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Your alternative to talkback! One sweet hour of Australian politics, news, and current affairs. Totally robust, never mendacious. On this very special International Women's Day edition, learn about the origins of International Women's Day within the workers rights movement. We talk to Kate Doak about what's happening to public housing right now and what it means for women, and more specifically how changes will affect trans women. We talk to Yolanda Beattie from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency about the importance of gathering data on women in the workplace, and how the gender pay gap works. Meet Hayley McQuire, a UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador. Plus, we celebrate the fact that the Minister for Women, a man, is now a feminist while the female Senator assisting him refuses to identify as one, and we explore why so many engaged and educated women who believe in equality share that reluctance to identify as feminists. Presented by AH Cayley and Heidi Pett. Produced by Andrew Rhodes. Produced by FBi Radio, Sydney.

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Our special episode on NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell's new licensing and sentencing laws, rushed through NSW Parliament two days previously to address a supposed increase in 'alcohol-fuelled violence'. We spoke to stakeholders on both sides of the issue: Opposition Leader John Robertson; Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich; Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore; NSW Greens MP Dr Mehreen Faruqi; Gerard Hayes from the NSW Health Services Union and the Last Drinks Coalition; Kirsty Brown from MusicNSW and Keep Sydney Open; the Oxford Art Factory's 'boss', Mark Gerber; and DJ, promoter and co-owner of restaurant The Dip at Goodgod Small Club, Andrew Levins.