On today’s show:

0:08 – The ongoing Mahsa Amini uprising in Iran continues to gain momentum despite a violent crackdown by the state. Fatemeh Shams, assistant professor of Persian Literature at the University of Philadelphia joins us to the discuss the women at the center of the movement and how history foretold this moment of resistance.

0:33 – Kathryn Kolbert (@Kitkolbert) discusses her latest book Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom.

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