Equal Time with Martha Burk

Series produced by KSFR

Caption: Host Martha Burk
Host Martha Burk 

Weekly 2 1/2 to 3 minute public affairs commentary on topics in the public debate, political issues, and how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, often with an emphasis on women. Critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news.

Equal Time with Martha Burk originates weekly from KSFR public radio in Santa Fe.

Host Martha Burk is a nationally recognized journalist and women's leader. She is Money Editor for Ms. Magazine, and her blog is frequently on the front page of The Huffington Post. Burk is also immediate past Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest coalition of women's groups.

Burk's commentary explores many topics on past progress, future change, and what it means for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and as inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape.

For those who are curious and who care about what's going on the the public debate (with no shouting) and issues/ what's at stake now and in the future.

Each commentary is two and one half to 3 minutes (02:30)


183 Pieces

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Black Women Make History/ Coretta Scott King & Carol Moseley Braun
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Equal Time Series Host Martha Burk explores the life of Coretta Scott King with biographer Barbara Reynolds, a founding editor of USA Today. Burk...

Bought by Talking Information Center, KRPS, 90.5 WSNC, WAMU, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 5
Roe v. Wade at 39/ Where Women Stand in 2012
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Equal Time series host Martha Burk interviews Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued the Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion in the United Stat...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 2
Dukes v. Walmart One Year Later: Where do Women Stand?
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In June 2011 the Supreme Court ruled that the 1.5 million women suing Walmart for sex discrimination could not band together as a class in one larg...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
What's at Stake
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General Series description: Three lively one hour programs on issues in the 2008 election as they affect women and men that care about the women...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 58:52
The Rich History of Black Women
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Avis Jones-Deweever, Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women, the nation's oldest coalitio...

Bought by WMMT, WRIR, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 3
Disney Cartoons and Black Female Doctors -- What's the Connection?
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...

Bought by WMMT and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 2
MAKERS: The Women Who Make America
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Betsy West, Executive Producer of the PBS Special MAKERS:Women Who Make America, premiering on PBS February 26, ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRZA, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
The Feminine Mystique: Changing U.S. Women's History
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Series host Martha Burk interviews New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Fe...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Equal Time Minute -- Fair Pay
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of equal pay for women.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Equal Time Minute - Did You Lose Out on Tax Day?
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on who won, who lost on Tax Day.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Cooked: Is Fast Food Feminism's Fault?
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on Michael Pollan's new book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, and why...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Gals, Guns, and the Gender Gap
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the gender gap and gun control, and why it will make a difference in the next elec...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
U.S. Moms Need More than Flowers
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on how new U.S. policies should support mothers.

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
College Debt Has a Female Face
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on why college debt is the highest in history, and it is especially hard on women.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
The Military's "Woman Problem"
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the Pentagon's systemic problem with foxes guarding henhouses when it comes to bat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Disastrous Sequester: Who Pays, Who Profits?
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on how the sequester hurts kids and the elderly while corporations shirk taxes.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Unequal Pay -- 50 Years and Getting Worse
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act and what still needs to be done.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Give Dad a Break
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on fatherhood and paternity leave. Unlike the rest of the developed world, patern...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Immigration Has a Female Face
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the immigration debate and what it means for women.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30

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