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An American Conversation Podcast™

118 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings

An American Conversation Podcast has controversial conversations & sometimes debates with compelling guests from the US & around the world. With the understanding that as human beings, we can Agree or Disagree but most importantly, we can laugh hysterically, have a great exchange of words, not agree on one thing & still be friends for the next round of discussions. Everyone's opinions matter, are respected & analyzed while finding the humor in it all. Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall...

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Robert Jensen Emeritus Professor & Author

April 04, 2023 23:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

Robert Jensen is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and collaborates with the New Perennials Project at Middlebury College.   Jensen is the coauthor with Wes Jackson of An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity(University of Notre Dame Press, 2022) and author of The Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson: Searching for Sustainability (University Press of Kansas, 2021). He is the edito...

La Scapigliata, Author "Born in the Right Body"

March 23, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

"La Scapigliata" aka Isidora Sanger is the nom-de-plume of a retired medical doctor, also known as "la scapigliata" online. Since 2014, she's been writing about gender identity ideology and campaigning for women's sex-based rights. She believes policies and medical practices should be based on evidence, not ideology. She lives in the UK with her family and a dog."  "For over a century, feminists have campaigned for women's sex-based rights, despite the violent backlash from men. They recogn...

Jeremy Jiménez Associate PhD, Professor Foundations & Social Advocacy Department at SUNY Cortland

March 10, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

Jeremy Jiménez received his doctorate in International and Comparative Education at Stanford University in 2017. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Foundations and Social Advocacy Department at SUNY Cortland. He currently researches and teachers about race, class, and gender issues in education and how they intersect with environmental justice. He has previously taught high school social studies for over a decade in Norway, the USA, and Venezuela. Having now studied, conducted res...

Arno Koch "Always Remember To Love First"

February 18, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MB

Arno Koch Imagine Evolution was founded and is led by Arno Koch, who is a Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), a Master Practitioner of Mental & Emotional Release®, and a Hypnotherapist.  Arno is a mechanical engineer by trade and found his passion for coaching and training during his corporate career in the Vorwerk group where he fulfilled roles as an engineer in Germany, Product Manager in Switzerland, and in business development in California. In 2018 he stepped out...

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Lierre Keith Environmentalist & Feminist

February 04, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MB

Lierre Keith has been a radical feminist for 40 years. She is the author of seven books, including The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability, which has been called “the most important ecological book of this generation.”  She is coauthor, with Derrick Jensen and Max Wilbert, of Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It. She lives in northern California with giant trees and giant dogs. She’s also been arrested six times for acts of...

Eleanor Cowan "The History of a Pedophile's Wife"

January 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

Eleanor Cowan’s book Review "The History of a Pedophile's Wife": “How could a mother not know?” This is a question often asked about families where incest has occurred, and Eleanor Cowan’s gripping memoir, A History of a Pedophile’s Wife, steps up with answers that are courageous and heartbreaking. Cowan’s book is a primer in compassion, especially for those of us who were abused as children and left to struggle with legacies of distrust and rage towards our mothers. It’s a vivid indictment...

Buck Angel & Dr. Debbie Hayton Battle Oppression

December 28, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MB

4 American Women, 1 Canadian & 1 Brit discuss opposing views around the world.  How can we keep the lines of communication, about Gender Identity Activism, open & robust?  This movement, which is from the Top-Down, is not the way grass root movements work.  We try to understand the issues. Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall…

Naciann Horvath Says "Live In The Moment"

December 27, 2022 02:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

NANCIANN HORVATH Nanciann went to Sacred Heart Hospital School of Practical Nursing in Norristown, Pa. She moved to Morristown, N. J. to do both nursing and local theater. Consequently, she started classes in NYC for acting, commercials, and improvisation.  In New York City, she worked part-time as an Oncologist nurse, at Radio City Music Hall and studied at HB Studios. Eventually, she moved to Los Angeles, working as a float nurse at UCLA, Home Health Aide, Set Medic, Baby and Wellness Nu...

Rosa Alvarez, Chicana Feminista

December 11, 2022 23:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MB

Rosa Alvarez is a mom, wife, homemaker, mixed-media artist, philosopher, and feminist who advocates for the rights of girls and women, children in the foster system, and questioning youth, with a trauma-informed approach and perspective. Rosa holds a B.A. in Political Philosophy and Creative Writing.  She recently launched a YouTube channel, ‘Chicana Feminist’, in which she discusses feminist issues and the social and political impact of gender ideology.  Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall… ...

Yasmine Mohammed

December 02, 2022 04:19 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Yasmine Mohammed is a Human Rights Campaigner, and founder of Free Hearts Free Minds, a mental health organization, she’s the author of Unveiled, a memoir that recalls her experiences growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic household and her arranged marriage to a member of Al-Qaeda. Unveiled has been translated into eleven languages: German, Finnish, Catalan, Swedish, French, Farsi, Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu, Spanish and Italian. Yasmine works with the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Foundation and is on the...

Manuela Schon Sociologist

November 07, 2022 19:54 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB

Manuela Schon, from Wittlich, Germany, is a Sociologist, who’s an expert on “Male Violence Against Women” & so is Rose Medina, MSSW.  Manuela currently works as a coordinator to implement the Istanbul Convention Treaty. A European landmark treaty to end violence against women; established comprehensive legal standards to ensure women's rights to be free from all violence. She has worked in the political sector, with a States Politician, for 10+ years & was an active politician herself!  Sh...

Speak Up For Women

November 04, 2022 06:46 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Speak Up for Women New Zealand With Katrina Biggs & Suzanne Levy There are lots of times when sex doesn't matter, we encourage freedom of gender expression & want our children to grow up without narrow definitions of what it means to be a woman or a man. But sometimes sex really does matter, & this is where we are focused.   Our group includes teachers, academics, health professionals, care workers, activists, lawyers, retirees, students, mums, aunties, sisters, & daughters.  We are run ...

Donovan Cleckley, Researcher

October 25, 2022 23:05 - 1 hour - 50.6 MB

Donovan Cleckley researches the relationship between Women’s Rights & Gay Rights, Literature & Sexual Politics, & the Social & Political Implications of what it all means. Learn more about his work at https://donovancleckley.com. His work can be supported by either PayPal at paypal.com/paypalme/donovancleckley or Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/donovancleckley   Don’t forget to Like Share Subscribe & Donate to Support Women’s Voices in America & around the World. #WomensVoicesUnite...

Elaine Miller Talks Vagina Health

October 16, 2022 21:35 - 1 hour - 51.7 MB

Elaine Miller, also known as Gusset Grippers or Gussie Grips, talks with Leland & Sandra about Urinary Incontinence & Pelvic Organ Prolapse!  WHAT & Rose missed it, WTF?? Elaine is a fantastic, hysterical physiotherapist, in the UK, well specifically, Edinburgh & Scotland, who’s found the funny in women’s health issues, which means we LOVE her! YouTube: https://youtu.be/XVCkBEBJrcM Vagina Anatomy Information: www.labialibrary.org.au https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaginal-dryness/ ww...

Are Male's Listening?

October 11, 2022 22:09 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

The Gang has a conversation with 4 men, @DinoTheGeneticMarval, Derek Duval, Larry Young, & Dempsey Gibson!  We pose different questions; do you believe that they’ve heard us? Let us know down below in the comments, especially men!  We will respond!! #WomensVoicesUnite on An American Conversation Podcast, check us out on every platform! Blog RSS:            https://www.anamericanconversationpodcast.com/blog YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnAmericanConversationPodcast https://you...

Phyllis Chesler Legend & Icon

October 05, 2022 22:08 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB

Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D., is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the City University of New York. She is a best-selling author, a legendary feminist leader, a retired psychotherapist, and an expert courtroom witness. She has lectured and organized political, legal, religious, and human rights campaigns in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and the Far East. Her work has been translated into many European languages and into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Hebrew. ...

Sex Talk With Dr. Nancy Sutton Pierce

September 28, 2022 22:13 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

Dr. Nancy Sutton Pierce has an eclectic background, which places her expertise in a league of its own. The compilation of her career as a registered nurse, health educator, sex & relationship author, radio talk show host, and yoga therapist fuels her passion as an international speaker, sensuality educator, and Exotic Lifestyle Retreat CEO. Designer Sexuality, Intimacy Communication, Sensual Movement and Exotic ~ Erotic Lifestyle Coaching; all fall under her umbrella of Conscious Living Sexu...

Michelle Uriarau Episode 101

September 28, 2022 21:53 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Michelle Uriarau is co-founder of Māori women’s group Mana Wāhine Kōrero (pronounced ‘Muh-nuh Waah-hee-neh Coor-reh-raw), the only Indigenous group, formed by Indigenous women from New Zealand, to advocate for the safe-guarding of women, children and cultural integrity against gender identity indoctrination. Ngā mihi (thank you) Don’t forget to Like Share & Subscribe to Support Women’s Voices Unite on An American Conversation Podcast. Please donate to An American Conversation Podcast t...

Genevieve Gluck Investigative Journalist

September 28, 2022 21:13 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB

Our 100th Episode with Genevieve Gluck Genevieve is the Co-Founder of Reduxx and the outlet's Chief Investigative Journalist with a focused interest in pornography, sexual predators, and fetish subcultures. She is the creator of the podcast "Women's Voices," which features news commentary and interviews regarding women's rights.  She has a conversation with the gang to inform them of some “Breaking News.” Listen in Be that Fly on the Wall. We all might learn something! Don’t forget to ...

LGB Alliance USA & Canada Episode 99

September 05, 2022 19:30 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB

An American Conversation Podcast™ was privileged to have the LGB Alliance USA & Canada on our show!  LGB Alliance USA is a part of an international movement confronting a new wave of homophobia that—just like the old one—tries to tell us our same-sex attraction is wrong. They advocate for LGB people to live free from discrimination or disadvantage because of their sexual orientation, while amplifying the voices of lesbians by highlighting the dual discrimination they experience as women i...

Exculansic Teaches Us Science

September 04, 2022 00:09 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB

Exulansic has a double-major bachelor’s degree in Gender and Women’s Studies and Linguistics from University of California, Berkeley, as well as a master’s degree in Education (Speech Pathology).  She is licensed and certified to practice in her state of residence and provides clinical services to a diverse population in an outpatient setting. She experienced gender dysphoria and identified as transgender while in college, and identified as a trans man, watching several of her friends underg...

Kallie Fell Executive Director | Center for Bioethics & Culture | Discusses Surrogacy

July 31, 2022 22:52 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

Kallie Fell (MS, BSN, RN) started her professional career as a scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing a Master of Science degree in Animal Sciences with an emphasis on Reproductive Physiology and Molecular Biology from Purdue University. While assisting in the investigation of endometriosis and pre-term birth, Kallie simultaneously pursued a degree in nursing with hopes of working with women as a perinatal nurse. After meeti...

Journalist Meghan Murphy Moves To Mexico

July 26, 2022 22:29 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB

Meghan Murphy, a 21st century Feminist, who will be remembered as a Warrior for Women’s causes. Nothing can cancel her! NOTHING!  She’s a fierce journalist that can only Write & Speak the Truth, which in today’s world is sorely lacking!  Listen in, Be that Fly on the Wall…. meet an amazing Woman!

What does Torture mean for Women & Kids?

July 19, 2022 23:59 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

Jeanne Sarson & co-author Linda MacDonald are feminists who have written, Women Unsilenced: Our Refusal to Let Torturer-Traffickers Win!" Have any of you good women and men ever known misogynists to be happy when good women refuse to shut up? So, this is more reason to invite you to travel with Linda and I and all the women who successfully and proudly journeyed with us throughout the pages of our book. I write about our book because it’s very much a part of who I came to be, how my life jou...

Graham Linehan Irish Television Writer

July 11, 2022 22:46 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

Graham Linehan is an Irish Television Writer. He created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. He has also written for Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and The Fast Show. He is a writer for The Glinner Update. He’s paid a high price for his views, listen in, be that Fly on the Wall & find out why?

Parents Despair Part 4

July 11, 2022 00:17 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB

Rose & Sandra speak to mothers going through difficult times with their boys who are gender questioning.  These moms are advocates for a better model of care than the current “affirmative” approach for gender questioning kids. Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall…

Ted Shaw on Critical Race Theory CRT

July 06, 2022 22:17 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

Biography. Ted Shaw is the Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and the Director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights. Shaw teaches Civil Procedure and Advanced Constitutional Law. Lawyer and professor Theodore Michael Shaw was born on November 24, 1954 in New York City to Theodore and Jean Audrey Churchill Shaw. He received his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University in 1976 and his J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1979, where he was a Charles Evans Hughes...

Dr. Ray Blanchard Part II

July 06, 2022 20:59 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Dr. Ray Blanchard is Back & Sandra Currie has something to say!! Dr. Ray Blanchard was Head of Clinical Sexology Services in the Law and Mental Health Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Ontario from 1995 to 2010. He is currently an adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. He received his A.B. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 and his Ph.D. from the ...

Scott Newgent Founder of TRevoices

June 29, 2022 18:53 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

Mr. Scott Newgent is a forty-nine-year-old transgender man and parent to three teenagers. Before transitioning, Scott was known as Kellie King, a dynamic, powerful advertising executive, who acquired countless honors, awards, and accolades. At age 42, Kellie made an ill-fated decision that would turn her world upside down.  She transitioned to a transman, to become Scott Newgent.  Scott endured medical complications after medical complications due to a lower-than-average transgender health...

Linda Blade PhD Sports Expert

June 20, 2022 21:39 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Linda Blade is a former National Champion of Canada in track & field (heptathlon) with a PhD in Kinesiology. For the past 26 years, she has run a private consulting business as “Sport Performance Professional” coach in Edmonton, Alberta working with athletes in over 15 sports (beginner to elite). Since 2014, Linda has also served as President of the Board for Athletics Alberta, where she has a duty to represent the province of Alberta at Canadian national sport policy meetings.  In a bid to ...

Journalist Lisa Selin Davis

June 13, 2022 19:40 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

Here's some scintillating background information on Lisa:  After growing up in various northeastern and southwestern college towns, I moved to New York City when I was 21 and had no idea what to do with my degree in experimental feminist video (good thing I went to college for free). My brother offered me a room in his East Village hovel, and my first career was in film/TV (here are some props I made when I worked at Blue's Clues), but I was always obsessed with the relationship between...

Maggi Mayfield Don't Mess With Texas

June 08, 2022 18:53 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

Maggie is from Austin, TX based voice actor and business owner. She records everything from romance novels to educational content for children. Her company, MMMade It Media works with actors to help them break into the world of voice overs, giving instruction on technique and beginning a freelance business guidance. When Maggi isn't talking into a microphone to record her smooth voice, she's on-stage delighting audiences with her musical comedy.  You can find her latest album, "Wake Up, Magg...

felicia rembrandt TransHumanism Explained

May 30, 2022 01:48 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MB

felicia rembrandt lives on Canada’s west coast. She was a college educator until her retirement five years ago. Since then, she has dedicated herself to fighting against an ideology that wants to replace the two sex categories with multiple gender identities. She will talk about the Canadian government’s apparently ardent desire to turn the country “queer”, to strip women of rights, and of the marriage between the government and corporate America and the influence of “stakeholder” capitalism....

Cherry Smiley, PhD

May 22, 2022 22:04 - 1 hour - 53.9 MB

Cherry Smiley, PhD is a feminist, artist, & researcher from the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) &Diné (Navajo) Nations. With other women, she works to end male violence against women. She completed her PhD in communication studies at Concordia University where her thesis examined the prostitution of Indigenous women in Canada as a form of male violence & proposes a female-centered definition of colonization & decolonizing feminism. She is the founder & executive director of Women’s Studies Online, a ...

Cherry Smiley

May 22, 2022 22:04 - 1 hour - 72.3 MB

Cherry Smiley, PhD is a feminist, artist, & researcher from the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) &Diné (Navajo) Nations. With other women, she works to end male violence against women. She completed her PhD in communication studies at Concordia University where her thesis examined the prostitution of Indigenous women in Canada as a form of male violence & proposes a female-centered definition of colonization & decolonizing feminism. She is the founder & executive director of Women’s Studies Online, a...

Why Do We Still Have A Guns Problem?

May 18, 2022 03:29 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

Why do we have this Gun problem in America??  Again & Again & Again…Is it a Male Issue, a Culture Issue, a Societal Issue?  WTF is it??? 

Byronique Barbie To Be On Honest

May 10, 2022 20:26 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

Yes, that’s my middle name baby😉 is an Actress, Comedian, Makeup Artist, & Skincare Specialist who was born in Compton raised in South Central LA! She has always been into entertaining since early childhood. She holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Theatre Arts and Communications with an emphasis in Media Studies. She has been part of several improv groups, performed in several stage productions as well as done stand up at the World-Famous Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Fun Facts include b...

Abortion is Under Attack

May 07, 2022 23:31 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

Roe v Wade is gone, what is next for women! Abortion is currently under attack by the extreme Right! Re-publishing Abortion Show Part 1: Abortion Good or Bad? The gang debates the controversial topic of Abortion in the United States of America 2022!  Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall...More parts are coming!

Parents Despair Part 3

May 05, 2022 02:54 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MB

The Gang continues to listen to the stories of parents with Gender Questioning children from America all the way to Australia.  Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall….

Max Wilbert Environmentalist

April 25, 2022 18:25 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

Max Wilbert is an organizer, writer, photographer, and wilderness guide. He has been part of grassroots political work for 20 years. He is the co-author of Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It, which was released in 2021. He is the co-founder of Protect Thacker Pass and part of several other grassroots environmental and political organizations. He lives in rural Oregon with his family in a small cabin underneath 100-year-old white oak tre...

William Ferguson

April 19, 2022 00:32 - 1 hour - 52.6 MB

William A. Ferguson is a songwriter/producer for such bands as Astronaut Preacher and an upcoming project called The Gods Hate Kansas. He also writes about his experiences with Trans Rights Activists on his SubStack "William's Newsletter - Dispatches From The Gender Wars" after achieving Peak Trans in 2017, though he wishes he'd rather be doing something else other than having to wade into a fight that is ostensibly a women's issue." Willman discusses his passions with the gang on An America...

The B*tch Slap

April 06, 2022 18:59 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

The gang discusses the ins & outs of the Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith & Chris Rock Debacle.  Whose team are you on?  Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall…

Heather Mason Canadian Women's Prison Episode 76

March 28, 2022 22:33 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB

Rose, Halona & Sandra have a conversation with Heather Mason, founding member of Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights Activist – caWsbar.  caWsbar is a cross-Canada, non-partisan coalition of women & male allies working together to preserve sex-based rights & protections for women & girls. Heather sits on the board of directors for Strength in SISterhood (SIS) Society. SIS is a group of women who have survived prison & are now working collaboratively with allies to end imprisonment for women...

Response to Hate & Bullying

March 28, 2022 21:30 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MB

Harrassment has reached An American Conversation Podcast & it is unfortunate that Leland, the Comedian, is the target.  She responds to this bullying with Rose to set the record straight.  Bullying & harassment is not the way to solve problems it's an open dialoge that does. Do you hear us Jill O'Neil & Darcy Rohan, STOP THE BULLYING!

Randy Phillips

March 15, 2022 06:13 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

The Gang has a conversation with Randy Phillips, music promoter, formerly president & CEO of AEG Entertainment, CEO of LiveStyle (formerly SFX Entertainment) & currently board member & consultant to TEG. Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall of our first YouTube Video Premiere! Enjoy!

Canadian Native Women are Suffering

February 21, 2022 00:41 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Native Women are suffering unimaginable TRAUMA due to the legacy of colognization, genocide & misogyny. Listen to Fay Blaney, a Xwemalhkwu woman of the Coast Salish Nation, discuss all the issues facing Native owmne in her country & abraod.

Gender is Harmful

February 16, 2022 04:15 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

The gang has a discussion with an adult human male, who's fighting sex-roles, which develop from socially constructed & harmful gender stereotypes. ko-fi.com/genderisharmful 

John Hall from Orleans

January 28, 2022 02:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Legendary musician, singer-song writer, founder of the band Orleans, & former United States Congressman.  What can't the man do?  Listen in, he might have a surprise for you at the end!

Parents in Despair

January 21, 2022 02:52 - 1 hour - 48.1 MB

The gang has a serious discussion with parents in despair regarding the transgender movement.  Genspect.org, a great organization, gives a voice to parents who's kids are questioning this current movement. Listen in, be that Fly on the Wall....