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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.

Jan 30, 2023

House Republicans took early action to help their constituents.  Does that mean you?  Could be -- if you're in a certain group.


Jan 23, 2023

Roe v. Wade establishing the right to abortion was decided January 22, 1973. It was argued and won by Sarah Weddington, a young lawyer with little experience. In this 2012 interview on the 39th anniversary of the decision, Martha Burk talked with her on what it was like. Weddington died in 2021, a year before...


Jan 16, 2023

In January we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, known by all as the strongest advocate for equal rights for African Americans using non-violence.  King was a great man indeed, but we should also be celebrating the January birthday of a female civil rights...


Jan 9, 2023

There's been a lot of chaos on Capitol Hill in the past week with Republicans failing multiple times to elect a Speaker of the House. Martha Burk talks with Nancy Pelosi on being an effective Speaker after she was elected for the second time in 2019. Make note of what has changed since then -- and what hasn't.


Jan 2, 2023

Are you awake yet? Does your head hurt from a wee bit too much champagne, or were you a good kid who welcomed the new year at church? However you did it, you probably didn’t stray far from U.S. tradition – fireworks, the countdown, popping that bubbly, or lighting a candle for good luck. Come with me on a quick...