The State of: Women
The State of: Women (TSOW) is an insightful and timely podcast hosted by TV correspondent and journalist Kimberly Brooks and stand-up comedian Gina Brillon. The series explores which U.S. states are getting gender equity right and which are failing - and what you can do about it!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
A Pressing Mental Health Crisis
Whether it’s housing, consent, entrepreneurship, or reproductive freedom, this series's issues all overlap with the need for adequate and affordable mental health care in America. In the final episod…
Getting Equity in Equity
Women run only one in five of America’s companies, and women-led startups received only two percent of venture capital spending in 2020. Why is it so hard for women to obtain VC funding for their bus…
Paths Toward Housing For All
Women are uniquely affected by the affordable housing crisis raging across the U.S. Hosts Kimberly Brooks, and Gina Brillon tackle the regulations that make it hard on tenants in different states and…
The Frontier on Consent
Forced marriage not only happens but is legal in 47 states. In many cases, it involves an underaged girl. It's an issue with consent at its core — who has it, who doesn't — and what states are taking…
How The Single Mom Stigma Plays Out
One in four American children lives with a single parent. However, America’s policies and institutions are still modeled around the traditional two-parent household where one parent works and the oth…
Divorce And Custody Confusion
Diving into how divorce laws came about helps explain why the system feels so broken. Plus, custody laws — and how they’re adjudicated — can have life-defining effects on women and children. Hosts Gi…
The Dangerous Spread of Anti-Trans Policies
When bathroom bills didn't provide the success their conservative backers wanted, a slew of new state-level laws began to target transgender people of all ages. Hosts Kimberly Brooks and Gina Brillon…
Workplace Protections After #MeToo
The #metoo movement led to a major cultural and policy shift in how sexual harassment is treated in this country. In some states, sexual harassment protections provide a path to justice. But as hosts…
Women Electing Women
Despite being a little more than half of the US population, women are woefully under-represented in powerful political places. Hosts Gina Brillon and Kimberly Brooks explore why women’s representatio…
The Divided States of Abortion
We may be called the United States, but reproductive freedom is one area where it’s painfully clear that women’s and non-binary people’s rights and choices are increasingly coming down to the laws an…
Introducing The State of: Women
Stand-up comedian Gina Brillon and TV host and correspondent Kimberly Brooks host The State of: Women (TSOW), a new 10-episode series airing every Tuesday starting November 15th. This podcast series …