Women's Liberation Radio News
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsFeminist news programming that seeks to provide the unique and under-represented voices of girls and women with a national and international venue to break the sound barrier.
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Edition 96: Earth Day 2024 with Sekhmet, Emily, Jocelyn, aurora, and Thistle
April 04, 2024 12:56 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBFirst up, hear Thistle greet the listener before Mary ONeill delivers WLRN's World News segment for April 4th, 2024. With Earth Day 2024 approaching, we wanted to express ourselves as individuals in our collective to help weather the storms of climate change on the horizon together. The situation is so dire, that our reflections and feelings about living through the hottest year on record and going into another apocalyptic summer felt important to express. We wanted to reach out to you from...
Edition 95: The Future of Fertility with Silvia Guerini
March 07, 2024 14:17 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBWelcome to our 95th podcast in a monthly series that began back in May of 2016! We are happy to present the work of Silvia Guerini this month as captured by WLRN member aurora linnea. Ms. Guerini released a book called From the 'Neutral' Body to the Post-Human Cyborg published by Spinifex Press in October. First up, hear aurora greet the listener and introduce the content of the show before Mary O'Neill delivers our world news segment that includes stories from Gaza, the UK, and the US. T...
Edition 94: Lesbian Love & Relationships with Leaf & Firewalker
February 01, 2024 13:55 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBThis month of February we explore the world of lesbian love and relationships with Leaf & Firewalker, a lesbian couple who have been together for 39 years and are thriving. First up in the podcast, hear Emily Faye greet the listener before Thistle delivers the WLRN World News segment that includes stories about the World Health Organization's "Trans and Gender Diverse" guidelines, the plight of Ann Menasche in San Diego, CA, and new restrictions put in place for women and girls by the Taliba...
Edition 93: 2023 in Review with Liz Miller, Thistle, Emily Faye & Sekhmet SheOwl
January 04, 2024 14:21 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBHappy New Year to all of our listeners and supporters! Thanks for tuning in to our 93rd edition podcast! First up, hear a rendition of Auld Lang Syne by Celtic Woman before WLRN's aurora linnea greets the listener and then delivers WLRN's World News segment. Next, hear Terra Lightfoot with her song No Hurry before listening to Liz Miller, Thistle, and Emily discuss what they feel are the top stories of 2023 and what to look for in '24. Stay tuned 'til the very end for Sekhmet's commentar...
Edition 92: Women in the Cross Hairs - Palestine & Israel with Cindy Sheehan
December 07, 2023 13:31 - 1 hour - 95 MBFirst up, hear WLRN's greeting with member Mary O'Neill who later on in the show, delivers her commentary on the situation women are facing in the regions known as Israel and Palestine. This month, one of our newest members, Kathleen Miles, wrote and delivered WLRN's World News segment. Hear stories from around the world before listening to the song Prayer of the Mothers by Yael Deckelbaum. Next up, hear excerpts of a discussion WLRN's Thistle Pettersen and Emily Faye had with long-time Am...
Edition 91: Body Image & Feminism
November 02, 2023 12:33 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBThis November 2023 Edition of the WLRN podcast explores the concept of body image and how it's exploited by patriarchy. Mary O'Neill delivers the world news, updating us on women's situation regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, among other stories. Emily treats us to a conversation she had with Zinetta, a radfem sister from the PNW, on how the concept of body image is introduced to girls and then used to control and subjugate women for the rest of their lives. Resident desert dweller a...
Edition 90: Fran Luck, Jeannette Cooper, Ann Menasche & Holly Hart on Working with the Right
October 06, 2023 11:33 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBGreetings! Thank you for your patience as we grease our wheels here at WLRN Studios! This lil' podcast is arriving to you one day late so the elves at WLRN could make it great! First up, hear Edition 90's greeting from Thistle before diving into the World News segment with Mary O'Neill wherein she reports on JK Rowling's new book, the Taliban, AI-generated pornography, and more. Next, hear Loretta Lynn's song "One's On the Way" before hearing an excerpt of the round table discussion Thistle...
Edition 89: Digest of Michigan Women's Music Festivals with Jenna, Emily, Lou and Thistle
September 07, 2023 12:15 - 1 hour - 101 MBWelcome to our annual digest of Michigan Women's Music & Arts Festivals! This Summer of 2023 was packed with gynocentric encounters, culture and music! First up, hear long-time WLRN member April Neault greet the listener with her announcement that she is stepping back from her monthly duties with WLRN after this edition and that we are looking for a new volunteer to work our YouTube channel and do some video editing. You'll also hear a special announcement from April about a women's speaking...
Edition 88: Life Beyond Trans with Emily Faye, Thistle & Elizabeth Chesak
August 03, 2023 13:11 - 1 hour - 89 MBWelcome to the 88th edition of WLRN's monthly handcrafted podcast for this first Thursday of the month in August 2023. Festival season is upon us in full force! Emily and I (Thistle) were just in the woods of Michigan for Big Mouth Girl and WPI and are now getting ready to go back for MFR (Michigan Framily Reunion). Jenna and her wife are en route to the Pines as I write this description to join hundreds of women for another Michigan music festival. O' August! It has been a month for womyn's...
Edition 87: Pride: Past, Present & Future with Women Speak Florida, aurora linnea & Sekhmet SheOwl
July 06, 2023 14:03 - 1 hour - 99.6 MBWelcome to Edition 87 wherein WLRN explores the varied experiences and meanings of Pride, a yearly celebration of LGBTQ+ during the month of June. First, hear Sekhmet SheOwl greet listeners before handing the mic to Mary O'Neill who delivers WLRN's world news segment. Next up, hear an excerpt of the song "You Need to Calm Down" by Taylor Swift before hearing Thistle & Emily's discussion with VF and Jade of Women Speak Florida about Pride events and their event called "TERF Pride" coming up i...
WLRN Edition 86: Women and Social Work
June 01, 2023 12:53 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBEnjoy this 86th edition of WLRN's monthly podcast as the heat wave hits America this early Summer in June! This month, Jenna features an interview she did with Gwen Hoffman, a woman with 25 years of experience working in the "giving" fields of crisis intervention, CPS investigations, and childcare. She holds degrees in Psychology and American Studies and is currently pursuing a PhD in History. She and Jenna explore the idea of "social work" and how it is much broader than what we traditiona...
Edition 85: Mothers & the Let Women Speak Movement
May 05, 2023 11:32 - 1 hour - 106 MBWelcome to the 7th-anniversary edition of Women's Liberation Radio News! This month's show focuses on the Let Women Speak Movement in the USA and all that has happened since the Sisters for Sisters conference in Madison last year. First up, hear the greeting and world news segment with our newest member, Ms. Mary O'Neill before enjoying Alix Dobkin's song "If it Wasn't for the Women." Next, join Thistle as she, Jennifer Thomas, and Katyjean reflect on all that has happened in the USA sin...
Edition 84: Feminist Collectives with Bonnie Atwood, Sekhmet SheOwl and Thistle Pettersen
April 06, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBHappy Spring! We love it when we get to release a show on the full moon as the season changes! First up, hear Jenna DiQuarto greet the listener before aurora linnea reports on events that happened around the world on March 8th, 2023, International Women's Day. Then, stay tuned for the world news from Emily Faye including coverage of drag show legislation, the school shooting in Nashville, and legislation around the medicalization of children. After listening to the song "Safety in Numbe...
Edition 83: Women's Self-Defense with Adelaide Meadow, Serendipity Day & Sekhmet SheOwl
March 03, 2023 14:54 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis month, Jenna DiQuarto worked double duty and both interviewed our wonderful guests and produced the show. Thank you for your dedication and work, Jenna! First, hear Jenna delivering the greeting for the show before diving into a short snippet of the interview Liz Miller did with Ann Menasche about her recent dismissal from a job she had for 20 years. Ann was fired for saying women are female which makes women the people in society who need abortion rights. Then, stay tuned for Emily F...
Edition 82: The Dana Rivers Case with joey brite, Amie Ichikawa & Sekhmet SheOwl
February 02, 2023 15:06 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBIt's been a busy month! Welcome to Edition 82 wherein the WLRN Collective, along with Amie Ichikawa, joey brite, Thistle Pettersen, and Sekhmet SheOwl, explores the story and implications of the ongoing "Dana Rivers" #DanaRiversisaMan Case in California. It is a gruesome subject that is paired with aurora linnea's chilling written piece about the murders committed by trans-identified individuals over the years https://wlrnmedia.com/2023/02/02/femicide-unmentionable-crimes/. In addition, see ...
Ed81 2022 in Review with Ann Menasche & Sekhmet SheOwl
January 05, 2023 17:15 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBHappy New Year 2023 Sisters! Our end-of-the-year edition is packed with news and analysis looking back on 2022 and forward into 2023. First up, hear Sekhmet SheOwl greet you with a wonderful version of auld lang syne by Ingrid Michaelson. Then, stay tuned for WLRN's world news segment with Emily Faye. Next, hear Thistle interview Ann Menasche of FIST (Feminists in Struggle) and GASBR (Green Alliance for Sex Based Rights) about her take on the top stories and events of 2022 and what femini...
Edition 80: Digest of Standing for Women USA Tour
December 01, 2022 14:36 - 1 hour - 104 MBWelcome to our final podcast of 2022 wherein we discuss and reflect on the Kellie-Jay Keen USA Standing for Women Speakers' Corner Tour that took place in cities across the United States from October 16 - November 14. In this show, you will find gems of wisdom and advice for how to organize your own Speakers' Corner / Let Women Speak events in your community. First up, hear the greeting from our newest member, Emily Faye, who is taking over our world news department. Emily then delivers the ...
Edition 79: The Male Sex Right with aurora linnea, Sheila Jeffreys and Sekhmet SheOwl
November 03, 2022 14:44 - 51 minutes - 117 MBWelcome to our 79th edition podcast focused on the male sex right with anchor and interviewer, aurora linnea, lesbian feminist extraordinaire, Sheila Jeffreys, and commentary from Sekhmet SheOwl. This month's World News Segment was written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen for the last time. As Emily moves on to new projects in her life, we wish her well and thank her for her years of service to WLRN. We will miss you, sister! The music featured in this month's show comes to us from Marth...
Edition 78: Jo Bartosch Discusses the Mermaids Tribunal
October 06, 2022 12:53 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBEdition 78 begins with a greeting from resident lesbian feminist, Sekhmet SheOwl, who presents Liz Miller's regular monthly "Getting Organized" segment before WLRN's Aurora Linnea files a report on the recent WDI USA conference that took place in Washington DC over the weekend of September 24th. Next, stay tuned for WLRN's world news segment written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen before enjoying the traditional song "Bella Ciao" performed by two anonymous Iranian women. During this se...
Edition 77: Women's Festivals in Michigan 2022
September 02, 2022 23:40 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBEdition 77: A Digest of Michigan Women's Music and Arts Festivals 2022. Both Thistle and Jenna got to gather with women in the woods of Michigan this Summer 2022. Both give their reports from a variety of women's lands and festivals in the great State of Michigan. Hear Emiliann Lorenzen's world news headlines after Liz Miller's segment "Getting Organized" wherein she interviews Dawn Smith, founder and organizer of Michigan Framily Reunion (MFR). Then, stay tuned for Thistle's interviews wi...
WLRN Edition 76: Surrogacy
August 04, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBThis month we talk about surrogacy from a radical feminist perspective. WLRN's Aurora speaks with Jennifer Lahl, founder and president of the Center for Bioethics & Culture Network and co-founder of the international group Stop Surrogacy Now, and Dr. Renate Klein, a biologist, sociologist, and feminist health activist who has been campaigning against surrogacy and other reproductive technologies since the early 1980s. Sekhmet closes out our show keeping it real about the psychology of the sur...
Edition 75: A Discussion of Feminist Leadership with Amy Sousa, Katyjean & Jesika Gonzalez
July 07, 2022 11:43 - 1 hour - 101 MBJuly 2022's podcast spotlights feminist leadership among grassroots activist women in our movement for women's liberation. First up, you will hear Thistle's greeting before Jennifer Bilek, of the 11th Hour Blog, delivers her final special report on the gender industry. WLRN would like to thank Jennifer Bilek for contributing her monthly report for the last year and a half to our airwaves. We wish you well, Jen, and appreciate all that you do to wake up the public to the dangers of the gende...
WLRN Edition 74: The Indoctrination of Children into Gender Ideology
June 02, 2022 18:24 - 1 hour - 105 MBThis month WLRN trains its eye on the movement to indoctrinate children into gender ideology through the public school system. Our show starts with our monthly report on the gender industry from Jen Bilek over at the 11th Hour blog, followed by Elizabeth Miller's segment, Getting Organized. This month, Elizabeth interviewed Angela Wild about her feminist activist store "Wild Womyn Workshop," her feminist street activism, and her LesbianMeToo and Get The L Out UK projects. You can find Wild ...
WLRN Coverage of Speakers' Corner, Madison, WI April 23, 2022
May 07, 2022 02:43 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBHear Emiliann Lorenzen report on the Speakers' Corner event held in Madison, WI on April 23rd from this last story in WLRN's world news segment for this month. On April 23rd, an estimated 100 women and trans activists gathered at the top of State Street for an event modeled after the famous Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London, where ordinary citizens debate the issues of the day. In contrast to how citizens often behave in London, the trans activists used noise-makers, bull horns, and w...
Edition 73: Digest of Madison Events
May 05, 2022 13:06 - 1 hour - 129 MBHappy Six Year Anniversary to WLRN! We are thrilled that we have made it this far, attaining our goal of co-creating a handcrafted feminist podcast every month, for SIX YEARS! In this 73rd episode, we focus our attention on the weekend of feminist events that happened in Madison, WI April 22 - 24, 2022 called Courage Calls to Courage and Sisters4Sisters. First up, enjoy the WLRN greeting with Thistle before hearing Jennifer Bilek's monthly special report on the Gender Industry. After that,...
WLRN Edition 72 Podcast: Feminist Child Rearing
April 08, 2022 01:51 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBHot off the presses and not a moment too soon! This months WLRN podcast trains the lens on childrearing from a feminist ethic, specifically how we raise our daughters. The show opens with Jennifer Bilek’s monthly report on the gender industry from the 11th Hour Blog. Then, our Getting Organized segment with midwest radfem Elizabeth Miller. This month Elizabeth talks with Women Voices founder Genevieve Gluck. For more information about Women's Voices, please visit https://www.womens-voices.org...
WRLN Podcast Edition 71: Feminists Getting Organized
March 03, 2022 20:52 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis month we focus on ACTION - getting out and showing up for women and girls against the many faces of patriarchal dominance, colonization, and necromancy. We hear our monthly report from Jen Bilek over at the 11th Hour Blog about the intersection of capitalism, technology, and transhumanism. Debuting this month is long-time WLRN listener Elizabeth Miller's new segment 'Getting Organized', an activist primer wherein Elizabeth talks with feminist activists about action they've taken and how ...
Edition 70: A Feminist Analysis of Fairy Tales with Ava Park
February 03, 2022 13:48 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBIn this 70th edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, you will first hear Jenna DiQuarto's greeting before hearing Jennifer Bilek's monthly gender industry report in which she calls on us to take a more offensive stance in the fight against gender ideology. Next, Emiliann Lorenzen delivers WLRN's world news segment before she plays a clip from her interview with Ava Park, founder of the Museum of Woman and the Goddess Temple of Orange County. This interview clip follows the song 'To Be Free' by E...
Edition 69: The Year in Review with Lierre Keith & Elizabeth Miller
January 07, 2022 17:06 - 1 hour - 107 MBToday's show begins with the greeting and world news segment by Emiliann Lorenzen and Jennifer Bilek's monthly report on the Gender Industry. Next, hear Jenna DiQuarto's tribute to the late great Betty White and the song "It's a Good Day" sung by Ms. White. Following the song, hear interviews with Lierre Keith, author, and activist from the Pacific Northwest, and Elizabeth Miller, editor of Spinning & Weaving: A Feminist Anthology for the 21st Century and founder of the Chicago Feminist Sal...
Edition 68: Women's Intentional Communities
December 03, 2021 12:11 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBWelcome to the 68th edition podcast of Women's Liberation Radio News! This month, please enjoy our rousing rendition of "Deck the Halls" as performed by the WLRN crew right before you hear Thistle's interview with Becky Bohan and Nancy Manahan, two women who live in an intentional community in Florida with nearly 500 other women! Before the interview, hear Aurora Linnea's greeting wherein she describes her essay "Necessary Utopias" for this month. After the greeting, stay tuned for Jennifer...
WLRN Extended interview with death doula Susan Srigley, PhD
November 04, 2021 18:31 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBSusan Srigley, Ph.D., is a professor of Religions and Cultures at Nipissing University where she teaches courses on death, dying and spirituality. Susan is a death doula, and has been a palliative care volunteer for the past 20 years. She is an advocate for death education and mentors new palliative care volunteers and offers workshops at her local hospice. In this interview with April Neault, Susan talks about her experiences as an end-of-life companion and about society’s fearsome attitude ...
Edition 67: A Feminist Study of Death
November 04, 2021 17:43 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThis month’s edition focuses on a feminist perspective of death. Death, another natural reality patriarchy views as an obstacle to overcome. How ironic that the necromancy that is patriarchy should be so obsessed with eternal life. WLRN member Aurora greets us into the edition, where we also hear from the 11th Hour Blog’s Jennifer Bilek in her monthly special report on the intersection of transgenderism, capitalism, technology and transhumanism; This month she talks about the significance o...
German Lesbian Feminists with Julia Beck
October 12, 2021 11:46 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBJoin Julia Beck for three delightful interviews with German lesbian feminists Inge Klein, Manuela Kay, and Judith. These three women talk about their experiences in the German world of lesbian feminism and culture. The show is rounded off by Julia's report and commentary on the subject so stay tuned til the very end! After the greeting, hear the beloved German lesbian anthem, “Wir Sind Die Homosexuellen Frauen" by the Flying Lesbians (1975). Then listen to an interview with Manuela Kay, co-o...
October 2nd Women's March Protests in Madison, WI & Austin, TX
October 07, 2021 16:45 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBOn October 2nd, women across the country took to the streets at Women's Marches, largely inspired and organized by the same brand as four years ago in 2017. https://womensmarch.com/ This WLRN report filed by Emiliann Lorenzen features on-the-ground protesters from both Madison, WI and Austin, TX where radical feminists and a few male allies represented and stood in favor of abortion access and rights for women, adult human females.
Edition 66: Lesbian Feminism in Germany
October 07, 2021 13:18 - 1 hour - 122 MBJulia Beck took the reigns for this show and delivers both interviews and commentary from Germany to create our program on Lesbian Feminism in Germany. Thanks for tuning in. Today's program will be a bit longer than usual due to packing it with stellar feminist content. First up, hear Jenn Bilek's special report on the Gender Industry. Jenn appeals to listeners to become proactive in our feminism and speak out against the industry that medicalizes children and falsely claims biological sex ...
Edition 65: Sovereign Women Speak
September 02, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 101 MBWelcome to edition 65 of WLRN's monthly handcrafted feminist podcasts collectively created by the members of the WLRN Collective. In this September edition of our show, you will first hear the greeting from Jenna DiQuarto before hearing Jennifer Bilek's special report on the gender industry. After that, hear the world news written and delivered by aurora linnea before hearing interviews Emiliann Lorenzen did with women at the Sovereign Women Speak event that happened August 20-23 in Washingt...
Edition 64: Michigan Womyn's Festivals 2021
August 05, 2021 21:55 - 1 hour - 92 MBAugust 2021's edition features the sounds of Michigan Womyn's Music Festivals both on the original site of the infamous MichFest and in the Pines, where Michigan Framily Reunion is held every year since 2016. Hear WLRN's greeting from WLRN member April Neault before Emiliann Lorenzen launches into the world news. After the news, Jennifer Bilek provides us with a report on the gender industry, and then you'll hear Nedra Johnson's 'August Moon', a song about MichFest and women gathering under...
Pride and Lesbian Visibility: WLRN's Edition 63
July 01, 2021 14:57 - 1 hour - 105 MBJuly's show focuses on male Pride and Lesbian Visibility with guests Angela Wild of Get the L Out UK, https://www.gettheloutuk.com/ and Julia Beck, lesbian feminist writer and activist living in Berlin. The show starts off with a greeting by WLRN's newest member, aurora linnea, lesbian feminist writer who will be contributing a monthly blog post ahead of each show. Welcome aboard, aurora! Then hear Jennifer Bilek's exclusive report on the Gender Industry she sent us. https://www.the11thhour...
Sneak Preview of Thistle's Song, 'Wolf', with Lara Julian on Harmonies
July 01, 2021 13:49 - 1 minute - 830 KBWLRN's founding member Thistle Pettersen is set to release a new album of her original music this Fall of 2021! This is a sneak preview of some work Lara Julian, https://soundcloud.com/lara-polangco, did with Thistle to contribute beautiful harmony lines to Thistle's song featured on the album called 'Wolf.' Please consider a donation to Thistle's fundraiser to complete this original music project. Learn more and donate here: https://givebutter.com/EjyA3I
WLRN Extended Interview with joey brite
June 15, 2021 14:59 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBWLRN’s Mer Safina sat down with joey brite on May 23rd, 2021 to record this interview. Joey brite is the producer of the 13-hour marathon gender-critical conference entitled, Can I Get a Witness that was held in August of 2020. Five hundred people from 10 countries were mostly glued to their screens where presenters followed one-after-the-next as a simultaneous event was occurring in private Discord rooms. Joey could not imagine the types of alliances that would be made that day and the acti...
The song 'Trans'
June 11, 2021 12:59 - 3 minutes - 8.47 MBThis is a song Thistle wrote and recorded six years ago when she was first connecting the dots about transgender ideology. Lyrics 'Trans' is a liberal construct invented by white straight men that shuts down our discussions of their violent power and then they 'win' Violent power begins with man over woman and then it all spins off from there into this postmodern racist sexist nightmare... What would be the opposite if 'trans' was real? ('cis, 'cis) Only those seduced by power expect th...
WLRN Intro Theme Music by Jenna DiQuarto
June 08, 2021 19:05 - 39 seconds - 464 KBFor WLRN's Five Year Anniversary, Jenna DiQuarto wrote us new theme music and Thistle sings harmonies! Stay tuned to WLRN's monthly podcast that comes out the first Thursday of every month right here on our Soundcloud page.
Edition 62: Detransitioning Women
June 03, 2021 11:54 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBIn this June 2021 edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, we focus our attention on detransitioning women featuring interviews with Carol, a 40-year-old detransitioning woman from California, and Tree Earth, a detrans lesbian feminist homesteader from Appalachia. First up, hear a special report sent to WLRN from Jennifer Bilek of http://11thhourblog.com, who reports to us on the gender industry. Next, Emiliann Lorenzen delivers WLRN's world news segment with stories and announcements from aroun...
WLRN's Extended Interview with Tree Earth
June 03, 2021 04:52 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this interview from our June 2021 Edition podcast, WLRN's Mer talks with homesteader, female liberationist, and detransitioned woman, Tree Earth. Tree shares her story with Mer, talks about her experience from transitioning to detransitioning, and the big picture in all of this debate around gender. Stay tuned for WLRN's handcrafted podcasts the first Thursday of every month!
WLRN Extended Interview with Kellie Jay Keen-Minshull
June 01, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBjoey brite of Can I Get a Witness sat down with Kellie Jay Keen-Minshull, aka Posie Parker, and had a conversation that has not yet taken place online. She wanted to allow Kellie the kind of space to be able to tell the story of her trajectory from being someone who, although very interested in fairness and willing to engage in political discussions, had not yet woken up to the kind of men’s rights movement that had been worming its way into women’s communities across the western world years...
WLRN's Five Year Anniversary Edition
May 06, 2021 14:47 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBIn this five-year anniversary edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, you'll hear blasts from the past coupled with celebratory shoutouts from feminist activists and WLRN aficionadas alike. First up, hear the world news as written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen before enjoying Thistle's original song, 'Michigan'. Then, listen for a series of memorable moments and clips from over the past five years. Hear an excerpt from our very first show with Elizabeth Hungerford talking about feticide l...
Musical Shoutout to WLRN from Lara Polangco Potter
May 03, 2021 16:00 - 1 minute - 953 KBWLRN got this lovely musical shout out from listener Lara Polangco Potter to help us celebrate five years in your ears of feminist powered radio, WLRN. Thank you, Lara! Portrait of Lara by Lindsay Platoshyn.
Michigan, aka 'Gender Hurts', WLRN's monthly outro theme song
May 02, 2021 20:13 - 3 minutes - 6.95 MBIn 2014, Thistle Pettersen interviewed Sheila Jeffreys on community radio station WORT, 89.9 FM via the Access Hour. She wrote this song for the occasion that WLRN now plays at the end of each monthly podcast.
WLRN Five-Year Anniversary Shout-out from Tracye
April 20, 2021 16:11 - 36 seconds - 422 KBPennsylvania listener Tracye Bennis-Sine called in to give WLRN a five-year anniversary shout-out to help us celebrate. Thank you, Tracye! If you'd like to join her in airing your voice in WLRN's Five-Year Anniversary Podcast dropping May 6th, send your shout-out as an MP3 to [email protected] by May 4th to be considered. Below is the original call-out for celebratory remarks. Cheers! Do you love the DIY nature of what WLRN has done over the past five years in your ears as YOUR femi...
Edition 60: Women Picket DC Digest
April 02, 2021 14:14 - 1 hour - 108 MBIn this herstoric podcast you will hear Jenna DiQuarto's new WLRN theme music right before Sekhmet SheOwl delivers the greeting and then hands off the baton to Emiliann Lorenzen with WLRN's world news segment. Next, enjoy 'Respect' by Aretha Franklin before hearing a musical collage of women's voices Thistle captured at the 'TERF' hotel while staying in DC for the Women Picket DC event on March 8th, International Women's Day. Thanks to Jennifer, Kat, Annie, Lindsay Platoshyn, Isabella Malbi...