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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.

Mar 27, 2023

The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a great country". In the 21st Century it's very slowly honoring a small number of great women as well.


Mar 20, 2023

Let’s stop the abortion debate right now. We already know how. Eliminate the need for abortion. If all babies were planned and could be cared for, women wouldn’t have to seek the procedure. Here’s a modest proposal a la Jonathan Swift: control men’s fertility.


Mar 13, 2023

March 14 is date this year when U.S. working women finally reach the amount men earned by the end of last year.  And that’s only when all women are lumped together.  Black women won’t meet men’s last year benchmark until September 21, Hispanic women October 8, and Native women will have to wait until November...


Mar 6, 2023

March 8 is International Women's Day, and it's time to check in on where the good ol' USA stands in relation to the rest of the world. Spoiler Alert -- We're not number one.