5/5/2011 | Download File (8.81 MB) - right click to download
Alzheimer's Disease is one of the most costly diseases in the developed world. Join Hillary and Amy as they discuss characteristic behaviors of Alzheimer's patients, how the disease is diagnosed, the dangers of wandering, and even what Britney Spears can tell us about this heartbreaking, degenerative disease.
1/31/2011 | Download File (8.86 MB) - right click to download
Amy Chua, a Yale Law Professor and mother of two daughters, published an article in the January 8, 2011 Wall Street Journal titled "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" that previews her new book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother". Join Hillary and Amy as they discuss Chua's controversial article as well as Western rebuttals and commentary. What can we learn from Chinese parenting, and where do Westerners have it right?
10/19/2010 | Download File (10.90 MB) - right click to download
While in a classic sense many of us think of bullying as a boy issue, it is very prevalent among young girls. Join Hillary and Amy as they discuss research and their own experiences pertaining to the forms of girl bullying, warning signs you can watch for in your daughter, and how you can help (and what NOT to say).
7/29/2010 | Download File (9.19 MB) - right click to download
May 9, 1960 marked 50 years since the birth control pill was approved by the FDA. Join Hillary and Amy as they discuss the paradoxes of the pill, its history (including several surprises), and its relationship to the sexual revolution and women's movement.
3/13/2010 | Download File (8.59 MB) - right click to download
What happens when a society has an unnaturally high ratio of baby boys to baby girls? Join Hillary and Amy as they discuss the gender disparity (or unnatural sex ratios of baby boys to baby girls) in China and other Asian countries; whether this is due to government policy or a preference for sons; how this phenomenon is occurring; the consequences for having more men in society than women; and how this trend can hopefully be reversed.
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