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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: March 10, 2026: Women Rising: On Fighting Abusers and Standing in Power
Description: On this episode of the Indypendent News Hour, we spoke with three women who are fighting abusers and for their own empowerment. In our first segment, we spoke to Addison Turek, a freshman at Barnard College, and one of the organizers protesting the college’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. In our second segment we spoke to Ximena Bustamente, founder of the Undocumented Women’s Fund which held the 10th annual NYC Women’s Strike Fest on Sunday in Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park.
In our final segment, we spoke to author, activist, playwright and radical feminist Karen Malpede on her upcoming...