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Host: Dr. Jeanne Kammer Neff, Mary Darcy
Over half the people in the world are women. What women do affects us all. Now, there's a radio program that takes a serious and intelligent look on society's impact on women and their impact on society. 51% is a weekly half-hour of illuminating features and interviews focusing on issues of particular concern to women.
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Genres: Women
Location: Albany, NY
Language: English
Networks: Northeast Public Radio

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51% Show # 1064

Thu, Dec 3 Listen

Air Date: 12/3/09 - If you are a woman under 50, whose advice do you take on mammograms? 51% looks at the new recommended guidelines, and why not everyone is buying them. Plus, we also report on life with a manic mother. And Kimberly Kay has thoughts on love that just doesn't fit into a nice neat box.

51% Show # 1063

Thu, Nov 26 Listen

Air Date: 11/26/09 - The abortion debate is back in the spotlight as lawmakers craft health care reform. But women's health advocates say there's a deeper issue. Also in this week's show, why bottled water is a bad idea. And what can be learned from celebrities who hit the financial wall?

51% Show # 1062

Thu, Nov 19 Listen

Air Date: 11/19/09 - Featured this week are Pamela Stone, author of "Opting Out: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home." Then, a Mexican woman's plea for a new trade policy that could help bring her family home. And a movement to create local dollars for local economies.

51% Show # 1061

Thu, Nov 12 Listen

Air Date: 11/12/09 - Women in Afghanistan are struggling to be heard. There's an online forum where they're risking their safety to speak out. Then, after the Afghan Women's Writing Project, we talk with an Iranian author who believes reading is the key to a free society in that country. And look at marriages that were made as the Berlin wall was falling.

51% Show # 1060

Thu, Nov 5 Listen

Air Date: 11/5/09 - Featured guests include Dr. Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation. Then, financial pro and regular contributor, Manisha Thakor, explains why its time to take control of your money. And we introduce you to a California entrepreneur known as the Girl from Empanada.

51% Show # 1059

Thu, Oct 29 Listen

Air Date: 10/29/09 - A new study, The Shriver Report, confirms women make up 50% of the workforce, but society is still stuck in the 50's. We also speak with Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Heather Bouche, senior economist with the Center for American Progress. And then later, Kimberly Kay shares her experience of being knocked out by a microscopic ninja.

51% Show # 1058

Thu, Oct 22 Listen

Air Date: 10/22/09 - This week, 51% talks with Vivian Stromberg, Founder of Madre, an international human rights organization. We also speak with a woman who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean twice. And Manisha Thakor demystifies target date retirement funds for women.

51% Show # 1057

Thu, Oct 15 Listen

Air Date: 10/15/09 - This week, we include a fascinating conversation with Carol Jenkins, Director of the Women's Media Center. She's led the fight to get women into positions of media power. And, we begin our new National Science Foundation Research in Disabilities Education series called, "ACCESS TO ADVANCEMENT", with a Profile of Patricia Walsh.

51% Show # 1056

Thu, Oct 8 Listen

Air Date: 10/8/09 - 51% speaks with the woman who has pioneered the investigation of the link between body image and advertising. There's a bank that's discovered loans to women are the ones that work the best. And 51%'s personal financial advisor, Manisha Thakor, is here this week.

51% Show # 1055

Thu, Oct 1 Listen

Air Date: 10/1/09 - 51% talks with Alberta Nells, a young Navajo woman who is part of a movement called Youth of the Peaks. An Iraqi mother shares her struggle to get an education for herself and her children. And we'll talk about the future of live music in an iPod world.

51% Show # 1054

Thu, Sep 24 Listen

Air Date: 9/24/09 - The economic crisis has created a new homeless population. And many of them maybe your children's classmates. We'll talk financial goals, plus look at final efforts to wipe out polio, and do a little home cooking - Himalayan style. All in this week's edition of 51%.

51% Show # 1053

Thu, Sep 17 Listen

Air Date: 9/17/09 - As the nation debates health care reform, the single payer option has an unlikely fan. Also this week, a movement to get factory farms to take simple steps that could eliminate much of the antibiotics from the meat supply. And Scarlett O'Hara may have been a maneater, but could she have been a feminist? We'll have a 70-year perspective.

51% Show # 1052

Thu, Sep 10 Listen

Air Date: 9/10/09 - We speak with Nancy Rivard, founder of Airline Ambassadors, a not for profit humanitarian aid organization. We also have reports on Teen HIV, a first hand reflection on why health care reform should be about people - not politics, and personal finance authority, Manisha Thakor, explains why women have to take control of their finances and their lives.

51% Show # 1051

Thu, Sep 3 Listen

Air Date: 9/3/09 - Pregnant women in prisons across the country still being shackled. Then we'll discuss a new book that connects the dots between human rights violations and women's health around the world. Plus some thoughts on why women still do not feel safe.

51% Show # 1050

Thu, Aug 27 Listen

Air Date: 8/27/09 - Women is Afghanistan caught in an impossible situation. There is a new film out documenting the toughest group of grannies in the country. A blogger explains why it's time for the media to get off of Hillary Clinton's back. And we revisit the Woodstock Music and Art Festival 40 years later.

51% Show # 1049

Thu, Aug 20 Listen

Air Date: 8/20/09 - There's turmoil in the organic dairy industry and Washington is starting to pay attention. An interview with the author of a book that looks at how far women have come, and where they are now. And 40 years after Woodstock, who are the children of the flower children?

51% Show # 1048

Thu, Aug 13 Listen

Air Date: 8/13/09 - Today's program looks at tragedies that define a generation. There are new efforts to reopen the 9-11 investigation. We speak with a writer who was part of the student uprising in Communist China 20 years ago. And have a report on girls who hurt themselves to take control of their feelings.

51% Show # 1047

Thu, Aug 6 Listen

Air Date: 8/6/09 - Sarah Palin's resignation has caused much speculation about her future. A financial authority with whom we speak has her own theory as to why. Then, we look at a money program for very young girls. Plus efforts to fight growing maternal mortality rates around the world.

51% Show # 1046

Thu, Jul 30 Listen

Air Date: 7/30/09 - 51% asks, is it time to totally rethink the way family lives are structured? We look at the Catch-22 that can create the gender pay gap, and speak with the author of a book that questions whether the American dream of a house in the suburbs is turning into a nightmare.

51% Show # 1045

Thu, Jul 23 Listen

Air Date: 7/23/09 - The number of women entering law enforcement is on the rise. We'll look at the importance of education, personal finance authority Manisha Thakor explains just how far in debt it makes sense to go, and Megan Galbraith comments on flowers.

51% Show # 1044

Thu, Jul 16 Listen

Air Date: 7/16/09 - Dating abuse is on the rise. 51% asks how parents can protect their children? We also talk with the editor of a photo collection aimed at preventing genocide. And we'll hear what you think about money.

51% Show # 1043

Thu, Jul 9 Listen

Air Date: 7/9/09 - The people of Iran surprised the world, and themselves, with the depth of their outrage over what they believe were rigged elections. One human rights advocate with whom we speak, believes it's the beginning of major changes in that country. Plus, we look at how Lyme disease is treated. And what do the new credit card rules mean for you?

51% Show # 1042

Thu, Jul 2 Listen

Air Date: 7/2/09 - Today's program features a special two-part roundtable discussion with a panel closely examining one of today's hottest topics - women's body image. Participating are Dana Kinstler, Sari Botton, Rivka Tadjer, and Lisa Romeo. And then later, Harriet Brown, Editor of "Feed Me" guests.

51% Show # 1041

Thu, Jun 25 Listen

Air Date: 6/25/09 - What would happen if each one of us did just one thing to try to solve the world's problems? We'll talk with award-winning photo journalists. Then a visit with Ode Magazine. The Celebrating Women book is the basis of an exhibit at UNESCO Headquarters. And a trip to Hollywood in Recession to see how they are handling the economy.

51% Show # 1040

Thu, Jun 18 Listen

Air Date: 6/18/09 - The National Women's Law Center thinks women are feeling the effects of recession more than men. Then, we speak with Kim Bobo, author of Wage Theft in America. And our Artspace segment features Joy Askew.

51% Show # 1039

Thu, Jun 11 Listen

Air Date: 6/11/09 - The nomination of the country's first Latina judge for the nation's top court immediately kicked off partisan fireworks. For reaction, we spoke with Dolores Huerta, legendary workers' rights advocate and Constitutional Law Professor, Susan Low Block, from Georgetown University.

51% Show # 1038

Thu, Jun 4 Listen

Air Date: 6/4/09 - On this week's 51%, we hear about women taking center stage - in politics, on the job, and fighting for their children.

51% Show # 1037

Thu, May 28 Listen

Air Date: 5/28/09 - Population growth is one of the largest challenges facing our planet. We'll examine a new way of dealing with the issue, while also looking at how we're changing, thanks to the recession. On this week's 51% - The Women's Perspective.

51% Show # 1036

Thu, May 21 Listen

Air Date: 5/21/09 - This week, 51% looks at human rights issues at three hot spots - Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and China. Some analysts believe repressive governments are taking advantage of the world recession to clamp down more firmly on dissidents.

51% Show # 1035

Thu, May 14 Listen

Air Date: 5/14/09 - Recession, foreclosures, earthquakes, floods, terrorists, war, and now the flu. It can feel overwhelming. We'll talk about the human response to disaster, on this edition of The Women's Perspective.