Author: Marianne Barisonek

Raising girls has never been easy but in the age of social media it’s even harder. According to a 2024 study by the CDC over half of teen girls feel “persistently sad or hopeless.” In this episode of The Progressive Page Turner I talk with Jo-Ann Finkelstein about her book Sexism & Sensibility. She has […]

After Roe was overturned the abortion ban in Texas included a bounty hunter clause that would allow vigilantes to enforce the law. This is the sort of alliance between private citizens and the state that allowed the reign of terror by the KKK to flourish. But blue states are not entirely without weapons in this […]

Billions of people all over the world use apps and websites. We have an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips but it’s also allowed detailed dossiers to be collected on all of us. While most of the collected data is used for advertising there’s also the possibility of data being used for law enforcement […]

In their book Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind Annalee Newitz looks at how the manipulation of information has distorted American history and influenced current elections. The interview will air on Friday, Dec. 6th at 6:30pm or you can listen to the podcast version here

Rebecca Renner’s book Gator Country takes readers into an undercover operation in the Florida Everglades. Alligator hides worth millions of dollars are harvested every year. Most of them come from alligator farms but alligators don’t breed in captivity so eggs must taken from wild nests. Conservation efforts have brought alligators back from the brink of […]