Female Genital Mutilation, or cutting (FGM/C) was the subject of the largest report yet and was released last year by U.N. children’s agency UNICEF. The author of the report, Claudia Cappa visited with Maria to discuss what FGM/C is, the 29 countries that practice it and the more than 125 Million girls and women alive today that have undergone some form of the procedure. As many as 30 Million girls are at risk of being cut over the next decade if current trends persist.
Please forward to 12:10 in the podcast to hear the interview in its entirety.
Click here for UNICEF’s website.
Director, Writer, Editor Jeremy Seifert visits with Maria about his documentary, “GMO OMG” which explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity’s most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds. The film was released in NY, LA and Seattle. 
100 Million sharks are killed every year through the barbaric process of shark finning. That is the slicing off of a shark’s fins and throwing the live shark back into the ocean in order to supply the demand for shark fin soup.
It’s not the virgins that motivates most terrorists! Please join Maria as she visits with Dr. Anne Speckhard, a world-renowned expert on the psychology of terrorism. Dr. Spekhard has interviewed hundreds of terrorists all over the world and speaks specifically about the KavKaz Emirates and what she thinks the Chechens are capable of with the upcoming Sochi Olympic games. 
Please join Maria as she visits with the Founder and President of CALIFORNIALIST, an organization dedicated to helping women Democrats run for political office in California. She shares with Maria the type of candidates that they are looking for and how she goes about vetting them for her organization. 
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