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Hysteria

Crooked Media

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Political commentator and comedy writer Erin Ryan and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco are joined by a bicoastal squad of funny, opinionated women to talk through everything from reproductive rights to romcoms. They break down the political news of the week, plus the topics, trends, and cultural stories that affect women’s lives.
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A despair-free podcast about abortion & reproductive justice that looks to the past – to fuel our fight for the future. In this narrative show, host Carolyn Silveira dives into the stories of some of the people who have been doing incredible work to create positive change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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rePROs Fight Back

Jennie Wetter

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rePROs Fight Back, a multi-award winning podcast, does-dives into reproductive health, rights, and justice issues like abortion, birth control, sex education, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equity, and more. New episodes debut every Tuesday, giving you an insider’s perspective on what is happening and what you can do to fight back.
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Boom! Lawyered

Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy

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Every week, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy take you on a wild ride through the latest legal battles in the fight for reproductive justice. On everything from abortion rights to trans discrimination to racial justice, Boom! Lawyered will help you get smart, stay mad, have fun, and fight back. Produced by Rewire News Group.
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Gravity FM

Alexandra Arneri

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Discussing human rights and environmental issues from the legal, political and ethical fronts with interviews from activists, NGOs, authors and professors.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)

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The SRHM Podcast explores new research and emerging trends in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters or SRHM promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights globally. At the heart of SRHM is a multidisciplinary, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. SRHM also creates and participates in spaces that motivate improvements in research, policy, services and practice. It contributes to capacity building in knowledge generation. Learn more a ...
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OMH Podcast

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New podcast weblogOur Mother’s Health podcast (OMH) is a weekly podcast that shines a light on the global maternal health crisis. Hosted by Dr Viviane Chinwah—healthcare leader and reproductive justice advocate—this show gives voice to real women whose lives and deaths expose cultural, economic, and systemic injustices in maternal care. From the favelas of Brazil to the U.S. hospitals, from child brides in India to mobile midwives in Ghana, each episode connects personal stories to global he ...
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Justice By Design

Justice By Design

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Justice by Design with Kimberly Atkins Stohr Kimberly Atkins Stohr, of The Webby Award winning podcast #SistersInLaw, the Boston Globe and MSNBC, is launching a new podcast. On "Justice by Design," Kimberly explores how justice is meticulously crafted in our society, bringing to the table the heroes working on the ground to find real solutions to our most pressing issues. Each episode delves into critical topics such as access to reproductive health care, solving the climate crisis, or ensur ...
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Feminist Buzzkills

Abortion Access Front

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Welcome to Feminist Buzzkills! - The weekly podcast from Abortion Access Front. Hosted by Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show co-creator, comedian, and founder of Abortion Access Front ) and Moji Alawode-El (writer, activist, marketing guru Abortion Access Front). These hilarious and brilliant experts on all things abortion, break down the weekly news from patriarchy’s evil trilogy of misogyny, white supremacy, and anti-abortion extremism. They make sense of all the madness, by digging in hard wit ...
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Feminism NOW

National Organization for Women (NOW)

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Passionate about modern feminist issues? Want to learn more about how today's political, academic, and cultural leaders strive for a future of universal equality and justice? Join NOW President Christian F. Nunes in a new podcast dedicated to intersectional feminist discussions in American society with leaders in entertainment, sports, politics, and science. From conversations on constitutional equality, to economic justice and reproductive rights, listeners will find new ways to learn, enga ...
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Choice Chat Podcast

Morgentaler Committee at Humanist Canada

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Choice Chat is a Humanist Canada podcast that confronts the truth about reproductive health in Canada—loudly and unapologetically. Created by the Morgentaler Committee, this series challenges harmful narratives, replaces myths with truth, and reframes what we’ve been told about abortion, contraception, and reproductive care. No sugarcoating. No shame. Just real talk. We’re lifting the veil of silence—amplifying lived experiences, exposing the spin that fuels judgment and control, and demandi ...
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Justice Above All

The Legal Defense Fund

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The Thurgood Marshall Institute at the Legal Defense Fund brings you Justice Above All, a quarterly series about the evolution of, and continued need for, racial justice advocacy. We’ve entered a time where many of the building blocks underpinning our work for racial justice are being questioned or actively undermined. Justice Above All provides an accessible way to help inform the national debate, revive our history, and remember how far we still must go in our quest to realize the ideals f ...
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Sassy Politics

Christi Chanelle

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Sassy Politics is a weekly political commentary show that’s feminist AF, independent, and unapologetically sassy. Hosted by Christi Chanelle, this podcast breaks down the news with sharp wit, sarcasm, and a side of are-you-kidding-me energy. No corporate talking points. No both-sides nonsense. Just real talk about the issues that matter. From book bans and culture wars to reproductive justice, economic inequality, grassroots movements, and clown behavior in Congress—Christi covers it all thr ...
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All About Change

Jay Ruderman

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How do we build an inclusive world? Hear intimate and in-depth conversations with changemakers on disability rights, youth mental health advocacy, prison reform, grassroots activism, and more. First-hand stories about activism, change, and courage from people who are changing the world: from how a teen mom became the Planned Parenthood CEO, to NBA player Kevin Love on mental health in professional sports, to Beetlejuice actress Geena Davis on Hollywood’s role in women’s rights. All About Cha ...
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The Um, Sir Podcast

EmilyInEverett and her Neighbor, Samie

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The “Um, Sir” Podcast, where Emily in Everett and her neighbor Samie attempt to defend democracy here in Washington while popping egos and deflating arrogance in a dude’s domain. They talk about pop culture, politics, and how the two collide and affect you. Join them for candid conversation, nervous laughter, and bad words as they offer solutions for crushing your imposter syndrome and putting your money where your mouth is. They don’t know all the answers, but they'll give you the feedback ...
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American Hysteria

chelsey weber-smith

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American Hysteria explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture – moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, and national misunderstandings. Poet-turned-podcaster Chelsey Weber-Smith tells the strangest stories from American history and examines the forces that create the reality we share, and sometimes, the reality we don't.
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Black Feminist Rants

LaKia Williams

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Black Feminist Rants is an independent podcast that holds conversations on Reproductive Justice and Activism by centering the experiences of Black women and femmes navigating social justice spaces and the world. BFR will cover topics within the Reproductive Justice framework and beyond. Our host and creator is LaKia Williams a young Reproductive Justice organizer from the South who has experience in advocating for contraceptive equity, reproductive autonomy and birthing justice. To learn mor ...
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More Perfect

WNYC Studios

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We’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when partisanship seeps into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise? More Perfect is a guide to the current moment on the Court. We bring the highest court of the land down to earth, telling the human dramas at the Court that shape so many aspects of American life — from our religious freedom to our artistic expression, from our reproductive choices to our voice i ...
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Born Into

Every Pregnancy

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Every pregnancy should be safe, yet nearly 800 mothers die daily from preventable complications. Brought to you by Every Pregnancy, a global coalition of health organizations, Born Into is a maternal health podcast that explores what needs to happen to make moms and babies safe worldwide., The show invites the world’s most dynamic thinkers, scientists, and advocates to share solutions to this critical issue. Born Into is hosted by Isra Chaker, a Syrian-American mother, activist, and CEO of E ...
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CHOICE/LESS

Rewire.News

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CHOICE/LESS delivers powerful, personal stories of reproductive injustice and the laws, politics and people beyond the headlines. Part of the Rewire News Group podcast network.
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American Dreams Podcast

Erika Washington

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American Dreams is a podcast that will explore exactly what Reproductive Justice means. Reproductive Justice was an idea birthed in 1994, by 12 Black women who felt unseen by the white establishment. ​ The four principles of Reproductive Justice are: 1. The right to have a child 2. The right to not have a child (which includes sterilization, which many doctors won’t do) 3. The right to have a child in a healthy environment and then raise them safely 4. The right to bodily autonomy and sexual ...
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The Femtastic Podcast

Katie Breen

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Katie Breen interviews feminist activists, researchers, and advocates working to make "women's issues"...well, non-issues. Femtastic explores issues of reproductive rights and health, progressive politics, gender equality, sexual violence, LGBTQ+ perspectives, racism, social justice, and more - examining topics through the lens of intersectional feminism and reproductive justice. We also laugh.
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NATAL

You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw

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NATAL passes the mic to Black families to hear all about their journey to parenthood in their own words. Our second season follows four parents in rural Mississippi, Iowa and Hawaii as they birth new lives and legacies exactly where they are. Interwoven by narrative interludes, this 10-part story album features the birthworkers, medical professionals and advocates caring for Black rural families at every stage of pregnancy and beyond.
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A project and podcast by Taja Lindley examining the intersections of race, gender and the double entendre of labor: to work and to give birth. Formerly known as the Birth Justice Podcast NYC. Episodes available every other Wednesday. Produced by Colored Girls Hustle and supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
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Abortion is popular, and common. So why are people afraid to talk about it? How much more might you understand about abortion access in the U.S. if talking about it wasn’t taboo? On ACCESS, our goal is to answer all the questions you might have been afraid to ask, dedicating every single episode to abortion. There are no pundits here, only experts—including real people who’ve had abortions.
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Real stories by real women about about having babies (or not!), running, getting old, women‘s health, doulas, free birthing, home birth, midwifery care, radical healing, death, being an impostor, depression, joy, magic...and more! Views should not be taken as medical advice. Ask a midwife; seek answers. My chats are informal: ordinary women share their extraordinary stories about birth, ultra running, love, revolution, and gentleness. Among other topics. Listen up!
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Alchemy of Housing Justice

Housing Justice Collective

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Alchemy of Housing Justice is a podcast that nests conversations about lived expertise of houselessness and housing instability within an emergent arc of system transformation and housing justice. We explore liberation topics with guests who are imagining a transformed housing future for all of us.
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A podcast about finding each other. Here we embark on a journey of shared experiences and mutual support using the lens of reproductive justice. Together, we will explore what it means to truly stand in solidarity with each other, one story at a time. Created and hosted by JustChoice. No Shame. Just Love. All Options.
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As 2023 dawns, women in the U.S. look back on the last year and see one glaring issue: 2022 was the year their right to have an abortion was severely curtailed. But many women did not have access to abortions even before the Dobbs decision. Women on Medicaid, in the same states that are outlawing abortion now. Women who live in rural areas. Women who don’t have access to good doctors, and good advice. One thing the popular press doesn’t seem to talk about is how many women and trans men (any ...
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Crossing the Line

Population Media Center

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CROSSING THE LINE (CTLpod) is a verite’ style audio documentary series telling stories from the frontlines in the fight for reproductive freedom. The series follows individuals who seek abortion services and the heroes who help along the way. Each episode allows the listener to experience the numerous barriers faced and the ways people overcome them as the battle for abortion rights rages across the U.S. Visit CTLpod.com to find out more about the podcast, resources for abortion care, and in ...
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No Body Criminalized

If/When/How, Repro Legal Defense Fund

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In this interview podcast, Rafa Kidvai, director of If/When/How’s Repro Legal Defense Fund, talks to people whose daily work intersects with reproductive justice, state surveillance, and the criminal legal system’s targeting of marginalized people.
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Repros for Iowa

Repros for Iowa

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This podcast is a safe space for us to talk about all things Repro in Iowa and across the nation. I created this as a space to share our stories and experiences on all things reproductive rights and justice. This podcast is designed for all peoples to come on and talk openly about their experiences regarding repro rights, abortions, LGBTQ+ issues, BIPOC issues, mental health issues and surrounding topics in regards to reproductive freedom.
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The Defenders

Lemonada Media

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The 2024 election is just around the corner, and the stakes are high for reproductive justice. From abortion ballot measures in Arizona and Florida, to flipping state legislatures, we’ll explore the future of reproductive freedom and what it means for our democracy. In Season Two of The Defenders, host Gloria Riviera talks to activists, organizers, and experts to equip you with everything you need to defend abortion rights at the polls. This series is supported by Charles and Lynn Schusterma ...
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Progress Georgia Network

Progress Georgia

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Georgia Smothered & Covered is your ticket to the progressive pulse of the Peach State. Join us as we uncover the dynamic landscape of Georgia's news and politics, delivering exhilarating interviews and discussions with influential activists, visionary leaders, and trailblazing legislators shaping our great state's future. So, whether you're a political junkie or just starting to dip your toes into the world of activism, Georgia Smothered & Covered is the podcast you won't want to miss. Join ...
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Mile High Theology

Saint John's Cathedral

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Mile High Theology is a young adult podcast and live event exploring the big questions of meaning, belonging and justice. It is sponsored by Saint John's Cathedral in Denver, Colorado.
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For more than 15 years Nomad Podcast has been hosting conversations with theologians, activists and contemplatives from across the Christian spectrum and beyond. Reflecting on our evangelical heritage we explore the possibilities of a more inclusive, generous and hopeful faith.
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Cuerpa Politica

Dr R. Sanchez-Rivera and Dr Rebecca Ogden

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Cuerpa Politica is a podcast about reproductive health, politics, and justice in Latin America, funded by the Institute of Latin American Studies and co-hosted by, Dr Rebecca Ogden, lecturer in Latin American studies at the University of Kent and Dr R. Sanchez-Rivera, Research Fellow in Gonville & Caius College and Affiliate Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge. Cuerpa Politica explores reproduction in Latin America through a series of conversations with activists, practition ...
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Liberating Motherhood

Liberating Motherhood

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Mothers are tired of anti-mother misogyny, household labor inequality, and a culture that expects mothers to bear the burdens of its many shortcomings--all without complaint. Mothers are vital to feminism, and have been neglected in feminist discourse for far too long. Mothers are constantly told that political problems are personal--that if we communicate better, mother better, behave better, things will improve. The only path to change is through widespread political change. That's what th ...
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The MomBaby Podcast

UNC Collaborative for Maternal & Infant Health

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The MomBaby Podcast explores critical topics in maternal health through conversations with experts and lived experiences. Each episode highlights important issues like recognizing maternal warning signs, coping with pregnancy complications, and more. Whether you're expecting, a new mom, or a healthcare provider, The MomBaby Podcast offers valuable information to help ensure healthier outcomes for mothers and babies.
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Contractions is a podcast about the politics of midwifery. All contractions address the analysis and practical change of one political issue surrounding childbirth, such as obstetric or reproductive violence, care, workload, sexism or racism. Every contraction is necessary to cope with in order to arrive at the birth of a midwifery care wherein all pregnant people feel free, safe, and emotionally and physically supported. Contractions' aim is to start an international dialogue with midwives ...
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On 8 October 2025, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) co-hosted a global webinar titled “Surrogacy as a Matter of Sexual and Reproductive Justice” in partnership with the Just Futures Collaborative, Center for Reproductive Rights, Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justi…
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Abigail Leonard is an American journalist who was living in Japan when she become a mother. Noticing the differences between Japanese and American parenthood, she wrote Four Mothers to see what it was like to be a mother in other countries and cultures. She followed moms through their birth experiences and first years in Kenya, Japan, Finland, and …
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“Hope is a muscle.” — Marlene Gerber Fried Marlene Gerber Fried has been a leading reproductive justice and choice activist for decades. She’s seen and survived times of both hopelessness and triumph. She partners often with women of color, especially Loretta Ross, and her expansive vision of what a better world might look like feels like exactly w…
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Sarah Marshall is here to teach me about the confounding phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion in which a person is found almost totally incinerated with no explanation, seeming to have burst into flames from within. From the Victorian era to the modern day, we will look at historical cases and modern explanations to try to separate fact from …
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So much happened this week in the abortionsphere and it was creepy with a cherry on top. Lizz and Moji discuss the right wing apoplexia that has cascaded in the wake of the FDA approving a new generic abortion pill (trigger warning: JOSH HAWLEY MENTIONED!!!!). Also in the news, JOSH HAWLEY’S WIFE AND PATRIARCHY IN THE UK. Listen up and learn exactl…
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Send us a text In this episode of Choice Chat, host Tara discusses the complexities of abortion access in Canada with TK Pritchard, Executive Director of Abortion Care Canada. They explore the systemic barriers individuals face when seeking abortion care, the funding challenges for abortion services, and the role of crisis pregnancy centers in spre…
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In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess are joined by Jodi Hicks, President and CEO of Parenthood Affiliates of California to unpack the redistricting fight between California and Texas and explain why the battle of the maps is a reproductive justice issue Expert Repro Journalism that Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and …
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Erin and Alyssa react to the strangest of Trump’s second “routine yearly checkup” of 2025, the sweeping federal layoffs impacting the CDC, and Katie Porter’s PR nightmare. Then they check in on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new anti-republican schtick and what will become of Alex Jones now that the Supreme Court has rejected his appeal. The show conclud…
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*Content Warning: distressing themes, suicide, death, substance use disorder, drug use, sexual assault of a child, institutional child abuse, violence, childhood abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi Ch…
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This month, I’ve been inundated with messages from folks who love the new pace of podcasts—weekly instead of every other week. I love making the podcast and love giving you what you want, but the podcast is a ton of work, and it underperforms in the algorithm. My data show that people listen to the podcast, but they don’t otherwise engage after or …
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Every day, transportation is an essential thread woven into the fabric of our lives. Public transportation systems have silently shaped the landscapes of communities, perpetuating disparities and reshaping urban environments in ways that often go unnoticed. Historically, accessible and equitable public transportation infrastructure has been crucial…
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Samie (with Emily’s help) roasts RFK Jr.’s promise to “cure autism” by banning Tylenol (🙄), breaks down what’s actually true about acetaminophen and pregnancy, and reminds everyone that correlation ≠ causation. They dive into the wild history of autism diagnoses, drag the government for threatening WIC funding and the shutdown, and give side-eye to…
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Anti-abortion extremists are hard at work attacking access through the courts, policy, clinic harassment, and more. Simultaneously, the Trump administration’s chaos—including RFK’s harmful actions as head of HHS—are continuing to disassemble comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights, brick-by-brick. Mini Timmaraju, President and CEO o…
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This is a rerelease of our 2023 Halloween special about the 12 Ft Skeleton Halloween craze and the strange history of our relationship to skeletons, both real and fake, stretching back hundreds of years. On 10/14 you can hear me on You're Wrong About covering Midnight Ghost Shows! I am doing a new series over on Patreon and Apple+ called Dispatches…
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[Episode Recorded on September 11, 2025] Lizzy Savetsky is an influencer who has been a staple of pro-Israel social media since October 7th, 2023. Prior to October 7th, Lizzy had advocated for Israel alongside other causes, including supporting Jewish women who experienced miscarriages and sobriety, but after October 7th, she turned her focus entir…
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Send us a text This week we switched gears from chaos to clarity — talking about leadership, creators, and why not everyone with a platform should lead. Christi breaks down the difference between having influence and having integrity, reminding us that leadership means responsibility, not just reach. We’re asking the real question: What’s your line…
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This week, Erin and Alyssa dive into the past of United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. From his sexist ideologies to his drunken antics, cheating scandals to Fox News career, embarrassing failures to incompetent leadership, this is definitely our most inebriated and moronic f*cking guy of all time. Sources: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/new…
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a public intellectual who also happens to be a woman. The constant criticism feels like a crushing weight that no amount of therapy, resilience, or blocking can render manageable. Philosopher Kate Manne has long argued that the abuse patriarchy hurls at women is a policing mechanism designed…
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For centuries, the ocean was seen as a place of danger and work, but by the late nineteenth century, northeastern shores of the United States became therapeutic destinations for the sick and weary. Doctors in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and other cities began prescribing time at the beach as a remedy for ailments such as tuberculosis, rickets, …
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Many of us have left behind the religion we inherited. But what, then, are we reaching for? In this conversation, Celtic teacher John Philip Newell reflects on what he calls the Great Search—a deep yearning for soul, earth, and home at a time of ecological breakdown and religious collapse. John Philip explores the tension between temple and wildern…
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In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess explain the arguments and what's at stake in Chiles v. Salazar, the case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy practices. Expert repro journalism that inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what’s at stake in…
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mayci Neeley dishes on her new book, becoming a feminist, and what #MomTok is really like off-screen. Erin and Alyssa also cover Trump’s Ghislaine Maxwell amnesia, Bari Weiss’ CBS News takeover, and the future of the Democratic Party. Finally, in the Sanity Corner, they sound off about the new Taylor Swift albu…
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*Content Warning: distressing themes, violent abuse of a child, step-parent abuse, domestic violence, abduction, kidnapping, childhood abuse, emotional violence, physical abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutional child abuse (‘troubled teen industry’). *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag y…
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The devaluation of fatness in patriarchy is no accident—and it’s not about health. Patriarchy convinces every woman she’s fat, or at risk of becoming fat, and forces us to spend our lives thinking about our bodies instead of the things that truly matter most to us. As we’ve seen over and over again, a woman who hates herself is more vulnerable to a…
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In this, Um, Civics lesson, Emily and Samie deliver a crash course in democracy, local gossip, and feminist rage, starting with a troll who accidentally inspired a civics lesson on misogyny and city budgets. From Bob Ferguson’s cat influencer to suffragist ghosts and Pete Buttigieg, the episode reminds us that politics is everywhere, whether we lik…
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The abortion market was a powerful economic force in American life. Before legalization lowered the cost, one million women each year collectively paid upward of $750 million for abortions. In The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025), Dr. Katherine Parkin reveals the strength of a…
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Centuries of tradition shape how women give birth — but when cultural practices meet misinformation, the results can be deadly. In Episode 7 of Our Mother’s Health Podcast, we explore the fine line between cultural wisdom and harmful myths. From unverified herbal treatments to rituals that delay medical care, this episode examines how misinformatio…
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What Went Wrong hosts Chris Winterbauer and Lizzie Bassett join me to tell the stories of three allegedly cursed horror movies and the unexplained events that befell the cast, crew, and sometimes even audiences. Were these films really possessed by dangerous, otherworldly energy? Or are we dealing with social conditions, marketing gimmicks, and saf…
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We’re back and ready to rage hard and dive deep into this week’s mosh pit of anti-abortion ass-wagging with y’all! Prepare thyself for a full breakdown of Pregnancy Justice’s study on the shocking rise in the criminalization of pregnancy, abortion and miscarriage. Plus, hold onto your cheeks, ‘cause your Buzzkills are blowing Pam Bondi’s latest sca…
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In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani and Jess preview the upcoming Supreme Court term, including a challenge to conversion therapy bans, protections for transgender student athletes, and more. Expert repro journalism that inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth. If Boom! Lawyered helps you understand what…
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The Republican-run government has shut down, Trump is using misinformation to blame Democrats, and Erin and Alyssa explain what’s at stake. Then they dive into Ezra Klein’s recent bad takeapalooza, on everything from Charlie Kirk’s legacy to pro-life Democrats. And, of course, there’s the latest Epstein files news, some races to watch in Virginia, …
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*Content Warning: distressing themes, self-harm, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, child sexual abuse, child abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical violence, cultic abuse, suicidal ideation, grooming, torture and death. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for…
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The Rapture didn’t come, but the jokes did. Samie and Emily cover haunted Snohomish fries at the Oxford Saloon, Epstein bathrobe emails, Trump’s creepy birthday card, Alex Jones’ cursed star chart, MAGA’s purge of comedians, and ACA premiums scarier than any ghost tour. ✨ Release the files. For your further reading and viewing pleasure... Watch Emi…
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From 1945 to 1989, the Yugoslav state connected its claims of progressive politics and gender equality to its support of free healthcare, sex education and contraception, and laws that supported reproductive choice. Yugoslav men and women internalized these messages, proclaiming their homeland's superior care for its citizens in comparison to postw…
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After 20 years of fighting and failing to get sober using abstinence-based methods, journalist Katie Herzog found a simple, inexpensive, and effective way to take control over alcohol. Part memoir, part guidebook, Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol (Simon and Schuster, 2025) shares Herzog’s recovery journey as…
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For this episode, I get schooled on the history of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the children's horror book series that terrified 80s and 90s kids with its repurposed urban legends and folklore as well as genuinely terrifying illustrations. Liz Gotauco (AKA Cosbrarian), the creator of the F*cked Up Fairytales series, talks with me about how th…
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Kerry Brodie is the founder and Executive Director of Emma’s Torch, a non-profit social enterprise that provides refugees with culinary training and employability, equity and empowerment training. Kerry came up with the idea for Emma’s Torch while volunteering at a DC homeless shelter and made the connection between refugees looking for employment,…
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C-sections are one of the most common surgical procedures worldwide, but when they are mismanaged, they can become deadly. In low-resource settings, lack of skilled staff, inadequate infrastructure, and poor post-operative care contribute to avoidable maternal deaths and complications. Even in developed countries, inequities in surgical quality and…
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Send us a text We’re going inside the psychology and playbooks of extremist groups across the spectrum—and showing how those tactics are shaping our government, our policies, and our everyday lives. This is the kind of episode that will leave you fired up and ready to do something about it. Watch & Listen: 📺 YouTube • 🎧 Apple Podcasts • Spotify Joi…
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Erin and Alyssa dive into the past of Epstein’s right hand woman: Ghislaine Maxwell. From her father Robert Maxwell’s shady business endeavors and questionable death, to schmoozing her way to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s elite social scene, to trafficking minors for the most famously despicable sex pest of all time, this may be our most deprav…
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Environmental and Labor Exploitation in the Coffee Industry and How Coffee Can Turn a New Shade with Agroforestry Discussion with Etelle Higonnet on the environmental impacts of commercial monoculture coffee, including deforestation, loss of critical habitat, loss of biodiversity and amplification of climate change. We also discuss the structural i…
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There’s a new bombshell in the villa: a fresh episode of Feminist Buzzkills! Lizz and Moji are BACK TOGETHER for the first in a long time to raise hell! Now that RFK Jr. has officially called for an FDA investigation into medication abortion, your Buzzkills gotta break down the actual facts and the totally fictional, completely made up study that p…
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*Content warning: disturbing abuse of children, disability abuse, emotional and physical violence involving children, murder, death, suicide, neglect, kidnapping, abduction, isolation, torture, distressing topics. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event …
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Turns out the closet wasn’t locked—it was glass all along. Sometimes you just can’t see your way out. Imani Gandy talks with comedian, actor, and writer Franchesca Ramsey about coming out later in life, visibility, and the joy of saying, "Surprise, bitch, I’m gay." They also discuss how comedy can be an opening for tougher conversations about race.…
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