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Equal Time with Martha Burk episodes
- Juneteenth: We Need it More Than Ever
Juneteenth, celebrated each year on June 19th, marks the date in 1869 which ended slavery in the U.S. We need the commemoration now more than ever to stand by our Black citizens.
4 min - Zowie! A Big Bash on the White House Lawn: You Goin'?
You're invited: A big celebration of the nation's 250th birthday. There will be music, speeches, celebrities galore. And oh yeah, a little blood, guts, and mayhem. What could be better?
3 min - D Day - A Little History You Probably Don't Know About
June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day, the day in 1944 when Allied forces in World War II invaded France from offshore. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Thousands never made it out of the water, making the landing on Normandy one of the deadliest days of the war. In an all-out push, 150,000 sailors – and one big surprise stowaway -- hit the beaches.
3 min - Pop for a Poppy, and Help a Vet
Most people think the tradition of poppy flowers on Memorial Day dates to World War II. But it goes back much farther, originating in a poem.
3 min - School's Out: And Under Attack
This month marks an important anniversary. In 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overruled racial segregation of public schools. Forces are now aligned to do away with the U.S. Department of Education and all that goes with it.
3 min - The War Rages On, and It's Not the One With Iran
We're in the middle an even longer war that the one in Iran, and it affects the majority of the U.S. population. Warning: some of this podcast is tough to listen to.
4 min - This Mother's Day Honor Some Other Mothers
Mother's Day in upon us, when many of us will send flowers or gifts, put in annual phone calls to far away moms, or visit the graves of those we've lost. But let's also take the time to honor some different moms: the Mothers of Invention.
4 min - To Hell with Health Care – We're Buyin' a War!
Donald Trump's deeply unpopular war against Iran is costing a lot of money, but we ain't seen nothin' yet. Trump wants to increase the funding for the war to colossal $200 billion, while close to half of Americans are already struggling to afford basic necessities.
3 min - Earth Day: Do We Still Have It?
Many people think Earth Day was just a hippie invention that went away with the 1970s. Think again.
3 min - Tax Day: What's in it For YOU?
April 15 is the day you'll either fork over some moolah, or get a little back. Will you get the gold mine -- or the shaft?
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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.