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To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Season 20 Episodes

51 Episodes 2011 - 2012

Episode 1

Fat Studies

Fri, Mar 18, 2011 27 mins

Whether the Middle East unrest will help or harm women; the advertising power of moms who blog; obesity studies.

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Episode 2

U.S. Ambassador Karen Kornbluh

Fri, Mar 25, 2011 27 mins

The roles Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Ambassador Susan Rice and White House human-rights adviser Samantha Power played in the decision to bomb Libya. Also: men and the recovering job market; an initiative to help women around the world.

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Episode 3

Education RHEE-Form

Fri, Apr 1, 2011 27 mins

The birthright-citizenship debate; the lawsuit by female workers against Wal-Mart. Also: education reform is discussed with former D.C. Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.

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Episode 4

Phyllis Schlafly - The Flipside of Feminism

Fri, Apr 8, 2011 27 mins

Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly ("The Flipside to Feminism"). Also: the rise of the majority-minority; abortion rights.

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Episode 5

Jillian Michaels

Fri, Apr 15, 2011 27 mins

Fitness expert Jillian Michaels. Also: women in combat; child-labor laws and teen girls.

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Episode 6

Manning Up

Fri, Apr 22, 2011 27 mins

Support for climate-change laws; whether the Obama administration is lax on pornography; the impact of feminism on young men.

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Episode 7

Education Milestone; Unhappy Spouses; 2012 Budget

Fri, Apr 29, 2011 27 mins

The number of women receiving advanced degrees; the GOP budget proposal; how children impact marriage.

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Episode 8

Immigration & Health Care Reform

Fri, May 6, 2011 27 mins

The LGBT community and adoption rights; the possible political fallout from the GOP's focus on abortion; immigration's impact on the health-care system.

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Episode 9

Immigration & Poverty

Fri, May 13, 2011 27 mins

Immigration and the poverty rate.

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Episode 10

Hiroshima in the Morning

Fri, May 20, 2011 27 mins

Part-time mothers; the gender disparity in pay for new college graduates. Also: how Americans and the French react to violence against women.

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Episode 11

Decline in Nuns

Fri, May 27, 2011 27 mins

Medicare; gay marriage; the decrease in nuns.

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Episode 12

Kah Walla

Fri, Jun 3, 2011 27 mins

Cameroon presidential candidate Kah Walla. Also: anti-obesity laws; whether Sarah Palin will change how presidential campaigns are run in the future.

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Episode 13

Immigration Special

Fri, Jun 10, 2011 27 mins

Immigration and population are discussed.

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Episode 14

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

Fri, Jun 17, 2011 27 mins

Selfish reasons to have more children are discussed.

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Episode 15

Marriage Confidential

Fri, Jun 24, 2011 27 mins

The Supreme Court's decision in the Wal-Mart employee sex-discrimination case; whether marriage is obsolete; the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

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Episode 16

The State of Women with Working Mother Media President Carol Evans

Fri, Jul 1, 2011 27 mins

The sexual-assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Los Angeles Unifed School District's approach to homework; the state of American women.

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Episode 17

Cyberstalking

Fri, Jul 8, 2011 27 mins

Women in politics; younger women having their eggs frozen; cyberstalking.

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Episode 18

Unnatural Selection

Fri, Jul 15, 2011 27 mins

Gender selection.

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Episode 19

Anne Mulcahy

Fri, Jul 22, 2011 27 mins

Health insurance and birth control; same-sex marriage in New York; the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Episode 20

Paying the Poor To End Poverty

Fri, Jul 29, 2011 27 mins

The debt-ceiling negotiations; middle-aged women and mental health; a proposal to pay the poor in order to eliminate poverty.

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Episode 21

Episode 21

Fri, Aug 5, 2011 27 mins

Immigration.

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Episode 22

Episode 22

Fri, Aug 12, 2011 27 mins

DNA sequencing.

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Episode 23

Women's Financial Security

Fri, Aug 19, 2011 27 mins

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial; financial literacy; higher education.

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Episode 24

Doris Leuthard

Fri, Aug 26, 2011 27 mins

Women's Equality Day; Swiss women's political power; weight gain in marriage.

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Episode 25

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis

Fri, Sep 2, 2011 27 mins

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is interviewed. Also: statistics on infant mortality in the U.S.; the gender-bias T-shirt controversy.

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Episode 26

Off the Sidelines with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

Fri, Sep 9, 2011 27 mins

President Obama's jobs plan; the terror threat on the 9/11 anniversary. Also: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is interviewed.

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Episode 27

Margaret Hoover

Fri, Sep 16, 2011 27 mins

The sex-ed test in Washington, D.C.; the drop in testosterone for fathers; American individualism.

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Episode 28

Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Fri, Sep 23, 2011 27 mins

White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett; author Ron Suskind ("Confidence Men"); former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm.

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Episode 29

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Fri, Sep 30, 2011 27 mins

Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Also: the rising cost of health-care premiums; the Justice Department's request that the Supreme Court rule on the health-reform act.

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Episode 30

Nicolle Wallace

Fri, Oct 7, 2011 27 mins

Alabama's immigration law. Also: former McCain-Palin adviser Nicolle Wallace is interviewed.

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Episode 31

Switching Roles with Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Fri, Oct 14, 2011 27 mins

Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm and her husband, Dan Mulhern. Also: the Protect Life Act; the portrayal of men and women on TV.

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Episode 32

What Moms Choose

Fri, Oct 21, 2011 27 mins

Working Mother magazine's "What Moms Choose" survey; single-sex education; the role that location plays in women's health.

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Episode 33

7 Billion People

Fri, Oct 28, 2011 27 mins

The Occupy Wall Street movement and women; "pinkwashing" for breast-cancer awareness; overpopulation.

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Episode 34

Protecting Domestic Workers

Fri, Nov 4, 2011 27 mins

International domestic workers and abuse; the global gender gap; Herman Cain and allegations of sexual harassment.

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Episode 35

Protecting Female Veterans

Fri, Nov 11, 2011 27 mins

The sexual-harassment allegations against Herman Cain are discussed with attorney Gloria Allred; the Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention Act is discussed with Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.).

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Episode 36

November 18, 2011

Fri, Nov 18, 2011 27 mins

The increase in sexual-assault reports; the Wal-Mart gender-discrimination lawsuit. Also: Meryl Streep on the National Women's History Museum.

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Episode 37

November 23, 2011

Fri, Nov 25, 2011 27 mins

The drug testing of welfare recipients; the rights of sperm donors; the caregiver crisis.

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Episode 38

December 2, 2011

Fri, Dec 2, 2011 27 mins

UN youth advocates Monique Coleman and Natalie Imbruglia. Also: abstinence-only sex education; the Obama administration's stance on birth control.

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Episode 39

December 9, 2011

Fri, Dec 9, 2011 27 mins

Breast-cancer screenings.

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Episode 40

December 16, 2011

Fri, Dec 16, 2011 27 mins

Women, corporate boards and quotas; marriage rates; the face of poverty in America.

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Episode 41

2011: Year in Review

Fri, Dec 23, 2011 27 mins

A 2011 recap. Also: women as peacekeepers and peacemakers.

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Episode 42

Birth Control Ban?; Minimum Wage Increases; Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

Fri, Jan 6, 2012 27 mins

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is interviewed. Also: how raising the minimum wage affects women.

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Episode 43

Angelina Jolie; FLOTUS Joins Twitter

Fri, Jan 13, 2012 27 mins

Angelina Jolie is interviewed. Also: First Lady Michelle Obama's Twitter account; the spouses of presidents and presidential candidates.

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Episode 44

Military Sexual Assaults; Ex-Wife Speaks Out; Paid Parental Leave

Fri, Jan 20, 2012 27 mins

Sexual assault in the military; Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign; paid parental leave.

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Episode 45

Clinton's Next Act; First Lady Lunching; Tammy Baldwin For U.S. Senate

Fri, Jan 27, 2012 27 mins

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is interviewed. Also: Hillary Clinton's future plans; proposed regulations for school lunches.

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Episode 46

Komen vs. Planned Parenthood; The Invisible War; Vernice Armour

Fri, Feb 3, 2012 27 mins

Capt. Vernice Armour (USMC Ret.), America's first black female combat pilot, is interviewed. Also: the Komen Foundation's decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood; rape in the military.

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Episode 47

Contraceptive Compromise; Women On the Front Lines; Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fri, Feb 10, 2012 27 mins

President Obama and progressives are discussed with Katrina vanden Heuvel (Nation). Also: the contraception coverage rules for health insurance plans; women in the military.

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Episode 48

Birth Control Politics; Women's Boxing; Finnish President Tarja Halonen

Fri, Feb 17, 2012 27 mins

Finnish president Tarja Halonen. Also: the walkout of women from a House Oversight Committee hearing on birth control and religious liberty; female boxing in the Olympics.

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Episode 49

Fight For Women's Rights; Adieu to Mademoiselle; The Pregnancy Project

Fri, Feb 24, 2012 27 mins

Teen author Gaby Rodriguez ("The Pregnancy Project").

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Episode 50

Women's History Month Special

Fri, Mar 2, 2012 27 mins

A Women's History Month special, featuring interviews with Meryl Streep, former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) and former National Council of Negro Women president Dorothy Height. Also: the story of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut.

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Episode 51

Women's Rights Roundup; International Impact; King Peggy

Fri, Mar 9, 2012 27 mins

Peggielene Bartels ("King Peggy); Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee. Also: female state legislators responding to anti-abortion legislation with bills that would regulate the sexual health of men.

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