
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court has been thrown into disarray over allegations that he sexually assaulted a high school classmate decades ago. Of course, the Senate has been here before, when Anita Hill testified that she was sexually harassed by Clarence Thomas. A lot has changed since then, including the number of women in the Senate who will decide whether or not Kavanaugh will be confirmed. This season the WNYC podcast The United States of Anxiety looks at how gender is influencing the midterm elections. The show’s host, Kai Wright, takes us back to 1992.