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Before Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, became the state's junior U.S. senator, he was selected to serve as senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His new book, The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America, argues t ...  Show more

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.Two new novels use death to shed new light on life, but these aren’t depressing reads. In Everything Was Beautiful and N ...  Show more

As women’s rights are eroding in the United States, our Women’s Day Off (the Internet) is becoming increasingly necessary. While we plan it, we take one more look at Iceland as a model for how to build a better society for everyone and particularly for women. Luckily we don’t hav ...  Show more

In search of ways to increase U.S. gender equality, Desi Lydic visits Iceland to learn how this tiny nation led the way in electing female leaders and closing the wage gap. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for ...  Show more

Iceland has taken radical measures to reduce its gender pay gap. These aren't just about equalising pay when men and women do the same job but when they do different jobs of equal value. That's proved to be quite a sticking point in many countries around the world; ensuring that ...  Show more

Our host Raha chats to Yasmine Idriss.Yasmine is the first Arab and Saudi Woman to cycle and conquer the 1400km ring road in Iceland.مضيفتنا رها تتحاور مع ياسمين إدريس.ياسمين هي أول امرأة عربية وسعودية تركب الدراجة وتتحدى الطريق الدائري البالغ طوله 1400 كيلومتر في أيسلندا. Hosted ...  Show more