Jane Fonda is a two-time Academy Award-winning actress (Best Actress in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home), author, activist, and fitness guru. Her career has spanned over 50 years, accumulating a body of film work that includes over 45 films and crucial work on behalf of political causes such as women’s rights, Native Americans, and the environment. She is a seven-time Golden Globe® winner, Honorary Palme d’Or honoree, 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award winner, and the 2019 recipient of the Stanley Kubrick Excellence in Film Award as part of BAFTA’s Britannia Awards. Fonda is currently in production for the seventh and final season of Grace & Frankie, which will be Netflix’s longest running original series. It is for her work on the series that she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. She was last seen on the big screen in Paramount’s comedy, Book Club in which she starred alongside Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen, and Candice Bergen. Fonda also premiered Jane Fonda in Five Acts, a documentary for HBO chronicling her life and activism, at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special in 2019. Jane celebrated her 80th birthday by raising $1 million for each of her nonprofits, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential and The Women’s Media Center. Currently, Jane is leading the charge on Fire Drill Fridays, a national movement to protest government inaction on climate change. Her latest book, “What Can I Do? My Path From Climate Despair To Action,” details her personal journey with the movement and provides solutions for communities to combat the climate crisis, was released on September 8 2020 via Penguin Press.
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Jane Fonda and the Women's Media Center
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Climate activists in the U.S. are pinching themselves over what the newly inaugurated Biden administration is doing to address the climate crisis. Who would have thought that our first “climate president” would be Joe Biden?
I believe there are three global crises that are related to the catastrophes of climate and the coronavirus: racial injustice, economic inequality, and a crisis of democracy.
Jane Fonda's call to action: There is still time for us to act to minimize the impact of the climate crisis. According to the U.S. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, hundreds of millions of lives hang in the balance with every half degree of warming we either enable or avoid.
Robin on thinking global (Kurds, Kashmir, Hong Kong) while acting local (impeachment, election, Time’s Up), whale-song jam sessions, and Argentina’s Feminist Tango Movement. Guest: Jane Fonda on why she hopes to spend her 82nd birthday in jail.
Robin on women's primary-election wins, the Supremes' "mandatory arbitration" decision, Trump's gag rule, and evangelical women waking up. Guest: Jane Fonda talks politics, her hit Netflix seriesGrace and Frankie, and new movieBook Club.
