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Equal Time with Martha Burk is a weekly 2 ½ minute podcast, with occasional 30 minute interviews on current affairs.  She covers political issues, how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, particularly women (with no shouting), historical anniversaries of note, what’s changed and what hasn’t. Lively, pithy commentary on a wide variety of important topics with a light (and sometimes irreverent) touch: past progress, needed future advances, and what’s at stake now for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape. And -- you'll almost always learn something you didn't know.

Nov 6, 2023

"Buy American" was a phrase coined by the government in 1933,  in the midst of the Great Depression. It granted a preference to domestic products in  government purchases to shore up US companies when the economy was in the pits. Is it still a good idea today in a global economy?


Oct 30, 2023

Halloween used to be about Fairies and Superman, but in the 1970s a new spook came on the scene -- the evil clown. Historians say it was because kid's clown entertainer John Wayne Gacy was also a serial killer. Since then more scary clowns have followed, including a terrifying new one this year.


Oct 23, 2023

The carnage in the Middle East rages on, and most folks are worried and frustrated, because there’s nothing ordinary individuals can do to solve the conflict and stop the killing. But there’s lots you can do to make things better right here in the USA, now matter where you live.


Oct 16, 2023

The United Nations designates October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, promoting empowerment and rights of  girls to safe, educated, and healthy lives as they mature into women.

In researching the day, I planned to take aim at backward countries where girls are mistreated and devalued. To say I...


Oct 9, 2023

The country lost a Lioness this month with the death of Dianne Feinstein, an early female pioneer in the Senate.  Let's check on female gains in government (or not) since she was elected in '92.