To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Season 19 Episodes

Episode 1

Population Stabilization Special

Fri, Mar 12, 2010 27 mins

Episode 2

Women and the Recession

Fri, Mar 19, 2010 27 mins

No Child Left Behind; employers that monitor employees at work; women and the recession.

Episode 3

Male Sexual Harassment

Fri, Mar 26, 2010 27 mins

The landmark 1970 gender-discrimination lawsuit against Newsweek; male-on-male sexual harassment.

Episode 4

DNA Sequencing Part III: The Beery Family

Fri, Apr 2, 2010 27 mins

The Catholic Church pedophilia scandal. Also: finding cures for rare pediatric diseases.

Episode 5

Childhood Diabetes

Fri, Apr 9, 2010 27 mins

Birth rates for older women; women and high-level federal jobs; children with diabetes.

Episode 6

Clean Water & Immigration

Fri, Apr 16, 2010 27 mins

The nation's clean-water supply. Also: Sigourney Weaver on women and environmental awareness.

Episode 7

Ending Elder Abuse

Fri, Apr 23, 2010 27 mins

Title IX; the number of Democratic and Republican female candidates; elder abuse.

Episode 8

Real Images for Real Girls

Fri, Apr 30, 2010 27 mins

Financial reform; possible Supreme Court nominees. Also: Reps. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on promoting realistic images of women in the media.

Episode 9

Mother of Courage: Suraya Pakzad

Fri, May 7, 2010 27 mins

The birth-control pill; the birth rate for single, educated women; women's rights in Afghanistan.

Episode 10

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Fri, May 14, 2010 27 mins

The possibility of there being three female Supreme Court justices; female CEOs. Also: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) on reenacting the Glass-Steagall Act.

Episode 11

Latina Entrepreneurship

Fri, May 21, 2010 27 mins

Sarah Palin and frontier feminism; Latina entrepreneurship.

Episode 12

Judge Susan Carbon

Fri, May 28, 2010 27 mins

Judge Susan Carbon, director of the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women, is interviewed. Also: the Catholic Church, abortion and excommunication; mothers who are leaving the workforce to go on welfare.

Episode 13

Women's History Museum

Fri, Jun 4, 2010 27 mins

Topics include domestic-employee rights, the availability of free birth control and the creation of a national women's history museum.

Episode 14

Muslim Women & Gender Equality

Fri, Jun 11, 2010 27 mins

Female Republican candidates; Muslims and gender equality.

Episode 15

Father's Day Special-Sec. Hilda Solis

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 27 mins

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on the Gulf oil spill. Also: paid leave for dads; deadbeat dads.

Episode 16

Population Growth and Farmland

Fri, Jun 25, 2010 27 mins

President Barack Obama's extension of FMLA benefits to same-sex couples; whether population growth will threaten the nation's food security.

Episode 17

Secretary Hilda Solis

Fri, Jul 2, 2010 27 mins

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on major workforce issues. Also: Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice; powerful female entertainers.

Episode 18

No Impact Man

Fri, Jul 9, 2010 27 mins

The federal government vs. Arizona regarding immigration policy. Also: parenting issues; living a sustainable life.

Episode 19

Sen. Amy Klobuchar-STANDUP Act

Fri, Jul 16, 2010 27 mins

The Obama administration's HIV/AIDS strategy; the NAACP vs. the Tea Party. Also: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on creating national teen driver's license standards.

Episode 20

Speaker Pelosi

Fri, Jul 23, 2010 27 mins

An interview with Nancy Pelosi. Also: home loans for pregnant women.

Episode 21

Population & Natural Resources Special

Fri, Jul 30, 2010 27 mins

Population growth and the environment.

Episode 22

DNA Sequencing Special

Fri, Aug 6, 2010 27 mins

DNA Sequencing Special

Episode 23

Losing Our Religion

Fri, Aug 13, 2010 27 mins

Wealthy female political candidates who are spending millions on their campaigns; girls beginning puberty at young ages; the media and Christianity.

Episode 24

Cantwell & Collins CLEAR Act

Fri, Aug 20, 2010 27 mins

The fight for women's votes. Also: Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) discuss their clean-energy bill.

Episode 25

Birth Control Sabotage

Fri, Aug 27, 2010 27 mins

College tenure and tuition; the pay rate of childless women vs. men; birth-control sabotage.

Episode 26

Women & Labor Unions

Fri, Sep 3, 2010 27 mins

A reversal in the wage gap: young women outearning their male counterparts. Also: employers pushing health-insurance costs onto workers; women and labor unions.

Episode 27

Women in Combat

Fri, Sep 10, 2010 27 mins

Women and Islam; U.S. foreign policy; women in combat.

Episode 28

Boxer v. Fiorina

Fri, Sep 17, 2010 27 mins

The Senate race in California, which pits ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D). Also: the number of women earning doctoral degrees vs. men.

Episode 29

Sec. Sebelius & Meryl Streep

Fri, Sep 24, 2010 27 mins

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the health-care-reform laws. Also: Meryl Streep's criticism of Congress.

Episode 30

Best Companies for Working Moms

Fri, Oct 1, 2010 27 mins

Workplace flexibility over the past 25 years; the recession and the marriage rate.

Episode 31

The First Ladies Club

Fri, Oct 8, 2010 27 mins

The number of women in Congress following the midterm elections; workplace-weight issues; a first-lady showdown: Michelle Obama vs. Laura Bush.

Episode 32

The Most Powerful Woman in Politics

Fri, Oct 15, 2010 27 mins

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.).

Episode 33

The Women's Bureau

Fri, Oct 22, 2010 27 mins

The White House's efforts to win over women; female politicians attacking male candidates; a federal agency that serves working women.

Episode 34

No Excuses: Gloria Feldt

Fri, Oct 29, 2010 27 mins

Female candidates against sexism; whether Clarence Thomas owes Anita Hill an apology; women and power.

Episode 35

I Love A Man In Uniform

Fri, Nov 5, 2010 27 mins

The number of women in Congress; the future of health-care reform; military wives.

Episode 36

Margaret Cho

Fri, Nov 12, 2010 27 mins

Gender discrimination in immigration law; the government and nutrition; Margaret Cho's advice that women "come out" as beautiful.

Episode 37

Karen Mills

Fri, Nov 19, 2010 27 mins

Airport scans vs. piracy; whether Congress should grant citizenship to children of illegal immigrants; surviving in a down economy.

Episode 38

Working Mother-Career v. Job

Fri, Nov 26, 2010 27 mins

The Pope's comments about condoms and AIDS; Sarah Palin's criticism of Michelle Obama, feminists and Katie Couric. Also: how working mothers view their jobs.

Episode 39

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Fri, Dec 3, 2010 27 mins

Online tracking; transgender athletes; Muslim women in America.

Episode 40

Lisa Cortes

Fri, Dec 10, 2010 27 mins

Challenges facing women in the film industry are discussed with "Precious" executive producer Lisa Cortes.

Episode 41

Dr. Maya Angelou

Fri, Dec 17, 2010 27 mins

Sexual assaults at military academies; the corporate glass ceiling. Also: Maya Angelou on overconsumption in American culture.

Episode 42

Street Nurses

Fri, Dec 24, 2010 27 mins

Nurses in favor of decriminalizing drugs.

Episode 43

Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Fri, Dec 31, 2010 27 mins

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) on her legacy as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

Episode 44

Rwandan Women in Power

Fri, Jan 7, 2011 27 mins

Whether the 14th Amendment protects against gender discrimination; the fight to end birthright citizenship; female political representation in Rwanda.

Episode 45

Michelle Bachelet

Fri, Jan 14, 2011 27 mins

Gun control; the U.S. abortion rate. Also: UN Women executive director and former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet is interviewed.

Episode 46

Reality Bites Back

Fri, Jan 21, 2011 27 mins

Competition in the workplace; reality television and women; Yale law professor Amy Chua's memoir of raising her daughters, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother."

Episode 47

Crash Into Me

Sat, Jan 29, 2011 27 mins

Abortion and mental health; an online breast-milk exchange. Also: a woman encounters her rapist 20 years after the crime.

Episode 48

Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL)

Fri, Feb 4, 2011 27 mins

Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), the first black woman from Alabama elected to the U.S. House. Also: single men who want children; young female conservatives in favor of gay marriage.

Episode 49

Cinderella Ate My Daughter

Fri, Feb 11, 2011 27 mins

What holds women back in STEM fields; the long-term effects of the girlie-girl culture.

Episode 50

Women on Corporate Boards

Fri, Feb 18, 2011 27 mins

President Obama's proposed budget; the glass ceiling

Episode 51

Carole Simpson

Fri, Feb 25, 2011 27 mins

Former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson. Also: the Obama administration, gay rights and the 2012 election; whether Republican budget cuts target women.

Episode 52

Equal Rights Amendment

Fri, Mar 4, 2011 27 mins

Where American women stand globally; college scholarships for white men; the ERA.