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This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com Feminism2.0 info@fem2pt0.com clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-406448.mp3 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:00:01 -0400 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-406448.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-406448.mp3 When the HPV vaccine came on the market, it was promoted as a way to keep girls and young women safe from cervical cancer. The focus of negative reaction changed when a pattern emerged showing that many who had received the vaccine were suffering adverse physical effects. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE27 - HPV Vaccine - What Some Mothers Think You Should Know When the HPV vaccine came on the market, it was promoted as a way to keep girls and young women safe from cervical cancer. The focus of negative reaction changed when a pattern emerged showing that many who had received the vaccine were suffering adverse physical effects. 1:16:15 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-364086.mp3 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:00:45 -0400 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-364086.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-364086.mp3 Impact of plastic surgery on entertainment, the double standards for male and female performers in regard to appearance. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE26 - Breast Implants, Plastic Surgery and Hollywood Impact of plastic surgery on entertainment, the double standards for male and female performers in regard to appearance. 1:00:33 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-353068.mp3 Tue, 18 May 2010 13:05:31 -0400 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-353068.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-353068.mp3 Are parents and physicians too quick to prescribe medication to control our children's behavior? Are we using drugs to excuse inept parents who can't raise their children properly? In her new book, We've Got Issues, Judith Warner, NY Times journalist and best-selling author of Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, cuts through the passion on both sides of an issue that "is ideological and only tangentially about real children," to arrive at some surprising conclusions. Lindsay Reed Maines, freelance journalist and blogger at RollandRollMama.com, moderates this interactive discussion with Warner about modern parenting, medication, and children "with issues." Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE13 - We've Got Issues: A Conversation with Judith Warner Are parents and physicians too quick to prescribe medication to control our children's behavior? Are we using drugs to excuse inept parents who can't raise their children properly? In her new book, We've Got Issues, Judith Warner, NY Times journalist and best-selling author of Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, cuts through the passion on both sides of an issue that "is ideological and only tangentially about real children," to arrive at some surprising conclusions. Lindsay Reed Maines, freelance journalist and blogger at RollandRollMama.com, moderates this interactive discussion with Warner about modern parenting, medication, and children "with issues." 54:42 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-346246.mp3 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:00:10 -0400 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-346246.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-346246.mp3 Recently, President Obama said that all workers need the flexibility to manage the demands of a job and home and kids. But often, work-life balance is seen as a luxury only for wealthy professionals. Right now, 58% of all wage and salary workers in America in 2008 are paid at hourly rates- but half of all workers don't have a single paid sick day. It doesn't have to be this way- and some companies are doing it right. Join us on Tuesday, April 20 at 2PM EDT to discuss solutions for Work/Life and hourly workers. Guests Carol Evans, CEO of Working Mother Media and Donna Klein, Executive Chair and Founder of Corporate Voices for Working Families will discuss the upcoming "Best Companies for Hourly Workers" survey and will share why it's so crucial for every American worker to have flexibility, no matter what their job is. They will also share best practices from companies that are figuring out how to accommodate hourly employees and flex. Moderated by Leanne Chase of Career Life Connection (http://careerlifeconnection.com) Society & Culture Feminism2.0 Episode 12 -Work/Life & Hourly Workers: Best practices from Best Companies Recently, President Obama said that all workers need the flexibility to manage the demands of a job and home and kids. But often, work-life balance is seen as a luxury only for wealthy professionals. Right now, 58% of all wage and salary workers in America in 2008 are paid at hourly rates- but half of all workers don't have a single paid sick day. It doesn't have to be this way- and some companies are doing it right. Join us on Tuesday, April 20 at 2PM EDT to discuss solutions for Work/Life and hourly workers. Guests Carol Evans, CEO of Working Mother Media and Donna Klein, Executive Chair and Founder of Corporate Voices for Working Families will discuss the upcoming "Best Companies for Hourly Workers" survey and will share why it's so crucial for every American worker to have flexibility, no matter what their job is. They will also share best practices from companies that are figuring out how to accommodate hourly employees and flex. Moderated by Leanne Chase of Career Life Connection (http://careerlifeconnection.com) 56:47 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-322044.mp3 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:46 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-322044.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-322044.mp3 The final installment of the Fem2.0 Wake Up! blog radio series will take place this Wednesday, February 10 at 1 PM EST. Join us here as we discuss Work/Life and Kids: What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute and author of Ask the Children and Mind in the Making, moderates a discussion with NY Times Motherlode blogger Lisa Belkin and clinical psychologist Joshua Coleman about the impact of social pressures and media coverage on working couples and their children. What does the research tell us, and what we can do to make things better for both kids and their working parents? Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE11 - What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? The final installment of the Fem2.0 Wake Up! blog radio series will take place this Wednesday, February 10 at 1 PM EST. Join us here as we discuss Work/Life and Kids: What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute and author of Ask the Children and Mind in the Making, moderates a discussion with NY Times Motherlode blogger Lisa Belkin and clinical psychologist Joshua Coleman about the impact of social pressures and media coverage on working couples and their children. What does the research tell us, and what we can do to make things better for both kids and their working parents? 1:01:05 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313147.mp3 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:05:00 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313147.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313147.mp3 Host - Suzanne Turner. With Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @Work; Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners; US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY); and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director of Momsrising.org. We'll discuss the current campaigns to win new protections so that all of us can have a job AND a personal life. Find out what's worked and what's next for grassroots engagement at the state and federal levels. We'll interact with on- and off-line listeners about ways you can be part of creating this change. Help us bring the workplace into sync with the new realities for every type of family. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE10 - Fighting Words! Creating Change for Working Families Host - Suzanne Turner. With Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @Work; Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners; US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY); and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director of Momsrising.org. We'll discuss the current campaigns to win new protections so that all of us can have a job AND a personal life. Find out what's worked and what's next for grassroots engagement at the state and federal levels. We'll interact with on- and off-line listeners about ways you can be part of creating this change. Help us bring the workplace into sync with the new realities for every type of family. 59:40 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313146.mp3 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:00:14 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313146.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313146.mp3 Host - Shireen Mitchell. With Avis Jones-DeWeever, director of research & policy at the Center for African-American Women, National Council of Negro Women; and JusticeFergie, co-founder of Blogalicious and blogger at MamaLaw. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE9 - Work/Life and African-American Families Host - Shireen Mitchell. With Avis Jones-DeWeever, director of research & policy at the Center for African-American Women, National Council of Negro Women; and JusticeFergie, co-founder of Blogalicious and blogger at MamaLaw. 1:07:54 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313143.mp3 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:00:11 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313143.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313143.mp3 Host - Katie Stanton. With Stephanie Himel-Nelson, director of new media at Blue Star Families; LAW, blogger at Liberal Army Wife; and Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families. Military families are just like other families. Soldiers and their spouses are often are dealing with same work/life issues as everyone else, like wage gaps, caregiving, sick leave and more. But imagine dealing with these issues when you and/or your spouse are stationed overseas and serving in often dangerous situations for months or years at a time. Imagine being separated from your loved ones and still being expected to handle the day-to-day. Imagine being uprooted with little to no warning and moving to an unknown city or country, over and over again, and still having to provide for yourself and your family. Three experts who are passionate about military families and the difficulties they face will tell the whole story on what life is really like, how this kind of living affects men, women and children, and what can be done to help. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE8 - Work/Life and the Military Host - Katie Stanton. With Stephanie Himel-Nelson, director of new media at Blue Star Families; LAW, blogger at Liberal Army Wife; and Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families. Military families are just like other families. Soldiers and their spouses are often are dealing with same work/life issues as everyone else, like wage gaps, caregiving, sick leave and more. But imagine dealing with these issues when you and/or your spouse are stationed overseas and serving in often dangerous situations for months or years at a time. Imagine being separated from your loved ones and still being expected to handle the day-to-day. Imagine being uprooted with little to no warning and moving to an unknown city or country, over and over again, and still having to provide for yourself and your family. Three experts who are passionate about military families and the difficulties they face will tell the whole story on what life is really like, how this kind of living affects men, women and children, and what can be done to help. 1:07:21 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313142.mp3 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:04:53 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313142.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313142.mp3 Host - Kim Gandy. With Virginia DeBolt, blogger at Time Goes By; Deborah Halpern, communications director at the National Family Caregivers Association; and Deborah Russell, director of workplace issues at AARP. How can employers make their companies more caregiver-friendly for seniors? How can caregivers better communicate their need for flexibility? How can senior caregivers better manage and organize themselves when juggling work and caregiving? Anyone caring for a lovedone will learn from and contribute to this conversation. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE7 - Work/Life and Older Americans: Taking Care of Oneself & Others Host - Kim Gandy. With Virginia DeBolt, blogger at Time Goes By; Deborah Halpern, communications director at the National Family Caregivers Association; and Deborah Russell, director of workplace issues at AARP. How can employers make their companies more caregiver-friendly for seniors? How can caregivers better communicate their need for flexibility? How can senior caregivers better manage and organize themselves when juggling work and caregiving? Anyone caring for a lovedone will learn from and contribute to this conversation. 49:49 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313141.mp3 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:07 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313141.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313141.mp3 Host - Veronica Arreola. With Ana Roca Castro, founder of Latinos in Social Media; Catherine Singley, economic and employment policy analyst at the National Council of La Raza; and Marisa Trevino, publisher of www.latinalista.net. The Great Recession has impacted every family and Latino families are no different. Or has it been different? Join in the conversation as four Latinas from policy, punditry and community organizing discuss the impact of the recession on Latino families. What does a Latino worker look like? What are the contributions of Latino workers to the economy? Can the government do more to encourage job creation? As more Latinas take on more jobs, who is caring for their children? How are Latino families changing to make room for Latinas who brings home the bacon? Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE6 - How Are Latino Families Changing as Latinas Bring Home the Bacon Host - Veronica Arreola. With Ana Roca Castro, founder of Latinos in Social Media; Catherine Singley, economic and employment policy analyst at the National Council of La Raza; and Marisa Trevino, publisher of www.latinalista.net. The Great Recession has impacted every family and Latino families are no different. Or has it been different? Join in the conversation as four Latinas from policy, punditry and community organizing discuss the impact of the recession on Latino families. What does a Latino worker look like? What are the contributions of Latino workers to the economy? Can the government do more to encourage job creation? As more Latinas take on more jobs, who is caring for their children? How are Latino families changing to make room for Latinas who brings home the bacon? 54:33 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-312962.mp3 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:30:08 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-312962.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-312962.mp3 Lisa Matz (Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women), Melanie Notkin (Founder, Savvy Auntie), and Page Gardner (Founder, Women' Voices, Women Vote) join moderator Marcia G. Yerman (Huffington Post) to discuss how the continuum of single women are challenged by work policy issues. Topics will include: challenges faced by women in the workplace without children (50% of American women); challenges faced by never married women with children (19%-20%); reframing the family structure as horizontal (acknowledging that not all family responsibilities are "parental"); legislation to implement change (family and medical leave, Social Security, care giving credits, pay equity, retirement benefits); is the work load being left to single women without children? ; validating single women as heads of their own households Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE5 - Work Policies and Single Women Lisa Matz (Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women), Melanie Notkin (Founder, Savvy Auntie), and Page Gardner (Founder, Women' Voices, Women Vote) join moderator Marcia G. Yerman (Huffington Post) to discuss how the continuum of single women are challenged by work policy issues. Topics will include: challenges faced by women in the workplace without children (50% of American women); challenges faced by never married women with children (19%-20%); reframing the family structure as horizontal (acknowledging that not all family responsibilities are "parental"); legislation to implement change (family and medical leave, Social Security, care giving credits, pay equity, retirement benefits); is the work load being left to single women without children? ; validating single women as heads of their own households 1:02:47 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313140.mp3 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:00:17 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313140.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313140.mp3 Host - Joanne Bamberger. With Deborah L. Frett, CEO, Business and Professional Women's Foundation; Kathy Korman Frey, founder of Hot Mommas Project at George Washington University; and Judy Martin, founder of WorkLifeNation.com. As the American work force has evolved, some businesses have changed to meet the needs of that changing landscape, yet most have not. As a result, both men and women often struggle with how to manage the demands of the workplace with ever-growing caregiving responsibilities.�?�  Three experts on the state of work/life policies today will discuss how businesses that have been willing to evolve have found benefits not only for employees lives, but also for the employer's bottom line. We will also discuss the current state of public policy as it impacts how we work, both in terms of employees' time and employers' dollars, as well as the impact the health care debate and the current economy have on how far, or how fast, employers may be willing to bring their policies into the 21st Century. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE4 - Crafting Work/Life Policies That Benefit Everyone's Bottom Line Host - Joanne Bamberger. With Deborah L. Frett, CEO, Business and Professional Women's Foundation; Kathy Korman Frey, founder of Hot Mommas Project at George Washington University; and Judy Martin, founder of WorkLifeNation.com. As the American work force has evolved, some businesses have changed to meet the needs of that changing landscape, yet most have not. As a result, both men and women often struggle with how to manage the demands of the workplace with ever-growing caregiving responsibilities.�?�  Three experts on the state of work/life policies today will discuss how businesses that have been willing to evolve have found benefits not only for employees lives, but also for the employer's bottom line. We will also discuss the current state of public policy as it impacts how we work, both in terms of employees' time and employers' dollars, as well as the impact the health care debate and the current economy have on how far, or how fast, employers may be willing to bring their policies into the 21st Century. 1:04:54 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313135.mp3 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:59:45 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313135.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313135.mp3 Host - Heather Holdridge. With Jaime Grant, director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Cathy Renna, Managing Partner at Renna Communications; and, Dana Rudolph, Publisher of Mombian.com What are the unique challenges that LGBT people face in the workplace and with our families? What are the best ways for us to tell our stories and educate about the need for the same protections granted most other Americans under the Civil Rights Act? What are the specific hurdles to passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act? And thinking outside the box, what are the ways we should be rethinking policy to support all non-traditional families? Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE3 - Work/Life and LGBT Families: Reimagining Policy for ALL Families Host - Heather Holdridge. With Jaime Grant, director of the Policy Institute at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Cathy Renna, Managing Partner at Renna Communications; and, Dana Rudolph, Publisher of Mombian.com What are the unique challenges that LGBT people face in the workplace and with our families? What are the best ways for us to tell our stories and educate about the need for the same protections granted most other Americans under the Civil Rights Act? What are the specific hurdles to passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act? And thinking outside the box, what are the ways we should be rethinking policy to support all non-traditional families? 1:05:02 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313134.mp3 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:02:13 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313134.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-313134.mp3 Host: Marc Chimes. With Scott Coltrane, author of Gender and Families; blogger Hugo Schwyzer; and Joan Williams, Director, Center for WorkLife Law at University of California - Hastings. What does it take for a caring, responsible father to be both a breadwinner and a family man? If there is a work/family balance, it appears to depend on where you stand in the social order. Come investigate with our panel the daunting barriers working fathers face in sharing responsibilities in the household. Join with America�¢??s leading experts as they discuss the problems, possibilities and policies surrounding fathers in the workplace. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE2 - Work/Life and Men: Superman Versus Family Man Host: Marc Chimes. With Scott Coltrane, author of Gender and Families; blogger Hugo Schwyzer; and Joan Williams, Director, Center for WorkLife Law at University of California - Hastings. What does it take for a caring, responsible father to be both a breadwinner and a family man? If there is a work/family balance, it appears to depend on where you stand in the social order. Come investigate with our panel the daunting barriers working fathers face in sharing responsibilities in the household. Join with America�¢??s leading experts as they discuss the problems, possibilities and policies surrounding fathers in the workplace. 59:11 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-312944.mp3 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:20:34 -0500 info@fem2pt0.com http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-312944.mp3 http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-74229/TS-312944.mp3 Host - Gloria Pan. BlogHer Co-Founder Elisa Camahort Page interviews Heather Boushey, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress, and Joan Williams, Director, Center for WorkLife Law at University of California - Hastings, about their new report, The Three Faces of Work/Family Conflict: Can Americans Care For Their Families Without Losing Their Jobs? The report looks at the impact of work policies on American workers and families at different income levels, revealing the all-too-common, gut-wrenching choices Americans face between being able to care for loved ones and being able to pay the bills. Society & Culture Feminism2.0 EPISODE1 - The Three Faces of Work/Family Conflict Host - Gloria Pan. BlogHer Co-Founder Elisa Camahort Page interviews Heather Boushey, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress, and Joan Williams, Director, Center for WorkLife Law at University of California - Hastings, about their new report, The Three Faces of Work/Family Conflict: Can Americans Care For Their Families Without Losing Their Jobs? The report looks at the impact of work policies on American workers and families at different income levels, revealing the all-too-common, gut-wrenching choices Americans face between being able to care for loved ones and being able to pay the bills. 56:02 clean work, caregiving, families, middle class, poverty, economic survival