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Title: New women Senators
Date: 12/22/00
Program Number:940
Panelists: Ruth Conniff, Elaine Chao, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Karen Miller
Topics:
  • Women control 80 cents of every consumer dollar spent in this country. Merchants fear that when the final tallies are in after the Christmas shopping season, it may not be as big as last year's.
  • Educating unwed mothers: The NYCLU is charging that some New York City schools with discriminating against pregnant and parenting teens.
  • New Women Senators: The 107th Congress welcomes four new Democratic women Senators. Interview with Senator-Elect Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat from Michigan.

    Title: Chronic Pain
    Date: 12/15/00
    Program Number:939
    Panelists: Cecilia Munoz, Elaine Chao, Victoria Toensing, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
    Topics:

  • The 2000 Presidential Election is over! We look ahead to see what President-Elect George W. Bush has in store for women in his administration.
  • Chronic Pain: Fifty million Americans suffer needlessly with chronic pain - the majority of whom are women. We look at some treatment options that will help keep you informed and pain-free.

    Title: Older Women's Agenda
    Date: 12/8/00
    Program Number:938
    Panelists: Laura Flanders, Cherylyn Harley, Arianna Huffington, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
    Topics:

  • Grading Parents: Some schools are trying to get parents more involved in their kids education by grading how well parents do on that front.
  • The older women's agenda: What do older women want from the new administration? Interview with Deborah Briceland Betts of the Older Women's League.

    Title: Election Program
    Date: 12/1/00
    Program Number:937
    Panelists: Rep. Connie Morella, Cherylyn Harley, Arianna Huffington, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the battle for the Presidency.
  • The National Association of Women Business Owners is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. We'll take a look at what they've done for women in business over the years. Interview with Debra Hickerson of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

    Title: Alzheimer's
    Date: 11/17/00
    Program Number:935
    Panelists: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Toni Ford, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Election 2000 results update.
  • A new government report says not enough American moms are breast-feeding their infants.

    Title: Election Program
    Date: 11/10/00
    Program Number:934
    Panelists: Ruth Conniff, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ann Stone, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Election 2000 Results and the Florida re-count.
  • Women and Election 2000: The impact of the elections and what lies ahead for women.

    Title: "Presidential Politics"
    Date: 11/03/00
    Program Number:933
    Panelists: Julianne Malveaux, Angela McGlowan, Amy Holmes, Megan Beyer
    Topics:

  • Its the last full week before the election and both major party candidates are working furiously to get-out-the-vote. We talk about what will get women to the polls. Interview with leading pollsters Linda Divall and Celinda Lake.
  • Special Election Update - TTC follows one of the closest Presidential races in history. We examine the issues from both sides with special panelists, Julianne Malveaux and Kellyanne Fitzpatrick.

    Title: "Saving Family Farms" Date: 10/27/00
    Program Number:932
    Panelists: Julianne Malveaux, Ann Stone, Cherylyn Harley, Ruth Conniff
    Topics:

  • Presidential polls show an astounding amount of volatility and differences in the numbers. Our panel of experts will tell you what is causing these gyrations and why the majority of undecided voters are women.
  • Saving Family Farms - As urban sprawl expands, its eating up the number of family-owned farms nationwide. That while consumer demand for organic produce, which these farms grow, is rising dramatically. An in-depth feature piece examining local farms.

    Title: "Polypharmacy" Date: 10/20/00
    Program Number:931
    Panelists: Del. Holmes Norton, Janet Parshall, Pat Schroeder, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • The Homework Debate - How much homework is too much homework? Many parents are complaining that their lives are being over run by their children's homework. The PTA and other organizations are suggesting homework time limits.
  • Polypharmacy - Its the new term coined to describe the harmful interactions that can occur when patients are on a variety of medications and they interact - sometimes badly. This danger is especially prevalent in older women.

    Title: "Cancer Fatigue Management"
    Date: 10/13/00
    Program Number:930
    Panelists: Del. Holmes Norton, Alicia Montgomery, Karen Miller, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Debate Number two is over and while most instant polls show Texas Governor George W. Bush the winner, Vice President Al Gore holds on to his steady lead among women voters.
  • Cancer Fatigue Management - Cancer patients suffer from many side effects in addition to the cancer itself. The most prevalent and longest lasting of those side effects is fatigue. We'll take a look at what is being done to help patients, especially women who suffer from fatigue in greater numbers than their male counterparts.

    Title:"Child Support Assurance"
    Date: 10/06/00
    Program Number:929
    Panelists: Rep. Lynn Woolsey D-CA, Toni Ford, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • The Supreme Court is back in session - we'll look at what is turning out to be a surprisingly important issue in this campaign - the next President's selection of Supreme Court Justices.
  • Child Support Assurance - California is working hard to make sure child support gets where it belongs - into the hands of custodial parents.

    Title: "Women Entrepreneurs"
    Date: 9/29/00
    Program Number:928
    Panelists: Ruth Conniff, Michelle Conlin, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Debra Hickerson
    Topics:

  • Women's vote in Election 2000 - recent polls show Bush gaining in women's votes, but there is still a wide spread between the two candidates with Gore leading among women voters.
  • Women Entrepreneurs - Women start two-thirds of all new businesses each year, and there are over nine million women-owned businesses. In-depth Package profiling different women business owners.

    Title: "Distance Learning"
    Date: 9/22/00
    Program Number:927
    Panelists: Senator Patty Murray D-WA, Rep. Ellen Tauscher D-CA, Amy Holmes, Julianne Malveaux, Victoria Toensing
    Topics:

  • All eyes are focused on Sydney where the 2000 Summer Games are under way, we'll look at the role women are playing in this year's games.
  • Distance Learning: More and more people are taking advantage of the educational opportunities extended to them via the Internet. In-depth package featuring a woman enrolled in a distance learning course at the University of Washington - Seattle.

    Title: "Healthy Teen Sexuality"
    Date: 9/15/00
    Program Number:926
    Panelists: Rep. Ellen Tauscher D-CA, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ann Stone, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Al Gore turns his attention toward the white male vote now that he has for the moment, secured his standing among women and minorities.November elections.
  • Healthy Teen Sexuality: There are two schools of thought disputing the best way to teach our teens about sex.

    Title: "Hispanic Heritage Month"
    Date: 9/8/00
    Program Number:925
    Panelists:Alma Moralez Riojas, Irene Natividad, Elaine Chao, Barbara Olson
    Topics:

  • Congress is back in session and we'll look at the confounding array of women's issues Congress will be tackling before it adjourns for the November elections.
  • Its Hispanic Heritage month and as the nation celebrates its diversity, the Presidential campaign fights to woo the Hispanic vote.
  • "Wealth of Choices" -- Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief Alan Murray untangles the rules of the new economy for women.

    Title: "Corporate Boards"
    Date: 9/1/00
    Program Number:924
    Panelists:Pat Ireland, Alicia Montgomery, Barbara Olson, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Prescription Drugs - Al Gore launches an aggressive ad campaign describing his prescription drug plan for seniors should he be elected President.
  • The Single Vote - Single Americans have typically supported Democratic candidates in past elections, but now they claim they are being overlooked by both parties.
  • Corporate Boards - Women theorists are changing the way corporations manage resources to maximize profits.

    Title: "Digital Divide"
    Date: 8/25/00
    Program Number:923
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Amy Holmes, Irene Natividad, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Education and Politics
  • Capital Punishment
  • Digital Divide

    Title: Democratic Convention
    Date: 8/18/00
    Program Number:922
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Amy Holmes, Irene Natividad, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Girls Rule Cyberspace
  • Democratic Convention

    Title: "Nine and Counting"
    Date: 8/11/00
    Program Number:921
    Panelists:Arianna Huffington, Julianne Malveaux, Karen Miller, Ruth Conniff
    Topics:

  • Parental Leave Act
  • College Grads Move Home
  • Nine and Counting

    Title: "GOP Convention"
    Date: 8/04/00
    Program Number:920
    Panelists:Arianna Huffington, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes, Ruth Conniff
    Topics:

  • GOP Convention
  • Parent-Child Privilege

    Title: "Welfare to Work"
    Date: 7/28/00
    Program Number:919
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Laura Flanders, Amy Holmes, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Women and Advertisements
  • Flexible Jobs
  • Welfare to Work

    Title: "The Black Student Fund"
    Date: 7/21/00
    Program Number:918
    Panelists:Rep. Connie Morella, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Laura Flanders, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Marriage Penalty Tax
  • The Black Student Fund

    Title: "Women, the Internet and Election 2000"
    Date: 7/14/00
    Program Number:917
    Panelists:GUEST HOST: Fmr. NY Rep. Susan Molinari, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Megan Beyer
    Topics:

  • Working Women Narrow the Wage Gap/Bernadette Grey of Working Woman magazine
  • Women, the Internet & Election 2000/Interview w/Nancy Evans, President of iVillage.com

    Title: "CT Parental Involvement"
    Date: 7/7/00
    Program Number:916
    Panelists:GUEST HOST: U.S. HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes, Karen Miller, Megan Beyer
    Topics:

  • Congress and Prescription Drug Benefits
  • CT Parent Leadership Training Institute.

    Title: "The Feminine Love of Animals"
    Date: 6/30/00
    Program Number:915
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Michelle Conlin, Ann Stone, Heather Nauert
    Topics:

  • Changing Attitudes on Sex and Abortion
  • Domestic Violence Decreasing
  • Interview w/Mary Lou Randour, author of Animal Grace

    Title: "Managing Menopause"
    Date: 6/23/00
    Program Number:914
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Ann Stone, Phyllis Greenberger, Megan Beyer, Toni Ford
    Topics:

  • The Elections and the Social Security Debate: Interview w/Senator Barbara Mikulski, D - Maryland
  • Managing Menopause

    Title: "Working Woman 500"
    Date: 6/16/00
    Program Number:913
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Elaine Chao, Ruth Conniff, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Throwaway Dads: Armin Brott
  • Interview w/Bernadette Grey, Editor-in-Chief of Working Woman Magazine

    Title: "Beijing +5"
    Date: 6/9/00
    Program Number:912
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Ruth Conniff, Elaine Chao, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Beijing +5
  • Chance of Woman VP in 2000 Growing Slim

    Title: "Senator Dianne Feinstein: Gun Control"
    Date: 6/2/00
    Program Number:911
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Julianne Malveaux, Amy Holmes, Pat Schroeder
    Topics:

  • The Pill at 40
  • The Happiness Index
  • Interview w/California Senator Dianne Feinstein

    Title: "Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman"
    Date: 5/26/00
    Program Number:910
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Julianne Malveaux, Amy Holmes, Michelle Conlin
    Topics:

  • NOW Rates FOX the "Network of Shame"
  • PA Governor Tom Ridge as Bush Running Mate?
  • Interview w/Gail Evans, an Executive Director at CNN

    Title: "California Tech Up"
    Date: 5/19/00
    Program Number:909
    Panelists:Senator Barbara Boxer, Irene Natividad, Amy Holmes, Ann Stone
    Topics:

  • After-School Education Programs
  • Women and Grassroots Organizing via the Internet

    Title: "I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!: Mother-Teenage Daughter Conlifcts"
    Date: 5/12/00
    Program Number:908
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Ruth Conniff, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • The Gun Issue: Million Mom March vs. Second Amendment Sisters
  • Giuliani Campaign Woes
  • Interview w/Dr. Roni Cohen Sandler

    Title: "Women Waging Peace"
    Date: 5/5/00
    Program Number:907
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Heather Nauert, Julianne Malveaux, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Million Mom March
  • Paying Without Paternity
  • Interview w/Swanee Hunt, Former Ambassador to Austria and now Harvard University’s Women and Public Policy Program Director

    Title: "ElderCare
    Date: 4/28/00
    Program Number:906
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Heather Nauert, Julianne Malveaux, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Elian Gonzalez
  • Testosterone Therapy
  • Interview w/Representative Connie Morella (R-Maryland)

    Title: "Women on Shop Floors"
    Date: 4/21/00
    Program Number:905
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Laura Flanders, Amy Holmes, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Girls Shun Technology
  • Erin Brockovich: Casual/Sexy Dress at Work
  • Interview w/Eileen Appelbaum, Research Director of the Economic Policy Institute

    Title: "Genetic Discrimination"
    Date: 4/14/00
    Program Number:904
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Laura Flanders, Amy Holmes, Michelle Conlin
    Topics:

  • Women's Vote 2000: Bush-Gore Camapaign Gaffs
  • Britain's Prime Minister Blair to take 'Paternity Leave'
  • Interview w/Judith Lichtman, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families

    Title: "Early Childhood Initiative"
    Date: 4/7/00
    Program Number:903
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad, Linda Chavez, Susan Molinari
    Topics:

  • Women's Vote 2000: Gun Control and Social Security
  • Pennsylvania's Early Childhood Initiative

    Title: "Women & Corporate Boards"
    Date: 3/31/00
    Program Number:902
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Elaine Chao, Pat Schroeder, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Women Want Affirmative Action (AFL-CIO Study)
  • Teen Drivers: The More the Deadlier
  • Interview w/Madeliene Condit of Korn/Ferry International.

    Title: "Internet Innovations for Women"
    Date: 3/24/00
    Program Number:901
    Panelists:Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Amy Holmes, Pat Schroeder, Rosalynn O'Connell
    Topics:

  • Rules on Ritalin - First Lady, Hillary Clinton outlines plans to study the number of children on powerful psychiatric drugs.
  • Governor Bush's views may "kill" the women's vote - George W. holds the record of overseeing more executions than any other governor.
  • Internet Innovations for Women - TTC's look at how technological developments will make women's everyday lives easier.

    Title: "Prescription Drug Benefits"
    Date: 3/17/00
    Program Number:852
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Elaine Chao, Linda Chavez
    Topics:

  • Brilliant Babies
  • Working Women Work Irregular Hours
  • Interview w/Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln.

    Title: "Unsung Heroines"
    Date: 3/10/00
    Program Number:851
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Elaine Chao, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Super Tuesday Primaries
  • Abandoned Babies
  • Unsung Heroines: Great Women Doing Great Things.

    Title: "Women's History Month"
    Date: 3/3/00
    Program Number:850
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Laura Flanders, Toni Ford, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Urban Sprawl
  • New Business Trend? Clients Get Canned
  • Interview w/ Patricia Ireland, President of the National Organization for Women.

    Title: "Women & Venture Capital"
    Date: 2/25/00
    Program Number:849
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Toni Ford, Laura Flanders, Michelle Conlin
    Topics:

  • McCain leads Bush over Gore
  • Multi-Millionaire Marriage Meltdown
  • Interview w/Sheryl Marshall, Managing Director of Axxon Capital.

    Title: "Strong Women"
    Date: 2/18/00
    Program Number:848
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Arianna Huffington, Irene Natividad, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • Women, Religion & Politics
  • Women & Bio-Diversity
  • Older Women and Sarcopenia.

    Title: "Family Support"
    Date: 2/11/00
    Program Number:847
    Panelists:Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes, Lynn Martin
    Topics:

  • Cohabitation on the Rise
  • Hillary Clinton Officially Announces NY Senate Run
  • Early Childhood Family Education.

    Title: "Election 2000: Ernestine Schlant Bradley"
    Date: 2/4/00
    Program Number:846
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes, Heather Nauert, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • The Natural History of Rape?
  • The Great Black Divide
  • Interview w/Ernestine Schlant Bradley, wife of Presidential candidate Bill Bradley.

    Title: "Girls & AD/HD"
    Date: 1/28/00
    Program Number:845
    Panelists:Rep. Anne Northup, Rep. Janice Schakowsky, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez
    Topics:

  • State of the Union: State of Healthcare
  • Girls and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

    Title: "Internet Privacy"
    Date: 1/21/00
    Program Number:844
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Ruth Conniff, Toni Ford
    Topics:

  • Preview: The Iowa Caucuses
  • Teen Allowance Averages $50 a week
  • Interview w/Deirdre Mulligan, of the Center for Democracy & Technology.

    Title: "The Reform Party"
    Date: 1/14/00
    Program Number:843
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Linda Chavez, Ruth Conniff, Toni Ford
    Topics:

  • Elian Gonzalez/Grandparents Suing for Visitation at Supreme Court
  • Americans' Mixed Reactions on Putting a Woman in the White House.
  • Interview w/Jacqueline Salit, Reform Party Consultant.

    Title: "Mexico's Abortion Debate"
    Date: 1/07/00
    Program Number:842
    Panelists:Rep. Connie Morella, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad, Ann Stone, Frances Kissling
    Topics:

  • OSHA Standards in the Home
  • Mexico's Abortion Debate

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