On this week’s 51%, a filmmaker has a documentary about women facing cyber harassment, we meet a 12-year old who is working on testing water for lead, and hear from a pipa player. The new documentary film, “Netizens,” exposes the proliferation of cyber harassment faced by women, spreading from the web to the most intimate […]

On this week’s 51%, with Election Day around the corner, we take a look at women’s political clout. A history professor dissects the Kavanaugh hearings from a certain angle, and a poet talks about sexuality, disability and more. This election cycle is being billed as another “Year of the Woman” … with a record number […]

On this week’s 51%, we meet a filmmaker who delves into the world of same-sex ballroom dancing, and writer Dr. Jeri Burns returns with a Halloween story she finds rather grim.  In her documentary film “Hot to Trot,” Hudson Valley, New York-based filmmaker, Gail Freedman, brings her audience into the world of same-sex ballroom dancing […]

On this week’s 51%, we’ll speak with a political scientist who works to give more women in the field a voice. And we hear about support and advocacy for domestic workers in Texas.  Often when we’re talking about women and science, we’re talking about physics, molecular biology or chemistry, those kinds of sciences. But what […]

On this week’s 51%, a woman uses comedy to espouse feminism; another comedian comes at the art a bit differently; and women veterans are leading the way when it comes to going into business for themselves. Erin Gibson calls herself a Southern loudmouth. She’s the creator of the long-running, Emmy-nominated “Gay of Thrones” web series (a […]

On this week’s 51%, we’ll listen to a conversation with the youngest female founder and CEO to take a company public. At age 35, Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake became the youngest female founder and CEO to take a company public, and it happened in 2017. Online personal styling company Stitch Fix is now worth […]

On this week’s 51%, we hear about a book that highlights women in aviation; tune into a woman’s story about another woman’s solitary life; and find out about testosterone’s effect on women’s hearts. Keith O’Brien’s latest book, “Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History” recounts how a cadre of […]

On this week’s 51%, we hear about veterans running for Congress, with focus on a particular woman; and meet a military spouse whose company focuses on other military spouses. Plus, we jump into the world of women’s wrestling. In the 1960s, about 75 percent of the members of Congress were veterans. Now, that percentage has […]

On this week’s 51%, a musician speaks to Aretha Franklin’s accomplishments; hear from the head of a farm sanctuary about how she’s adapting to the times; and learn why Section 377 is in the spotlight in India. Though Aretha Franklin is the singer here, it was Otis Redding who actually wrote the lyrics and first […]

25:00 On this week’s 51%, a drone photographer endeavors to get more women into the field while another photographer tells her subjects to lose the smile. And a transgender woman makes history in the world of politics.  According to BeaconSkySurvey, fewer than 4 percent of remote drone pilot certificates are held by women. The female […]