In Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? Linley Erin Hall examines the challenges facing women in the areas of science and technology. In this episode, Hall discusses gender discrimination and the obstacles women deal with when entering these male-dominated fields. She also speaks to what the future holds for women who choose these career paths.

More and more women—mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, and sisters—are doing hard prison time all across the United States. Many of them are facing the prospect of years, decades, even lifetimes behind bars. Oddly, there's been little public discussion about the dramatic increase of women in the prison system. What exactly is happening here, and why? In Women Behind Bars investigative journalist Silja Talvi sheds light on why American girls and women are being locked up at such unprecedented rates. In this episode, Silja Talvi talks about the growing numbers and unacceptable conditions of women in prison, the drug war, women doing time for violent crimes, the ethnic breakdown in prisons, the truth about crime rates, and much more.

Female spoken word artists have become the spokeswomen for a new generation. In Word Warriors, editor Alix Olson brings together a variety of astounding spoken word artists including Patricia Smith and Eileen Myles, two of our most formidable and famous spoken-word foremothers, Tony-award winner Sarah Jones, Lynn Breedlove from the dyke-punk band Tribe 8, Palestinian-born and raised Suheir Hummadd, and many more. In this episode Alix Olson and select poets read spoken word pieces from Word Warriors and Alix discusses oral traditions and storytelling, the emergence of slam poetry, documenting the spoken word, and much more.

Elisabeth Squires is the proud owner of the "Boob Lady" moniker and she's on a mission to help women understand, appreciate, and take care of their breasts. Squires' book, bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls takes the mystery out of breast health, awareness, and perception and celebrates the unique individuality of women of all ages, races, and cultures. In this interview Elisabeth discusses boob fashion, bra size and boob size, breast cancer and family history, the importance of self exams, and much more.