2007 27 mins

The 15th season concludes with an examination of immigration issues.