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Equal Time with Martha Burk episodes
- Midterms: Who Gets the Goldmine, Who Gets the Shaft?
Looks like the midterms will go down to the wire for control of the Senate. Will hopefuls hang on or go up in smoke?
3 min - Halloween: Around the World and Our Own Special Spook
Halloween, one of America's most popular holidays, has its roots in a two thousand year old Celtic festival. But today we have our own special traditions and ghoul.
3 min - Can't Stomach World Affairs? Make a Difference Close to Home
What with wars, famines, floods and mayhem, fixing can seem impossible. But here's how to fix some stuff close to home.
3 min - Run For President? Why Not? Many Have Tried
President Trump has asked us to pretend he's on the ballot in the midterms, but a take look back at some wannabes who actually were on the ballot but didn't make it.
4 min - Did Columbus Really Discover America?
Kids have been taught for generations that Columbus discovered America. Well-- not exactly.
3 min - A Special Month: Do You Know What it Is?
Hispanic Heritage month is an annual celebration September 15th to October 15th honoring contributions of Hispanic Americans to the U.S. Here's a real Shero.
3 min - Oh Boy! My Five Grand is Coming Soon
President Trump has promised five thousand bucks to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms. But why wait?
3 min - Relax Girls, J.D.'s Got Your Back
Women have always been the primary caretakers of kids. VP Vance has a new plan.
3 min - Labor Day: Promises Kept, or Promises Yet?
Labor Day was created in 1894 to honor American workers. Have we lived up to its promise?
4 min - Sick of politics, blowhards, and lunatics? Let's take a break.
Celebrate September with some happy -- and sometimes weird-- special days.
3 min
About Equal Time with Martha Burk
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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.