Have you heard the term fake news? It’s been around for a while, but it was popularized by Trump who continues to dismiss all checks to his Big Lie and tries to continue muddying the waters around truth, facts, and reality.
We bring you a conversation with Professor Emily Bell of Columbia University School of Journalism. In it, you’ll get the tools to fight for reality, for facts, for science, and be on the factually correct side of history.
Read MoreIf the fuming, seething feeling we sat with for weeks after the Capitol was stormed is any indication, feeling anger stinks and is bad for our bodies. But we as women have not been taught how to handle this feeling; in fact, we’re often taught to shove anger down and away, while going on with our day, taking care of others.
This is why we’re thrilled to be having a conversation with Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her, to talk about how women have been conditioned by our society, what our biology actually indicates, and what on earth to do when we feel the steam coming out of our ears, so we can make positive change around us.
Read MoreProfessor Ervin Staub, who survived Nazism as a young child and has dedicated decades of his life to the study of good and evil, joins us to discuss division and violence in America, and what we can do to help ourselves and our country.
Read MoreUncomfortable question: Why can’t we as women get behind policies that strengthen all women - not just the ones who are White - especially when the only ones who really benefit from White supremacy and the status quo are rich White men?
We bring you a conversation with one of the founders of the original Women’s March and author of Raising Our Hands, Jenna Arnold, who spent years speaking with White women in their homes about just these very topics.
Read MoreWe finally made it to the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. This day is about a break with Trumpism, a break from the direction that our country has steadily been heading for the past nearly five years, and the fact that the majority (it’s a small one, but still a majority) of our country rejected that ideal in November. What this day is NOT though, is the end of Trumpism. It is not the end of hard work. Breathe it in. But then - don’t look away.
Read MoreIn case you didn’t see the news, our US Capitol was overrun by a mob of insurgents at the beginning of 2021, largely spurred on by a conspiracy theory led by the American president that the 2020 US Election was rigged.
We figured now was a good time to talk about conspiracy theories - with an expert. Today, we bring you an enlightening conversation with Professor Karen Douglas, a social psychologist specializing in the study of conspiracy theories.
Read MoreWe’re finally done with 2020… but if 2020 taught us anything, it’s that this period of time we are living through will be examined in the history books. Our grandkids will be asking us what life was like during the global pandemic, how strict our lockdowns were, and what we did to stand up against the racial and social injustices that were made so painfully clear during 2020.
So, as you’re thinking about New Year’s resolutions, which, if you’re anything like us, may include more workout time, less drinking, and more green juices, we’ve got the most important question for you: What side of history do you want to be able to say you were on this year?
We are devoting our first theme of the New Year to answering this question, focusing on why (and how) people should care about others. In doing our research around this topic - and talking to some amazingly smart thought leaders in the process - we’ve come up with some central themes that resonated with us.
Read MoreWe’ve been waiting to record this episode . . . basically the whole year, or at least since early March. It’s our annual wrap-up episode, except that just like everything else in 2020, it’s not like how it was last year. Let’s let this year go in style - prepare to reflect, laugh, and cheer the New Year along with us.
Read MoreWe recently read a great piece on Medium called “Finally an Answer to Why So Many People Voted For Trump” -- which is a question we’ve been asking ourselves, too.
The author notes: “Trump is definitely not virtuous - but he doesn’t pretend to be. He never claims to be morally superior to other people; he’s shameless in all of his flaws, and it gives comfort to people in a world that’s constantly telling them they’re not good enough.” That stands in contrast to the anti-Trumpers who say you’re either with us or against us - that if you aren’t with us, you must be racist or homophobic or bigoted or sexist.
Basically, each side is driving the other side crazy. What we need to do instead is TO LISTEN.
With that in mind, we bring you a repeat of last year’s episode on having these sorts of confrontational, difficult conversations with your family - only this time, it’s not an option. We’ve seen the pain, the horror, the murder, the mistreatment of so many people during 2020, and now we have to speak up. And before then, we must listen to the human beings we sit across from - whether it’s over a real table or through a virtual screen.
Read MoreThere are people among us who elevate art to something beyond imitating life - to something that makes us think deeply, find the beauty in those moments both trivial and profound, and challenge the meaning in things that seem obvious.
Enter our guest today. We speak with internationally renowned poet and inspirational human being jessica Care moore about her latest collection, We Want Our Bodies Back, which is dedicated to Black Lives Matter activist Sandra Bland, who died in jail under suspicious circumstances following a pretextual traffic stop in 2015.
Read MoreWe spoke with lawyer Melissa Torres-Montoya of If/When/How last week about the legal landscape for women’s reproductive rights with the appointment of Justice Barrett to the supreme court, the continued assault on Roe v. Wade, and all the other circumstances that add up to shape a woman’s ability to have a child (affordable healthcare, housing, and more).
But those are big issues that sometimes are passed off or pushed aside as issues that don’t affect us. That’s not true. To make sure that we continue to recognize that reproductive rights is an issue that affects every single person in our country (you’re here because of reproduction, and you’ll likely have choices in your life to make about reproduction, or your children, or someone you know will) we bring you back the conversation with abortion provider Dr. Jenn, who puts real stories of real people into context.
Read MoreAbortion.
Whether you’re pro-choice or anti-choice, you’re likely to have some emotions jolt through you when you hear the word. However, with the appointment of conservative Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and Roe v Wade related decisions on the docket, we want to make sure we all know about the abortion and reproductive rights landscape, which is way broader when you consider what it takes to bring a child into the world - affordable housing, healthcare, and living wages - along with a new program for any lawyers out there who want to get involved.
Promise, it’ll be relevant if you know any women at all.
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