Best Wonder Media Network LLC Podcasts (2023)

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As She Rises

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BONUS: Inherited Podcast “Maíz es Vida” by Paloma Moreno Jiménez 29:52

2M ago29:52

29:52

Hey As She Rises listeners! Today, we're bringing you a bonus episode from the Inherited podcast, told by one of our very own team members at WMN: Paloma Moreno Jiménez. Inherited is a climate storytelling podcast by, for, and about young people across the globe. In this episode of the show, storyteller Paloma Moreno Jiménez conjures a folkloric au…

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As She Rises

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The Delta 29:44

6M ago29:44

29:44

For the last episode of the season, we’re traveling to the Colorado River Delta, south of Mexicali, Mexico: where all the waters from upstream are supposed to reach. Here, the Colorado River used to split into braided streams and tendrils, forming a complex estuary of riparian forests, rich wetlands, countless lagoons, and abundant wildlife. But to…

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As She Rises

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The Rainwater 35:35

6M ago35:35

35:35

The Sonoran Desert, situated at the bottom edge of Arizona, stretches out into the haze of a horizon, rippled with heat. It’s fed by thin tributaries of the river and, more often, watered by sparse rains. It’s a place that, in theory, could seem pretty inhospitable. But the Tohono O’odham nation has survived and thrived there, thanks in part to tra…

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As She Rises

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The Accidental Sea 29:21

6M ago29:21

29:21

In the southern valleys of California, lies a desert oasis known as the Salton Sea. The inland sea is picturesque— from afar. Up close, the beauty begins to fade. The sea is a result of diverting the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley for agriculture, and it’s filled with fertilizer, pesticides, and salt. Decades of drought have caused the sea t…

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As She Rises

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The Aquifer 29:31

7M ago29:31

29:31

Black Mesa is a high desert, arid, with few streams or rivers aboveground. Water tends to come from above or below: sometimes, as a gentle rain. Other times, a rushing monsoon. Navajo and Hopi people have called it home for thousands of years. Its water reservoirs— a complex system of underground pools called “aquifers”— sustain people, livestock, …

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As She Rises

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The Creek 31:23

7M ago31:23

31:23

The Havasupai tribe lives at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, in Supai Village. Just north of the village, a hidden aquifer turns into Havasu Falls, a waterfall that cascades into a pool of blue-green water. This water has sustained the Havasupai people for centuries, nourishing their crops, softening the harsh conditions of the desert, and serving …

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As She Rises

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The Source 32:39

7M ago32:39

32:39

Lake Powell is long and thin. It snakes through the red-desert, running southwest through Utah, ending at the top of Arizona. From above, it looks like a human artery. From the inside, it's idyllic. The water is crystalline. Every year, millions of people flock to the lake to fish, canoe, and hike. Today, Lake Powell is around a fifth of its origin…

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As She Rises

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Introducing Season 3 2:15

8M ago2:15

2:15

Premiering May 1 wherever you get your podcasts. As She Rises is back for its third season with a new host: Leah Thomas, founder of The Intersectional Environmentalist. This season, As She Rises is traversing the Colorado River Basin downstream, understanding water through a new lens and centering stories of resilience in the face of the drought. I…

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Ordinary Equality

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Why Young People Were Key to Kansas's Win 31:07

1y ago31:07

31:07

In August, Kansas became the first state to vote on abortion protections since the fall of Roe v. Wade. And the opposition was fierce. But with a record-breaking turnout, Kansans voted to keep abortion access protected in the state constitution. This win was made possible thanks to grassroots organizers. Some of the loudest and most inspiring were …

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Ordinary Equality

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The Daily Campaign: How We Talk About Abortion 35:15

1y ago35:15

35:15

In 1971, a French weekly magazine published the Manifesto of the 343 -- 343 women who publicly announced they'd had an abortion when the procedure was illegal. The next day, a satirical paper called them the 343 "bitches." Three years later, they paved the way for the first legalization of abortion in France's history. The key?Talking about abortio…

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Ordinary Equality

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Rewriting a Constitution: What We Can Learn from Chile 28:32

1+ y ago28:32

28:32

Protestors in Chile fought for a referendum on basic civil rights. And it worked. They achieved what the United States has avoided doing since its foundation: they rewrote the constitution. This new document faces ratification in a few days. And it could become the first constitution in the world to enshrine abortion rights as one of its founding p…

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Ordinary Equality

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Standing In The Gap 31:26

1+ y ago31:26

31:26

As abortion rights are downgraded from federally protected to locally enforced, a small group of people stand in the gap: District Attorneys. On today's episode, Kate and Jamia hear from Georgia's Dekalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston. DA Boston makes the case for why DAs can play an important role in the resistance, which is why she's vowe…

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Ordinary Equality

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The Battle for Birth Control 30:28

1+ y ago30:28

30:28

As we gear up for election season, it's safe to say that the abortion access is going to be top of mind. But what do refrains of "Vote! Vote for me!" mean, when it feels like no one is willing to go to bat for reproductive justice? This week, Jamia and Kate listen in as Ordinary Equality's executive producer, Jenny Kaplan chats with her connection …

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Ordinary Equality

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Abortion is Good for Business 30:31

1+ y ago30:31

30:31

When Roe fell, eyes turned to a quiet – and undeniable – giant in the conversation on abortion care: corporate America. In a post-Roe world, an employer can be the last line of defense for folks seeking an abortion. And their silence can speak volumes. For the next few episodes, we’re talking about the response to the overturn of Roe. This episode,…

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Ordinary Equality

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Doctors With Borders 28:11

1+ y ago28:11

28:11

In Texas, it's hard to get an abortion. But it's also hard to learn how to provide one. So hard that med students need to travel across state lines to get the training they need. What happens to a generation of doctors when their speciality becomes illegal?This week, Kate and Jamia meet Jasmine, a first-year medical resident who had to chart her ow…

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Ordinary Equality

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Crossing the Line 29:47

1+ y ago29:47

29:47

In Louisiana, faith and politics are at a crucial intersection. It’s a state where being anti-choice is mainstream. And one legislator managed the impossible: He created a law so restrictive, even anti-abortion organizations turned against it. While politicians and providers are locked in a standoff, abortion care goes underground. In this episode,…

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Ordinary Equality

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An Island of Care 21:32

1+ y ago21:32

21:32

You probably have seen maps of the country that highlight trigger states, where abortion is banned or severely restricted post-Roe. In some spots on these maps, states without trigger laws stand out like islands in seas of red. Now, these states are the last ones standing for abortion access in their regions of the country. In this episode, Kate an…

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Ordinary Equality

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Hanging On to a Future 27:33

1+ y ago27:33

27:33

Well, here we are. We're on the other side of what we've been talking about for years. Roe v. Wade has been struck down, and for the first time in our lifetime, abortion is no longer protected. In our first episode, Kate and Jamia talk to folks who've been living, and working, and surviving, in a state where abortion access has been under fire for …

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Ordinary Equality

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Coming soon: Season 4 of Ordinary Equality 1:50

1+ y ago1:50

1:50

For the first time in our lifetimes, everyone will be living in a world without Roe v. Wade. But a lot has changed since 1973. So we’re here again, with another crucial season talking all about abortion today. We’re thinking of it as a survival guide. How to live – and resist – in a post-Roe world. Our sponsor, ActBlue, has tools to help you suppor…

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Beyond Belief

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Bonus: Introducing...I Was Never There 28:19

1+ y ago28:19

28:19

Introducing Wonder Media Network’s first true crime show, I Was Never There. Thirty-four years ago, Marsha “Mudd” Ferber vanished without a trace from Morgantown, WV. Mother-daughter duo Karen and Jamie Zelermyer are going back to the land to figure out what the hell happened. Named a 2022 Tribeca Film Festival official selection for audio storytel…

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Ordinary Equality

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The End of Roe v. Wade 30:36

1+ y ago30:36

30:36

Given last night's Supreme Court leak, Ordinary Equality's EP Jenny Kaplan sat down with Kate and Jamia to talk about what comes next in a post-Roe v. Wade world.By Wonder Media Network

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As She Rises

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The Farmland 34:08

1+ y ago34:08

34:08

As climate change progresses, more people will be forced from their homes and into exploitative environments. In the United States, this is particularly true of farmworkers. The climate crisis is, undeniably, a labor issue too. “like you i woke up in the dark. but i was reaching for animals, trying to beat the heat. like you sunrise usually found m…

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As She Rises

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The Desert 28:26

1+ y ago28:26

28:26

Nestled in the Northwestern corner of present-day New Mexico is the Greater Chaco Region: home to thousands of Diné and Puebloean families. It's also one of the most intense concentrations of oil wells in the country, designated an “energy sacrifice zone” by the Nixon administration in the 1970s. Now, a group of activists who recognize the land’s i…

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Ordinary Equality

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BONUS: The Accidental Activist (Alyssa Milano) 43:32

1+ y ago43:32

43:32

Listen to The Accidental Activist wherever you get your podcasts. Alyssa Milano has been on our screens for decades. But she’s also been on the front lines championing the issues she believes in for just as long. Her roles on Who's the Boss?, Melrose Place, and Charmed are as iconic as her activism. While most of us choose one cause, Alyssa has ded…

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As She Rises

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The Reef 27:12

1+ y ago27:12

27:12

Far out in the waters of the South Pacific are the Samoan Islands. They make up an island paradise, a contested territory, an ecological haven. They might also hold a key in the fight to protect endangered coral reefs. “steady us mother/ your eye lights the way your heart moves our blood your hand steers our boat.” Welcome to season 2 of As She Ris…

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As She Rises

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The River 30:54

1+ y ago30:54

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Straddling the border between the US and Canada, the Skagit Watershed is a haven for sea creatures. The “Magic Skagit” is in peril: the ways of life it has sustained for the communities along its shores are faltering under years of settler disruption, and upstream, its headwaters originate in a pool of unprotected land threatened by extractive indu…

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As She Rises

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Introducing Season Two 2:35

1+ y ago2:35

2:35

As She Rises is back for a second season to celebrate both Earth and Poetry Month. Throughout April, we’re telling the stories of climate progress that give us the hope we need to keep going.By Wonder Media Network, Grace Lynch

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Ordinary Equality

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Ordinary Equality x Womanica: Pat Spearman 11:33

1+ y ago11:33

11:33

In our final episode of the season, Kate talks with Senator Pat Spearman (1955-present) about her path towards becoming an Equal Rights Amendment icon.By Wonder Media Network

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Ordinary Equality

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Ordinary Equality x Womanica: Martha Wright Griffiths 15:08

1+ y ago15:08

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This week on the Ordinary Equality x Womanica crossover season, we're talking about "the Mother of the Equal Rights Amendment." Listen in as Kate Kelly shares the story of Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-203) -- told, in part, in Martha's own words.By Wonder Media Network

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Ordinary Equality

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Ordinary Equality x Womanica: Crystal Eastman 17:11

1+ y ago17:11

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For this episode of the Ordinary Equality x Womanica crossover season, we're going back to the heat of the suffrage movement to learn about one of the Equal Rights Amendment's creators and lifelong advocates. A lawyer, writer and activist, she was known by some as "the most dangerous woman in the world." Join host Kate Kelly and Dr. Amy Aronson, au…

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Ordinary Equality

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Ordinary Equality x Womanica: Molly Brant (Degonwadonti) 23:55

1+ y ago23:55

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For our first episode of the Ordinary Equality x Womanica crossover season, we’re going way back—more than 100 years before the Equal Rights Amendment even existed—to learn about one of the most important figures of the Revolutionary War. She was an indigenous political leader whose absence from this country’s framing documents set the stage for th…

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Ordinary Equality

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Coming Soon: Ordinary Equality x Womanica 1:10

2y ago1:10

1:10

On Ordinary Equality, we’ve talked about abortion rights crusaders and women’s rights activists – people putting everything on the line to make our society more just. We're so excited to continue that work on a brand new season, this time, in collaboration with Womanica, another podcast from Wonder Media Network. Host Kate Kelly has a new book out—…

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Ordinary Equality

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Bonus: What’s at Stake: Roe v. Wade 43:02

2y ago43:02

43:02

One of the most historic cases in the fight for reproductive justice was founded on the “penumbra” of cases that came before it--and it’s still one of the cornerstones of abortion law today. Follow us on Twitter at @OrdEquality for everything you need to know about the ERA and the latest abortion laws as we watch history in the making. Kate Kelly o…

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As She Rises

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The City 39:04

2y ago39:04

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“The worst crime I know men have committed is to turn nature into an oppressor.” In the city, the heat is suffocating: it reverberates off buildings, seeps through the concrete, and bounces off glass back down onto a city of 8.4 million people. New York City is hotter than ever before-- but it’s felt differently from neighborhood to neighborhood. T…

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As She Rises

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The Plains 30:23

2y ago30:23

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In Oklahoma, a fight is playing out that could finally recognize tribal sovereignty, especially over how to manage the environment. This could set a precedent for the rest of the country, and affect our climate. But the powers that be won’t let go easily. In this episode we visit the plains of eastern Oklahoma. Joy Harjo, the United States poet lau…

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As She Rises

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The Tinderbox 29:11

2y ago29:11

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This land has always been on fire. But the destructive power of these flames is new. There was a time before, and there is a time ahead, when fire clears the way for new growth in the foothills. “So many particular precious, irreplaceable lives that despite ourselves, we're inhaling.” In this episode, we visit the land currently known as Northern C…

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As She Rises

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The Watershed 31:22

2y ago31:22

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The most visited stretch of beach in Hawai’i should be underwater. Instead, it’s kept afloat by over thirty thousand tons of sand-- sand that drifts out to sea every 5 to 10 years before it's replaced yet again. Before the Ala Wai canal drained the watershed, Waikiki sustained a native population of over a million, and fed and nurtured its diverse …

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As She Rises

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The Inland Sea 30:27

2y ago30:27

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In Northern Minnesota, over eleven hundred glassy lakes create a vast inland sea. The water is so clean that canoers can drink straight from the lakes. What will it take to protect this beautiful and life-giving landscape from human threat? In this episode, we are transported to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Minnesota. Kim Blaeser, f…

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As She Rises

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The Island 30:22

2y ago30:22

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“It’s not the same, knowing the theory of climate disaster, and then actually living through it.” There is a fissure on the island of Puerto Rico-- one widened in the wake of massive storms, earthquakes, COVID, and quickened by the dizzying pace of climate change. In this episode, bilingual poet Raquel Salas Rivera finds hope in a poem titled “nota…

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As She Rises

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The Tundra 25:38

2y ago25:38

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In the land we know as Alaska, a poet considers a melting landscape also ablaze. What does it mean to live in a “sepia-toned” world, to be forced to distance your ties to your culture, and to truly understand that what happens to the land also happens to the people? “June really isn’t June anymore / is it?” In this episode, we visit the land curren…

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As She Rises

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The Bayou 28:14

2y ago28:14

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In New Orleans, there is a time before the storm, and a time after. How does one keep up with change in a state losing a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half? On a street where a neighbor’s porch is built 12 feet off the ground? Take Action: The Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy advances structural shifts toward ecological equity…

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As She Rises

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Introducing: As She Rises 2:24

2y ago2:24

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As She Rises is a new show from Wonder Media Network that aims to personalize the elusive magnitude of climate change. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram TwitterBy Wonder Media Network

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Ordinary Equality

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Bonus: Introducing Gravity 3:14

2+ y ago3:14

3:14

Introducing WMN's newest original podcast, Gravity, a show about what becomes possible when we look at hardships differently, hosted by Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. Join us to explore transformations around loneliness, the myth of the ideal nuclear family, climate crisis, and more. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.…

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Beyond Belief

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Bonus: Introducing Gravity 3:38

2+ y ago3:38

3:38

Introducing WMN's newest original podcast, Gravity, a show about what becomes possible when we look at hardships differently, hosted by Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. Join us to explore transformations around loneliness, the myth of the ideal nuclear family, climate crisis, and more. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.…

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Ordinary Equality

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Changing the Way We Talk About Abortion 50:19

2+ y ago50:19

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How do we dismantle the anti-choice movement? We’re talking through what needs to change on our side, and how we can unify our message towards the anti-abortion crowd. Strap in, folks-- it’s the grand finale. Follow us on Twitter at @OrdEquality for everything you need to know about the ERA and the latest abortion laws as we watch history in the ma…

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Ordinary Equality

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It’s a TRAP! 36:14

2+ y ago36:14

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In 1973, Roe v. Wade protected abortion access, right? Enter: TRAP laws. Today, Jamia and Kate run back the history that led to the anti-choice movement’s systematic attack on abortion rights.By Jamia Wilson, Kate Kelly, Edie Allard

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Ordinary Equality

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Reproductive Justice 42:59

2+ y ago42:59

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Reproductive Justice. Not reproductive access, not reproductive rights. Today, hosts Kate Kelly and Jamia Wilson sort through the web of social issues and systemic oppression that have affected the abortion conversation. Here are some more Reproductive Justice resources: Moms Rising The Educated Birth BIPOC Experience Black Mamas Matter Alliance Ev…

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Ordinary Equality

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The Long Southern Strategy 40:58

2+ y ago40:58

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Abortion access hasn’t always been a moral issue-- so how did we get to the partisan divide we see today? Jamia and Kate lay out the strategies of Christian nationalism, racism, and sexism that united southern white voters in the anti-choice movement. We want to hear from you! If you have an abortion story you want to share, leave us a message at: …

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Ordinary Equality

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Roe v. Wade 41:09

2+ y ago41:09

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One of the most historic cases in the fight for reproductive justice was founded on the “penumbra” of cases that came before it--and it’s still one of the cornerstones of abortion law today. We want to hear from you! If you have an abortion story you want to share, leave us a message at: (516) 636-3012. Follow us on Twitter at @OrdEquality for ever…

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Ordinary Equality

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Bonus: Sharing Abortion Stories 20:12

3y ago20:12

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This week, we're taking a break to share some abortion stories from listeners and previous guests. We want to hear from you! If you have an abortion story you want to share, leave us a message at: (516) 636-3012. Follow us on Twitter at @OrdEquality for everything you need to know about the ERA and the latest abortion laws as we watch history in th…

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