Equal Time with Martha Burk

Series produced by KSFR

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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)


180 Pieces

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The red carpet rolls out next Sunday – and hopefuls, hacks, and superstars alike will be chasing the most coveted prize in show business. But are w...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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Afghanistan is a place where peace just won’t stick. Radical Islamist Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks on the capital with brazen ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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There’s been a lot of controversy over the movie Selma and the Academy Awards. Selma is rightfully centered on Dr. King, and has been rightfully cr...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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March 8 is International Women’s Day, so it’s time to check in on where the good old U S of A stands in relation to the rest of the world when it c...

Bought by WLPR and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Having declared the Obama budget DOA, Republicans must now come up with one of their own.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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AARP has done a feature on best places to retire for years, and Time magazine does a similar analysis on “best places to live.” But nobody has don...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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It's no surprise the golf world will be obsessed this week with the Masters Tournament. The Green Dinos at Augusta National Golf Club will wine, d...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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The U.S. has put a dozen aircraft carriers and guided missile cruisers off the coast of Yemen, to support Saudi Arabia's military strikes against ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Too often when Albuquerque, New Mexico is in the news, it's bad – a police department under scrutiny by the Justice Department, or an unsolvable ho...

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  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The President is asking for "fast track" authority to give the White House sole negotiating authority on the Trans Pacific Partnership, a giant tr...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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We all know about taxes – income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, entertainment taxes – it seems like the list is endless. But there’...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s an old saying “be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.” That applies in spades to Republicans who have voted over 50 ...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The so-called religious freedom laws Republican candidates seek are fig leafs for discrimination against gay couples.

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Two and one-half minute commentary on sexual assault in the military and what the Navy is doing to stop it.

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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July 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMUD


  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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The first Republican debate is this week, so it’s time to take a peek at how the candidates feel about the majority of voters – women.

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Hooray for Netflix. The company jumped in front of 99% of corporate America last week when it announced an unlimited first year leave policy for n...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The NRA won the gun control debate long ago. So with the right to bear arms no matter the consequences firmly established in U.S. law and psyche o...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The Republican presidential candidates busy debating their version of so-called immigration reform are using some mighty harsh words. In all that ...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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It was down to the wire before a decision was made to include Carly Fiorina, the only woman in the race, in this week’s Republican presidential deb...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1