She's Got Issues
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOur current world, more connected than ever by technology, media and transportation, seems to be in danger of being at its most divided. Every week on She’s Got Issues, comedian and author Vicky Kuperman brings together experts and comedians with different points of view for a lively and fun discussion to explore the issues facing people, animals and the planet.
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Episodes
Episode 10 - American Fitmess
March 06, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes - 17 MBGuests Sharron Paul, Comedian Kyle Ocasio, Comedian & Personal Trainer Pedro Granados, Personal Training Manager at MPHC, Fitness Instructor & Coach Where do you get 6-pack abs? The kitchen or the gym? What's more important? Diet or Exercise? Are we genetically predisposed to disease or can we reverse our "fate" with diet and exercise? Habits vs choices Why are Europeans healthier while eating bread and butter? The panel discusses this and much more, like Sharron's rece...
Episode 9 - Bee hivemindful
February 20, 2019 15:00 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBGuests Jenn Wehrung - Comedian Nick Hoefly - Beekeeper, Astor Apiaries Description Oh, honey! The hivemind is abuzz with excitement. Queen Vee and her guests try to take the sting out of bees, as we need bees to survive and bee free! Nick Hoefly from Astor Apiaries and Comedian Jenn Wehrung join the VeeKeeper's wife for a lively discussion (that doesn't drone on) about everything BEES! We dispel myths, give tips on saving bees, and uncover little-known facts about pollinate the air...
Episode 8: Where Do Thoughts And Prayer Go? Part 4
February 13, 2019 15:00 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBGuests: John Fugelsang, Catholicism Max Cohen, Judaism Nicky Sunshine, Southern Baptist John Chaneski, Atheism Narinder Singh, Sikhism Thank you, Jesus! The 4-part series on prayer concludes today. We've got our resident prayer panel back in the studio, but first we talk to Atheist and Honorary Jew John Chaneski about how atheists pray, why atheism would not exist without religion, and how he takes the best from different religions into his family life. Sikh Narinder Singh re...
Episode 7 - Where Do Thoughts And Prayers Go? Part 3
February 06, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBGuests: Jason Salmon, Southern Baptist Allan Fuks, Russian-Jewish Vicky is joined by comedians Jason Salmon and Allan Fuks. One strongly believes he had his prayers answered, and one strongly believes he didn't. She also reads Facebook posts from listeners about their experience with prayer. The panel talks about porn, strict upbringings, sex shaming, back injuries, EMDR, Texas football, living in sin, The AVN awards, suicide, loss, hopelessness and they pose some tough questions:...
Episode 6 - Where Do Thoughts And Prayers Go? Part 2
January 30, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBGuests John Fugelsang, Catholicism Nicky Sunshine, Southern Baptist Max Cohen, Judaism Father James Martin, Jesuit Priest Vasudha Celly, Hinduism In the second episode in the three-part Prayer series, Vicky's resident prayer panel is back! John Fugelsang of SiriusXM and comedians Max Cohen and Nicky Sunshine discuss the crisis in Israel and Palestine, religion and government and fundamentalism. Vasudha Celly joins Vicky for a deep and insightful look at Hinduism. Father Jame...
Episode 5 - Where Do Thoughts And Prayers Go? Part 1
January 23, 2019 12:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBGuests John Fugelsang, Catholicism Nicky Sunshine, Southern Baptist Max Cohen, Judaism Imam Khalid Latif, Islam The first installment on the topic of prayer. Vicky talks to John Fugelsang of SiriusXM, comedians Nicky Sunshine and Max Cohen and Imam Khalid Latif, Chaplain of the Islamic Center at NYU about prayer, religion, prayers of action, the trite #thoughtsandprayers hashtag, religion's relationship to the media and how prayer can help people galvanize in times of crisis. ...
Episode 4 - Pit Bullying
January 16, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBGuests Justin Silver, Comedian and Author of The Language of Dogs Kristen Hartley, Dog Rescue Activist, Pit Bull Advocate and Producer Noah Odabashian, Producer and Dog Lover Justin, Kristen and Noah make a pit stop at Vicky's Pitty Party. Pit Bull media bias is the pits. They discuss Breed Specific Legislation, every decade's "Dog to Hate," and Vicky reads headlines about Golden Retrievers versus Pit Bulls. Justin maintains that there are no breed-specific behaviors, and the g...
Episode 3 - Attacking Sharks
January 09, 2019 18:24 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBGuests Frank Quevedo, Executive Director, South Fork Natural History Museum Ryan Hoffman, Diver and Filmmaker Sherry Davey, Comedian and Writer Sharks are the managers of our healthy oceans but human beings are killing about 100 million sharks per year. Frank, Ryan and Vicky try to convince Sherry that sharks don't care about her and don't want to kill her...to no avail. Frank talks about the shark species' vital role to our ecosystem. Vicky and Jay Nog discuss their experience swimm...
Episode 2 - There's Something in the Water: Part II
January 02, 2019 19:55 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBGuests: Erin Brockovich - Consumer Advocate, Activist Annie Feighery - Founder, mWater Aaron Ring - Comedian, Writer Annie and Aaron are back to talk about domestic drinking water. Vicky learns how pipes work (kind of) and Annie breaks down what happened in Flint and who discovered the Flint water crisis first! Aaron confesses that he doesn't filter his water and Vicky thinks to ask if tap water in New York City is okay to drink, after living there for 17 years and drinking it ev...
Episode 1 - There's Something in the Water: Part I
January 02, 2019 19:52 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBGuests: Annie Feighery - Founder, mWater Aaron Ring - Comedian, Writer Heather Arney - Water.org We will be DROWNING in water episodes on this podcast (see what I did there)? But first, let's tap into something (I can't stop) we can't live without - drinking water. Annie Feighery, the founder of mWater, talks Vicky off the ledge about the ominous last title card from "The Big Short" about Michael Burry's next investment. Annie's software platform is being used by the country of M...