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Women's Spaces Radio Show — 154 episodes
7/21/2025: Guests Lisa Maldonaldo and Kristina Nauheimer on Labor Issues of Nurse in the SF North Bay
7/14/2025 Men's Spaces: Ken Norton interviews author Kieran Fox on his new book "I Am Part of Infinity-the Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein
Guest Elaine Rock on Her New Biography of Barbara "Dusty" Roads, Pioneer Feminist In the Airline Industry
Guests Sabra Briere, cofounder of Indivisible Sonoma County, and Sue Hicks, participant of Hands Off Protest Rally and March of April 5th
February 24, 2025: Our Guest is Donzaleigh Abernathy
March 17, 2025: Our Guest Dr. Kim Hester Williams on Women's Rights in Literature
February 10, 2025: Our host Elaine B. Holtz on Black History Month
February 3, 2025: Our host Elaine B. Host on Light Your Candle
January 20, 2025: Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on the Healing Guidance of Western and Eastern Metaphysics
December 30, 2024 Our Guest Sherry Glaser gives a live Tarot reading for the Transition to the New Year
December 9, 2024 Guest: Dr. Merith Weisman, Sonoma County GoLocal
December 19, 2024 Guest: Zakiya Thomas, ERA Coalition's petition for Equal Rights Amendment
October 21, 2024: Our guest Dr. Andrea Hall on her new book "Wake Up! - Get Up in the Morning Feeling Happy to Be Alive Instead of Wishing You Hadn’t Woken Up"
Sept. 2, 2024: Guest 1: Ana Salgaldo; Guests 2: Lisa Maldonado and Caroline Banuelos
August 26, 2025: Our Guest: Jennifer Tucker, Senior Advisor, ERA Coalition
August 19, 2024: Our guest, Rosita Stevens-Holsey on her aunt, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
August 5, 2024: Guest #1: Susan Lamont on the film "Where Olive Trees Weep", Guest #2 Diana Carpenter Madoshi on Silent Sentinels encouraging the vote
June 24, 2024: Guest: Rebecca Fein, ED of Verity - - Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention & Healing Center in Sonoma County
June 17, 2024. Guest: Dr. Harriet Fraad on Moving Forward for Freedom of Women
June 10, 2024: Guest: SSU Prof. Lauren Morimoto, Ph.D. on SSU's Response to the Students for Justice in Palestine Protest and Their Agreement with Former President Mike Lee
June 3, 2024: Our guest City Councilwoman Victoria Fleming on Emerge California training women to campaign for public office
May 27, 2024: Elaine's Commentary, Music Selections and Poetry for Memorial Day
May 20, 2024: Guest: Dr. Andrea Hall, Community Engagement Coordinator, North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce
May 13, 2024: Guest Rivera Sun, Author, on her modern Mother's Day Procalamation
May 6, 2024: Our Guests: Madyline Jaramillo and Julianna MacDonald, both core student organizers of the SSU Students for Justice in Palestine Encampment
4/29/2024: Guest Jenny Blaker, on Biomass Power Basics on not being a clean replacement for petroleum power
From the 1970's Survival Faire at San Jose State and first Earth Day to the present reflection by our guest Starhawk.
April 8, 2024 Elaine's Commentary on Women Speaking Out
March 25, 2024: Guest #1 Ana Diaz on National Farmworkers Awareness Day and Guest #2 Dr. Andrea Hall-Miller, PhD,RN, author, on Nursing Metaphysics into Books
March 18, 2024: Guest: Dr. Harriet Fraad on an Historical Overview of the Women's Struggle for Their Rights in the USA
March 11, 2024: Guests Alicia Sanchez, Lois Perlman, Ana Salgado, and Alisha Valazquez on Women Producing Radio
February 26, 2024: Guest, Kirstyne Lange, ED, NAACP Sonoma County
March 4, 2023: Guest Molly Murphy MacGregor, ED, National Women's History Alliance
February 19, 2024: Guest Katrina Phillips, Chair. Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights, activating local democracy
February 12, 2024: Guest Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on History of Black Women in Music and Literture
February 5, 2024: Guest #1 Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Registrar of Voters ; and Guests #2 Donna Roper and Therese Scherrer on League of Women Voters
Jan Blalock, Outgoing Chair on the Commission on the Status of Women of Sonoma County
Children Live What They Learn -- The Seven Principles of Kwaanza as Related to Children
MLK Birthday Celebration Recap and Reading of Winning Student Essay
November 27, 2023 Guest: Nancy Pemberton on Improvements in IOLERO's Investigatory Power of the Sonoma County Sheriff
November 20, 2023
November 13, 2923 Guest: Leslene della-Madre on her new book “She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe.”
October 23, 2023 - Guest Leticia Hanke, Founder of the Lime Foundation helping at-risk youth succeed
December 11, 2023: Guest: Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on the Meaning of Christmas
December 11, 2023: Guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on the Meaning of Christmas
December 4, 2023: Guest #1 Janeen Murray on GoLocal for the Holidays, and Guest #2 Dr. Harriet Fraad on Economic and Political Update
October 16, 2023 - Guest Retired Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) on Her Political Career and the Legacy of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Her Passing
October 9, 2023 - Guest: Susan Lamont on Anti-War Activism and Local Peace Protests
September 25, 2023: Guests Susan Chunco and Susan Lamont, both Honorees with names engraved on the Sebastopol living Peace Wall, on social activism
September 18, 2023 Guest: Marianne Williamson in Conversation - Marianne Williamson is a candidate for President in 2024
September 4, 2023 Guest, Lisa Maldonaldo, on the state of Labor Unions
August 21, 2023: Our guest, Molly Murphy MacGregor, President of the National Women's History Alliance, on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA): The Time Is Now
August 14, 2023: Our guest Amani Shroff, a highschooler and podcaster, on giving voice to youth
August 7, 2023: Our guest, Zakiya Thomas, President & CEO of the ERA Coalition on the status of the Equal Rights Amendment
July 31, 2023 Our guest Laura Wells on Systemic Challenges Facing Third Parites in the USA
July 24, 2023 - Our guest Kirstyne Lange, President of the NAACP in Sonoma County, on the Portrait of Sonoma County 2021 Report
July 17, 2023 - Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz on cluster bombs and on insights into the Women's Spaces Pledge
July 10, 2023 - Guest #1 Alicia Sanchez on Radio KBBF's 50th Anniversary Celebration on 7/23/2023 and Guest #2 Dotti LeMieux of Green Dog Campaigns with tips on running for elected Office.
June 26, 2023: Guest Barbara Walsh, describing her experience on the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury
July 3, 2023: Our Inner Freedom in Unity with Guest Rev. Dr.. Patricia Keel
June 19, 2023 Commentary on Juneteenth
June 12, 2023: Guests Tina Rogers and Nancy Rogers on the 53rd Annual MLK/Juneteenth Festival in Santa Rosa, CA on Saturday, June 17
June 5, 2023: Guests #! Celeste Austin and Amy Nykamp on the Pride Parade in Santa Rosa and Guest #2 Jane Sorense, bandleader of The Poyntlyss Sistars Rockin' Show Band appearing June 9
May 22, 2023 Guest: Michelle Duster, author, public historian, educator on her great grandmother Ida B. Wells, anti-lynching crusader, and suffragist
May 15, 2023 Mother's Day Special with Reading of our host's Elaine B. Holtz's poetry with guest Debby Meagher.
May 8, 2023: Guest Christian Nunes, President of NOW, on the 2023 Feminist State of the Union
May 1, 2023: International Labor Day - The Shared Concerns of Immigrants and Labor
April 24, 2020: Earth Day Special: Co-producer Ken Norton on the February 1970 Survival Faire at San Jose State, and guest Maya Khosla on Sustainable Forest Care to Draw Down Carbon
April 17, 2023: Guest Dr. Herriet Fraad on Child Endangerment Due to Policies on Guns, Income Tax, and Child Labor
April 10, 2023: Guest Camerina Schwartz Davidson, President of the California Region of the National Organization for Women
March 27, 2023: Guest Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams on the Women's Rights Struggle for the Long Haul
March 20, 2023 - Guest #1 Susan Lamont announcing the End the Endless Wars Rally in Santa Rosa, Guest #2 Author Rosita Stevens-Holsey sharing insights on her aunt, Pauli Murray, Women's/Civil Rights
March 13, 2023 Our host Elaine B. Holtz's Commentary, Poetry and Music for Women's History Month
March 6, 2023 - our host Elaine B. Holtz commentary, poem and music on National Women's History Month
February 27, 2023: Guest author Dr. Catherine Meeks on Ida B. Wells and Meditations for Racial Healing
February 20, 2023 Black History Month Award Winners, Guest Shawntel Reece oy NAACP Youth Works and the coming Youth Fashion Show, with her daughter Leila Pinero, Guests Sydney and Aniya Davenport
January 30, 2023 Guest Alice Waco describes her path to and in social activism with the assistance of Susan Lamont, who announces a Solidarity Vigil for Memphis on 1/30/2023.
January 23, 2023 - Guest #1 Shawnee Rosin on the upcoming Honey Rose Music Fest in Sebastopol, and Guest #2 Nancy Wang of RECA on the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit
January 16, 2023 - Guest Ana Dietz Garcia shares her path to her successful campaign for Trustee of the Roseland Public School District.
January 9, 2023 - Guests #1 Anne Warren Clark and Molly Larsen-Shine on "A Year with Frog and Toad" currently at 6th St. Playhouse; Guest #2 Tina Rogers on the 44th annual MLK Birthday Celebration Bir
January 2, 2023: Guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on how best to manifest New Year Resolutions
December 19, 2022 - Elaine comments on Hanukkah and Guest Mary Norman shares her insights on two prominent women in the birthing of Christianity
December 12, 2022 - Our host Elaine B. Holtz's Commentary and Reading of her Poetry on Peace
December 5, 2022- Guest #1 Shekeyna Black on the coming SOFA Winterblast and Scrooge in Love play at the 6th St Playhouse; and Guest #2 DA Jill Ravitch on her 3 terms of serving Sonoma County as its f
November 28. 2022 - Guest #1: Laura Tredinnick, President, Healdsburg Chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW); Guest #2: Katrina Phillips, Chair, Sonoma County Commission on Hum
November 21, 2022 - Guest: Amie Windsor, Publisher of the Sonoma County Gazette, on Citizen Journalism
November 14, 2022 - Guest Tina Swithin on One Mom's Battle to Reform the Family Court System
October 31, 2022: Guests Kelsey Vero and D'Ayona Jerome on How Compromised Measure P Hinders IOLERO Sheriff Investigations in Sonoma County
October 24, 2022 Guest: Susan Campbell, PhD on her new book, From Triggered to Tranquil: How Self-Compassion and Mindful Presence Can Transform Relationship Conflicts and Heal Childhood Wounds
October 17, 2022: Guest Susan Lamont on Defusing Nuclear War
October 10, 2022 - Guests #1: Marina Jurema and Becky Montgomery on organizing their first rally Women's Wave; Guest #2: Jasmine Palmer on the saving of Athena House
October 3, 2022 Guest Sarah Kerlow on the Need for passage of Piqui's Law (CA-SB616) to Reform Family Court on Child Custody and Domestic Violence
September 19, 2022: Guest Kerry Benefield on the Challenges and Rewards of Journalism and the importance of local news
September 26, 2022 Guest #1: Erin Rose Solorio appearing in Cabaret at 6th Street Playhouse; Guest #2 Kimi Barbosa and Ellen Obstler on Petitioning the Supervisors to Restore Measure P Accountability
September 5, 2022 Guest 1: Amy Granahan on Apple-y Ever After Festival/Fundraiser for Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa, CA; and Guest 2: Major (Ret.) Renee Marie on Peace Poles for Schools
August 29, 2022 Guest: Rosita Stevens-Holsey, co-author of a new bio on her aunt "Pauli Murray - The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist"
August 22, 2022: Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor on Women's Equality Day and the Equal Rights Amendment
August 8, 2022 Guest #1 Shekeyna Black on the Raise the Roof Festival and Fundraiser for the Peace and Justice Center, and Guest #2 Debbie MacKay on the League of Women Voters
August 1, 2022 Guest: Sherry Glaser on her new “Mama’s First Chicktionary, Taking the Dick our of Dictionary”, co-authored with Kym Trippsmith
July 25, 2022 Guest: Nancy Pemberton on CLEAN Claiming 2020 Measure P IOLERO Powers for Sheriff Accountability Cut in Closed Hearing Sonoma County MOU with DSA
July 18, 2022 Guest #1 Shekeyna Black on the Raise the Roof Festival fundraiser for the Peace & Justice Center and Guest #2 Cecilia Sofranko on LGBTQIA+ gender identities and the decolonization of o
July 11, 2022 Guest: Gloria Allred on the SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v Wade and Next Steps
July 4, 2022 Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the recent SCOTUS decisions curtailing our rights especially Women's Rights with its overturning Roe v Wade.
June 27, 2022 Guest Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, on the certified Primary Election vote tally; Guests Jill Plaman and Cindy Fenton on the importance of Pollinator Gardens.
June 20, 2022 Guest Jasmine Palmer on Keeping Hope Alive - Save Athena House that helps women recover from substance abuse
June 13, 2022 Converstation with guest Vesta Copestakes on the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, meaningful gun control laws, and the January 6th Public Hearings.
May 30, 2022 Guest: Grace Cheung Schulman on the Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition
May 23, 2022 Guest: Carol Kilby on her book Evolutionary Dancer - Out, In, and On the Fringe of the Church
May 16, 2022 Guest Marie Ramirez Downing, Director of the stage play "Real Women Have Curves" and guest Reilly Milton, an actor making her debut performance in that play
May 2, 2022 Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on Women in the Labor Union Movement
Co-Producer Ken Norton on "Before the First Earth Day: Survival Faire"; and Guests Amy Cohen and Rachel Cohen on the Youth-led Sunrise Movement
April 18, 2022 Guest: Arleen Arnink-Pate on presenting Winona LaDuke, Native American Elder and Environmental Activist, and Jamie Margolin, Youth Climate Activist for the Women in Conversation Series
April 11, 2022 Guest: Vesta Copestakes on the Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council proposing Revised Vacation Rental Ordinance
April 4, 2022 Guest: Laura Wells on the California Left Unity Slate, the Office of the State Controller, and Public Banking
March 28, 2022 Guest Dr. Dianna Grayer on her new stage play Release: Unearthing the Silent Rumblings
March 14, 2022: Our guest Judy Hardin Cheung on the Redwood Empire Chinese Association Sharing Their Cultural Traditions and History in Sonoma County
March 7, 2022 Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor on National Women's History Alliance 2022 Theme: "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope."
February 28, 2022 Guest #1 Aja Gianola-Norris, Director of the musical Hair at the 6th Street Playhouse, and Guest #2 Katrina Phillips, President of the Sonoma County Human Rights Commission
February 21, 2022 Guest Faith Ross on Black History Month events and exhibits in Petaluma and Guests Mary Munat and Trina de La Chapelle on Braver Angels for Red-Blue Dialog
February 14, 2022 Valentine's Day Special - "Friends and Lovers" Reading with responding guests Jackie Elward, Nancy Rogers and Celeste Austin on their supportive relationships
February 7, 2022 Comment on Whoopi Goldberg's remarks on the Holocaust; Speech of Donzaleigh Abernathy; and Guest Tina Rogers on the Life of Shirley Chisolm
January 31, 2022 Guest #1: Nancy Wang on the Lunar New Year of the Tiger and Guest #2 Susan Lamont on Watching the Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO)
January 24 2022 Guest: Gilda Gonzales, CEO of Planned Parenthood Northern California, on the Future of Abortion in California
January 10, 2022 Guest Regina Brennan on the Sonoma County Black Forum & NAACP Food Distribution and Guest Tina Rogers on MLKjr Online Celebration
January 3, 2022 Our Guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on the ABC of Making a New Year's Resolution
December 20, 2021 First Guest: Celeste Austin on her Tribute to Vince Harper and Reflection on Sonoma County Black Leadership Exodus; and Second Guest: Susan Jensen on Small Businesses Coping w/Covid
December 13, 2021 Guests Mary Moore and Lois Perlman on writing the memoirs of social activist Mary, best known for leading the annual Bohemian Grove protest.
December 6. 2021 Our host Elaine B. Holtz and her Commentary on on Pearl Harbor, Women's Right of Bodily Choices, Gun Violence, and Congressional Incivility
November 29, 2021 Our Guest Copperwoman sings live to save her Tiny Home
November 22,2021 Guest #!: Jackie Elward on running for City Council of Rohnert Park and being selected as Vice-Mayor; and Guest #2: Nancy Rogers on the upcoming Dec. 5th Business Showcase
November 15, 2021 Guest: Cynthia Abbott on her Emmy Award Winning documentary film "Three Ocean Advocates – Inspiring Change.”
November 8, 2021 1st Guest: Janeen Murray, E.D. of GoLocal; and 2nd Guest: Charlie Toledo, E.D. Suscol Intertribal Council
November 1, 2021 Guests Shekeyna Black, and Audrianna Jones on the Sonoma County Peace & Jusitce Center's annual Awards Ceremony on Nov. 13 and the Winterblast on Nov. 6
October 25, 2021 Guest: Tatiana Lopez, Director of Victim Services for the Family Justice Center of Sonoma County
October 18, 2021 Conversation with Veteran Feminist Singer/Songwriter/Author Sandy Rapp
October 11, 2021 Monte Rio Creekside Skateboard Park Renovation Fundraiser and Inter-Tribal Council of California (ITCC)Family Violence Prevention
October 4, 2021 Guest Jill Ravitch, DA, Sonoma County, on persisting past the Recall attempt; and Guest Marsha Lucien, new ED of Family Justice Center
September27, 2021 Guest: Christian Nunes, President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) on its new holistic advocation for Women's Rights
September 20,2021 Guest Janet Reynolds on the planned Santa Rosa Women's Rally for October 2nd; and guest Vesta Copestakes on Reviewing the Vacation Rentals Ordinance in West Sonoma County.
September 6, 2021 Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the Contribution of Women to Fair Labor Policies
August 30, 2021 Guest: Joyce Rouse aka Earth Mama on her musical mission
August 23, 2021 The History of Women's Suffrage Movement and guest Molly Murph MacGregor on the National Women's History Alliance
August 16, 2021 August 16, 2021 NOW Sonoma's New President and Gold Resolution; Special Guest: Lynn Woolsey, former Congresswoman of Marin/Sonoma, Reflecting and Looking Forward
August 9, 2021 International Indigenous Peoples Day, and Guest Shekeyna Black on Submitting Nominations for the Peace and Justice Center's Awards
August 2, 2021 Guest Dr. Barnsley Brown on Mary and Divine Feminism
July 26, 2021 Guest Dr. Eleanor Pam on Veteran Feminists of America
July 19, 2021 Review of New Documentary Film "3 Seconds in October"; Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on Brittany Spears' Conservatorship Case and Women's Rights
Juneteenth: Nancy Rogers on the 51st Annual MLK/Juneteenth Community Celebration in Sonoma County and Zakiya Hooker on Singing and Songwriting to Keep it Real
June 7, 2021 Sunrise Youth March to Fight Climate Change; Guests Christine Byrue and Maddy Ruddell
May 31, 2021 Guest Susan Lamont on the Memorial Gathering on Andy Lopez's (2000-2013) Birthday June 2nd; and Guest Monique Alcala on the National Organization for Women (NOW) - 50 Years Feminist Voice
May 24, 2021 Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center and Memorial to Songwriter/Singer Alix Dobkin (1940-2021)
May 17, 2021: Guest #1 Eris Weaver on the Bicycle Coalition's Annual Memorial Ride in Silence on May 19th and Guest #2 Tyra Benoit on the Sonoma Climate Mobilization
Women's Spaces Radio Show of May 10, 2021: Mother's Day Proclamation; Black Herstory: Sojourner Truth and Charlotte Vandyne Fonten
Women's Spaces Radio Show of May 3, 2021: Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on International Workers Day and FDR's New Deal